Looking For Best Way To Create Custom Uni Neighborhood....
...because the two Uni campuses in Briechester hood are too #@%^@! tiny. Seriously, a total of THREE common lots between the 2 schools aka a pub/bar, a library It's been hard adjusting to the c...
Hi @yoshi_dragur2012 that sounds really frustrating.
I haven't been playing as long as some, but I've taken 15-20 sims through Sims 4 university so far and for the most part have enjoyed it. I happen to prefer it over Sims 2 vastly, mostly because you aren't stuck in the dorm any more-- you can visit family and friends who don't live on campus, and go out to have fun outside the university world. I also like having sims able to attend university at any time of life, having one household member in school while another is not, and some sims have extra struggles like needing to hold a job or parenting while in school.
Here are some suggestions to help with some of the things that are driving you crazy.
4-6 sim household in university-- Don't switch back and forth between households during the week. That does make it very hard to keep up with everything. Instead, either have them all live together in a residential lot, or split them up into a Britechester student housing household and a Foxbury student housing household. If you're on a residential lot they will all commute to class on their own at the appropriate time without you having to travel to the campus lot at all. Splitting them up into 2 households is a little more tricky but totally doable:
Play Household A for the full length of the university term (one week). Then, as soon as the last student is back from final exams and before the grades come in (6pm), rotate to Household B. Household A will still be enrolled, remain in student housing, but they won't have classes to attend since they haven't re-enrolled for the next term, meaning their grades won't drop. Essentially their university progress is paused until you rotate back to them. The only drawback is you can't see the grades for the individual courses. But you can see their averages when you rotate back to them later. Then play Household B for the full length of their university term (one week). At the end of finals, rotate away in the same manner. When you return to Household A, the first thing you'll see is the "Do you want to re-enroll?" pop-up. Click yes and proceed on with your second term for that household, etc.
Socialization-- I'm not sure exactly what the struggle is that you're having, but here are some ideas, maybe you can be more specific on what the trouble is:
1. invite friends and family to hang out at the dorm 2. get to know the dormmates 3. meet up with professors outside of class 4. go to the student commons/dining hall and get to know other students there 5. join the student organizations-- in my game the advancement goals for these organizations are broken, but the activities are fun, and build skills and relationships. Sports and e-sports are rabbit holes, less fun, but they lead to valuable career boosts for the relevant careers. 6. attend spirit day, tea & poetry, etc 7. click "socialize with other students" during class to meet new people (this does drop the grade somewhat, so this is a good choice for a class where you did the homework and already have high skill in the subject, or for a character where you like playing someone more social and less studious) 8. visit the other campus and cause trouble 9. travel to literally any other location in the game that you'd normally travel to for socialization if you weren't in university.
Gap year-- You don't need a mod. Just don't re-enroll for the next term right away. Move to a residential lot. Take all the time off you want. Then re-enroll in university when you're ready.
Autonomous homework on vacation-- If you can stand to allow them to do homework once for each class, after that's done, it won't be possible for them to do any more homework after that, until they've returned from vacation and gone to class. You could even control for it by having them sit down and do the homeworks all in a row before they leave for the weekend vacation. They will not autonomously do term papers, presentations, or study on computers. They will not autonomously study from those larger course textbooks unless you bring the textbooks along with you.
Spice Festival, flea market etc-- The City Living, Cottage Living and Mt. Komorebi festivals don't occur during class hours if I remember correctly. I'm not sure about the Island Living ones as I don't have the pack. I'm not sure what the trouble is that you're having with attending these. If it's just that the autonomous homework bothers you, again, you can either let them do it once for each class and then it won't happen again, or you can do it all before you go to the festival.
Grades-- Not rotating households during the term should solve this for you, but some more basic advice that will also help: - "Take Notes" during every class. - Don't be late to class. - Edit all papers and presentations until they're Excellent or Outstanding. - Don't forget to actually submit term papers. - Don't forget to actually go and give presentations during school hours. - Homework doesn't really matter that much unless you want all very high grades or you are coming to university with low skill in the subject. Only my very most driven academic achievers actually do all their homework. That's one way to free up a lot of time during university. - Before the last class of each term, you can email the professor to see how you're doing in the class. If the answer concerns you, spend some extra time studying from the course textbook or on the computer before you attend the final class session.
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