Teens

"Dannydanbo;c-16237772" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16237660" wrote:

"Dannydanbo;c-16237365" wrote:

"Eliharb;c-16236908" wrote:

"Movotti;c-16236192" wrote:
What continent are you on? If you don't mind me asking.
Also, most teens are aged 16-19, are 16-19 year olds really that short compared to adults? Rhetorical question, but one worth taking into consideration.

The teens in the game are meant to represent an average of the teen years, which would put them at about 15-17, though they can easily represent the teen ages around that.

Let's address things one by one:
https://i.imgur.com/m4RBfIk.png

1-Teens are thirteen to nineteen, hence the "teen" suffix?

2-13 being the end of childhood and 19 being young adult, a teen life state should be in the middle of those two ages, meaning sims shouldn't be the same height as young adults. But that's just me trying to form arguments based on facts.

I will however also address your "What continent are you on?" question: did they teach you that there are different species on each continent or something where you grew up?

"Movotti;c-16236192" wrote:

"Eliharb;c-16235764" wrote:
jumping from child to adult height like they do in TS4 which makes zero sense and feels like they missed a whole life stage

Did you ever play ts1? Children never grew up, not even if their parents died. I think that made a lot less sense than children becoming teens, because when you think about it, children do become teens, and sometimes those growth spurts feel like the kid gained a full foot overnight.

3-I did play TS1, that game didn't even pretend to be doing aging. TS4 is different because sims age up with time, so I wouldn't compare the two. And growth spurts don't happen overnight no matter how you feel, it's gradual. Since we don't have gradual seamless aging, teens should by principle have a transitional height between children and young adults.

Well, the middle of 13 to 19 is 16 and almost all the sixteen year olds I have known are about adult height, so I guess they are the right size after all. You seem to be wanting fourteen year olds which, as you pointed out, is not the middle of that age group.

No they haven't. Girls keep growing till they're 17, boys till they're 18,5. Since any stage takes an average, they simply should be shorter than their adult version. There really is no rational way around that.

Regardless of your opinion or my opinion, this shorter teen/pre-teen topic has been talked o death. Most have ended in arguments that have resulted in getting those topics closed. I'm not going to do this again, so I'll end my part by saying the devs have made teens the way THEY want them that's how they will stay. You can talk about what you believe are facts but this is what we have to work with. Good luck and happy simming.

Oh that we can agree on, and they’re never going to change this for Sims 4 so in that respect the discussion is pointless (I’m in it for the eventual successor). But correct me if I’m wrong, you yourself were the one continuing this debate by jumping into a discussion between two other simmers, adding an argument that’s not an argument. Seems a bit double to suddenly play the “let’s not discuss this anymore” card. If you don’t wanna play that card, don’t start yourself.

@Movotti Please stop ignoring the fact the very same sim is just as tall as a teen as they are when they become adults. That doesn’t happen in real life and that’s what hinders people. That the very same sim looks like their own adult version when they’re a teen. Your argument would make sense if height were a thing in the game. That could actually be really nice, from a genetic point of view. Especially when they’d add a system where environmental circumstances (food, hygiene) matter. The thing is, height is not an ingredient in Sims, they’re all identical, even men and women. Every kid turns out just as tall as their parents, grandparents and greatgrandparents in the end. Unlike the boys in your example.