Midlife crisis

A midlife crisis is triggered when a Young adult sim transitions to an adult sim in the sims 3, and is shown by a moodlet which lasts 10 days. This was added in the generations expansion pack . There are a few ways to calculate if your sim will experience a midlife crisis through a point system;

• Point system:
• Low Career level or unemployed adds 0.2 points
• Getting married early adds 0.1 points
• Never married also adds 0.1 points
• getting kids early adds 0.1 points
• Having skills at level 1 adds 0.1 points
• If your sim never moved it adds 0.1
• for every breakup 0.05 points are added
• for every divorce 0.1 points are added
• for every death experienced 0.2 points are added
• Having a relationship below the mid line adds 0.2 points
• being ambitious or having commitment issues both add 0.1 points

(note: 'early' means at the beginning of the YA life stage, any amount of time after that and the points are less)

If your sim experienced enough of these events for the combined points to be 1, he or she will experience a midlife crisis. Once or twice a day your sim will get a midlife crisis wish, you may or may not choose to select it. It works like the general wish system . If you have selected the wish, the midlife crisis moodlet will turn negative until the wish is fulfilled. Wishes may vary but some will include getting a divorce, quiting work or moving house.

Once your sim's midlife crisis is over, they will get a moodlet depending on how many wishes were fulfilled.

6 wishes will give you the Supremely fulfilled moodlet (adds 1250 lifetime points)

3 wishes will give you the Pleasantly fulfilled moodlet (adds 750 lifetime points)

1 wish will give you the Barely fulfilled moodlet (adds 250 lifetime points)

During the midlife crisis, adults can also get the special 'feeling alive' moodlet when driving in a vehicle costing 50,000 and up.