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charcoug's avatar
10 years ago

Actual Ages

Okay so in the Sims it seems that when their growing up they skip the little bits in between like actually learning things kids have ages like 4 5 6 7 8 9 I would really like this what are your thoughts?
  • For me I'm fairly good with the kids-teen, but the ya stage is too long and there are too few adult stages (you are NOT an elder at 50, and you do not have kids at 60! We need middle age.)

    Baby: 0-1
    Toddler: 1-4
    Children: 5-12
    Teens: 13-19
    YA: 20-29
    Adult: 30-49
    Middle age: 50-69
    Elder: 70+
  • as a player that keeps aging fully turn off i see nothing wrong with how the system in the game is setup
  • > @roman2886 said:
    > I wish there was a mod for The Sims 3, That allowed actual aging, Because the Ford family, This was in my old game before, I lost it to hard drive issues, The Ford children where the same age as the Lloyd Children, Both the Ford Family, and the Lloyd family arrived in my game at the same time, Andrew was supposed to be 1 year older than his wife Laura, He could have easily been 20, and Laura could have easily been 19, But Katherine on the other was supposed to be 1 year older than Gareth Katherine could easily been 20, and Gareth could easily been 19.

    A mod like that would ease up a lot of confusion.
  • "Prink34320;c-13543733" wrote:
    For me it would be:

    Baby 0-1
    Toddler 1-4
    Child 5-9
    Tween 10-12
    Teen 13-19
    Young Adult 20-35
    Adult 36-50
    Middle-Aged 50-70
    Elder 70+


    You're middle aged is very generous. According to that I'm not an Elder yet. LOL In the USA we made 18 years old YAs, inasmuch as they can vote, sign legal documents and get married. I agree with the rest of your list. I would love it if in the future the game-mechanics would allow for a slow growing state wherein the baby would gradually increase in size, so that the Toddler isn't so strikingly larger than the infant. I would also like to see the same progression continue as the Child ages to Tween, and then from Tween to Teen. Females in RL generally hit their full height around age 16, with some Males growing on up to age 21. And not everybody shrinks or walks stooped over when they become Elders. My Mom was as straight as an arrow until Alzheimer's took away her ability to walk. She was 83 when she passed away.