Modified Epic
Baby 183
Toddler 366
Child 1278
Teen 913
YA 2007
Adult 6204
Elder 3468
Total 14419
...and we have a winner for the "Longest Lifespan in a Sims Game". Yeah, I don't know if I'd go for 14000+ days in my game.
I know one person that has uses one of 29,200 days which is the same as 80 yrs IRL.
And the pregnancies in his game are literally 9 months or 270 days.
I'm just a little bit crazy LOL
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
I noticed I said long when I voted but that didn't last long. I have found that I actually prefer a modified medium lifespan so that my sims get through the generations faster.
I usually just play on the normal life span though I do enjoy the short life span option. It creates a certain type of madness that I miss after not playing with it on.
I like to switch between Normal and Long. I've never played on Epic but just might this time around so that my Founders live longer during my challenge
I play on a modified Long, proportional to normal human aging with 4 sim days roughly equating to 1 human year.
Right now I've got:
Baby (age 0) - 4 days
Toddler (age 1-5) - 20 days
Child (age 6-11) - 24 days
Teen (age 12-17) - 24 days
Young Adult (age 18-35) - 72 days
Adult (age 36-54) - 72 days
Elder (55+) - 48 days + cumulative 5% chance of death daily after day 48.
The elder years might be a bit short, but it's my least favorite life stage. They get just enough time that a late-breeding townie's children will make it to Teen before the parent keels over.
I've also modified my seasons' years to be 24 days long, so my sims have birthdays that actually happen at the same time every year.
My own household sims carry Death Flowers and stuff themselves with age-reversing meals and potions, enjoying immortality while the generations pass by around them. Until I tire of them, whereupon they conveniently misplace their flower collection and meet with an unfortunate end.
I find normal the best. But I feel it is sometimes too fast, especially when a premade ages two seconds later without me getting to know him or her, in ugly random clothes. So I found myself turning to epic more than once. But story progression went weird and Sims moved into random houses... And it got boring to play a family who had it all. Never played medium or short... Too much of a perfectionist. I should probably try custom. Or aging off with cakes. Seriously, never found the perfect time span... Yet.
I want to play ALL the premade families! One day...
I play on normal with elders shortened because they annoy me. In my legacy, they're constantly trying to take the babies out of the cots a moment after I've put them in - though due to the challenge rules I've had to keep the elder lifespan at its normal length.
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Baby 183
Toddler 366
Child 1278
Teen 913
YA 2007
Adult 6204
Elder 3468
Total 14419
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
...and we have a winner for the "Longest Lifespan in a Sims Game". Yeah, I don't know if I'd go for 14000+ days in my game.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
I know one person that has uses one of 29,200 days which is the same as 80 yrs IRL.
And the pregnancies in his game are literally 9 months or 270 days.
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
Sorry to double post but the vote didn't show up!
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Right now I've got:
Baby (age 0) - 4 days
Toddler (age 1-5) - 20 days
Child (age 6-11) - 24 days
Teen (age 12-17) - 24 days
Young Adult (age 18-35) - 72 days
Adult (age 36-54) - 72 days
Elder (55+) - 48 days + cumulative 5% chance of death daily after day 48.
The elder years might be a bit short, but it's my least favorite life stage. They get just enough time that a late-breeding townie's children will make it to Teen before the parent keels over.
I've also modified my seasons' years to be 24 days long, so my sims have birthdays that actually happen at the same time every year.
My own household sims carry Death Flowers and stuff themselves with age-reversing meals and potions, enjoying immortality while the generations pass by around them. Until I tire of them, whereupon they conveniently misplace their flower collection and meet with an unfortunate end.