Newly Created YA Sims starting at different # of days from adulthood?

[rarespawn]

I'm not sure if this is randomly determined or what.  But lately with my dynasty attempts I've been creating a new YA to play with and I've noticed that they don't always start on the first day of YA.

Like the first girl I created had 18 days till Adult.  The second only had 16 days till adult.  The third had 20 days to adult!

I don't normally look at stuff like this, but in an immortal dynasty, four extra days of YA could make a huge difference!

I just wanted to know if anyone knew if the time to adult hood is randomly determined, or if it should be the same every time.  I was always operating under the assumption it would be the same every time, but my experiences prove different.

[Ricalynn]

This is just how the game is done.  It's part of the challenge to take what the game gives you and work with it.   Sims will range anywhere from 21 days to YA to as few as 7 days to YA when coming out of CAS.  I only got the 7 to YA once and that was when I made a whole family.   Twins will also never come out of CAS at the same age.


This is also why for the tournament challenges you can't restart.   It's about overcoming whatever the game gives you sometimes. 

[rarespawn]

This is just how the game is done.  It's part of the challenge to take what the game gives you and work with it.   Sims will range anywhere from 21 days to YA to as few as 7 days to YA when coming out of CAS.  I only got the 7 to YA once and that was when I made a whole family.   Twins will also never come out of CAS at the same age.


This is also why for the tournament challenges you can't restart.   It's about overcoming whatever the game gives you sometimes.

Makes sense!  I just never noticed it before and I couldn't figure out if it was supposed to be doing that, or if it was something I was somehow unintentionally doing ^.^  It actually makes me feel a lot better to know it is supposed to be that way  I was convinced I was somehow doing something wrong!

[Wai]

I am not convinced that this is totally random. 

If you create a new sim from a randomly generated sim then this is the case. 

However, recently I have been used the same base sim from the library of pre-made sims (EA created).  I used this to make a large family of siblings.  Everyone of them came out within at least 40 days (long life span), which is pretty close to the maximum.  So, I did it again, with the same sim and got the same result.  So, I then used cheats to return one sim to teen in CAS then immediately after I cheated to give the sim a birthday.  Next I returned this sim to CAS and saved her to the libray.  There is a little variation in age if I use this sim to make a new sim, but, so far, it is only a couple of days.  I accept, this may be coincidence and needs further checking.  If you use the create a twin tool, however, rather than selecting the sim from the libray each time, the total random factor is restored.

[Pam]

I am not convinced that this is totally random. 

If you create a new sim from a randomly generated sim then this is the case. 

However, recently I have been used the same base sim from the library of pre-made sims (EA created).  I used this to make a large family of siblings.  Everyone of them came out within at least 40 days (long life span), which is pretty close to the maximum.  So, I did it again, with the same sim and got the same result.  So, I then used cheats to return one sim to teen in CAS then immediately after I cheated to give the sim a birthday.  Next I returned this sim to CAS and saved her to the libray.  There is a little variation in age if I use this sim to make a new sim, but, so far, it is only a couple of days.  I accept, this may be coincidence and needs further checking.  If you use the create a twin tool, however, rather than selecting the sim from the libray each time, the total random factor is restored.

If you're using the same Sim over and over, I would think that would explain the age at the start of the game being the same very time.