I just started using a more realistic epic lifespan setting! Since there are 7 days in a season we can say that there are 28 sim days in a year. I looked at the lifespan that nraas recommended reflecting real life ages.
Days
Babys: 28
Toddler: 84
Child: 224
Teen: 168
YA: 336
Adult: 980
Elder: 560
Total: 2380
This will allow me to really take my time and not rush into things. I really hate rushing into relationships and not building them up naturally. I'm also using mods that make the $/hour for jobs way more realistic, so this also makes the game harder. Then we have more realistic university prices, Boarding school prices, and university grant sizes. They also can't buy ingredients from the fridge so they have to go the store. I love love LOVE all of this because I want my sims to have a struggle! I hate that it was so easy to get to lvl 10 of a skill.
so yeah! What are y'alls lifespan settings?
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Baby: 2 days
Toddler: 18 days
Child: 40 days
Teen: 30 days
Young Adult: 110 days
Adult: 140 days
Elder: 50
Since elders almost always live beyond their life expectancy, I set the elder stage to the minimum age I want them to be when they die.
Well on the Nraas website they worked out all the calculations: https://www.nraas.net/community/Lifespan
Since the default for seasons is 7 days that would mean there will be 28 days in a year (4x7=28)
I just play one day equals one year of life. So, babies get two days as I can't adjust it any lower than that and 24 months seems the right transition to toddler to me. Then, toddlers are really only "toddlers" for a couple years, but they can't start regular school here until six or seven. So, I give them five (5)days, which is plenty of time to get trained in everything and have all the books read to them. Grade school lasts Kindergarten through sixth grade, so that's seven days as a child. And, I only give my teens seven days as well (13-19 is seven years). I like the way all the life states work out to an even week (if you combine infant and toddler years together). I round the other life states in even weeks too. Current life is at 77 in my game, with the option for healthy living and luck adding more time in the twilight years.
We all play so very differently and have our own ideas of what is realistic, don't we?!
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So true!!
I love having my kids experience each season, multiple times, and 7 days seems like enough time to go to the festivals and rack up some tickets!
Seasons
Spring - 93 days
Summer - 94 days
Autumn - 89 days
Winter - 89 days
Year - 365 days
Infant: 93 days
Toddlers: 1460 days
Child: 2920 days
Teen: 2555 days
Young Adult: 7300 days
Adult: 9125 days
Elder: 13140 days
36, 593 days more or less for each Sim's lifespan from birth to death. I also changed the pregnancy length as well to match.
I am more likely to celebrate and decorate for the holidays as it's not something that is too often like with the other previous life spans I had used. I wish the developers didn't put a limit on certain features but then again I doubt any of them actually thought there may be a player who would actually want to play a realistic life span Sims style.
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So, right now:
Baby: 2 days (half a year: toddlers still need to learn how to walk and don't do so right on their birthday, and most people learn to walk when they're around 1 years old)
Toddler: 18 (4,5: 0,5 years to 5)
Child: 28
Teen: 24
Young adult: 88 (18 - 40)
Adult: 80
Elder: 30, it seems. Didn't know. Had to look at my optionsfile. 67 years is young but I don't really care they always live longer anyway. If I manage to play a sim until they're an elder...
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Whoa! How did you get so many days? What's the secret?
Start > Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Options (I open this document in Notepad.)
This path may be different if you are using a MAC or digital version.
Here are options pertaining specifically to the age of human Sims.
-agingstagelengthbaby
-agingstagelengthtoddler
-agingstagelengthchild
-agingstagelengthteen
-agingstagelengthyoungadult
-agingstagelengthadult
-agingstagelengthelder
It looks like: agingstagelengthelder = 13140
After the equal sign is where you can input your own custom life span to go beyond what the sliders allow in-game. Once changed and then saved, it should be reflected in-game. When done you cannot touch any of the lifespan sliders or it will revert back its slider limit.
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Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter”
Mine's not super realistic.I keep baby short play because I find them so annoying.
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Baby: 1
Toddler: 4
Child: 7
Teen: 5
YA: 12
Adult: 40
Elder: 31
Total: 100 days
Here are the specific options.
-springlength
-winterlength
-falllength
-summerlength
It also has the equal sign and after that the number to adjust: summerlength = 94
Save your changes and again if you move the in-game sliders it will reset to the default slider limit.
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Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter”
I'm boring:
Normal with a tweak to the elder stage to set the lifespan to 100 days total. Though I may edit it to fit the sims 4 lifespan.
Infants: 3 days(default)
Toddlers: 7 days(default)
Kids: 14 days(default: 13 days)
Teens: 14 days(default: 13 days)
Young Adults: 24 days(default since Toddler update)
Adults: 24 days(default since Toddler update)
Elders: 20 days(default: 10 days)
Total after tweaking: 106 days on a normal lifespan. Or 110 if I give elders the same amount of days as young adults and adults.
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Days[/b]
Babys: 28
Toddler: 84
Child: 224
Teen: 168
YA: 336
Adult: 980
Elder: 560
[b]Total[/b]: 2380
This will allow me to really take my time and not rush into things. I really hate rushing into relationships and not building them up naturally. I'm also using mods that make the $/hour for jobs way more realistic, so this also makes the game harder. Then we have more realistic university prices, Boarding school prices, and university grant sizes. They also can't buy ingredients from the fridge so they have to go the store. I love love LOVE all of this because I want my sims to have a struggle! I hate that it was so easy to get to lvl 10 of a skill.
so yeah! What are y'alls lifespan settings? [/quote]
How long is that IRL?
English isn't my first language, so please excuse any mistakes.
I use a mod.
http://modthesims.info/d/491613/longer-seasons.html
https://graceymanorsims3.tumblr.com/
Infants (Birth > 2 years): Birth - 24 Sim Days (Span: 24 Sim Days)
Toddlers (3 - 5 years): 36 Sim Days - 60 Sim Days (Span: 24 Sim Days)
Children (6 - 12): 72 Sim Days - 144 Sim Days (Span: 72 Sim Days)
Adolescents (13 - 19): 156 Sim Days - 228 Sim Days (Span: 72 Sim Days)
Young Adult (20 - 35): 240 Sim Days - 420 Sim Days (Span: 180 Sim Days)
Middle-Aged Adult (36 - 65): 432 Sim Days - 780 Sim Days (Span: 348 Sim Days)
Elder (66-Death): 792 Sim Days - Death (Span: Unknown)