I play on normal, but I use MCCC to tweak some ages to make toddlers a bit shorter, and adults and elders a bit longer so they won't die before they can meet all of their grandkids and see them grow up.
I play with aging off because I want to preserve my main characters and not have them die off. I would play with aging on if (a) there was a reliable way of making selected sims immortal and ageless; and (b) if there was some form of story progression which would allow those sims who aged to reproduce and repopulate the world.
Usually normal. I have occasionally played on Long. I don't actually find toddlers too bad, and once they've got all their skills at Level 5 (usually by about halfway through toddlerhood) I'm just twiddling my thumbs. And then Childhood is longer. So Normal is my preferred setting.
Either normal or off. I dislike the long setting because I get really tired of my sims being toddlers, but I guess it could be okay if they have all grown up.
I play with long life span only because I want to grind out a family and if I turn aging off I'm afraid when I turn it back on (to kill off elders) then every sim will grow old.
Off because:
1. I'm constantly creating new storylines to my sims.
2. I'm clingy.
Haha! Same. I love developing my sims’ stories and I’m always coming up with new ideas for their lives. Also, I don’t want them to die. I might not ever let any age to elder either. Some will age to adults, some to teens and young adults, and some will remain kids. I don’t want to see my sims hunched over and with that constant back breaking animation.
Usually always normal, with some exceptions. I have one game at the moment, an Amazon challenge with different households all across Oasis Springs, and so I have it on long so I can spend a decent amount of time with each household before they age up.
Honestly, it really depends. Like with my first generation (currently working on and will soon be working on second) I had it on long to have my sim establish in her career as a YA. Then I would go short after she got settled down and has a baby. The. I went normal for the after the baby grew into to a teen. I'm currently 8 days away from the teen being a YA and will start on the second gen.
Eh, it varies. I'll usually turn aging off in the very beginning, when I'm getting Sims established with careers and such. I do the same thing in The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, although with Sims 2 I had to use cheats. Most of the time I play under Normal, but I may switch to long or even turn aging off if I'm having a Sim do something time-consuming.
I've never played the normal lifespan option for 4. I have tried turning it on and letting it go...but I don't want my favorite sims to die. Especially the family modeled after my own! haha. I am planning on finally aging up my toddler daughter to a kid on her actual birthday this year though. She will be 4, and definitely doesn't act like a toddler sim anymore. But, the kid stage is still a bit beyond a 4 year old I think. Too bad there wasn't a preschool stage. :P
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Off, I age them up when I want.
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Same! I even age up children early occasionally.
I think Short is for Simmers who are kinda masochistic towards their sims. Which makes me wonder if there's a legacy story with short lifespan.
Haha! Same. I love developing my sims’ stories and I’m always coming up with new ideas for their lives. Also, I don’t want them to die. I might not ever let any age to elder either. Some will age to adults, some to teens and young adults, and some will remain kids. I don’t want to see my sims hunched over and with that constant back breaking animation.
This is kind of what i have but it's still normal.
If i can remember
Babies 4
Toddlers 5
Child 8
Teen 13
Young adult 20
Adult 20
Elder 10 or 11
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