Revision as of 13:42, 18 June 2009

Ageing

In TS3, you have the ability to control your sims' ageing - or, more specifically, to set the length of their lifespan to either Short, Medium, Normal, Long, or Epic. You can change this setting at any point, and it will take immediate effect. There is also an in-game "No ageing" setting - these are found in Options -> Game Options (the little gear icon).

Age Duration

The age durations for each setting:

Birthdays

There are three ways to have a birthday.

Cake!

If you buy a birthday cake from Buy -> By Function -> Entertainment -> Parties, then any sim can blow out the candles at any time - it doesn't have to be their birthday! If you choose to have a sim blow out the candles, then they will skip the rest of their current age, and move on to the next one instantly.

Birthdays

If you wait for a sim to reach their natural birthday, they will age up automatically.

Cheat

If you want to age up your sim immediately, but don't want to use a cake, you can do so thus:

• Hit Ctrl-Shift-C (or Ctrl-Windows key-Shift-C in Vista) to bring up the cheat box
• Type in testingcheatsenabled true
• Hold down shift and click the sim you want to age up, then click "Trigger Age Transition". Be warned, that once you've pressed the button you can't cancel the transition, and you can only age sims up - not back down again!