I don't let the game age my Sims (..and this is why!)

[@oshinsims]

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[@sashaflip7450]

I turn off aging too. I have to mentally prepare myself before my sims get old. I get way too attached.

[@oshinsims]

same ! that attachment is too real lol

[@tiffakang4525]

Lol

[@kenishaantoine7117]

There was one time, I aged up my teen sim to a young adult, and I changed her back to a teen because I wasn’t ready to let go😂😂

[@keiona2545]

@@kenishaantoine7117 you’re so real and so true for this comment! I did that with my teen so he could go to university and I got so sad because I moved him out 😂

[@kianalol906]

Literally same

[@ceedubsez9513]

I turn off aging. I feel more pressure when it’s on. I like to play leisurely and let my stories evolve at a natural pace and aging off let’s me do that. I age up Sims when I think it’s time.

[@Okk681]

I do the same thing. Even long life span feels short to me

[@Thebeezzkneezz.]

I turn it on long so I can see how old one kid is from another, if they are getting to close to age up I reset them xD I like legacy and seeing my family grow.. but slowly xD

[@SnowWhite-hp3or]

What about the townies? Do you age them up yourself or just don't care about them?

[@ceedubsez9513]

@@SnowWhite-hp3or I ignore them. 😄

[@natasha9474]

I have a whole aging system with MCCC lol a trip around the calendar is the equivalent of one year and each season is 2 weeks but this is how i set my aging with MCCC> Newborns: 1 month (7 sim days), Infants: 1 year (56 sim days), Todders: 2 years(112 sim days), Children: 4 years(224 sim days), Teens: 4 years(224 sim days), Yong Adults: 10 years(560 days), Adults: 10 years(560 days), and elderly: 5 years(280 days)... yea i know im extreme and very technical but this is the only formula that allows for a full life gameplay with the amount of time it takes t do things i the sims while at the same time, not too dragged out to where it gets stale with nothing to do because the adults can always have kids who also have kids and young adults can live their life for 5 years before deciding to have their own kids so its amazing to see and play and get time to play friends families and different generations

[@sherberries]

I personally play in the long setting. I do want my sims to age eventually, but I want to explore more and make memories for them from infants to elders, slowly but surely. And I’m definitely gonna play long setting when growing together comes out to explore everything too

[@cayke.]

I FOUND YOU AGAIN SISTER but yes I do the same thing with my sims as well because I get to attached and make story’s for them 😂

[@SnowWhite-hp3or]

Yes, that's my preferred way of playing too:) I've been playing with one family for 4 years. It expanded quite a lot so i had to move out most of the family members. Now I play them rotationally developing a story line for each of them which actually takes a lot of time :)

[@Lion0738]

@@SnowWhite-hp3or that’s so cool that you do that, I don’t know how you’ve played the same family for 4 years!

[@freuleinandrea9833]

I turn aging off. I play in my own terms. My young adults for example study, let them travel, do part time jobs. I let them meet new people. My adults are building their family. Go through professional transitions. Break up, find a new s/o. And so on. I do not want to feel rushed.

[@snobbypanda]

This is what I’ve decided to do as well 🤧 Let them go through so many experiences that even make the gameplay feel fun and creative.

[@MkatSims]

Quick note to everyone: unless your aging is OFF for all sims- make sure you don’t use the cas age-up! The length of the bar carries on, so if they were in the later stages of adulthood, they would now be in the later stages of elderhood and die faster.

[@oshinsims]

yes, forgot to mention this - thank you

[@gabriellag2611]

Great tip, thank you!

[@Best_Blake]

This happened to me once when I first installed mcc and I was only 9 or so. I was so sad :(

[@mamapsims]

Thanks for this tip!

[@oncergirl6600]

You can turn aging off for specific Sims?

[@MyWeirdNormal1]

I've been playing with aging off ever since I realized it was an option! I used to get so bored with the game, but once I realized I didn't have the rush through my sims lives I was able to enjoy playing out different storylines. I always struggled with keeping my sims friends the same ages though, so I'm happy you made this guide!

[@Kaysimer]

I recently started doing this. I play a story based game. When I went to another family to build up the story line and my main sim passed away I was legitimately sad.

