Thank-you for the link, PlayLives! That hack sounds perfect!
Just goes to show how having the right search terms can make all the difference!

I've tried that, and I think it doesn't work because they achieved perma-plat status through the aspiration bar that fills up throughout their life, not because they achieved a LTW.

Hi just a quick question here from a long-time lurker who has gotten lots of good info from here over the years.

I'm getting annoyed with the "Aspiration Bar" that fills up so quickly and makes my sims into annoying permanent platinums before they're even elders. I play by trying to fulfill their wants, so perma-platinum kinda defeats the purpose for me.

Does anyone know of some kind of hack or cheat that will get rid of perma-platinum mode or reduce the aspiration bar level somehow?
I have tried the Lot Debugger and InSim, but they only seem to work when it's been achieved through a LTW.

Any help appreciated!