This will make or break my decision to buy...Does anyone know if the high school system will be run like university where you really can't leave your SimsI play with aging off because I play in rotation. I have 15 teens. 3 homes with 5 teens living in each I don't want them to lose their grade if I rotate households. I don't want to be forced to age them up due to graduation being at a set time or number of weeks such as university. I haven't really seen this addressed so if anyone knows that would be helpful to me. I won't purchase anything that forces me to age up based on a graduation or that kicks me to a household in order to graduate with a good grade. This has been a real struggle for me with university and I'd like to avoid it, if it's similar to university, even though I do genuinely like the pack some things are just deal beakers. Hopefully it's more flexible.

I don't think rotational play has been specifically addressed yet. I also need to know how it will work before I can decide what to buy so it's driving me bonkers.

I play rotationally too ( with age off most of the time ), so it also concerns me. I hate the way they designed Discover University.

I also play rotationally with aging off. I would guess that the teens not being played would just go to the rabbithole school, or really do nothing while not playing them - what I mean by that is that when I am not playing a family and then come back to it, nothing has changed with their grades or anything. I do not think they will graduate, fall behind, or get ahead unless you are playing them.

Not sure it’s confirmed but from what I’ve seen it seems like rotational play was thought of (hence the multiple proms every week and such). Since high school is automatic (and you don’t have to enroll like university) if you don’t play a Sim they’ll just go to the rabbit hole school like normal. As far as building skills I don’t play rotational all too often so I’m not sure how that works.

I don't play rotational, per se, but I do know from experience that school age children do not attend school, if they aren't the active household. So much for Erik meeting his future bride at school. Guess I'm lucky he's already met her. I'm hoping I can change households quickly enough to send her off to school, change back to Erik, so I can follow him there. Really uncertain as to how this is going to work out. Guess we'll all know soon enough.

HSY expansion age off/ rotation question

Daephene1
New Spectator
3 years ago
I don't think rotational play has been specifically addressed yet. I also need to know how it will work before I can decide what to buy so it's driving me bonkers.
SheriSim
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
I play rotationally too ( with age off most of the time ), so it also concerns me. I hate the way they designed Discover University.
GypsyRozLyn
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
I also play rotationally with aging off. I would guess that the teens not being played would just go to the rabbithole school, or really do nothing while not playing them - what I mean by that is that when I am not playing a family and then come back to it, nothing has changed with their grades or anything. I do not think they will graduate, fall behind, or get ahead unless you are playing them.
AquaGamer1212
New Spectator
3 years ago
Not sure it’s confirmed but from what I’ve seen it seems like rotational play was thought of (hence the multiple proms every week and such). Since high school is automatic (and you don’t have to enroll like university) if you don’t play a Sim they’ll just go to the rabbit hole school like normal.

As far as building skills I don’t play rotational all too often so I’m not sure how that works.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I don't play rotational, per se, but I do know from experience that school age children do not attend school, if they aren't the active household. So much for Erik meeting his future bride at school. Guess I'm lucky he's already met her. I'm hoping I can change households quickly enough to send her off to school, change back to Erik, so I can follow him there. Really uncertain as to how this is going to work out. Guess we'll all know soon enough.
ra7orrat
3 years ago
"AprilDawn;c-18151073" wrote:
I also play rotationally with aging off. I would guess that the teens not being played would just go to the rabbithole school, or really do nothing while not playing them - what I mean by that is that when I am not playing a family and then come back to it, nothing has changed with their grades or anything. I do not think they will graduate, fall behind, or get ahead unless you are playing them.

Yeah, thats how it seems to me too, which is good.
Its really like the active careers, just stays static for not actively played households.
MVWdeZT
Rising Hotshot
3 years ago
I play rotationally, and I'm not too worried. As it is now, my children and teens don't get better grades or more badges in Scouts, but they don't get worse. I think the game assumes they're at school. With University, I've found that signing up for the next round of classes on Saturday, puts my Sim in position to do a semester during the week. I just don't sign them up for more classes when they get their grades. They lose their scholarships, but usually money is not a problem. Oh, and they live at home, not in a dorm.
simsimsere
Rising Scout
3 years ago
I play rotationally aging on for active household only and I'm super worried how it works. Can't believe they haven't explained the system yet. This could potentially be the first EP I don't buy if they've done it in an annoying way. Ideally I would like to see their friends at school, but no way I want them to graduate while I'm not playing.
Daephene1
New Spectator
3 years ago
My biggest concern is whether my played sim from one household will go to the high school while I'm playing teens in other households, and whether they'll get into things I don't want them to while there. Especially relationship-wise.

I suspect grade progress will work like it always has, rather than how DU does it, because you have the option to send your student to school the way we always have. They wouldn't want to have two systems for the same age group that operate differently when you rotate, I would think.

I'm also curious if when our sims graduate we will have the option of choosing other sims to graduate with them, or on what schedule the premades and townies will graduate if aging is off.
thespacemaid
3 years ago
From what it sounds like so far (from what I've seen of early access footage), it seems like non-active sims grades/school performance stay the same, which I appreciate since I have 4 families with teens I rotate between.

My main concern now is: will my rotation sims show up at the school? Or go to the rabbit hole school? In Fantayzia's LP, she was unable to get her sims boyfriend to show up to the school and had to work around it in her storyline, even though he lived in the town. My teen sims are all friends with their own interpersonal drama and relationships. I kind of NEED them all to show up at the school, because I want this pack specifically to enhance the story I'm playing with them, so drama can happen in school instead of just outside of it. If only my active sim is showing up, that kind of defeats the main purpose I want this pack for...