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7 years ago

Adding a second school


I'm trying to add a second school to my game and make one a high school and one an elementary school. I've read other threads about this from a few years ago and I thought I had it figured out. However, when I try to bring up the Nraas menu on the second school lot, it doesn't show. I just get the options "visit school" and "visit school with...". I had no problem with the first school, I've set it to disallow teenagers. I've tried moving the second school to a different location and still no nraas option. I tried placing the school I saved to the bin as well as trying to place one from the community objects in buy/build mode. I tried bulldozing both again, placing the second school first and then the original school. I still only get the nraas option for the school in the original location.

What am I doing wrong?

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  • It sounds like there might be something wrong with the second lot itself, although I don't know why it's being so persistent. It's very unusual for there not to be an NRaas menu on any lot that isn't totally vacant if you have MasterController in play, and an MC Reset of the lot is what I would want to suggest. In addition to the above, if the lot were being recognized as a school you should also be seeing Join the Education Career (if you have Ambitions) and Take a Painting Class.

    Have you let the game clock run for a bit after placing the second school? If you save the game (or rather save as), quit all the way to the desktop, then reload, does the menu then appear? Also, possibly only the school map tag is showing up for you rather than the lot tag, does it matter if you click on the ground of the lot or a wall of the building instead of the map tag?

    Generally speaking though, support questions about NRaas mods are better asked at NRaas. It's kind of what we are there for. :)

  • I saved and quit yesterday but I wasn't able to reload it until this morning. It appears to work now. I'm not really sure why. Before I quit yesterday, I wasn't able to click on the school building itself. The "visit" and "visit with" were shown when I clicked on the ground outside the school. The first school that is in the original place would not bring up the whole menu in the same place. Like when I clicked on the school building, it gave me 5 options (join education career, take a class, take a greeting card photo, and a couple more) but not the options to visit or visit with or nraas. But when I clicked on the ground outside the school, those 3 options were there but the other 5 were not.

    So when I loaded the game back this morning, I could not click on the ground outside the new school anymore. I mean I could, but it just gave a menu like you would see if you clicked anywhere on the ground (build a snowman, make a snow angel, etc). So when I clicked on the school, the entire menu came up, like 8 options in all, including nraas. So, I don't know. The original school still has a split menu - half of it visible by clicking on the school and the other half visible when clicking on the ground.

    Thank you for your help, @igazor. I know I should have asked at nraas. I've been meaning to make an account there for at least the past 2 weeks. I procrastinate way too much. I should do that today. At least I didn't necro an old thread like I almost did. :)
  • Once you get your multiple school situation squared away, which as you are seeing can be a project and a half all by itself, I have a custom career for you that your graduates may like. (NRaas Careers mod required)
    http://modthesims.info/d/518811/professional-procrastinator-career.html :)

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