July 2023
Product: The Sims 4
Platform: PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? Not sure where to find that, but Steam auto updates so probably most current version.
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? I don't feel like listing all those.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Not sure, I have aging off and I got notifications a few chickens were getting old. Then the Reaper came for my chickens.
What happens when the bug occurs? The chicken age says Elder (obviously aging despite aging being turned off from the beginning) and then randomly the Reaper shows up to take the animal.
What do you expect to see? I expect my animals not to die since aging is off.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? I do play with MCCC and a few other mods.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Unsure. Consulted the Discord and others said turning aging off has never worked for them.
July 2023
This is still happening on version 1.98.158.1020
Currently my aging is set to off for both "played households" and animals under pack settings. My main character is an elder, so I need aging off since she's raising a tod. But the rabbits and chickens are still dying.
July 2023
@DarkShadow608 - After 2 years it finally made it on the S4 laundry list.
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/laundry-list-july-14th-2023
July 2023
July 2023 - last edited February
Animals no longer age up and die when the ‘Animal Aging’ option is turned off in Game Settings.
Fixed in Patch 1.99.264/1.78
please create a new thread if you're still experiencing this issue,
If you have further issues, use this thread: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-HR-CD-CoL-All-animals-aging-up-dying/td-p/12763167
Good Luck
Crin
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