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atreya33
Legend
5 days ago

Creating a (magical) boarding school

With the new adventure awaits releasing soon I am thinking of creating a custom boarding school, probably for spellcasters or supernatural sims in general. 

With the new custom venues and getaways it seems possible to create a recurring weekly getaway for teens (because supernatural children don't exist. They only got a supernatural icon but no gameplay) I wonder what happens to base game school when sims are on a getaway. If this really causes problem I would set it to only saturdays as a sort of extra carricular activity for teens next to traditional school.

During daytime I can set activities like cast spells or use cauldrons to simulate classes. In the livestream at around 1:20:43 you can see them listed as activities for getaways. In the evening they can even have one hour of astronomy class with telescopes. Perhaps a gemology class or paranormal medium activity can add some more flavour.  The night activity will obviously be sleeping. I think this sytem might actually work to create a magical school situation.

There can be staff to prepare meals and clean up the place and teachers, I don't know yet what role I will give the teachers. It all depends on whether or not the whiteboard from the small business pack can be combined with the rules. Is anyone else planning on making a school or boarding school.

And let's not forget the school uniforms which are also possible. 😀

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  • It looks like the clubs from Get Together, kind of like Business & Leisure for Get to Work and the retail stores. Maybe one day they will rebuild the features from the old Sims 4 packs.

  • I'm happy with what I've seen about the Adventure Awaits Pack.  It's like a combination of Get Together, Growing Together & Outdoor Retreat.  I have a strong feeling that it won't be totally broken like For Rent and BH Packs.

  • I saw in one of the early access videos I watched that there is no negative effect on schooling when children are on getaways. I think it was in Cinderellimouse's video. She mentioned that you could send them to camp all summer if you wished.

    Assuming the same is true for teens, it opens up all kinds of possibilities. I can't wait to see what simmers do with this pack!

    (Unfortunately, adult jobs are affected, but you could use getaways to make a workplace for "work at home" jobs.)

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    atreya33
    Legend
    3 days ago

    telemwill​ thanks for the info

    If this doesn't impact school performance, then boarding schools are definitely a possibility. For adult jobs it's even easier. Don't give them a job and let them earn money through painting or writing, much more lucrative ways to earn money in the game. 

     

  • SEREFRAS​ and SquareCoin28572​ there is definitely overlap with other systems. But somehow this seems to be the most suited system to create a boarding school, as far as I can tell without owning the pack. For a school I can assign different roles, which is not possible with clubs. They can stay overnight and have a day schedule. And unlike small businesses there is no requirement to own the school.

    I have found a lot on the gallery that seems suitable for a boarding school, I will try to get it ready this week and post some pictures later on

  • If you do this be sure to let us know your custom venue/getaway settings and results, and if you make adjustments to improve mention the before/after results.

    I have a feeling we may need a thread dedicated to custom venue/getaway selections and results. As the combinations would be countless. Even in the livestream she had to do an "in progress" change settings because of overpowering action issues (mischief sabotaging all the plumbing or something). We may need a complied index of player tested combos and selections to help players out.

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