What is the difference between YA and Adults in the Sims 3?

ItsMeThatGuy

I play both sims 3 and 4 but the Sims 4 has obvious lines in the adult stage that you can see on the sims. However the Sims 3, I can't really see anything in particular and just looks like a young adult Sim. Can someone tell me the specific cosmetics between these lifestages?

mw1525

Well, on the physical side of things, adults do have age lines on their faces especially noticeable on the forehead and a bit around the eyes. They are also a teeny bit slower than young adults in their movements. However, the biggest difference I have noticed is that adults are more behaviorally 'settled down' than the younger Sims when it comes to how they handle social and personal relationships as-well-as trauma events.

Nikkei_Simmer

Also with adults; the naso-labial triangle is more pronounced on their face as opposed to “Young Adults” - you see the opposing diagonal creases by the side of the nose - that’s the naso-labial crease.

Shadow_Assassin

In addition to the wrinkles mentioned above, adults have more shriveled cheeks and lips, which is obvious at the CAS when switching age.

mw1525 wrote: »

However, the biggest difference I have noticed is that adults are more behaviorally 'settled down' than the younger Sims when it comes to how they handle social and personal relationships as-well-as trauma events.

I'm all ears😃

Avatarit

If Generations is installed, adults will get the mid life crisis moodlet and the game will prompt all sorts of wishes for sudden changes like switch houses, jobs, divorce...

Sorak4

Adults have a lower fertility rate in general and are also able to suffer a Midlife Crisis when aging up with generations based off how their young adult life went.

Plus a few wrinkles here and there, but nothing major visually!

ItsMeThatGuy

Yeah. Thanks guys.I already knew the main mechanics, like midlife crisis and lower fertility rates, just looking for appearence changes.

ItsMeThatGuy

I found out the main appearence change. Adults Sims have a noticible lined jaw, wheras young adults it's absent.

Turjan

The head models are different.

To illustrate just one example, here's a generated Bridgeport bouncer with most of his sliders not too far from their default positions. I drew the mouth slider to its lower extreme position in order to show what that one does.

Note how the mouth sagged downward in the full adult sim, and the philtrum (the cleft in the middle area of the upper lip) became very prominent.

That's one of the pitfalls if you create your sims as YA's. In YA's, the mouth height slider does almost nothing, whereas it has pronounced effects on the head models of teens, full adults and elders.

ItsMeThatGuy

Turjan wrote: »

The head models are different.

To illustrate just one example, here's a generated Bridgeport bouncer with most of his sliders not too far from their default positions. I drew the mouth slider to its lower extreme position in order to show what that one does.

Note how the mouth sagged downward in the full adult sim, and the philtrum (the cleft in the middle area of the upper lip) became very prominent.

That's one of the pitfalls if you create your sims as YA's. In YA's, the mouth height slider does almost nothing, whereas it has pronounced effects on the head models of teens, full adults and elders.

Thanks.

ItsMeThatGuy

Okay. CAS doesn't show any wrinkles for some reason...

MantleJackal

Are you looking in the right section? The option to select wrinkles should be in the same place where you add beauty marks and freckles.

ItsMeThatGuy

MantleJackal wrote: »

Are you looking in the right section? The option to select wrinkles should be in the same place where you add beauty marks and freckles.

I know the "age details". What I'm saying is that what if the Simn doesn't have any? Like Nick Alto. I get confused with him.

MantleJackal

Even if the Sim doesn't have wrinkles there are usually differences such as a more defined crease around the mouth, thinner lips, slightly sunken or less full checks to name a few.

I do agree that Nick Alto is a little confusing considering that he doesn't look that old, especially when you compare how he looks to Vita. However, considering there are actual adults who look younger than they are you can just reason that Nick is one of them.

Other than that and the aforementioned differences from other users, there really isn't that much a difference.

Kelvin

they got them wrinkles 'n mid-life crisis (if you have generations installed)