My theory on how they will handle the "aging together"

[simgrapes]

This is like the third time I've given my thought on this topic
In order for Universal time to work there needs to be easy switching between the households. With alerts and all that. Since it is a seamless neighborhood with no separate lots that require loading to switch to, it should go like...

• Game starts
• Choose household to play
• Neighborhood loads
• Play as any sim in the selected household and switch between them as in sims 1&2
• pause game zoom out a little and click on another playable house
• Message appears asking if you want to switch households, click yes
• Game unfreezes and you are in control of the other household with out loading
• No time was lost in switch
• other household goes into auto pilot