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Seasoned Hotshot

6 years ago

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Age Progression Glitch

Hi, Since the Get Famous patch update, I've been having a glitch where it shows aging progress when I look at the Simology panel, even though aging is turned off. I've double checked all my settings...

crinrict
6 years ago
@Plumbeeb How was it before, just empty or no bar at all ?

If it was empty before, I'm guessing that's what you're seeing: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/BY-DESIGN-Age-groups-start-with-random-days-added-from-CAS/m-p/7189326#M77327 .. which was an intentional change.

Plumbeeb

Seasoned Hotshot

6 years ago

Hi Crin,

Unfortunately I don't have a before and after, but I do have a screenshot of what it looks like now if I start a new save file.

Though you can't see, my cursor is actually hovering over the bar - if you have aging turned on, it will tell you how many days until your Sim ages up, if you have it turned off then nothing should appear.

Each Sim seems to start off at a different progression stage, sometimes it's more, sometimes less. As I always have aging turned off, the bar should be completely greyed out.

crinrict

Hero+

6 years ago

@Plumbeeb How was it before, just empty or no bar at all ?

If it was empty before, I'm guessing that's what you're seeing: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/BY-DESIGN-Age-groups-start-with-random-days-added-from-CAS/m-p/7189326#M77327 .. which was an intentional change.

Plumbeeb
Seasoned Hotshot
6 years ago
Yes the bar was empty before.
I had no idea it was intentional, I searched the forum quite a bit to see if anyone had a similar thing and couldn't find anything - so thank you for the information, it's much appreciated!
- crinrict
  Hero+
  6 years ago
  @Plumbeeb You're welcome.
  
  I can see why it's kinda useless if you have aging off and if it really bothers you that much, I would suggest making a feedback thread over at the officials. There might already be one.
  
  https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/categories/the-sims-4-feedback
  - Sid1701d9
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @crinrictHey crin I just wanted to let you know that for a while there was a small glitch in the age bar that when you turned aging off the bar wouldn't show. The reason why all sims get different starting points when creating sims from CAS is so that not all sims have the same birthday in the game. However you can fix it back to no progress by making sim drink young again potion. The ageing off, should disabled the bar not hide the current progress bar of each sim. If the aging off is working you won't see the age number until the next level when you hoover your mouse over it. When aging is on you will see numbers until next level when you hoover your mouse over the age bar.
- EuphorialQueen
  Hero (Retired)
  6 years ago
  @Plumbeeb This was something that took us (players) all by surprise. I saved a room to my gallery with "5 Youth Potions" to use as needed to reset Sims back to the beginning of their stage. It is especially useful if I am starting a challenge and need to full range of days.
  - Plumbeeb
    Seasoned Hotshot
    6 years ago
    @EuphorialQueen It's definitely taken me by surprise haha, but I do understand why they made those changes even if it is kinda pointless when you have aging turned off, but oh well.
    And the youth potion is a great tip, I hadn't thought about that! It's also easy enough to get with satisfaction points so I'll definitely give this a go. Thanks for the advice! :D