Real Retirement

Retirement should be a chapter, not a blank page. Retired Sims keep their career on the card: the job they retired from, the level they reached, the days they put in, and their pension. No settings required.
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Description

Retirement should be a chapter, not a blank page.

In the base game, a retired Sim's career panel forgets the job they held. Real Retirement keeps their working life on the card: the job they retired from, the career and level they reached, the days they put in, and the pension it earned them.

Features

  • Retired career card in the career panel, drawn with the game's own career card and the game's own job titles
  • Works with every career from every pack you own, gendered job titles included
  • Appears the moment a Sim retires, and for Sims who retired before you installed the mod
  • Fixes the base game showing retired Sims as having no job after a save loads
  • No settings, nothing to click. Retiring works exactly as before.

Good to know

  • The first time you load a save, and after each game update, the mod reads the game's job titles once during the loading screen.
  • The card's text is in English. Job titles and career names appear in your game's language.
  • Taking a new job ends retirement, just like the base game: the game asks first, the pension stops, and the normal career panel comes back. Retire them again and the card returns with their newest job.
  • A custom career you wrote for a Sim always stays as you wrote it.
  • Like the game's own custom career card, the retired card has no Get a Job button. Retirees can still find work on the phone or computer.

Installation: put RealRetirement.ts4script in your Mods folder (at most one folder deep), enable Script Mods in Game Options, restart the game.

Compatibility: base game only, no packs required. No tuning or UI overrides, so it plays nicely with other mods. Built and tested on game version 1.128; after major game updates, check back for a refresh.

Removal: delete RealRetirement.ts4script, RealRetirement_Log.txt and RealRetirement_data.json from your Mods folder. Saves are unaffected.

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