I got trolled out of high school!
So, I bought High School Years on the current sale, thought I knew what to expect, but my first two days as the new kid at school ended in a complete disaster that I now have to share with you. :D Con...
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From what I've heard, it's tied to a strike system. If the staff catches you breaking the school rules, you get a strike. Once a single sim has three strikes, they get expelled at the end of the day, no matter how well the day went otherwise. As I explained in the first post, my sim was accused of skipping school by the principal for some reason before the classes even began, then ended up skipping for real because I wasn't able to join, and got caught twice. That must have been my three strikes. Why the expulsion only happened the day after that, no idea.
I don't think the strike system is bad. The problem is just that re-enrolling does not reset the strikes, and if the sim has been expelled once, the game considers their every appearance at the school another violation of the rules. So I guess I could have gotten away with simply not following that particular sim to school anymore, sending him to a rabbit hole instead, but that's not what I bought the pack for.
That being said, I only had those problems with the very first sim I ever sent to active high school. I've played with other teenagers in the meantime, none of which were ever unable to join class or got yelled at by the principal for no reason. Still not a good first impression, but when it works, it works.
I don't think the strike system is bad. The problem is just that re-enrolling does not reset the strikes, and if the sim has been expelled once, the game considers their every appearance at the school another violation of the rules. So I guess I could have gotten away with simply not following that particular sim to school anymore, sending him to a rabbit hole instead, but that's not what I bought the pack for.
That being said, I only had those problems with the very first sim I ever sent to active high school. I've played with other teenagers in the meantime, none of which were ever unable to join class or got yelled at by the principal for no reason. Still not a good first impression, but when it works, it works.
