Discover University: SimGuru/Maxis-Sourced Info

CAREERS, TRAITS, ACTIVITIES, ETC

Careers

careers like teaching, law, and engineering - preorder page

careers have the Work From Home option - @DaWaterRat re. the Livestream

Game Changer Q&A via @AlbaWaterhouse (Q&A was provided by the Game Changer Program and SimGuru/Maxis Studio):

Can professors get fired?
University NPC Professors cannot get fired. Players involved in the Education Career, who have selected the Professor branch can become fired like with any career.

What are the real world advantages of getting an university degree?
Having a degree will help a Sim jump into a career at a much higher level (past the branch for those that branch!), along with giving them higher pay, a signing bonus, faster PTO gain, and better work performance.

Do specific degrees boast certain careers, or does just a degree boost all careers?
Each degree gives boosts to specific higher-level career branches.

Are any careers locked behind degrees?
No

What are the new careers?
There are three new careers: Engineering, Education, and Law. They are Work from Home careers where you maybe rabbit hole to work or work from home and perform tasks to increase your progress. ... Our old careers also align nicely with what you choose to major in. We accounted for all careers.

Are the new careers rabbit holes or active?
Rabbit holes

Can you be a teacher at the college?
No. Professors at the college are premade NPCs. Once they die, a new sim will be created for the role. If you move them in or marry them, they become regular Sims and a new professor will replace them. You can however, join the Education Career and choose the professor path. While you won’t actively play at the university campus, you can be a professor in the work from home/rabbit hole career.

is there any odd jobs specific to uni, i know one of the colleges in my area allow students to work on campus / or be art subjects for quick cash
We didn’t add any additional odd jobs for University. You can however, do our old odd jobs while at University. You can do any of our careers so long as your sim is up to managing their time—just like a real student!

Aspirations

There's a new Academic aspiration - @icmnfrsh re. the Livestream

Traits
Game Changer Q&A via @AlbaWaterhouse :

Are there new traits like technophobe or anti-robot?
No

Will Sims gain an extra trait slot when graduating like they did in Sims 3?
No

Skills
https://twitter.com/LlamaSimsNews/status/1192898573668700160 - re. the Livestream
Game Changer Q&A via @AlbaWaterhouse :

Are there new skills?
Yes, Robotics Skill and Research and Debate skill

Can robotics be learned outside of college?
Yes, it is a skill available to Teen, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder Sims can learn Robotics Skill by reading Skill Books or using the Robotics Workstation.

Any new skill books?
There are new skill books for the Research & Debate and Robots skills.

Activities

Football (Soccer)
Game Changer Q&A via @AlbaWaterhouse (Q&A was provided by the Game Changer Program and SimGuru/Maxis Studio):

How many Sims can play Football together?
Two sims may pass a soccer ball between each other at a time. They may also juggle the ball solo.
Can kids play soccer?
Children, Teens, Young Adults, Adults, and Elders can juggle the soccer ball by themselves, or kick it around with other Sims. Only Sims who are Young Adult or older, and are enrolled in University as students, are allowed to participate in the Soccer after-school activity.

Can your Sim sign up for a football team and go to games?
There is an after school activity for Soccer. During the week you attend practices and on the weekend there are games you can attend (rabbithole). You may also purchase tickets to weekend games (eSports or Soccer) and attend as a fan.

Can your Sims play football competitively or is it just dribbling?
Sims can practice juggling a soccer ball by themselves, or kick it back and forth with another Sim. Sims who are enrolled as a student at either university can join their school’s soccer team. Team members will practice on weekdays, and then compete in Home & Away rabbithole matches at each university’s arena on Fridays and Saturdays each week. Decisions you can make during a soccer game will influence which team wins.

Shower Woohoo
https://twitter.com/catloverplayer/status/1187023688857772032 https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1187024625982509061

Shower woohoo is only unavailable for "unwalled" showers like the one in IL and the new communal showers- @icmnfrsh re. the Livestream

Figure Painting

Game Changer Q&A via @AlbaWaterhouse (Q&A was provided by the Game Changer Program and SimGuru/Maxis Studio):

With the figure painting group in trailer there is a sim model. Is posing for paintings making a return (paint from reference) or is it just a new set painting category?
Figure Painting is a new painting category available in the pack. There is also an Art Society Figure Painting Organization event that leverages an NPC Painting Model and the new Figure Painting category.

Do you get to determine the NPC Painting Model's outfit?
We certainly explored that possibility,but went with a form-fitting neutral garment instead to align with the ambiguous figure study visuals of the painting output.