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mikamakimon
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5 years ago

mystery money

It's my first time to actively play sims in university. My two sims, living in the same dorm, have somehow come to a bit of money. Most of their funding - I'm assuming - is coming from their scholarships, which is about $1400-1800 per sim. Their funds at the start of each term is something like this (below).

1st Term: started uni with $500, not counting scholarships
2nd Term: $5,000
3rd Term: $33,000
4th Term: $37,000

You can see the biggest jump in funding was between the 2nd and 3rd term, and I still have no idea where the money came from and how this might have happened? Is the money solely from scholarships, or is there some other mechanics of the game I'm unaware of?? I envisioned them struggling to repay their student loans at the end of all this, but I guess I was wrong!

6 Replies

  • I don't think anyone has any idea where the money came from. Unfortunately, it's the kind of mystery that can only be solved by the player it happens to.
  • Thanks for your reply! I thought that might be the case, and I haven't been able to figure it out myself, unfortunately. I probably should have just exited and gone back a save, to try and play that part again. I've already had to do this a number of times while trying to figure out university for the first time. I might just cheat their money down to a more reasonable amount once they're done uni.
  • No idea, this never happened to me. And I'm glad it didn't, because I actually wish Uni was a bit more expensive :)
  • I recently made a thread about this very same thing!

    https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/973853/where-did-the-money-come-from#

    I ended up just cheating the money away again.
  • "Simmerville;c-17519154" wrote:
    No idea, this never happened to me. And I'm glad it didn't, because I actually wish Uni was a bit more expensive :)


    Same here! Next time I will pay closer attention to their funds and I might not bother applying for scholarships, or at least limit it to one for each sim.
  • "elanorbreton;c-17519198" wrote:
    I recently made a thread about this very same thing!

    https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/973853/where-did-the-money-come-from#

    I ended up just cheating the money away again.


    Thank you for sharing this link! I wonder if the money 'glitch' is related to moving then? I did move my sims from the Tidal Tower to the Briny Tower (both Foxbury dorms). It was only because I wanted to make their room bigger, but the build mode option wasn't available in their current dorm. It will be interesting to see if this happens again.

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