[@Syd_in_Pink]

I typycally play with aging off or on Long lifespan too, and I usually play with seasons set to the longest setting. I it that way so that my sims have more time to experience each of the seasons as well as the holidays I set up without it feeling like there's a ton to do back-to-back everyday. Also, I just always find myself getting anxious and feeling like I'm running out of time if I play on Normal or Short 😅

[@mimimason]

Why are we the same! I'm awful with aging. So I have decided to have age burns. During the Summer period, I turn aging on which allows unplayed Sims to age along with my played sims. Playing with aging turned off lets me play in a leisure style.

[@najahjholt2258]

Thats so smart! I’m going to do this from now on! Maybe include Winter too! ❤

[@onefinalfightt]

Idc if I’ve been simming for more than half of my life, I love videos like this. 😂 I wish the age settings were different, I feel like none of the options ever felt right, some stages felt like they needed to be longer, others shorter. I adjust all ages with mccc, bc I like for families I don’t interact with to keep aging and having kids so if my sim ever ends up with one one them, I can look at their family tree and be like, “wow this is Eliza and Bob’s great great granddaughter”, or whatever. 😅 I've just always loved that! I would LOVE a video(s) on different life stages and planning unique events for them. I’ve started a list of things I can plan with different life stages like field days for kids/teens, senior day for high school/Uni, grad party, field trips (idk how those work yet), quinceañeras without aging the sim up. Those are the moments I enjoy most with sims!

[@MylingCyrus]

Your playstyle is incredible and has changed my game so much! The calendar especially!

[@oshinsims]

That’s so nice to hear! ☺️🤍

[@helozardo7070]

i like playing with many households, with aging off, i can make it without pressure, i can make career, change the partners, discover news hobbies

[@themudpit621]

Aging is off for me too, always. Played that way for years. I'll manually age them when or IF I want to. I have some kids stuck as toddlers forever, it's pretty funny.

[@oncergirl6600]

I’ve just started playing with aging off. It started as a thing that I did so that I could still play the game while I was waiting for the most recent update/pack, but I really enjoy the family that I’ve been playing( I’m attached for the first time to a family )and also really enjoy giving them unique birthdays and going by ‘ real time ‘ with a few tweaks bc…well…it’s the Sims and timelines aren’t really accurate. 😂 I like being able to act as though I’m living the years with my sims and it’s not just ‘ oh, after 40 days of this Sim being a child, he’s now a full teenager. ‘

[@Cozybri0]

I've only been playing sims 4 for a few months but I found that the way I like to have my sims "age up" would be to make alternation saves of a family during a specific period in their life. I would have one save profile based in the past and the other being in the present that way it feels like I'm playing though a flashback. I found that method to be a lot of fun since it feels almost as if anything that would happen in the past would shape the present. I don't have auto aging turned on though because it made the game feel too rushed for me.

[@vilteket1955]

Instead of playing with aging off, I like to make my lifespans SUPER long with MCCC. That way I don't have to age up every single sim by myself, while also having plenty of time to explore and not rush!

[@pinkroulettez470]

i play with aging off too. in previous games, i would only have aging on when a newborn arrives just for the first 3 days to age them up! but other than that, i manually age them! i dont like seeing my sims get old since i get wayyyyyy too attached. i'll have an older sim for family tree purposes but i'll age them back down.

[@oshinsims]

nice! haha, we just love our sims too much

[@Anonymousaggro]

I tend to have aging off myself, mainly because I tend to actually play sims games with my OCs and have a very specific and meticulous story that I want to go through with all of them. So many great tips here, never considered using calander events to create birthday parties. Also love the LittleMissSam mod reccomendation, going to definetly implement all this when I start playing again (after the infant update, of course).

[@KM-pr5vd]

I don’t let my sims age or die. I turned aging off via the game settings, and I also Flag them to be immortal, never age, never randomly get pregnant (I only let them get pregnant manually), never randomly marry (I choose their partners), and never be jealous, via MC Command Center. I put too much effort into cultivating their relationships, their looks, careers, and families, to let them die, be a baby mama, or marry some random townie. I don’t have any seniors in my game, except two, and I won’t let them die either. I just manually age up certain sims, like babies and teens. I keep all the kids the same age, and in a social group so they can play and party with each other at various venues.

