SIMS NOT AGING! [SOLVED]

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I
installed the master controller and - under "Advanced" (i don't really
understand what I'm doing but I'm good at following directions,
generally) I hit "Reset Sim" on each of my family. But there's still no aging...does
"hard reset" mean something else entirely (there are a lot of options,
I'm kinda afraid what they might all do...) I never use mods or cheats
cuz whenever I read about them they seem to cause issues...

Ok - so changing the Lifespan through the .ini file seems to be a good way to do it - thanks again, Dee Dee BUT it happened again.....so many variables, I can't figure it out. I've tried a few things with a few games, trying to isolate it. Seriously tho - no one else has this problem? That would help. This time it was moving. And that second generation....somehow....

It SEEMS to happen (no potions, no vampires this time) when the kids move out. I had many kids (TOO MANY! lol) 3 grew up and moved out. Everything was fine until I moved the kids out. I did it ingame - there were two toddlers and a child left with the parents at home and the three older ones got an apartment. One was a teen - and his birthday came and he aged up,....and then the aging stopped again. This time I have no mods on the game at all...and, like I said, no potions, no vampires (altho there seems to be a HUGE vampire epidemic in the city this time), no plastic surgery (all the things that seemed to cause the issue before)

(NOTE: I noticed I get all kinds of weird glitches (Sims disappear, get stuck, etc) if I forget to give the new home a new name - that's old news for me but it might be new for someone else)

And also that weird thing where the one person I want to age up with a cake doesn't show up in the list. Cheatsenabled aging works tho every time....but I'd have to do the whole city manually.

Could be a expansion conflict or something on that line, so would say try a re-install, uninstall all, reboot, re-install, and reboot again to be on safe measures, make sure your Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3 is at least copied to your desktop before you start uninstalling, so when you try and play The Sims 3 afterwards you won't have any existing families.

But can wait to see if anyone else has another thing to try before doing that.

Yes...I'll wait a minute to do all that but I'm thinking you may be right, t2sink.

And I want to mention that spa!....and other long-term rabbit holes that are specifically for modification of some sort (even the packages like "Great Escape"

I saw this in another thread where she was saying that it happened both times she went for tattoos....

The big kids moved out - the teen aged, the toddlers aged, the kid aged (and the toddlers and the kid were not in my active household at the time) and then I sent one to the spa...and really THAT is the day it started - or stopped, rather.

These are just ideas I'm hoping someone may have managed at some time...

Hmm, you have the latest Store Fixes? Or well does it do anything for the spa.

Just an update...I didn't re-install...I think that removing the Sims 3 file from my Documents actually did do the trick - I just couldn't save the game that was already jacked. I have a new game and I've done it all, pretty much and everyone ages normally (who's supposed to) and progression is good. Thanks, everyone, for your help!

Hello,

I remember a fix for this problem, yes. I think it was sacrificing your savegames indeed.
At least it's working now!

I hope you enjoy your game and do not hesitate to let us know if you need any more assistance!