The Aging Options Explained
The game has basically 3 aging options that can be turned on and off.
After experimenting quite some time I came to the following conclusion:
Auto Age (Played Sims): Played sims are those lots with the plumbob icon above where the background is in green color. In other words are those lots that you have entered and saved. Even if you just played it for 1 second. If you entered a lot and saved then it will go under played lots and the sims living inside that lot are played sims.
Yes: The sims inside these lots will keep aging even if you are not playing them.
No: The sims inside these lots will not age whether you are playing them or not
Only Active Household: Means the current lot you are playing, Sims inside that lot will age but any other played lots will not age. (That is TS2 Style)
Auto Age (Unplayed Sims): Unplayed sims comes into two categories:
1- Townies who are living outside the world. They have no home on the map
2- Playable Sims that live on the map but you never played them before (The plumbob icon for these lots on the map is just in grey color). For example if you installed the game and added your family to one of the lots and never played The Goth family (or any other premade sims) then the Goth family are unplayed sims.
For this option there is a tick, you just tick it if you want the unplayable sims to age up.
In case you want the townies only to age up then all you need to do is go once into the lots that you never visited. Load them and save them so they become "Playable Sims". After that tick the Auto age unplayed Sims. While keep the auto age (Played Sims) to No or Age only active household.
I hope it is more clear now for those who still did not understand how the aging works.
After experimenting quite some time I came to the following conclusion:
Auto Age (Played Sims): Played sims are those lots with the plumbob icon above where the background is in green color. In other words are those lots that you have entered and saved. Even if you just played it for 1 second. If you entered a lot and saved then it will go under played lots and the sims living inside that lot are played sims.
Yes: The sims inside these lots will keep aging even if you are not playing them.
No: The sims inside these lots will not age whether you are playing them or not
Only Active Household: Means the current lot you are playing, Sims inside that lot will age but any other played lots will not age. (That is TS2 Style)
Auto Age (Unplayed Sims): Unplayed sims comes into two categories:
1- Townies who are living outside the world. They have no home on the map
2- Playable Sims that live on the map but you never played them before (The plumbob icon for these lots on the map is just in grey color). For example if you installed the game and added your family to one of the lots and never played The Goth family (or any other premade sims) then the Goth family are unplayed sims.
For this option there is a tick, you just tick it if you want the unplayable sims to age up.
In case you want the townies only to age up then all you need to do is go once into the lots that you never visited. Load them and save them so they become "Playable Sims". After that tick the Auto age unplayed Sims. While keep the auto age (Played Sims) to No or Age only active household.
I hope it is more clear now for those who still did not understand how the aging works.
