Age Matters Mod (08.10.2023)  

The setup is based on real life as much as possible:
Human
Baby – age 0
Toddler – age 1 – 5
Child – age 6 – 12
Teen – age 13 – 19
Young Adult – age 20 – 29
Adult – age 30 – 64
Elder – age 65 – 99

Cat & Dog
Child – age 0
Adult – age 1 – 7
Elder – age 8 – 20

Aging up:

Be aware that EA designed aging with a delay that deepens on the settings. For normal the delay is 1 day!
Once the Sim reaches the point where it ages up the new age is added automatically. That also works with using the cake (Elders can't use the cake). At special ages the Sim also changes the lifestage.

Those Ages are:

• age 06 (from toddler to child)
• age 13 (from child to teen),
• age 20 (from teen to young adult)
• age 30 (from young adult to adult)
• age 65 (from adult to elder)

Elders:
Elders are a bit special because the game checks if there is a next age. For Elders there is none (EA Age), so it is not possible to trigger the next age with using a cake. But I changed the Interactions and deleted the test to check if there is a next age. The package is in the addon folder. Use it, if you want elder to be able to use the cake.

Issues:
I had to remove age restrictions for the age traits that means it is possible for younger sims to have a age trait of a older age if the lifestage is changed manually (for example age down a sim in CAS from Adult to Teen). If you age down a sim like this you have to use the choose age interaction to set the new age, otherwise the sim ages up again once the age up is triggered.

Features:

Ask for Age
Well a mod that simulates realistic aging isn't much worth if you cant do something with it. Why not asking other sims how old they are? There is a new friendly interaction that will throw a notification and gives you the answer of how old the other sim is.

Choose Age
AgeMatters choose a random age for each sim. If you want your sim to have another age (or you changed the stage) you can use the Choose Age Interaction. It is a cheat interaction, you need to enable testingcheats true, then shift + click on the sim you want to change the age. That works with all sims, not only those you control.