Aging off. No one gets older until I feel ready. I get very attached to my Sims and it pains me to let go.
I played my current legacy founders as a perpetually Young Adult and child-free couple off and on (among numerous other households) for seven years in TS3.
Since migrating to TS4 last May, I re-created them, and finally allowed them to have a family. Letting their kids grow up and marry and have kids of their own gave me incentive to finally allow them to be Elders.
But let them only have X in-game days? No! Life is good! They're still getting closer to their four grandkids! They only just landed that sweet, sweet retirement home in Sulani! Grimmy is just going to have to wait.
When I have a young adult sim I am really attached to and don't get bored with, I play with a frozen timeline. When I have a family with growing kids, I play long lifespan until I want to age them up. When it's time for them to get to the next life stage, I pick the normal life span and age them up a day early or so.
Long life span but most of the time, aging is turned off. I turn aging on only when I want everyone to age up including unplayed sims. But usually, I use the birthday cake to age my favorite Sims up.
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I played my current legacy founders as a perpetually Young Adult and child-free couple off and on (among numerous other households) for seven years in TS3.
Since migrating to TS4 last May, I re-created them, and finally allowed them to have a family. Letting their kids grow up and marry and have kids of their own gave me incentive to finally allow them to be Elders.
But let them only have X in-game days? No! Life is good! They're still getting closer to their four grandkids! They only just landed that sweet, sweet retirement home in Sulani! Grimmy is just going to have to wait.