I don't use a mod but I do have aging turned off for my favorite households.
I like to control my game's aging no matter how many seasons my sims live through.
I age my sims up manually through my gameplay when I feel the time is right. This is the only way I can have complete control of the aging process in the game along with allowing elders to experience their families fully.
That’s a great way to fully enjoy the game and make sure elders get to experience their families fully. And I really appreciate this method, as it aligns with my argument for more control over lifespans. However, I left it out of the "thesis" because I wanted to focus on improving automated lifespan mechanics, which most players use. Including “aging off” would have shifted the focus away from customizable lifespan options, so I had to prioritize.
Customizable lifespans could serve as a middle ground by letting players adjust specific stages, like elders or infants, without feeling locked into the short, normal, long presets, or a frozen state of time(kinda). It would offer more flexibility without the need to manually age sims all the time.
Would you prefer a system like customized lifespans if we had it, or still go on with aging off?