[@gabriellag2611]

I've started playing with aging off and also doing "patient play" since I've started watching your channel -- and it's improved the gameplay for me so much, thank you!!

[@haleymarie2627]

I don't know what compelled me to turn off aging, but it was around two years ago. And honestly that's what made the Sims 4 more playable for me. Before that I was a die hard Sims 3 fan (I still am.) I used to play a lot more chaotically and would often get bored really quickly. I might have had a few favorite sims, but that was rare. Now I've been playing with the same save for like three years... I'm only on generation three, but that is besides the point! I'm able to flesh out these sims lives, develop skills, relationships, maybe change jobs or general paths in life. It also allows me to play with ages a bit more. For example, when my sims first age up into teens I play that as if they are preteens in a sense. They have an awkward stage. Their hair and make and clothes are kinda dorky and their rooms are still very reminiscent of when they were children. But when time moves on their room will age with them. Maybe toys will be replaced with makeup and their clothes are a bit more intentional. I'm attached and so are my friends! I'm able to experiment with a lot of areas in the game that I didn't before. I actually tried playing with a different household with aging on and I was so overwhelmed! I had so little time to do anything and it felt so wrong.

[@SophiaPasta]

I play like this too and I use MCCC to set world time to be 25% so the days arent so short and feels way more realistic! I get to do all the mundane things with my sims like brush teeth, shave, freshen up, vaccum, clean, do laundry, cook, workout, and its all done before lunch time haha

[@juliacintrae]

wait that's possible??? I have to try it now

[@SophiaPasta]

@@juliacintrae yes!! I literally can't play on regular time anymore it feels so rushed.

[@juliacintrae]

@@SophiaPasta I always feel like the time is rushed. My sims usually sleep around 3 am or worse because from 8 pm to 3 am is like 2 minutes but does the interaction take less time to work? like, your sims take 1 sim hour to go up the stairs of the setting changed make so they take less in game time?

[@SophiaPasta]

@@juliacintrae Your sims will still do tasks for the same amount of time but the clock moves slower, so in game time going up the stairs would only be 2 minutes instead of like an hour.

[@juliacintrae]

@@SophiaPasta oh that's so fun!! thank you so much

[@simsimsiree3439]

I just switched aging off for the first time. I thought I'd hate it, but I've fallen back in love with the game! You can tell richer stories and connect with your families so much better. I've been dreading aging up their friends in CAS, so you're basically my hero :) I may turn on aging once I'm ready to move forward just so the random townies they've met throughout their lives age up too. Either way, this was so informative! Thanks for sharing

[@aillian]

Thanks so much for this, Oshin! I've always wondered how you do this. I'd love to see how you set up your gameplay for new saves, maybe! Like, your thought process and how you plan it - I think that'd be really cool 🤩

[@oshinsims]

Thanks for the idea!

[@FerrariCarr]

I play with aging off as well. Too much time and investment is spent making my Sims and backgrounds that I couldn’t bear losing them. I only manually age up toddlers/children for storyline purposes, but beyond that, everything is like a cartoon sitcom/soap opera where everyone just stays the same age forever.

[@Xx_lost_or_unheard_trackz_xX]

Same. I only ever age up newborns because they're objects.

[@Susaninha1D]

I have a similar problem with not wanting my sims to age up so what i do is switch between off and on. I play with aging off for a while and then switch it back on when I start wanting them to age up and that way everyone (unplayed sims also) ages up at the same time but only when I am ready . If I decide that I don’t want them to age up at that exact time I turn it back off again For ex, I play with aging off and then I want my infant to age up (as well as other infants) so I turn it back on and when the infant ages up I turn aging back off and enjoy playing with them as toddlers.

[@ArtisticLibra]

I have a really hard time playing with aging off so I normally play on long life span in addition to editing the life stage times in MCCC or using UI cheats to add days back when I don’t feel like it’s time for my sim to age up especially with the Teen to Adult stages. With the infant update and the new pack coming this might change for me and this video was very helpful.

