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@@kenishaantoine7117 you’re so real and so true for this comment! I did that with my teen so he could go to university and I got so sad because I moved him out 😂
I turn off aging. I feel more pressure when it’s on. I like to play leisurely and let my stories evolve at a natural pace and aging off let’s me do that. I age up Sims when I think it’s time.
I turn it on long so I can see how old one kid is from another, if they are getting to close to age up I reset them xD I like legacy and seeing my family grow.. but slowly xD
I have a whole aging system with MCCC lol a trip around the calendar is the equivalent of one year and each season is 2 weeks but this is how i set my aging with MCCC> Newborns: 1 month (7 sim days), Infants: 1 year (56 sim days), Todders: 2 years(112 sim days), Children: 4 years(224 sim days), Teens: 4 years(224 sim days), Yong Adults: 10 years(560 days), Adults: 10 years(560 days), and elderly: 5 years(280 days)... yea i know im extreme and very technical but this is the only formula that allows for a full life gameplay with the amount of time it takes t do things i the sims while at the same time, not too dragged out to where it gets stale with nothing to do because the adults can always have kids who also have kids and young adults can live their life for 5 years before deciding to have their own kids so its amazing to see and play and get time to play friends families and different generations
I personally play in the long setting. I do want my sims to age eventually, but I want to explore more and make memories for them from infants to elders, slowly but surely. And I’m definitely gonna play long setting when growing together comes out to explore everything too
Yes, that's my preferred way of playing too:) I've been playing with one family for 4 years. It expanded quite a lot so i had to move out most of the family members. Now I play them rotationally developing a story line for each of them which actually takes a lot of time :)
Quick note to everyone: unless your aging is OFF for all sims- make sure you don’t use the cas age-up! The length of the bar carries on, so if they were in the later stages of adulthood, they would now be in the later stages of elderhood and die faster.
I've been playing with aging off ever since I realized it was an option! I used to get so bored with the game, but once I realized I didn't have the rush through my sims lives I was able to enjoy playing out different storylines. I always struggled with keeping my sims friends the same ages though, so I'm happy you made this guide!
I turn aging off. I play in my own terms. My young adults for example study, let them travel, do part time jobs. I let them meet new people. My adults are building their family. Go through professional transitions. Break up, find a new s/o. And so on. I do not want to feel rushed.
I typycally play with aging off or on Long lifespan too, and I usually play with seasons set to the longest setting. I it that way so that my sims have more time to experience each of the seasons as well as the holidays I set up without it feeling like there's a ton to do back-to-back everyday. Also, I just always find myself getting anxious and feeling like I'm running out of time if I play on Normal or Short 😅
Why are we the same! I'm awful with aging. So I have decided to have age burns. During the Summer period, I turn aging on which allows unplayed Sims to age along with my played sims. Playing with aging turned off lets me play in a leisure style.
i play with aging off too. in previous games, i would only have aging on when a newborn arrives just for the first 3 days to age them up! but other than that, i manually age them! i dont like seeing my sims get old since i get wayyyyyy too attached. i'll have an older sim for family tree purposes but i'll age them back down.
I play with aging off as well. Too much time and investment is spent making my Sims and backgrounds that I couldn’t bear losing them. I only manually age up toddlers/children for storyline purposes, but beyond that, everything is like a cartoon sitcom/soap opera where everyone just stays the same age forever.
I have a really hard time playing with aging off so I normally play on long life span in addition to editing the life stage times in MCCC or using UI cheats to add days back when I don’t feel like it’s time for my sim to age up especially with the Teen to Adult stages. With the infant update and the new pack coming this might change for me and this video was very helpful.
