First Thoughts On Discover University?

"cheescaeks;c-17315045" wrote:
got it for 27 bucks at target cause of that sale, so its way worth that money i spent. i had a lot of fun, graduated already cause i speed-ran it LOL. imma play another sim and take my time and really explore the organizations and stuff tho

love the cas, love the world, love the mechanics, love the bikes, overall i'd rather have spent $40 on this and the 27 on island living cause this one is well worth that money.

I was worried because I watched the guru stream and was very underwhelmed. Good to see that these comments seem to be positive!

Question for Discover University users, do the sims age in university?

"Finbar659;c-17315200" wrote:
Question for Discover University users, do the sims age in university?

If aging is on, yes.

"Finbar659;c-17315200" wrote:
Question for Discover University users, do the sims age in university?

If you leave aging on, yes. The aging options are the same.

I'm enjoying it but the issues with aging and holidays are a concern.

Well, DU adds an extra (optional) layer to the game - more flavor for those who seek it out. I didn't need it or particularly wanted it, but it's always fun to mess around with new features and try out new CAS items. Also, I'm glad that not only young adults are able to attend uni, but adults as well. Haven't tested if elders can go. Has anybody tried that yet?

Bikes bikes bikes bikes!!! I would buy it just for that, that's how much I love them. I have my freelance photographer ride all around different places to take pictures lol.
Hopefully kids can ride them oneday for family outings.
Roommates! I always wanted NPCs in my house so that's a cool feature.
Haven't played with anything else yet because I like to play slowly through new packs but I love it so far.

I plan on turning one of the commons Into a highschool and setting up an area for soccer, pingpong etc. Once I can finally get off the bikes?

Oh, all it takes to make me happy is nicely done animations. I don't get enough of those bike animations. No spinning, teleporting, appearing, disappearing, half done animations lol.

Yesterday I had all kinds of bad luck. I had the entire day to myself with the expectation of playing university. But, first off I had a hard time downloading it. Inasmuch as I expected to see the progress of the download. Nothing showed. I tried again. Still nothing. I restarted my computer, and tried again. When all else failed I decided to click on play, instead. By now it was almost 10 AM. Lo, and behold, I got the notice it was in the process of downloading. I just had to click shift/F1 to see the progress. Rubbing my hands together in excitement, I waited for it to finish. I took a quick shower, got my breakfast and by the time I got back upstairs it was good to go.

However, it turns out your Sim must be YA at the youngest to get into uni. I had an inkling this might be the case, and at any rate I wanted my eldest two teens to go off together. I was also wishing to preserve their birth order at the same time. I had the second teen (my Rising Star) bake his older brother a chocolate cake. But, my Sims (I don't know about anyone else's Sims) have a peculiar tendency to place the cake off-center on whatever surface they place it on. I was unable to put candles on it. I sent him to do something else, lest he steal a piece, and went to center the cake myself. Unhappy with how far back on the counter it appeared, I did something incredibly unintelligent. Yeah, that's me. I tried to move it closer. Suddenly, it disappeared, but I noticed the dishwasher which sits in that cabinet was suddenly on. :open_mouth:

My Sim got notice he was accepted but despite learning how one is to go about registering, I found out he couldn't. I used MCCC to age him up and voila, he could register. I had to wait Sim days to see if he got in. By now it was lunch time for me. The long and the short of it is, I kept Aaron home so I could keep an eye on his recently widowed father and siblings. I didn't want to see grades drop and lessen their chances of going to uni themselves.

I'm very anxious to see what life is like on campus, though. Erik (the Rising Star) will live at the university. If I can, I may bring Aaron along, too. Life at home had his father disappointed by his 'cheating', which he never did! I don't know if this is a glitch, flaw or by design. Others have complained it happens.

So far, though, I was able to sort out how he was to do his homework. I did have him study, both subjects and then he did the homework. When I get a chance to play, next, we'll see how he does. I'm liking the notion that they only go for one week at a time. This may allow my young celebrity a chance to further his career, as he furthers his education.

Hope I didn't 'spoil' anything.

I ended up being able to bundle DU, ROM and MFPS (lol) so I went for it. The combo will keep me busy for a while. Any serious supernatural play will need a separate save, it just doesn't work for my main one. I'm actually thinking that with that distinction, I can keep Glimmerbrook as a small Celtic town in my main save and then I have more space.

I have a bunch of teens who are nearing aging to YA so it made sense. Currently I'm playing Bjorn Bjergsen's daughter by his second wife who looks a lot like a female Bjorn. Somehow I see her trying for law. I also have Greta Munch who is the daughter of Gunther Munch who is quite bookish and a few others. Not everyone will go but having that divider between the various teens adds more complexity and ways to change the trajectory for sims.

Eh, I think it will be fun. I'm also balancing it with other interests and ... life. It's a nice stress reliever.