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Can you adjust the days in each lifespan?

in the sims 3 we used to be able to customize how long each life stage was. is that possible for sims 4? I'm playing a legacy challenge and the heir I chose is still a toddler and her mom is about to be an elder lol don't want her being taken away as I'm kicking the other siblings out for being ugly

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  • JumpingTrainsJumpingTrains Posts: 442 Member
    You can do this with the MC Command Center mod.

    Otherwise, you can change life spans to be short, normal, or long.

    I hope this gets patched to the game at some point. The sims 3 didn't have this feature for like, a year or something? But eventually it got patched in.
  • 3KNPen3KNPen Posts: 2,825 Member
    edited May 2017
    You can't do it without a mod.

    If you have the points have your sims purchase the Potion of Youth from the Reward Store that will reset the sims age to the beginning of their current lifespan.

    Or you could use the cas.fulledit cheat which should allow you to set the mom to whatever age you want her to be.

    Alternatively you could just keep one other household member around until the heiress reaches their teen life stage and kick them out then.
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  • ChampandGirlieChampandGirlie Posts: 2,482 Member
    Yeah, sometimes I use cas.fulleditmode to age a sim back down a life stage if I want them to have more time. I have been doing that more often lately.


    Sometimes I tweak aging by going into the gameplay settings. I basically do that to lengthen a sim's lifespan in a customized way. My default aging is normal length but in practice, I often draw things out.
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  • laladottyspotlalalaladottyspotlala Posts: 307 Member
    good ideas. thanks. I don't want to use many cheats for this challenge.
  • 3KNPen3KNPen Posts: 2,825 Member
    If you're playing by the standard legacy rules it is allowed to use one Potion of Youth (or Cowplant milk or Deathflower) per sim lifetime.
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  • leo3487leo3487 Posts: 4,062 Member
    good ideas. thanks. I don't want to use many cheats for this challenge.
    3KNPen wrote: »
    If you're playing by the standard legacy rules it is allowed to use one Potion of Youth (or Cowplant milk or Deathflower) per sim lifetime.

    Also those challenges (as far I had read) does not ban mods
  • Writin_RegWritin_Reg Posts: 28,907 Member
    edited May 2017
    I wish we could - I loved Sims 3 style aging as I play epic aging in Sims 3, and then tagged on for each life stage precise time. The game at present even on the longest age is way too short for me for each life stage - so I shut off aging and just age each sim with birthdays when I feel they are ready to age again. I do not like any sim having a short life stage - so I do wish we had Sims 3 style aging.

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  • CandydCandyd Posts: 1,261 Member
    @Writin_Reg I've already done it : modthesims.info/download.php?t=592832

    All 5 Sims 3 lifespans, plus one realistic lifespan (credits to NRaas Wiki for the idea). Lifespans have been adjusted to even numbers in order to divide them by 2 or multiply them by 4 with fast or slow settings in game options.

    Short :
    - baby : 2 days
    - toddler : 2 days
    - child : 2 days
    - teen : 4 days
    - young adult : 6 days
    - adult : 6 days
    - elder : 6 days

    Medium :
    - baby : 2 days
    - toddler : 4 days
    - child : 4 days
    - teen : 8 days
    - young adult : 12 days
    - adult : 12 days
    - elder : 10 days

    Normal :
    - baby : 2 days
    - toddler : 8 days
    - child : 8 days
    - teen : 14 days
    - young adult : 20 days
    - adult : 20 days
    - elder : 18 days

    Long :
    - baby : 6 days
    - toddler : 14 days
    - child : 14 days
    - teen : 30 days
    - young adult : 46 days
    - adult : 46 days
    - elder : 36 days

    Epic :
    - baby : 32 days
    - toddler : 74 days
    - child : 74 days
    - teen : 150 days
    - young adult : 226 days
    - adult : 226 days
    - elder : 182 days

    Realistic :
    - baby : 28 days
    - toddler : 84 days
    - child : 224 days
    - teen : 168 days
    - young adult : 336 days
    - adult : 980 days
    - elder : 560 days
  • Simsister2004Simsister2004 Posts: 3,536 Member
    in the sims 3 we used to be able to customize how long each life stage was. is that possible for sims 4? I'm playing a legacy challenge and the heir I chose is still a toddler and her mom is about to be an elder lol don't want her being taken away as I'm kicking the other siblings out for being ugly

    You can choose a long life span. Apart from that, you can only make their lives longer by using an aspiration award and/or the wishing well.

  • Writin_RegWritin_Reg Posts: 28,907 Member
    edited May 2017
    Candyd wrote: »
    @Writin_Reg I've already done it : modthesims.info/download.php?t=592832

    All 5 Sims 3 lifespans, plus one realistic lifespan (credits to NRaas Wiki for the idea). Lifespans have been adjusted to even numbers in order to divide them by 2 or multiply them by 4 with fast or slow settings in game options.