I don't know what compelled me to turn off aging, but it was around two years ago. And honestly that's what made the Sims 4 more playable for me. Before that I was a die hard Sims 3 fan (I still am.) I used to play a lot more chaotically and would often get bored really quickly. I might have had a few favorite sims, but that was rare. Now I've been playing with the same save for like three years... I'm only on generation three, but that is besides the point! I'm able to flesh out these sims lives, develop skills, relationships, maybe change jobs or general paths in life. It also allows me to play with ages a bit more. For example, when my sims first age up into teens I play that as if they are preteens in a sense. They have an awkward stage. Their hair and make and clothes are kinda dorky and their rooms are still very reminiscent of when they were children. But when time moves on their room will age with them. Maybe toys will be replaced with makeup and their clothes are a bit more intentional. I'm attached and so are my friends! I'm able to experiment with a lot of areas in the game that I didn't before. I actually tried playing with a different household with aging on and I was so overwhelmed! I had so little time to do anything and it felt so wrong.
I just switched aging off for the first time. I thought I'd hate it, but I've fallen back in love with the game! You can tell richer stories and connect with your families so much better. I've been dreading aging up their friends in CAS, so you're basically my hero :) I may turn on aging once I'm ready to move forward just so the random townies they've met throughout their lives age up too. Either way, this was so informative! Thanks for sharing
I still use your calendar guide videos to make new holidays for all my save games! That school holiday mod you showed is so useful! But I've been out of the sims scene for a while now (you know how we all play this game in cycles...) and I didn't know they did something to the aging options! I usually play with aging off, unless I'm doing a rotation or a legacy -type play where it's more about the generations than individual sims. But i turn the aging on when I want to age up kids and then turn it back off when they have had their birthday. That way everyone still ages a bit and it feels like time is advancing anyway.
I have aging on like a very long custom setting with mccc. I like that they age but I don’t let them age fast, it gives me time to like process and build stories, I love my storytelling Fr
Aging is off for me too, always. Played that way for years. I'll manually age them when or IF I want to. I have some kids stuck as toddlers forever, it's pretty funny.
Also can you do a video on your favorite cozy homes? I often feel like a lot of homes on the gallery can be a bit much or two unrealistic. I like mid century modern but not ultra modern houses. I definitely prefer cozy homes and I know Oshin knows “cozy”. ❤️
After getting Growing Together this week I turned off aging which I haven't done often because it seemed like there was so much more to do with the children and there wasn't time to do it all with regular aging. I didn't want the kids to grow until I accomplished all the goals I wanted to meet with each kid. I had so much more fun playing with children this way.
Aging always on for active family. I like the circle of life! I play on normal until my heir sim is a young adult, then I decide - if I want a longer story or a university degree I switch to long lifespan and I switch it back to normal when it's time to have children. 67 generations and counting!
Im curious how you set up MC command center when aging is off to prevent pregnancy booms :) loved this video Oshin! I've just recently started to play this way and I find it so calming
I turn off auto aging, and I might turn it back on because I play with multiple households. I just get attracted to them... It's hard to let them go but I have to start on the next generation..
I am planning on starting to use custom lifespans with MCCC. I already saw a perfect lifespan configuration that I figured it might work for me and my legacy. I even want to change the time the pregnancy lasts to be longer
I put in a lot of effort for each sim, hours in CAS sometimes with whole personalities and stories in mind and houses built specifically for them. I am not about to let them die.
Instead of playing with aging off, I like to make my lifespans SUPER long with MCCC. That way I don't have to age up every single sim by myself, while also having plenty of time to explore and not rush!
I personally play with aging on a long setting and looking forward to growing together since i have two of my households on pause so i can have a baby shower. Hope your day is going good.
I NEVER played with aging on. Even with the long lifespan setting, it's too short for me. I have SO much I want to do, and I love my Sims very dearly. I play with them for ages. So I only ever age them up manually, when I feel ready!
I play with long life, but I do always find certain Sims I interact with will age up before my played Sim. I’ve always contemplated turning aging off. I may just do this now! Great video.
I’m curious how you deal with the sims’ skills getting potentially maxed out or them getting to a super high level in their careers.. I love long lifespans but it gets unrealistic with how much money they start to get or skills when they’re still a young adult :/
Thank you so much for this guide! I have played the sims for years but only recently started getting into playing sims for their story lines rather than maxing skills and careers. You inspire me so much! :D
I've been playing the Sims 4 since it first launched and I've never played with aging on. I like my sims to stay the same age I created them as lol. I don't ever age them. I play with a lot of families though on rotational gameplay.