[@Kawaii_Rockie]

I play like the too ❤

[@xstarsystemsx]

I still use your calendar guide videos to make new holidays for all my save games! That school holiday mod you showed is so useful! But I've been out of the sims scene for a while now (you know how we all play this game in cycles...) and I didn't know they did something to the aging options! I usually play with aging off, unless I'm doing a rotation or a legacy -type play where it's more about the generations than individual sims. But i turn the aging on when I want to age up kids and then turn it back off when they have had their birthday. That way everyone still ages a bit and it feels like time is advancing anyway.

[@amylouisesimpson4555]

I used to handle aging similarly to how you showed in this video. I do things a little different now and it's works really well for me. Mainly because I got really into customising the calender and different holidays and events. So when I feel its getting close to the time sims should age up, I'll turn aging back on for everybody, but set it to 'short'. That way I only have a few days until everyone ages up, but on different days so that I can plan parties and events for them. This also causes the world to gradually age up between around a 2 week period so I don't need to go manually do it for everyone. Then as soon as the last sim I care about has had their birthday, I'll turn aging off again. This has been working pretty well for me so I thought I'd share. Thanks for the video, I love watching videos where you go into how you organise your game.

[@nathanielplacide4119]

I haven't turned off aging, but I do set the aging to one calender year for kids and teens half for toddlers and and a quarter for babies, and two for young adults and adults

[@JessicasASMR]

I allow aging for active household only, I just hate when all the townies get old and die it makes me sad, and I cycle thru the same few households and I don’t need sims aging up before I do what I wanna do

[@katerinaki8873]

I do that too but my townies end up having babies that never age up

[@hclsi]

Yes I play like this! Honestly I’m so glad I’ve found this channel, Oshin you are such a different experience from other Sims Let’s Play channels. Don’t get me wrong everyone’s great in their own way, but I’ve never known someone else who plays sims the same wavelength as I do. Like I get so attached too my sims too, and I try to be realistic. You and like one other channel (the girl with a plumbob tattoo- her zombie apocalypse lp is soo good😭) but you two remind me of my own gameplay and I bounce off of more ideas thanks to you to make my gameplay even better. Maybe sims is my sort of therapy but I love creating new storys and life’s it truly feels real. It’s an escape. So thank you! I’m nearly up too date on lovesick and then I can finally watch as episodes are released😂I just started a new job so whenever I’m home I’m binging it!!

[@cammjonas]

I have aging on like a very long custom setting with mccc. I like that they age but I don’t let them age fast, it gives me time to like process and build stories, I love my storytelling Fr

[@carriehooper32]

After getting Growing Together this week I turned off aging which I haven't done often because it seemed like there was so much more to do with the children and there wasn't time to do it all with regular aging. I didn't want the kids to grow until I accomplished all the goals I wanted to meet with each kid. I had so much more fun playing with children this way.

[@Laceylover2122]

I did not realize you could do this, because when my son gave birth like the smallest point, which is like a newborn, basically, I only had that for like not even a day, and you can have your newborn for like two days or whatever until they fully age out or whatever And I regret not knowing how to turn them off because I really want like save my newborn. I wanna have at least two days or more with my newborn and like if it’s eight days I’m gonna age him up but like two days or more to age up and then for infants I don’t even want them for a while because they’re just like so cute and right now mines a toddler .

[@gisellesinterlude]

this is literally me, whenever my sims die or age up without me knowing I bawl my eyes out 😭 i have more attachments to sims than actual people besides my parents, siblings and dogs

[@NishDontGame]

I find it so hard to make my sims adults and elders, yet alone pass away. I often just stop planning with a family instead of making them grow older 😂

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

I've always enjoyed playing on "long" because it gives me more time to focus on goals and skill building :) plus I always make each season 28 days so you get the most out of your harvest! With MC command center I would make pregnancies 7 days instead of 3 :) to make them feel a bit more real, and I liked how the newborns stayed newborns for about 1 week instead of 2 days. I'm just more leisurely like that and hate the rushed feeling of "normal" lifespan. I know with the update coming on the 14th they've adjusted lifespans again, so I haven't played on "long" for a while and am avoiding tweaking it until I see if this update is gonna break ages again lol. Let's hope not!!!

