First off, I just got Season and have only played for a total of five, almost six Sims days. I had to ask about how to get to the calendar, and then remembered the lessons section inside the game. D'oh. This family was all created together in CAS. What I've noticed is that my two toddlers have their birthdays marked on separate days, which is good. But all three of their older brothers share the same birthday! This is a disaster. I planned on aging them up one at a time, to show birth order, as I have done almost from the beginning. Is there a way to change out just whose birthday it is? Or will all three boys age up to teen at once?Mind you, I've yet to get to a birthday on the calendar, as I've only played for five full days. I also set each season to last two weeks. I play rotation, and after initially going back and forth, between households, (sometimes even in midday on the very same day), I finally realized playing for a whole week works best in Sims4. I also only have aging on for the active household.I love the notion that the birthday is on the calendar, and I can't wait to see what happens, but I don't want all three boys to become teens at once. They should be about 'two' years (Sims days) apart. I'm also worried that this will continue throughout their Long lives. If I can move their birthdays, I'd be one very happy camper.If anyone has an answer, I would greatly appreciate any pointers at this point. Please, and thank you, in advance. I love Seasons!

The only thing I can think of is to manually age up the “oldest” one 4 days before the marked birthday, and the “middle” one 2 days before, then leave the “youngest” one alone (assuming you have that many days before the birthday). I think it will then space their birthdays on the calendar, but I’m not 100% on that. Edit: maybe save right before you try so you can exit without losing anything if it doesn’t work well, or test it with a new save first.

I liked that the birthday was on the calendar too. Nice surprise.

It's a similar icon as the one for work/school but it will be pink instead of blue.

I created a married couple in CAS and when I started playing them, they had the same birthday too :/ I thought it might be kind of cute that they happened to have the same birthday, but I don't want all couples or family members that I create to have the same birthday as eachother.

I do think something is off: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/TO-ADD-S-Twin-toddlers-children-don-t-have-birthday-on-the-same/td-p/6884258/jump-to/first-unread-messageI can see that on my game with saves that did never have mods or not for a very long time.

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Kita5399
New Spectator
7 years ago
The only thing I can think of is to manually age up the “oldest” one 4 days before the marked birthday, and the “middle” one 2 days before, then leave the “youngest” one alone (assuming you have that many days before the birthday). I think it will then space their birthdays on the calendar, but I’m not 100% on that.

Edit: maybe save right before you try so you can exit without losing anything if it doesn’t work well, or test it with a new save first.
JoRN1414
7 years ago
I liked that the birthday was on the calendar too. Nice surprise.
Gabbryrose
7 years ago
It's a similar icon as the one for work/school but it will be pink instead of blue.
OneGrilledChees
7 years ago
I created a married couple in CAS and when I started playing them, they had the same birthday too :/ I thought it might be kind of cute that they happened to have the same birthday, but I don't want all couples or family members that I create to have the same birthday as eachother.
crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
I do think something is off: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/TO-ADD-S-Twin-toddlers-children-don-t-have-birthday-on-the-same/td-p/6884258/jump-to/first-unread-message

I can see that on my game with saves that did never have mods or not for a very long time.
JochenWeiss
7 years ago
> I’m sorry I wasn’t very clear in that comment. I just mean that I don’t let the game decide how long Sims are in each life state, I choose that myself. When I change that setting a bit it helps to space out birthdays between children and toddler siblings. If you age a child down to toddler using it and then immediately back up to child it will reset them back to the first day of childhood as well (goes for any age group). It takes a little playing around with, but I have successfully gotten two Sims to be the exact same age using it.

Ok thx, that´s a way ;)
thisoxymoron
7 years ago
I *think* that if you were to temporarily turn auto-aging off, that you would be able to set birthdays and age up your three boys at your leisure.

I generally play with aging off and have birthdays when it’s time to move on to the next stage, because I like to complete a lot with my sim kids and I don’t want to have to race the clock so to speak in order to complete my goals for them. Perhaps the same sort of set up could work for you? And once everyone is aged up at the right time, you could turn aging on again and business would resume as usual. It might even give them a different birthday on the calendar for future, depending on how that feature works.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"Kita5399;c-16565566" wrote:
The only thing I can think of is to manually age up the “oldest” one 4 days before the marked birthday, and the “middle” one 2 days before, then leave the “youngest” one alone (assuming you have that many days before the birthday). I think it will then space their birthdays on the calendar, but I’m not 100% on that.

Edit: maybe save right before you try so you can exit without losing anything if it doesn’t work well, or test it with a new save first.

Thank you! I shall have to give that a try. I'm used to playing on Long and aging them all up when I was 'ready'. This feels a tad constraining to me, but as long as I can age him up manually, then it'll be worth it. I'll just have to make sure he earns as many of his Values as possible while a child.
Kita5399
New Spectator
7 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-16565683" wrote:
"Kita5399;c-16565566" wrote:
The only thing I can think of is to manually age up the “oldest” one 4 days before the marked birthday, and the “middle” one 2 days before, then leave the “youngest” one alone (assuming you have that many days before the birthday). I think it will then space their birthdays on the calendar, but I’m not 100% on that.

Edit: maybe save right before you try so you can exit without losing anything if it doesn’t work well, or test it with a new save first.

Thank you! I shall have to give that a try. I'm used to playing on Long and aging them all up when I was 'ready'. This feels a tad constraining to me, but as long as I can age him up manually, then it'll be worth it. I'll just have to make sure he earns as many of his Values as possible while a child.

I wish you luck! I’m torn on how I feel about it as well, I like that birthdays show up but wish we had more control. I’m fine with using MCC to set the days before aging on my Sims, but I know many Simmers don’t like mods and I completely understand that too.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"Kita5399;c-16565699" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-16565683" wrote:
"Kita5399;c-16565566" wrote:
The only thing I can think of is to manually age up the “oldest” one 4 days before the marked birthday, and the “middle” one 2 days before, then leave the “youngest” one alone (assuming you have that many days before the birthday). I think it will then space their birthdays on the calendar, but I’m not 100% on that.

Edit: maybe save right before you try so you can exit without losing anything if it doesn’t work well, or test it with a new save first.

Thank you! I shall have to give that a try. I'm used to playing on Long and aging them all up when I was 'ready'. This feels a tad constraining to me, but as long as I can age him up manually, then it'll be worth it. I'll just have to make sure he earns as many of his Values as possible while a child.

I wish you luck! I’m torn on how I feel about it as well, I like that birthdays show up but wish we had more control. I’m fine with using MCC to set the days before aging on my Sims, but I know many Simmers don’t like mods and I completely understand that too.

I use MCCC, too. Twice I set it for X numbers of days per age level, following the instructions to exit the game and restart. Twice, it has failed. I've got the latest version 4.4.4 and confess, I haven't tried again. Like I said, I tend to age up my Sims when I'm ready. ;) I do love the fact that their birthdays show up on said calendar. Having not made it to the first one posted, yet, I can't wait to see what happens. Do we just get a 'reminder' as before, only using a different method. Or, what? I'll find out with the first girl. I'm happy to say, they have the first daughter (by order of how they were created) up for a birthday before her younger sister. :)