Forum Announcement, Click Here to Read More From EA_Cade.
Sims life stage age
ren_sibal123
Posts: 86 Member
This is true from real life stage from sims? Baby 0 to 12 months. Toddler 1 to 4 years. Child 5 to 12 years. Teen 13 to 18/21 years. Young adult 22 to 30. Adult 30 to 65. Elder 66+. Thats true?
0
Comments
I think but 18 years old for girls and 21 for boys.
If you want to make a technical comparison ...
Based on maximum days per category ...
In comparison from birth to high school graduation [18 years old].
(roughly ... 3 Sim days equals a month)
Baby ... 64 days ... (21 months)
Toddler ... 150 days ... (50 months) ... [6 years old]
Child ... 150 days ... (50 months) ... [10 years old]
Teen ... 300 days ... (100 months) ... [18 years old]
Young Adult ... 450 days ... (150 months) ... [30 years old]
Adult ... 450 days ... (150 months) ... [42 years old]
Elder ... 364 days ... (121 months) ... [52 years old]
Yes ... Average life expectancy of Sims allows for retirement at 42 years old ...
And death around 52 years old.
But ... That is just technical junk ...
.
Yeah @puzzlezaddict ... I keep the maximum age requirements for all Sims.
In active households, I manually age the babies up at 7 days.
I manually age toddlers/children/teens up when they have completed whatever skills and schooling I desire.
That gives me time to jump around between houses without missing birthdays and whatnot.
.
Babies get 60 days which is a simyear.
Toddlers get 120 days which is from 1-3 years old.
Children are from 3-9 years old which is 360 days.
Kids or Teens are from 9-12 years old which is 180 days.
Young Adults are 12-about 21 years old which is 540 days.
Adults are 21+ years old and have about 1080 days before aging up.
Elders can be as young as 36 years old or as old at 65 years old or even older and usually have 540 days though that can vary.
I do the lifespans that long as I'm playing TS2 style rotational play and would miss out on too much if the lives were shorter.
I've had RL kids (thank goodness my youngest is in elementary school and my two older ones are in high-school)...so I know the whole diaper/toilet training/feeding/teaching to talk routine with my RL kids. That's how come I've got the baby/toddler days set so low. I'd probably go mental if I tried to play the a 65/150 day cycle with babies and toddlers. yes. MENTAL, I tell ya...
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
It's a matter of imagination, but some things make sense based on real life stages.
Personally, I consider them:
Baby 0-1 year
Child 5-12
Teen 13-18
Young Adult 19-35
Adult 35-70
Elder 70+
By the way I use the regular aging system only partially, meaning I don't age sims based on sim days, I age them manually (or with a cake) by how I feel they match the stage at that time. Usually I'll age a school class together.
Goodness! I don't think I have the patience to play them that long! I do intervals of 7 to make things line up with the weeks. My infants get 7 days, my children 14, teens 21, YAs get 42 days, adults get 56 days, my elders get 35 days.
It's interesting to see the different formulas and rationale that everyone uses.
Store Install
Unlocked Stencils
random legacy
infants - I pretty much regard as basically newborns
toddlers - around 2 years old
children - 10, maybe 11
teen - since teens can be taught to drive immediately, I regard them in-game as 16 (real life) years old.
YAs - mid to late twenties
adults - mid forties (since they can get a mid life crisis on aging up)
elders - seventies
The number of days I set each age has nothing to do with real life ages. I based it on what I want my sims to accomplish and how long it will probably take them. Some games I play at the normal lifespan with YA/A maxed, in other games I play at the long lifespan with infant though teen ages considerably shortened.
In my current game I have a married couple on a quest to have 100 children (they just reached 50). They both got hold of a genie lamp and each wished for long life (which doubles all age spans). The effect of that wish is passed down to their children. With the doubled age span for teens I decided to send them to a homeworld university to get a degree before aging to YA, while being home schooled. I've had issues with homeworld university enrollment being dropped when anyone in the active household ages up, so now all aging for infants, toddlers, and children is done on the 1 day of the week I don't have anyone enrolled in a homeworld university (Sunday morning). I'm just kind of rolling with it.
For me, age ranges in the game are quite malleable and I adjust as necessary to play however I want - which changes from game to game.
On the other hand, sims are pregnant for 3 days regardless of how long they live. So using a normal lifespan (90 days), a sim is pregnant for THREE YEARS. That's longer than any animal I've ever heard of; even elephants give birth after two. Can you imagine? And an entire year of morning sickness! I think the human race would have died out ages ago if we had to put up with all that.
Of course, if you really like exploiting the system, your sim could be on paid maternity leave for her entire YA life. I still don't think it would be worth it, though.
Acually it's kind of annoying that the pregnancy is not synchronized with the life span. You can adjust the life span to epic, With "Seasons" a season can be a lot more than three days but the pregnancy always stays the same... I like to play on a long lifespan as it more realistic and in real life many thing happen during pregnancy. so end it in less than a summer is just too short. not to mention that pregnanct women still work during pregnancy and only take maternity leave after delivery.