This is something I've always wanted since TS2. I can't believe you made this! WOWOWOWOW!! I can't download it at the moment, but when I have time, I'll check it out, and report back.

This is so unbelievable, and makes for a much more realistic game! Thank you seems so lame. I can't imagine the hours it took to create this. EA, are you creeping the forums? Do you see how wonderful the modders out here are? Sure, they came up with the game, but w/o the modders, I would have stopped playing years ago. This is awesome!

I see what you mean!

Wow, very inovative mod. Never think of this before.

Wow! I was just browsing the Downloads page when I found this! It looks AWESOME! In fact I have the same excitement about this that I did when the Seasons patch was released!

Oh my gosh, I'm so impressed! I won't be testing this since my games already a bit iffy but I will be downloading it asap once the bugs have been cleared. Fantastic work, this is truly remarkable!

I just have one tiny suggestion: there should be a way to disable the notifications for the mod in the tuning. I really hate it when mods constantly throw performance logs at me, and I have them disabled for all my other mods.

@Consort

Too amazing!!! Do you have any plan for male and female height differences?

This is absolutely awesome! :mrgreen:

This is quite interesting. I like the idea of Sims actually growing and having a 'pubescence'. Well done! I'm really looking forward to testing it.

Wow, you're a genius!!

Yes, there is some mild "clipping". I would say most animations work perfectly but there are some notorious problems, for example with short and tall teens kissing and missing each others mouths.
It's a question of taste and playing habit how much clipping you're fine with.



No, didn't have a plan for that so far.
You mean something like... male teens grow to 105% height, females 95% and then stay like that for the rest of their life? One annoying side effect would be the clipping while kissing I mentioned above.




Right, Toddlers...
Toddlers don't work so well with the height slider. That's the main reason they are not included.
I'm not sure if this can be fixed, toddlers are involved in some complicated Sim to Sim interactions like being picked up and snuggled taught to walk etc.

I absolutely can't wait to try it out!! But seeing as it's still in testing (or version 0), I won't be getting it this version, but I will be watching this so I can get it a few versions down the line. Great Job

This is something EA should have put in the game from the beginning.
Great mod Consort

Downloaded it, and I'm happy to help test for issues. And with clipping, is it REALLY that noticeable. And wouldn't the whole age group mature at the same rate, or no?

Sry forgot to answer

Good idea. The mod shouldn't be all that chatty once it's running though.


Clipping: See it with your own eyes Bloom's slider is doing an excellent job imho.
Aging: Every Sim has an age (measured in days) within his age span. You can see that in in the age bar of your actives. The mod just takes that age in relation to the age span you have set up and calculates what the Sim should look like.

Since I am indeed a huge noob, I'm not gonna get this in my game yet; BUT! This is a really innovative mod and I'm very impressed with it c:

Good luck on working out the kinks and stuff!!

I don't plan on using this, but I just want to say: Very impressive in both concept and execution. I hope this develops and it's very cool. It'll make some simmers very happy.

I am Uber scared to try this, but i am in love with this i have a height slider so will the sims start growing from the size i make them or like glitch out? Please message me back Glad someone could do this!

Very cool! Thanks!

What an awesome mod, I darent touch it though, too complex for me :D

Thanks a lot for this mod. I did also face the problem of the invisible sims, so I downloaded that mod too. See if it helps, because the mod is really GREAT!

Wow, definitely testing this. Just a quick question, though, does anyone know if it affects the inherited height of the child? Say if you use a mod that makes a surprisingly tall child, would this mod override that? :O

This is an absolutely amazing idea. However, is there anyone who knows how this impacts performance (especially on low end machines)? Is there a lag spike when all sims update at one?

been watching my child sim grow and I must report smooth sailing so far. I haven't had any lags during the nightly updates, no crashing, and the kids growing at normal lifespan looks unnoticable untill you compare. Flipping awesome and loving it, four more sim days till testing teenagedom.