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UberDrew1
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1 day ago

Add a 64x64 Lot to Every World for Custom High Schools

I would like to suggest adding a dedicated 64×64 lot to every world so players can build their own regional high schools. Right now, every teen in The Sims 4 is forced to attend Copperdale High, no matter what world or region they live in. This breaks immersion, especially for worlds with strong cultural identities like Mt. Komorebi, Tartosa, Henford‑on‑Bagley, Del Sol Valley, and Forgotten Hollow.

Many worlds don’t have any large lots at all, and some — like Forgotten Hollow — are extremely small. Without a 64×64 lot, players can’t build a proper high school that fits the world’s theme, architecture, or lore.

I’m suggesting a simple fix: Add at least one 64×64 lot to every existing world so players can create their own custom high schools.

*Note: There used to be a special high school special lot type but EA removed it because they never figured out to make it work properly outside of Copperdale.*

7 Replies

  • Prov31Simmer's avatar
    Prov31Simmer
    Seasoned Ace
    2 hours ago

    Modders found it in the game coding, which is why any mod to build the high school in other worlds warns you can only have 1 high school per save file. Not pulling the age card. Even my Gen Z children are taught research information on any games before purchasing. As my 13 year old says, "It doesn't take much time or effort to use the small black rectangle with a search engine to do a little research." 

  • To be fair, most players aren’t digging through decades of dev interviews or pre‑release build notes — nobody has the time for that. Second, the high school lot type does exist in the game files. It’s just locked to Copperdale. Also, I don’t know why you’re pulling age seniority on me. Age doesn’t automatically equal wisdom and authority, and I’m a Millennial — not Gen X.

  • Prov31Simmer's avatar
    Prov31Simmer
    Seasoned Ace
    3 hours ago

    It is true you can build a different high school on that single lot in Cooperdale. The only way people were able to ever have that lot type in other worlds was via a mod. I have rebuilt the high school to actually look similar to ones where I live. It was told well in advance of the launch that we would only be allowed that special lot in the world that came in the EP. All the worlds with certain special lot types are that way. Btw, I just call the one I build high school Sim International, so it makes more sense for all teens from sny Sim world to attend.

    The Devs did give informed answers on the design choices for each pack. It does not take that much time or difficulty to find orginal articles of dev interviews on any of the packs. While there are multiple posts of you suggesting changes to design choices, it would benefit to do research on those choices first. But, what would I know since I have played every PC Sims title since Sim City and Sims Farm in the mid 1990's. Maybe it is a Gen Xer thing, but I also research easily available sources to understand design choices first as well. 

  • There was a high school lot type it was just specific for Copperdale before it was removed. Also Testers of the pack where able to create other HIghschools in other regions.

  • Prov31Simmer's avatar
    Prov31Simmer
    Seasoned Ace
    4 hours ago

    I have owned the High School Years EP since launch. A high school special lot type was never provided since the EP launched. There may have been a mod that attempted to unlock it, but it was never done by EA.

  • There used to be a special high school special lot type but EA removed it because they never figured out to make it work properly outside of Copperdale. The issue isn't that it won't fix the issue so much is that it did work at one point and than stopped and EA instead of correcting it removed the High School Special Lot type entirely making the HIghschool in Copperdale the sole highschool for an entire game which is immersion breaking as all students from all over the sim world have to go there to be educated. EA only disabled it because it broke routing, not becaues the idea is impossible.

  • This request is still not going to fix the main issue. There is no "high school" special lot type, except for in Copperdale. You still can have the teens attend high school as a rabbithole.

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