[@mistresstia]

I don’t use aging either…ever since they didn’t add the Epic Lifespan (my favorite lifespan to use) in TS4, I would leave aging off and only age up for certain milestones…or when I figured that it was time to age up, though none of my sims have made it to elder before. I will usually get bored and play with a different family.

[@marywells71]

Yes! A new OshinSims video! Thank you Oshin - I love you and your videos! ❤

[@oshinsims]

Thank you so much, much love to you 🥰🤍🤍

[@mamapsims]

Seriously. You're the best. I always wonder how different players play, especially my KZbin faves. I currently have aging off and I also use MCC to flag my Sims parents (elders) to not die cuz I can't deal 😭😂 I find it also helpful to keep aging off so the world doesn't get filled with crazy looking random townies every generation.

[@oshinsims]

Yes! That’s one of the reasons why I don’t she up too - I don’t like all the random townies 🤣

[@mamapsims]

​@@oshinsims they be looking a hot mess lol

[@Moonzie]

When I get bored I go in my save with aging off and make random townies my sims know in to new sims with new names, so I don’t have to go hunting for the sim. Then I go make them “meet” at the park or something.

[@Jennycoolidgeplantmomma]

I literally got attached to a foster kid in the first day

[@cheezekit]

i thought i was the only one who gets so attached to their sims! glad to know there's people out there also obsessively micromanage their sims

[@29.11plum]

Also can you do a video on your favorite cozy homes? I often feel like a lot of homes on the gallery can be a bit much or two unrealistic. I like mid century modern but not ultra modern houses. I definitely prefer cozy homes and I know Oshin knows “cozy”. ❤️

[@tlaisa]

I turn off auto aging, and I might turn it back on because I play with multiple households. I just get attracted to them... It's hard to let them go but I have to start on the next generation..

[@muyaga2864]

I hope the birthday cake have an option like enable/disable age up. I already disable my aging at option gameplay but when i blow up the birthday cake still aging up my sim. I want to blow up the candle without age up my sim lol

[@courtmb7245]

I play with long life, but I do always find certain Sims I interact with will age up before my played Sim. I’ve always contemplated turning aging off. I may just do this now! Great video.

[@thesimkat8740]

Im curious how you set up MC command center when aging is off to prevent pregnancy booms :) loved this video Oshin! I've just recently started to play this way and I find it so calming

[@BatQueenxx]

See I'm different I love a challenge and that includes doing everything before the sims age up!! It's so fun especially quick life span!!

[@Katie_Bee]

Thank you so much for this guide! I have played the sims for years but only recently started getting into playing sims for their story lines rather than maxing skills and careers. You inspire me so much! :D

[@tomjohnson4922]

I turn aging off in my Sims as I play with all mine as one, big world and then just switch from household to household. That way my created Sims can meet each other, work, play, whatever... With aging in I found that some parts of households would die and I would never know.

[@sarahlilly]

this is such a great video oshin

[@twilightfreak8000]

I always play with aging off & do it on a long lifespan. This way, I like to age up my Sims when I want to. I get too attached to my Sims & I don't want to age them past Young Adult. I might only do that for my young Sims' parents (age them up to Adult) when the young Sims reach Young Adult & use CC to make them still look like Young Adults. I make sure that no one ages in my game. I make all the Sims be "immortal" in mine since it makes me happy & I don't see anyone die. I also will continue to keep Neighborhood Stories off so everything stays the way that I want it to be.

[@wolfsbane1991]

I NEVER played with aging on. Even with the long lifespan setting, it's too short for me. I have SO much I want to do, and I love my Sims very dearly. I play with them for ages. So I only ever age them up manually, when I feel ready!

[@cathih3105]

I personally play with aging on a long setting and looking forward to growing together since i have two of my households on pause so i can have a baby shower. Hope your day is going good.

