This is my Dowon save where I encountered the problem.
Both parents seem okay, all the kids have the issue.
Mods used :
- Bigger Household.
- Pre 0.20 SmallTalk Fix.
- Precise Age Group Control.
- Balanced Painting.
20260421-044607.usvx (10.5 MB)
Hi, I’ve edited this post with the save file the issue occured. Thanks 
freezeallneeds was not active at all.
I hadn’t used cheats at all but just to troubleshoot it, I finally turned it on and enabled/disabled freezeAllNeeds. Had my zoi run around for a bit to pass time and unfortunately there was no effect 
Sounds like it is potentially an issue with students though? My zoi was in university.
Any news on a hotfix to this bug?
It’s kind of game-breaking to me and it really makes me not play anymore.
It was bad enough with all the artificial routines tempering with needs that we never got fixed, but this bug takes the cake and eats it too.
Would be nice to resume my current game soon(ish).
Thank you.
Still sadly waiting as well
Also having this problem! It only seems to be happening with my child and baby zoi, adults all seem to be okay currently.
I’ve encountered two bugs that, for me, make the game unplayable: one where NPCs don’t age and their life stage counter gets stuck at 0, and another where needs get stuck.
I’ve found a workaround for the last one, just in case it helps anyone. I started a new game by creating a teenage Zoi (since it seems to affect children, teenagers, and young adults who go to college). It appears that clicking the “skip” button in the window that pops up when you enter the school’s rabbit hole triggers the bug.
Obviously, I don’t know the technical details behind it, but when I reviewed what I’d done with another character, I realized the needs bug started happening when I began clicking the skip button. So I did the opposite: I didn’t click it. And so far, I haven’t encountered the bug.
Unfortunately, the bug with the Zoi NPCs not aging is preventing me from continuing the game, so all I can do now is wait for them to fix it.
Can you confirm if this is the case? Has the bug occurred even when you didn’t click the “skip” button?
Best regards.
In my game, this also happened to one Sim in the family. After attending a swimming competition, he went to sleep and woke up with all his needs completely satisfied, and they no longer decreased. Additionally, he remained with a “sleeping” avatar and closed eyes, although this didn’t prevent him from doing activities. I used “emergency rescue,” and my Sim “woke up,” but his needs remained frozen.
i’m wondering if this will be addressed in the next hotfix..
I’ve actually done a whole game without skipping time once and still have issues. I would just leave time sped up and look through messages etc. while I waited. So don’t think it’s as simple as the time skip unfortunately
I also have been playing this game for at least a couple zoi weeks with aging off so the longer you play, the more chances you will find the bug 
Yep, this is affecting one of my teen Zois now 
Obviously it’s a fairly game-breaking issue so I’ll have to hold off playing that save until there’s a fix. It seemed to start after she went to school one day, so I’m wondering if it’s related to that somehow.
Hey guys, please remember to upload affected save files here or send them to the team, in case you happen to have any and didn’t share them yet. This truly helps 
I periodically play with all the families in the city. Many of the characters are studying at the university, and they have an error with their needs. The other characters don’t seem to have any errors.
I haven’t used any cheats for the needs.
20260512-055258.usvx (6.8 MB)
Supposedly fixed in the latest hotfix? I’ll try it out later today. Edit: yes, it’s fixed - at least for my Zoi.
Thank you inzoi dev team for the fix 