Tropican's maximum life expectancy

[lee]

Wonder have any of you seen a person over 100 years old.I find mine never survive over 94.

I did it with hospitals,condominiums and roads,yet few reach 85.

Out of the 1200 years i have played,i have only seen 1 94-year-old man,1 93 year old woman,2 92-year-olds and around 10 90-year-olds.

But none have reached above 100.And i estimate half reach retirement age only.Have seen post of people having people over 100 years old,hope to see 1

Is there a cheat that brings people back to life??

[Coconut Kid]

There has been and probably always will be very little interest in really old Tropicans, until somebody writes a scenario which requires or rewards having them. Since at age 65, Tropicans retire and become a burden on the economy, most players are glad to see them die. Some even hurry them along.

Your data is almost the first about the oldest. It is certainly the first which involves intent to prolong life. I take it that when you speak of a Hospital, you mean one which is set to the geriatric option. I don't know of any reason condominiums and roads would have any effect on the length of life.

So I think you have established the maximum life expectancy. I suspect it is not a deliberate cut-off in the program, but rather the simple result of the random selection for death routine.

Thanks for the information.

Have seen post of people having people over 100 years old, hope to see 1

I fear that such posts are from so-called players who are running their mouths to increase their post counts or attract attention to themselves.

 

Oh! No, there is no cheat to bring a Tropican back to life.

[lee]

O.Thanks.

So 95 years is the limit to how long tropicans live.

But housing do allow tropicans would them to live longer.I find in 1 game i had alot of extra condiminums that i do not want peasents to live in.So i set the rent lower,and let the professionals stay there till they die.And true enough,the oldest people in the island were living in these houses.

And roads allow tropicans to reach hospitals quickly,thereby reducing chances of them getting the "medial care needed" bar going red.

Somehow i like to contact statics about tropicans and i calculated that in a game with housing of 80%,medical care at 85%,with a popilation of 1200,an estimated 1/200-300 people live to 90.Or that person  appears once every 15-30 years.

[lee]

I did a test and found out the age of people who died.

The ratings
Food:95-97
Housing: 82-84
entertainment:50 increased to 90 due to edicts
health:83
crim:70
enviroment:40
Job quality:74
respect 89

overall:74-76

People lived to be about 64,65,66 on average.Though 64,65,66 are the rarest ages to die.

[Juan]

Does a high life expectancy increase health scores ?  Is that the use of that option in the health clonic?. Is it a better option to preventive medicine ?

[Coconut Kid]

Does a high life expectancy increase health scores?  Is that the use of that [gerontology] option in the health clinic? Is it a better option to [than] preventive medicine?

What do you mean by "health scores"? I now understand that he meant the "Health Care" segment of the Tropican's happiness "score." So, the answer is NO; that score is derived from the service provided by the clinics and hospitals.

Have you read some of the other threads on this topic, such as:
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tropico/cafe/index.php?topic=10065.0

Gerontology will extend life (put off death) for up-to five years. However, since the date of death is set at the unit's creation, one has to be careful of thinking about life expectancy as a floating date.