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[[Image:Asp.JPG|thumb|right|A Sim's Aspirationaspiration Barbar.]]

The '''Aspirationaspiration bar''' is a bar showing a Sim's overall mental happiness. When the player puts their cursor upon the bar, information will be shown, and the [[Lifetimelifetime want|Lifetime Want]] will also be shown if ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'' or later is installed.

== Daily Aspiration aspiration==

Playable Sims can fill the bar by fulfilling [[Wants and Fearsfears|wants]], but fulfilling fears decreases the aspiration bar. AIn addition, a selectable Sim's daily aspiration bar will decrease gradually over time, unless he or she is sleeping, meditating, or meditatingat [[Career|work]] or [[school]]. Also, the aspiration bar does not appear to decrease while the Sim is at [[Career|work]] or [[school]], or in [[Class performance#Class|class]].{{vgversion|TS2:U}}. FulfillingIn fearsgeneral, alsothe decreaseshigher thea Sim's aspiration barlevel is, the more quickly it will decay. Learning the [[Life skills#The aspirationSims bar2: hasApartment aLife|lifelong finitehappiness]]{{vgversion|TS2:AL}} capacity,life whichskill increaseswill asreduce the Simrate agesat which the aspiration bar decays.

|style="text-align:right;"|below 105%

|style="text-align:right;"|105% to 3010%

|style="text-align:right;"|3010% to 5020%

|style="text-align:right;"|5020% to 6525%

|style="text-align:right;"|6525% to 8035%

|style="text-align:right;"|8035% and above

When the daily aspiration bar stays too low for too long, the Sim will perform [[Aspiration failure#Desperations|desperate actions]]. If it hits bottom, the [[Therapist|Sim Shrink]] will come to heal the Sim, and the aspiration bar will rise a little bit. Until ''[[FreeTime]]'', accomplishing a Lifetimelifetime Wantwant gives a Sim [[Perma-platinum]] status, in which the Sim's bar will remain at platinummaximum until he or she [[death|dies]]. With ''FreeTime'', fulfilling a Lifetimelifetime Wantwant boostswould reportedly boost the bar to platinum, and causescause it to decay very slowly.<ref>The Ashigh longaspiration asvalue (25,000) of lifetime wants ensures that they will fill the Simaspiration occasionallybar fulfillsregardless someof wantsits andlevel.</ref> avoidsIn majorpractice, fearsmany lifetime wants, heeven orthose shefor may[[Career betracks#FreeTime ablecareers|''FreeTime'' careers]], still refer to maintainthe Sim receiving perma-platinum, aspirationand indefinitelyit appears that fulfilling lifetime wants still grants it.

When viewing a Sim in [[Package editor#SimPE|SimPE]]'s Sim Browser, the level of his or her aspiration bar is shown by two scales. One, labeled "Blized", shows the current level of the aspiration bar, and runs from 0 to 1200.<ref group="n">This scale may show a value of 1200 if the [[SimVac]] has caused the Sim to have negative aspiration points.</ref> For toddlers, children, teens, and adults, and for elders who have fewer than 12,000 points, it shows one-tenth of the Sim's current aspiration score. The other scale, labeled "Current", appears to reflect how long the bar will remain at its current level, and runs from 0 to 100.<ref Agroup="n">Use Simof who has attainedthe [[Perma-platinumSimVac]] can cause this to drop below 0.</ref> It will havebe scoresat of100 1200if the bar is at maximum, and 100drops as the bar drops, but does not appear to be a percentage. ThisBeing able to view these scores is useful because a Sim's aspiration bar will occasionally be reset to a low green level when he or she is moved into a new lot, even if he or she had attained Perma-platinum. If this happens, the player can use SimPE to reset the Sim's aspiration level.

== Lifetime Aspiration aspiration==

As of ''The Sims 2: FreeTime'', a Lifetimelifetime Aspirationaspiration bar is added. It accumulates points throughout a Sim's lifetime, and as it fills, the Sim will occasionally receive points which can be spent on [[Aspirationaspiration Benefitsbenefit]]s. ASims Sim gainsgain (or loseslose) Lifetimelifetime Aspirationaspiration points each hour while on their home lots, or while at work, school, or a college class. How many points are gained or lost depends on the Sim's aspiration level and life stage. In general, the shorter the life stage, the greater the hourly adjustment will be, so the level of a [[toddler]]'s aspiration bar will have much more of an impact than the level of an [[adult]]'s. [[Young adult]]s are a special case. Regardless of his or her aspiration level, a young adult's aspiration bar will barely change from hour to hour. Sims also receive points for certain important milestones, such as learning to walk, getting married, having a child, or advancing to athe newadult [[Life stages|life stage]]. If ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'' is installed, Sims receive points when they graduate from [[College (sub-neighborhood)|college]].<ref>Contrary to popular belief, research at [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,11203.0.html ''More Awesome Than You''] showed different milestones than in the [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/The_Sims_2:_FreeTime/Lifetime_Aspiration Prima Games Guide]</ref> Some milestones can be passed while a Sim is unselectable. While Sims do not normally gain lifetime aspiration points while unselectable, they can receive points for milestones they pass while unselectable.

This is the list of milestones that canboost belifetime achievedaspiration forwhen a boosted Lifetime Aspirationachieved.

*Getting Married/Joined Union<ref group="n">Premade Sims and CAS Sims who start as spouses will not be credited with achieving this.</ref>

*Reaching Top of the Career

Despite what the [[Prima official game guide|Prima Guide]] says, getting all [[Vacationvacation memento]]s, learning the Nurserynursery Rhymerhyme, and falling in love don't contribute to the Lifetimelifetime Aspirationaspiration at all. The milestones can only be achieved once, so repeating them does not help. [[CAS]] Sims, as well as Pre-''FreeTime'' Sims, will receive a default amount of Lifetimelifetime Aspirationaspiration points bybased on age and the assumption that they start in low green aspiration. They will start with the following number of benefit points:

*Baby and Toddler: 0

*Young Adult: and Adult:4 5

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