I’ve been playing on long lifespan lately, and I love it! Sometimes I put aging off for bit but I will never go back to normal life span, I felt rushed and wasn’t attached to my sims.
I was literally wondering if you play with aging off the other day as I was catching up on Lovesick, thanks for sharing! I’ve been feeling like I want to manually age my sims up, too. Also, I’ve used Hello Fresh for a couple of years now and it’s been so nice - when you’re in constant high stress, knowing what’s for dinner and not having to go grocery shopping has been a huge plus. 👍
I remember playing Sims 2 ageing up the sims close friends without a mod and they didn't have to be in the same household. The mod really make Sims 4 come alive.
I have two saves, one with aging off and the other with aging on. The aging on save I've been playing since sims 4 launched and I've played through over 30 generations. My aging off save is my special save where I micromanage everything and take my time to curate everything including different storylines and drama and I manually age them up when I want.
I did not realize you could do this, because when my son gave birth like the smallest point, which is like a newborn, basically, I only had that for like not even a day, and you can have your newborn for like two days or whatever until they fully age out or whatever And I regret not knowing how to turn them off because I really want like save my newborn. I wanna have at least two days or more with my newborn and like if it’s eight days I’m gonna age him up but like two days or more to age up and then for infants I don’t even want them for a while because they’re just like so cute and right now mines a toddler .
I always play with aging off & do it on a long lifespan. This way, I like to age up my Sims when I want to. I get too attached to my Sims & I don't want to age them past Young Adult. I might only do that for my young Sims' parents (age them up to Adult) when the young Sims reach Young Adult & use CC to make them still look like Young Adults. I make sure that no one ages in my game. I make all the Sims be "immortal" in mine since it makes me happy & I don't see anyone die. I also will continue to keep Neighborhood Stories off so everything stays the way that I want it to be.
I can only play with long lifespan myself. And if I have a sim die due to an accident I see it as a fun challenge to bring them back to life. Or if I want to keep a sim young I love working towards fulfilling whims/wishes to get a potion of youth. Also I don't mind playing with ghosts-but then never had one die by fire. (Heard those kind can set off fires, yikes.) I like a bit of drama. I currently have this very cheerful sim who told a joke to a bunny and then dropped dead when she became hysterical before I could get her to a mirror to calm down. I learned something valuable from from that. Beware, bunnies can be deadly in more than one way to cheerful sims. I had a good laugh over her dying from basically cuteness overload. Luckily, she was not living alone so now I have her boyfriend add her back to the houshold and he's now working hard on becoming a powerful spellcaster to bring her back to life so they can continue theirs together.
I allow aging for active household only, I just hate when all the townies get old and die it makes me sad, and I cycle thru the same few households and I don’t need sims aging up before I do what I wanna do
Please do more gamestyle videos! I’m fairly new to playing Sims 4 in a storytelling manner (I’ve always just mindlessly played it) and I’ve been a bit overwhelmed with how to play. This video definitely gave me ideas and I’ll try turning aging off to see how it goes (:
Hi Oshin! I would love to know how do you plan your gameplay’s events, for example sometimes when i am playing with a female sim and i want her to date, I don’t know how long to wait since they get to know each other til they become a couple, break up or marry, etc. What I mean is that one day in The Sims is like one year in real life so sometimes I get stuck thinking if I’m being too slow or fast when making things to happen. I hope that made sense ❤️
Not new but you taught me a lot , thank you so much! I too get attached, hate when one dies. I have been playing the same family line since the game came out.
Thank you for this, sometimes I feel jealous of other simmers who have many generations finished, or are going for their 15th gen when I am now going for gen 3 in 2 years because I do rotational gameplay and I have too many families In my save, it's horrible when I realize that some child from my other family has grown up and I couldn't take pictures of they when they was a child o something like that. I love to create stories with all my sims I don't like to miss anything, that's why I play in long lifespan or aging off. But sometimes when I want everyone to grow at the same time I leave it in normal for a few days.