[@sydney7182]

Same here. I turn my aging off and only age up when I feel they are ready. Usually I'd play with the long setting - but I have too many families and I feel like I'd only be able to spend a little bit of time with each family that the next time I see them they've aged up. I love taking my time with each family :)

[@jakhiraj28]

I’ve been playing on long lifespan lately, and I love it! Sometimes I put aging off for bit but I will never go back to normal life span, I felt rushed and wasn’t attached to my sims.

[@valentinamelethiel353]

I'm playing with the same families since 2020 and to be honest I love it because I do love trying different game packs and stories with each family

[@ambiencecafe6098]

Love the lighting/environment mod!

[@Isa-Nascimento]

I am planning on starting to use custom lifespans with MCCC. I already saw a perfect lifespan configuration that I figured it might work for me and my legacy. I even want to change the time the pregnancy lasts to be longer

[@belasims3823]

I was literally wondering if you play with aging off the other day as I was catching up on Lovesick, thanks for sharing! I’ve been feeling like I want to manually age my sims up, too. Also, I’ve used Hello Fresh for a couple of years now and it’s been so nice - when you’re in constant high stress, knowing what’s for dinner and not having to go grocery shopping has been a huge plus. 👍

[@propertysisterspainting]

Same, I always play the game with auto age turned off. I age up individual sims when I feel the time is right. I also play with one save file and connect the different families' story lines. I can create very realistic and in-depth stories that way. I love it!!!

[@Greyfeathers30]

I have two saves, one with aging off and the other with aging on. The aging on save I've been playing since sims 4 launched and I've played through over 30 generations. My aging off save is my special save where I micromanage everything and take my time to curate everything including different storylines and drama and I manually age them up when I want.

[@berryshortcakee]

I was wondering why my sim was an infant one second then next thing I know she’s a whole child omg 🤦‍♀️

[@xSunnyFlowersx]

Oh man, I been waiting for this video! Thank you for posting it. The way you play is wonderful and I love to learn your way of thinking with playing the game. Seriously, thank you for these helpful videos. Please keep posting videos about tips and advice on playing in the future, it helps me learn and play with more satisfaction :’)

[@zzzynith]

Please do more gamestyle videos! I’m fairly new to playing Sims 4 in a storytelling manner (I’ve always just mindlessly played it) and I’ve been a bit overwhelmed with how to play. This video definitely gave me ideas and I’ll try turning aging off to see how it goes (:

[@sheimi91]

Aging always on for active family. I like the circle of life! I play on normal until my heir sim is a young adult, then I decide - if I want a longer story or a university degree I switch to long lifespan and I switch it back to normal when it's time to have children. 67 generations and counting!

[@wildwillowsway1807]

Not new but you taught me a lot , thank you so much! I too get attached, hate when one dies. I have been playing the same family line since the game came out.

[@belle-nz1eh]

you have such a soothing voice love the video

[@oshinsims]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@orangepeelqueen2787]

I put in a lot of effort for each sim, hours in CAS sometimes with whole personalities and stories in mind and houses built specifically for them. I am not about to let them die.

[@OMG-ko3yu]

I play with against off too! I just don’t like to see my sims get older lol

[@hustlinhitch]

I play long life and ageing on for current household. NPCs get aged up for the last week of winter.

[@melillio]

i cant listen to most youtubers because of their loud/stressful/annoying voice and my hypersensitivity. just wanted to let you know that YOUR VOICE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, so calming and i could listen to you for hours! xx

[@oshinsims]

Haha I appreciate that, thank you ☺️

[@SwankyKitteh82]

Is it considered a taboo within the community to have aging off? I've always aged my sims and NPCs manually. That way it's a more natural progression. My main family's denizens age naturally in real ingame years, and I keep a spreadsheet for that. Infancy: 3 years. Toddler: 2 years. Childhood: 8 years. Teens: 7 Years. Adult (Young): 20 years. Adult: 20 years. Elder 20+ Years.

[@oshinsims]

I love this 😍 Idk! I get asked a lot what my aging settings are or why I play with aging off lol. I think a lot of players play with aging on depending on what their style is. Some even play on short lifespan (how?!) . I love seeing how everyone plays their game !

