Please use this thread going forward: [CoL] All animals aging up/dying (aging turned off) | EA Forums - 11853294
It’s now 2025 and I am still having this same issue. I even had a chick taken by grim last night, it was deeply unsettling… I tried reselecting and then unselecting animal aging as well but I had to purchase replacement animals so I am unsure if it will make any difference yet.
But the chick is ridiculous! I wish I’d been able to get a screenshot but I was so confused and upset about the situation that I didn’t get a chance before grim had already collected them… my poor animals ☹️
Is this for old and new save files? All my animals are aging in my save and it's unchecked but it's very old. I'm going to test a new save file today and see if it has the same issue.
Any luck figuring out if this occurs in new saves as well, or just older ones?
I’m very interested to know!
I tested and for me this is happening in older saves only. When I start a new save the animal aging is disabled and works properly.
@Cornelius-CatThe save I was playing in was one I hadn't played in a while but it wasn't necessarily old either. However, it also wasn't a fresh new save.. I just hadn't played it in a year but I never came across this issue, otherwise. It wasn't until I replaced my chicken coop due to a different issue, that I started noticing birthday balloon thought bubbles appearing above my chickens and chicks heads. I'm going to revert back to a previous version before I replaced the coop. I only replaced the coop due to a discord suggestion after explaining issues with the chickens running away due to not feeling cared for, despite interacting with them, feeding them and cleaning the coop. Now, there's another annoying issue with them aging and dying with aging off. The same thing happens when I bring teen sims to the auditorium in Copperdale to hangout. A few of them who weren't even on the lot, aged up at random. It's likely due to the auditorium being set as graduation even though my sim was there for prom which never triggered. The glitches just pile up.
