Does time still go on with my sims back home? My young adult is at uni & im confused how time works when they are off campus in a dorm.

I wish I could pause my family son’s progression

"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:I wish I could pause my family son’s progression I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc. They will age, but you can disable that if you want.

"lienne11;c-17313875" wrote:"Zeldaboy180;c-17313865" wrote:"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:I wish I could pause my family son’s progression I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc. They will age, but you can disable that if you want. I mean with the aging & doing things when I’m not there. How does it work when I leave my sim at university & control my primary family? Will he continue to age? Still go to classes?Set aging settings to Active Household Only. That way only the household you are playing ages. Also, don't rotate away from your student until they finish the term, or they finish by themselves with average marks. If you alternate each week, you can play both households just fine.

"lienne11;c-17314417" wrote:"AquaGamer1212;c-17314230" wrote:"lienne11;c-17314168" wrote:"AquaGamer1212;c-17313956" wrote:"lienne11;c-17313875" wrote:"Zeldaboy180;c-17313865" wrote:"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:I wish I could pause my family son’s progression I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc. They will age, but you can disable that if you want. I mean with the aging & doing things when I’m not there. How does it work when I leave my sim at university & control my primary family? Will he continue to age? Still go to classes?Played sims will not progress from my understanding ?What do you mean exactly?One of the gurus said that if you have a played sim in college and switch households they won’t progress until you get back. But the days still progress, right?Days do. But played Sims won't automatically enroll in classes for the next semester, you'll have to be actively playing them to do that.

There’s a lot of incorrect info here. ETA: Probably because it's very confusing! :/If you rotate away from the sim you are playing at uni, they will continue to finish the term without you. If you’re not playing them when the term ends, they will get an average grade (mine got B grades) and be automatically re-enrolled in a random number of classes. (ETA: That's just for unplayed sims, I was a bit confused about that part, sorry) That’s what I have experienced with this pack so far. Once I have played a student, if I rotate away, then rotate back a few things have happened. On one occasion I was immediately asked if I wanted to re-enroll when I loaded the lot. On another occasion (same rotation), I came back to find they were On Probation and I had an option to re-enroll them but it didn't automatically pop up. They had B grades before I left them, so I'm not sure why they ended up on probation.

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22 Replies

Fluteline24
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
They age as normal
lienne11
6 years ago
"PlayerSinger2010;c-17313830" wrote:
They age as normal

So you’re telling me they can make new friendships & do stuff? I thought they would be paused like the previous expansion packs: Sims 2 or Sims 3
lienne11
6 years ago
I wish I could pause my family son’s progression
Luckylunayre
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:
I wish I could pause my family son’s progression

I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc.

They will age, but you can disable that if you want.
lienne11
6 years ago
"Zeldaboy180;c-17313865" wrote:
"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:
I wish I could pause my family son’s progression

I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc.

They will age, but you can disable that if you want.

I mean with the aging & doing things when I’m not there. How does it work when I leave my sim at university & control my primary family? Will he continue to age? Still go to classes?
AquaGamer1212
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"lienne11;c-17313875" wrote:
"Zeldaboy180;c-17313865" wrote:
"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:
I wish I could pause my family son’s progression

I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc.

They will age, but you can disable that if you want.

I mean with the aging & doing things when I’m not there. How does it work when I leave my sim at university & control my primary family? Will he continue to age? Still go to classes?

Played sims will not progress from my understanding ?
SilentK008
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"lienne11;c-17313875" wrote:
"Zeldaboy180;c-17313865" wrote:
"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:
I wish I could pause my family son’s progression

I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc.

They will age, but you can disable that if you want.

I mean with the aging & doing things when I’m not there. How does it work when I leave my sim at university & control my primary family? Will he continue to age? Still go to classes?

If you look at ageing options in settings you can decide yourself when sims age or not.

You can set played sims or unplayed sims to age depending on how it suits your save.
lienne11
6 years ago
"AquaGamer1212;c-17313956" wrote:
"lienne11;c-17313875" wrote:
"Zeldaboy180;c-17313865" wrote:
"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:
I wish I could pause my family son’s progression

I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc.

They will age, but you can disable that if you want.

I mean with the aging & doing things when I’m not there. How does it work when I leave my sim at university & control my primary family? Will he continue to age? Still go to classes?

Played sims will not progress from my understanding ?

What do you mean exactly?
EmmaVane
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"lienne11;c-17313875" wrote:
"Zeldaboy180;c-17313865" wrote:
"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:
I wish I could pause my family son’s progression

I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc.

They will age, but you can disable that if you want.

I mean with the aging & doing things when I’m not there. How does it work when I leave my sim at university & control my primary family? Will he continue to age? Still go to classes?

Set aging settings to Active Household Only. That way only the household you are playing ages. Also, don't rotate away from your student until they finish the term, or they finish by themselves with average marks. If you alternate each week, you can play both households just fine.
AquaGamer1212
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"lienne11;c-17314168" wrote:
"AquaGamer1212;c-17313956" wrote:
"lienne11;c-17313875" wrote:
"Zeldaboy180;c-17313865" wrote:
"lienne11;c-17313846" wrote:
I wish I could pause my family son’s progression

I'm not sure what you mean, there is no story progression for sims 4. They can make friends but they won't get new jobs, get married etc.

They will age, but you can disable that if you want.

I mean with the aging & doing things when I’m not there. How does it work when I leave my sim at university & control my primary family? Will he continue to age? Still go to classes?

Played sims will not progress from my understanding ?

What do you mean exactly?

One of the gurus said that if you have a played sim in college and switch households they won’t progress until you get back.