[@martasg8551]

Hi Oshin! I would love to know how do you plan your gameplay’s events, for example sometimes when i am playing with a female sim and i want her to date, I don’t know how long to wait since they get to know each other til they become a couple, break up or marry, etc. What I mean is that one day in The Sims is like one year in real life so sometimes I get stuck thinking if I’m being too slow or fast when making things to happen. I hope that made sense ❤️

[@kagaflo6217]

sometimes, when i wanna micromanage my sims ages and also make the whole town kinda grow, i use mods too. one is, a mod that lets you have more people in a club, and the let friends age up mod. that way, for example if i wanna age up a huge number of young adults that my sim is friends with, i can filter the young adults in the club requirement, add them to the club then age them all up. that way, all young adults that I CHOOSE will grow to an adult.. it feels like the world is moving and growing

[@rosiex1841]

hello! first video of yours I've watched and a) those are great tips and b) you have such a beautiful, soothing voice

[@oshinsims]

Welcome to my channel! Thank you so much :)

[@ItsTanuki0_Clock]

I kinda agree, Sims lifespam is way to short even when putting them at maximun, it basically forces you to rush things out and inmediatelly find a partner to have kids with or else your sim could reach elderhood single and kidless hence loosing the game. In addition, it's not realistic how sims age up, so making them get frozen for several sims years and then making them grow up would be a more interesting deal

[@capena82]

I am with you, I just get too attached! I like to imagine the entirety of my playtime with TS4 is only within a a few years where most of them never age much. I keep telling myself I will start a new save for a true legacy play through with aging and random deaths on, but… I just can’t lol

[@SleepyTimeSims]

Thank YOU! this is the exact content im interested in right now. been playing regularly for 5 years and still learn more in depth details of the game. im currently changing the way i play the game, and i was wondering about playing with aging off and what happens when you toggle it back on.

[@KKP_188]

I’m curious how you deal with the sims’ skills getting potentially maxed out or them getting to a super high level in their careers.. I love long lifespans but it gets unrealistic with how much money they start to get or skills when they’re still a young adult :/

[@lyn0083]

I really love the idea with the birthdays in the calender. Maybe i will do this with my own gameplay. For me i use MCCC to expand the lifespan. I counted the days for one sim year, which is 4 times 28 days and then i take some reasonable years for my sims. For example: 3 years for baby, 3 years for toddler, 7 years for child, 7 years for teenager, 10-15 years young adult etc. Its about a few thousand days for one sim lifespan. XD

[@CeaseEcho]

I can only play with long lifespan myself. And if I have a sim die due to an accident I see it as a fun challenge to bring them back to life. Or if I want to keep a sim young I love working towards fulfilling whims/wishes to get a potion of youth. Also I don't mind playing with ghosts-but then never had one die by fire. (Heard those kind can set off fires, yikes.) I like a bit of drama. I currently have this very cheerful sim who told a joke to a bunny and then dropped dead when she became hysterical before I could get her to a mirror to calm down. I learned something valuable from from that. Beware, bunnies can be deadly in more than one way to cheerful sims. I had a good laugh over her dying from basically cuteness overload. Luckily, she was not living alone so now I have her boyfriend add her back to the houshold and he's now working hard on becoming a powerful spellcaster to bring her back to life so they can continue theirs together.

[@tamaraann8797]

I usually play on long. But I feel the same as you. And it’s hard when you’re so attached. I will play a family for a long time and honestly I don’t think I’ve ever had a fave family age to elder lol ❤

[@ItzTocaBocaHaley]

I have my aging sims on, now I know it’s a choice. So pls consider this comment of that before reading!! 1. I enjoying having aging on so I can enjoy birthdays or the joy of watching them growing up and having a story. 2. I do put my sims gameplay on long, although if I do feel bored, I will put it on normal so the time speeds up. 3. I understand it’s a choice but I do get bored sometimes of the sims ages!! Like my toddler always being a toddler! I would love to see my toddler age up and become a great student! Without being said, thank u for making this video so I can let this out of my system!! :)

[@Jaseumin]

I don’t use mods, because I play on PS5, but I could go into households and age up my sims friends. Lately I’ve been playing an entire neighborhood and have had the game on normal. I find the sims age up way to fast though and I sometimes have a hard time keeping up 😂 Great video!

