Pet Lifespan

Sounds about right to me, a sim from birth to elder lives 12 weeks so I think it would be too long if pets lived longer. Not saying I'll be emotionally ready to say goodbye at that point though.

It sounds about right to me also. A old age dog in real life can be 6 to 8 years old if they are a Great Dane or a Irish Wolfhound. A small dog will live around 12-15 years.

"Katlyn2525;c-16083619" wrote:
It sounds about right to me also. A old age dog in real life can be 6 to 8 years old if they are a Great Dane or a Irish Wolfhound. A small dog will live around 12-15 years.

How does this translate into Sim time?

"samlyt22;c-16083529" wrote:
Sounds about right to me, a sim from birth to elder lives 12 weeks so I think it would be too long if pets lived longer. Not saying I'll be emotionally ready to say goodbye at that point though.

I guess I never realized it was that short. It seems like they live forever, at least in my games. So, that would mean that pets would live about half as long as a sim born in-game. I guess that is about right; I was just hoping they'd stick around longer. I might have to change my aging setting to long once the pack comes out.

Thanks for the info guys.

Well, think about it. How long does it take for a sims to die as a elder? The pets are only going to be a low percentage of that. Granted, the pets will all have the same life span.

Just turn off aging.

It's surprising at first but looking back that sounds pretty accurate especially with past games. In TS3, dogs lived for roughly 45/46 days on the normal setting. Think cats lived longer by a few days. So from a pup/kitten to elder 5-6 weeks sounds about right.

I can't really give you a correct answer without seeing the gameplay. They did say a puppy or kitten stage was two days in the broadcast. It was also the shortest stage because they wanted the longer stages to be for the adults and elders.

But is the lifespan related to the one you use with your sims? I mean, if my sims have the long lifespan, then shouldn't pets live longer, too?

"kati77;c-16083675" wrote:
But is the lifespan related to the one you use with your sims? I mean, if my sims have the long lifespan, then shouldn't pets live longer, too?

Yes that appears to be the case. Basically pets don't have their own lifespan setting (i.e. they share the sims' lifespan settings). So whatever lifespan you have for your current save, your pets will follow suit. How much long they'll live is unknown atm.