Oh man, I been waiting for this video! Thank you for posting it. The way you play is wonderful and I love to learn your way of thinking with playing the game. Seriously, thank you for these helpful videos. Please keep posting videos about tips and advice on playing in the future, it helps me learn and play with more satisfaction :’)
I don’t use mods, because I play on PS5, but I could go into households and age up my sims friends. Lately I’ve been playing an entire neighborhood and have had the game on normal. I find the sims age up way to fast though and I sometimes have a hard time keeping up 😂 Great video!
You don't need to use CAS to age up a cat or dog. Just buy or make an Age Up Treat. They can be bought from the vending machine in the Vet Clinic lobby in Brindleton Bay, or made with mid-level Veterinarian Skill on the Dr. Magi-Heal machine. You also don't need a mod to age up NPCs. Just invite them over and select to age them up on a birthday cake. It's usually under "More Choices" and the option only appears when they're on the lot.
@@oshinsims - You're welcome. I made a whole pile of treats during Skill training just this morning so it was fresh in my mind. Wellness, Age Up, Age Down, and Ambrosia Treats. I stocked them all up to be prepared for anything.
I’m going to start playing on long lifespan. I feel like playing on normal I’m always on go go go mode. I feel like I’m obligated to do certain things before they age up. It doesn’t give me time to get to know my sims, develop their personalities and interests, and see their relationships grow slowly.
I turn aging off on personal gameplay and my machinima save. I prefer having the freedom to story tell with those saves. Most of my other saves are challenge based and I have a lifespan restriction if I choose to follow the rules as written. I get attached to my sims too easily. I actually cried when my original 100 baby challenge matriarch passed away.
I really love the idea with the birthdays in the calender. Maybe i will do this with my own gameplay. For me i use MCCC to expand the lifespan. I counted the days for one sim year, which is 4 times 28 days and then i take some reasonable years for my sims. For example: 3 years for baby, 3 years for toddler, 7 years for child, 7 years for teenager, 10-15 years young adult etc. Its about a few thousand days for one sim lifespan. XD
I age my whole world manually. I've been rotating for almost two years and I just need 3 more households to finally go back to everyone again and play with their new life stage. I have a notebook where I divide sims into generations so I remember who is supposed to be the same age. (Now I'm having a bit of a challenge deciding how to consider the infant update in my list xD)
I am with you, I just get too attached! I like to imagine the entirety of my playtime with TS4 is only within a a few years where most of them never age much. I keep telling myself I will start a new save for a true legacy play through with aging and random deaths on, but… I just can’t lol
I don’t let my sims age or die. I turned aging off via the game settings, and I also Flag them to be immortal, never age, never randomly get pregnant (I only let them get pregnant manually), never randomly marry (I choose their partners), and never be jealous, via MC Command Center. I put too much effort into cultivating their relationships, their looks, careers, and families, to let them die, be a baby mama, or marry some random townie. I don’t have any seniors in my game, except two, and I won’t let them die either. I just manually age up certain sims, like babies and teens. I keep all the kids the same age, and in a social group so they can play and party with each other at various venues.
I keep aging off too. I also turn off autonomy for played Sims and Neighborhood Stories as well. I want to be the one shaping their stories, deciding when they age up, who they marry, where they live. It's my dollhouse and I don't want the AI or autonomous gameplay systems ruining that. If they shift to much in body composition, I go into CAS and restore them to where I put them in the first place. I manipulate baby genders with food and music. I always say No when called asking about an NPC wanting to date or have babies because I might have other plans for them later. The system doesn't write my script. I do.