[@rachel5288]

By using McCmd and using the "normal" lifespan setting, I can set the length of each lifestage. I like to use a realistic time frame so if I decide that 5 in-game days is equivalent to one real life year, I'll set the length for children to 40 days. I consider a child Sim to be between the ages of 5 to 12 which is 8 years. So 8 years X 5 days/year is 40. I use this same analysis for each age group except for newborns to which I arbitrarily assign 2 days. I'm currently using 7 days/year, so an infant's lifestage will last for 14 days since I think of an infant as being between 0-24 months which is 2 years. I would probably arbitrarily assign a different length to the infant lifespan if I were playing with just 2 or 3 days per year just to have a chance to see the infant fully develop. I also rotate between different families, so every in-game week, I switch to a different household. I set aging on for the current family only and when I reach the last household in the rotation, I also turn on aging for unplayed Sims for that one week.

[@chloeloe8629]

Love this thank you for sharing

[@Jhonelle_Bean]

I never turn on aging either because I just love my sims too much!! Like I gotta make sure I age them up when I WANT to age them up. Happy to find others that do the same

[@bariim9936]

Again thank soooo much I knew there were a mod for birthday thank you thank you a lot you simplayers savior ❤❤❤❤. And the Bhandari omg one of the OG gameplay 😊 Yash noooo why 😭😭😭

[@simplyluna1495]

I feel you girl. I have aging off too for my main gameplay.

[@simplyluna1495]

P.s, I age them up manually too

[@xoxokenzi]

I turn aging off because when I turn off my game for some reason they be a different age-

[@ryuedd]

Thank you for this, sometimes I feel jealous of other simmers who have many generations finished, or are going for their 15th gen when I am now going for gen 3 in 2 years because I do rotational gameplay and I have too many families In my save, it's horrible when I realize that some child from my other family has grown up and I couldn't take pictures of they when they was a child o something like that. I love to create stories with all my sims I don't like to miss anything, that's why I play in long lifespan or aging off. But sometimes when I want everyone to grow at the same time I leave it in normal for a few days.

[@sydneydunn1456]

I play with aging off! I tried long lifespan but I like being able to decide (especially when babies and toddlers!) when they’re ready to age up! I’m sure with the new update I’ll play the same.

[@writinggamer8059]

I also get so attached to my Sims, and I play rotationally. So what I do in a save is I designate one household as the primary. When I play that household I have aging on for current played household only and unplayed households. When I play in other households I turn off aging for unplayed households so only the current unplayed household is aging. This way, the world doesn’t age out around me, but also my other households stay “frozen” age wise until I go back to them.

[@UniquelyTisa]

I have aging on, but I use MCCC to lengthen the life span. When MCCC is waiting for an update or something, I turn aging off.

[@Urfav_xo]

But you can pick if you sim is an infant toddler kids teen adult and grandparent/elder

[@dbseamz]

As soon as I get Seasons, I'm turning aging off. Part of the fun of birthdays in my family is that certain seasonal things happen around the same time--I was born in the spring, so when I was little my mom would take birthday pictures of me framed by blooming daffodils. But the Seasons calendar in the Sims doesn't line up with birthdays no matter what lifespan setting you use or how much fiddling you do with custom season lengths, since not every lifestage lasts the same amount of time. And even if you did manage to line it up, a Sim could get pregnant and push their next birthday ahead a few days. A baby born on Winterfest might have their next birthday in the summertime. A toddler celebrating New Year's might be a teen by the next midnight countdown. I don't think I'll try and make them last as many in-game years as someone would IRL because that would get boring and make legacy challenges take way too long, but I'm thinking at least one in-game year per lifestage, maybe more for Adults and Elders because those stages last longer IRL.

[@millie7205]

I’m going to start playing on long lifespan. I feel like playing on normal I’m always on go go go mode. I feel like I’m obligated to do certain things before they age up. It doesn’t give me time to get to know my sims, develop their personalities and interests, and see their relationships grow slowly.

[@toriellison263]

I do the same with making their birthday a holiday, although I now have 5 generations with a beloved family so every other day is someone in the extended family’s birthday 😂