That event happened to one of my villagers, Pakwa, where she goes back to being a kid. She was about 25 when that happened and she was nursing at the time. She went back to being a 4 year old. Now she is back to 26 and is almost done nursing. The funny thing is, she was a twin, and her sister Penyo is 47. If I were Penyo, I'd be mad...

There is a way to get your villagers up into their 90's. There's something that they need to eat.....

Give it some thought!

Tess

Yep, Tess...I've tried that, but it has been impossible to follow those who ate it...especially when the cemetery is full so I didn't know if it was working.

In my current game I have one who is 82 now.

My oldest villager has just died at the ripe old age of 87, I was really sad to lose him too, he was a great worker, always finding something to do. You never caught him 'relaxing' or doing 'nothing' - I'm really going to miss him!

Tess, the only thing I can say about the majical fruit is... it sure didn't work for my villager. I was making him a master doc so would have him study the cactus, eat the fruit, study the cactus, etc. for FOUR STRAIGHT hours. He died at 74 yrs. old. I was NOT a happy camper. If it takes longer than four non-stop hours of having someone eat the the majic fruit to live till thier 90's... count me out.

Y'know, it has never occurred to me to take villagers to the magic fruit. Has been been known to make any of them live longer? I just tried it with a couple of those in a game I'm playing. Apart from "Enjoying Magic Fruit" appearing in the actions field, nothing seemed to happen.

I tried it, but only once and didn't notice any difference.

Yes, gohill, I think the berry bush is a "dud" in that department as well.

The one thing I hope in the new VV2 is that aging/death will be handled a bit better. I've posted some sggestions regarding this on the "suggestions/improvements" thread, which I'm sure that Arthur and Co. have already thought of, but no harm in suggesting things.

I put as a suggestion that the health status bar should show more then just elderly. Maybe weakening, then gravely ill (can't be healed) before they actually die. This way you would have some warning.

This could also connect to the problem of elderly ladies/gents breeding, because if they are weakened they won't be able to breed, so no more 75 yr. old ladies with triplets, haha!!

I also suggested a Retired option for career, then they could wind down and play with children, teach trainee teens, tend garden, etc.

It's probably too late fo these suggestions, but if they are not incorporated in VV2, uhh, maybe VV3, oh yes, definitely addicted, haha!!

Just thought I'd share,

Best of Irish,

Maura

Tried feeding 3 of my villagers 'magic fruit' and they've just died aged 90,91 and 92 - the 3 oldest so far! Could be coincidence but those I didn't feed with the fruit all died in late 70s and early 80s.