Life stage: Difference between revisions

== The Sims ==

In ''[[The Sims]]'', there are only three stages: [[Baby#The Sims|baby]], [[Child#The Sims|child]], and [[Adult#The Sims|adult]].

Babies grow into children after 72 hours. Children do not grow up into adults, although the ''[[The Sims: Makin' Magic|Makin' Magic]]'' expansion allows magical children to grow up by using the Age of Instant [[SpellsMagic (The Sims: Makin' Magic)#ListChild of charmsCharms|charm]]. There are third-party programs which can grow a child into an adult. There are also hacked objects which can allow a child to function as an adult —, or vice versa. Children and adults have indefinite lifespans, and cannot die via aging.

== The Sims 2 ==

* '''[[Teen#The Sims 2|Teen]]:''' (up to 15 days) Note: TeensWith ''[[University]]'', teens can grow up early in order to go to ''[[College (sub-neighborhood)#The Sims 2: University|college]]''.

* '''[[Young adult#The Sims 2|Young adult]]:'''{{Vgversion|TS2:U}} (varies; usually 24 days) UniversityLasts onlyuntil the Sim leaves the college [[sub-neighborhood]].

* '''[[Elder#The Sims 2|Elder]]:''' (varies; 9–31range is 11–21 days) Sims who have higher [[Aspiration (The Sims 2)|aspiration]] levels when aging generally get more time, but there is a random element. Followed by [[death]].

Note: The durations of life stages stated here are subject to two caveats. The first is that the <code>aging off</code> [[The Sims 2/cheats|cheat]] suspends aging for all Sims. The second is that, from Teenteen onwards, Sims can use the [[Elixir of Life]] reward object to prolong life by 3 days (if successful) or shorten it by 3 days (if unsuccessful). Drinking from the [[Laganaphyllis Simnovorii|cowplant]] will also prolong life for five days.{{vgversion|UniversityTS2:U}} A successful '''Give Me A Long Life''' [[Genie#The Sims 2|wish]] will prolong life for four days.{{vgversion|FreeTimeTS2:FT}}

Sims that are teens or older can become [[zombie]]s{{vgversion|UniversityTS2:U}} or [[vampire]]s{{vgversion|NightlifeTS2:NL}}, which also stops them from aging. Nevertheless, teen- vampires or teen-zombies can age by going to university. This action will change their age to "Youngyoung adult", and graduating will change it to "Adult"adult, just like "normal" Sims. Also, [[PlantSim]]s have only three of the seven life stages: toddler, adult, and elder.

If a residential lot originally built in a [[College (sub-neighborhood)|college]] [[sub-neighborhood]] is placed in the [[Lots and Houses bin]], and then in a non-college area, its aging controller may remain stuck. Sims moved into such a lot will not age until they are moved into a lot with a working aging controller. The aging controller can be unstuck by moving the Sims out, making a [[Buildbuild mode]] edit that changes the way the lot appears in the neighborhood view, and moving the Sims back in.

When a Sim is within one Sim day of transitioning from one age to another, it's their "[[Birthdaybirthday]]", and they can then either wait for 6pm6 pm when they will automatically grow up, or players can trigger the age transition themselves with the "Grow Up" self-interaction, or the [[birthday cake]]. When using the cake, babies and toddlers depend on a teen, adult or elder to bring them to it. Furthermore, babies don't have the "Grow Up" [[interaction]] - they always need the assistance of an older Sim to become a toddler, no matter what. Using the "Grow Up" interaction will cause the selected Sim to grow up a day early.

With [[The Sims 3/Patch 22|patch 22]], a new option enables players to adjust lifespan for each life stage. Some [[life state]]s have a lifespan multiplier that extends the ages in young adult and adult stages. For example, [[Vampire (The Sims 3)|vampires]] have 5x multiplier, which extends a Sim's age in young adult to 105 days in Normalnormal setting or 1125 days in Epicepic setting.

As in ''[[The Sims]]'', there are only 3 life stages in ''[[The Sims Medieval]]'',: [[baby]], [[child]], and [[adult]]. The player cannot create children or babies, only Herohero Sims, who can only be adults. While the "Age modifier" can be used to make a Herohero Sim appear older, technically the Sims are still adults. Female Sims with this appearance can still be impregnated.

In a recent patch, the "Child Succession" feature was added,. If a hero Sim whodies and they had one or more children dies, then the new hero select menu will have the option to choose "Child Succession". This will makeallows the childplayer Simto choose one of the neworiginal hero,'s aschildren ato controllableage into an adult, Simwhere they will take over their parent's profession.

''[[The Sims 4]]'' has sixseven life stages: baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, adult, and elder. Unlike ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims 3'', ''The Sims 4'' omitsinitially did not have the toddler life stage, which was added in with [[The Sims 4/Patch 46|Patch completely46]].

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