    Short :
    - baby : 2 days
    - toddler : 2 days
    - child : 2 days
    - teen : 4 days
    - young adult : 6 days
    - adult : 6 days
    - elder : 6 days

    Medium :
    - baby : 2 days
    - toddler : 4 days
    - child : 4 days
    - teen : 8 days
    - young adult : 12 days
    - adult : 12 days
    - elder : 10 days

    Normal :
    - baby : 2 days
    - toddler : 8 days
    - child : 8 days
    - teen : 14 days
    - young adult : 20 days
    - adult : 20 days
    - elder : 18 days

    Long :
    - baby : 6 days
    - toddler : 14 days
    - child : 14 days
    - teen : 30 days
    - young adult : 46 days
    - adult : 46 days
    - elder : 36 days

    Epic :
    - baby : 32 days
    - toddler : 74 days
    - child : 74 days
    - teen : 150 days
    - young adult : 226 days
    - adult : 226 days
    - elder : 182 days

    Realistic :
    - baby : 28 days
    - toddler : 84 days
    - child : 224 days
    - teen : 168 days
    - young adult : 336 days
    - adult : 980 days
    - elder : 560 days

    NICE!!!!!! Realistic is pretty close to the way I age them manually. Nice to see this. I thanked you and gave you a favorite check. I give the infant 30-35 days, the toddler, and child 100 days each. The teen 150 days, the YA, adult and elder 450 days each. That is if an elder makes it that far - they tend to overdo and seriously put that number in jeopardy in some elders. LOL. So keeping them fit seems to be the best way to keep them around.

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  • DivieOwlDivieOwl Posts: 1,161 Member
    Candyd wrote: »
    @Writin_Reg I've already done it : modthesims.info/download.php?t=592832

    All 5 Sims 3 lifespans, plus one realistic lifespan (credits to NRaas Wiki for the idea). Lifespans have been adjusted to even numbers in order to divide them by 2 or multiply them by 4 with fast or slow settings in game options.

    Short :
    - baby : 2 days
    - toddler : 2 days
    - child : 2 days
    - teen : 4 days
    - young adult : 6 days
    - adult : 6 days
    - elder : 6 days

    Medium :
    - baby : 2 days
    - toddler : 4 days
    - child : 4 days
    - teen : 8 days
    - young adult : 12 days
    - adult : 12 days
    - elder : 10 days

    Normal :
    - baby : 2 days
    - toddler : 8 days
    - child : 8 days
    - teen : 14 days
    - young adult : 20 days
    - adult : 20 days
    - elder : 18 days

    Long :
    - baby : 6 days
    - toddler : 14 days
    - child : 14 days
    - teen : 30 days
    - young adult : 46 days
    - adult : 46 days
    - elder : 36 days

    Epic :
    - baby : 32 days
    - toddler : 74 days
    - child : 74 days
    - teen : 150 days
    - young adult : 226 days
    - adult : 226 days
    - elder : 182 days

    Realistic :
    - baby : 28 days
    - toddler : 84 days
    - child : 224 days
    - teen : 168 days
    - young adult : 336 days
    - adult : 980 days
    - elder : 560 days

    Does this mod conflict with mccc and can I select and use EA lifespans in some saves and this in others?
  • CandydCandyd Posts: 1,261 Member
    @DivieOwl As long as you keep the default lifespan in MCCC settings, the mod is compatible. If you want to play with both default and modded lifespans depending on the save, you need to quit, install or remove the mod before you restart the game with a new save, because the game doesn't allow to play with different lifespans other than slow, normal and fast settings even with mods. I know that it isn't convenient, but at least you still can have saves with a lifespan mod installed and other saves with another lifespan mod or even none.
  • DivieOwlDivieOwl Posts: 1,161 Member
    @Candyd ok. Thanks for the quick reply.
  • AlbaWaterhouseAlbaWaterhouse Posts: 3,953 Member
    This is a feature that I hope they patch in soon.
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  • JoAnne65JoAnne65 Posts: 22,959 Member
    You can do this with the MC Command Center mod.

    Otherwise, you can change life spans to be short, normal, or long.

    I hope this gets patched to the game at some point. The sims 3 didn't have this feature for like, a year or something? But eventually it got patched in.
    Which is no reason to not implement this right away in the successor of course, it was clearly very much wanted by fans. And a mod can do it? That's really beyond me. Same with body hair. And by this time they had provided it in Sims 3 so what are they waiting for?
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  • KolikokolitkaKolikokolitka Posts: 178 Member
    We need to change it manually. I would prefer something like: baby 2 days, toddler 7 days, child 20 days, teen 20 days, ya 40 days, adult 40 days, elder 20 days
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