I kinda agree, Sims lifespam is way to short even when putting them at maximun, it basically forces you to rush things out and inmediatelly find a partner to have kids with or else your sim could reach elderhood single and kidless hence loosing the game. In addition, it's not realistic how sims age up, so making them get frozen for several sims years and then making them grow up would be a more interesting deal
I usually play on long. But I feel the same as you. And it’s hard when you’re so attached. I will play a family for a long time and honestly I don’t think I’ve ever had a fave family age to elder lol ❤
I hope the birthday cake have an option like enable/disable age up. I already disable my aging at option gameplay but when i blow up the birthday cake still aging up my sim. I want to blow up the candle without age up my sim lol
I never turn on aging either because I just love my sims too much!! Like I gotta make sure I age them up when I WANT to age them up. Happy to find others that do the same
Again thank soooo much I knew there were a mod for birthday thank you thank you a lot you simplayers savior ❤❤❤❤. And the Bhandari omg one of the OG gameplay 😊 Yash noooo why 😭😭😭
I also get so attached to my Sims, and I play rotationally. So what I do in a save is I designate one household as the primary. When I play that household I have aging on for current played household only and unplayed households. When I play in other households I turn off aging for unplayed households so only the current unplayed household is aging. This way, the world doesn’t age out around me, but also my other households stay “frozen” age wise until I go back to them.
I haven't turned off aging, but I do set the aging to one calender year for kids and teens half for toddlers and and a quarter for babies, and two for young adults and adults
ive been playing with the same legacy for years and like to jump between a bunch of households. I have aging on long most of the time to keep track of birthdays but if I know i’m playing with the same family for a while i’ll turn aging off so my other sims don’t age too much while I’m not playing them!
I love my sims so much i like them being happy and reaching their goals I only use one huge save file for all my gameplay so they can also make their own choices while i control other sims i hate them dying :c never been a pool wall type of sim player
I play with aging off! I tried long lifespan but I like being able to decide (especially when babies and toddlers!) when they’re ready to age up! I’m sure with the new update I’ll play the same.
Maybe I should do this. I've played with short, normal and long and none of them feel right. Long feels like I'm skipping days, waiting to age up, normal feels way too long for some stages and too short for other, and in short Sims will only see one or two rounds of seasons in their lives!
I've mostly been playing with mccc mod so I just customize my own lifespans for each life stage. Because normal is too short but I think long is too long. The lifespans I set place them long enough that I can reach the goals that I want with them but short enough that I don't get tired of them. However because of the infant update I recently took mccc out because I don't want wreck my game. Once mccc is updated for the new update, then I'm adding it back in pronto. For now I'll just be playing on long.
I always play with aging on normal life span and it's a good length for me and gives the game a bit of a challenge. I guess my style is goal/aspiration oriented. Recently doing a short legacy challenge because I never get pass generation 2 with my sims 😅. Currently on Gen 5 and I'm attached to this Gen for some reason but I gotta play it through 😩. I wanna reach Gen 10 before the update. The townies look a mess but I do find some diamonds in the rough.
instead of aging them up in cas or wothe the mod, you can just hold shift and click on the sim, then on sim info and i think there u can age them up and down easily
i actually JUST turned my save from short lifespan to normal bc i was so attached to my current sims and even w them i’m like shocked by how long lifespans how lmao. i get a little restless sometimes
my legacy sim is curently at Uni and has aging off, sometimes I turn it on for like two days and then back off :P his mothers are both adults and I feel like the adult lifespan is too short in comparison to YA so I keep their aging off. But I think it's possible to lengthen it with MCCC so I will eventually do that. I also try to age up my sim's friends along with him :)
For me, it highly depends on who my sims are and what my ultimate goals are. If I play with a family and want generations-style gameplay, I either set the aging to regular or long. If I am playing with a family I am attached to and want to mess around, I turn aging off.
The normal life span itself feels long to me especially if I have a full family lmao, but this did make a lot more sense since I do feel pressure sometimes when their time is almost up, & it does seem better to choose when u specifically want to age them up .
I turn it off mostly because I want them to succeed on something first. Like, children get As and become team captain, the parents reach the highest position etc 😙
When I first started playing, aging was on and I had to turn it off after my sims aged up. All that progress you make on your sims will be for nothing so it feels like a big loss
I get really attached to my Sims two so what I do is use MC command center to completely change the amount of days alive. I set babies to 10 days. Toddlers to 30 days children and teens to 50 days young adults to 75 days adults to 100 days and elders to 30 days
