How intrusive is High School Years?

"LiELF;c-18350683" wrote:
This is a very interesting thread, as I also don't own the pack but have considered it for parts of the content but didn't want more invasive features that I know I don't like. It's nice to know that the Social Bunny app isn't automatic. I play with a "no autonomous phone" mod anyway, which is glorious, but still has some fears. I definitely don't like situational or automatic outfits that the game chooses for my Sims, so that's a concern for me as well. Body hair and acne do sound like a headache though, and I'm not interested in either of those invading my rotational play. That's a lot of Sims to micromanage. ? I also really hate the T-pose behavior. Putting that in a video game that has a tendency to have a lot of bugs just seems like it wasn't thought through very well. It just ends up being distracting nonsense that would irritate me.

Not sure yet if I'll ever get the pack but I really appreciate seeing everyone's input. There used to be an awesome high school mod that I played with a long time ago and I loved it, maybe I'll look it up, see if it still exists. ?

I also have the no autonomous phone mod. The phone usage went crazy with the high school years patch, even without the EP. I think a later patch mentioned it being toned down but I haven't removed the mod. I have no interest in my sims hanging on their phone all day, with or without HSY

I also don't get the T-pose thing. Glorifying a bug in the game after simmers have only had bad experiences with T-poses?

"EgonVM;c-18350718" wrote:
I will say that though. Mostly as I read that you skip the teen stage and prefer to play with younger stages.

There are no new activities for children.
Yes, the only thing they can do is going on the Ferris wheel and haunted house attraction. They can't play with that football (they could in previous games), they can't use the photo booth (again, they can in the previous games), they can't order Boba tea (they can drink ones left out, but they'll stretch out when inserting a straw, almost like they don't have animation for it), they can't use the escape window (use this knowledge to build adult-only rooms) etc.
And at first, they couldn't do pillow fights too, but Growing Together solved that one.

I get that this pack was made to improve teen life stage, but seriously, I don't get these exclusions (and Discover University even gave children the ability to play with the soccer ball!). And years back I praised The Sims 4 Get Together for allowing children to interact with dart boards, football tables, diving boards etc.

Too bad there are so few activities for younger sims in this pack. Sims DLC seems to be a hit or miss when it comes to younger ages. Some packs care about them (for example letting them ride on horses, yay) and some just ignore them completely. All I can say is RoM is my favourite DLC despite absent kids gameplay. If children could participate in the magic the pack would have been better as a whole. I wish every pack would consider all sim age groups. Anyway the fact that there is almost nothing for age groups other than teens is probably why this is about the last EP I am missing (besides for rent which isttoo buggy and too early for a 50% sale)

"elanorbreton;c-18350793" wrote:
@LiELF I think the t-pose is limited to the high school. At least, that is the only place I have ever seen it happen and not even very often then. If you are not following teens to high school I doubt if you would ever see it.

Although the main aspect of this pack (going to high school lol) is boring, repetitive and a waste of time IMO, at least they have made the annoyances pretty unavoidable if we want to avoid them.

Thank goodness the T-pose is limited to the high school. The intentional T-pose I should say. Active high school sounds fun for a few times but if it is like regular careers I will switch to sending them alone after some time.