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amapola76
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6 years ago

New Combined Households for University

Apologies if there's a detailed answer to this elsewhere, but I couldn't find it in any older threads.

I finally got University this week, but I've only tested an existing two-sim household (the best friends at Britechester), and a single sim. However, eventually what I would like to do is have groups of friends attend together at the same time, either in the dorms or off-campus housing.

I.e., throughout the neighborhoods, I have various friend-groups of teens or children, who will eventually age up, and I'd like them to age up at the same time and attend university together in most cases. (E.g., the music & drama kids together, the A-student kids in another group, the sports kids, etc.) I know they have to attend the same university to live together in university housing (as opposed to the off campus housing in the middle neighborhood), but I am still unclear on the mechanics of how to do it.

Is the best method to individually age them up to YA, then have them all combine into one household in some random house, and THEN have them all individually apply to college and move out together? Or can I have them all apply to college separately from their family households, and then all move into the same dorm or house, and then somehow combine them as a household (rather than having them as NPC roommates)? What do I even select to do that?

Please help, I am so confused! :D

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  • I'm just playing a houshold with three students from different families. Let all the sims apply for college. When they all have received their letters of application you can enroll the first student to the Uni you want him to attend. Then send the next one and have him choose the same dorm/house at campus. After all are placed you can start playing.
  • I'm doing basically the same thing as Gagea. I've been playing different households with teens as they go through the process. I'll then figure out who gets paired together as their acceptances come in. I'll send them together at the same time based on scheduling compatibility. For example, I have a sim who is admitted to the distinguished fine arts program at UBrite. If Salim Benali's artsy son does the same, then I'll just send them together as dorm mates. There's a girl who is in love with one of my sims and would like to follow him, but will she also be admitted to Ubrite or will she be better off at Foxbury? I'll find out soon.

    I have another sim who was admitted to ... basically every program at UBrite and Foxbury. (He has great attentive parents). I really think he'll be happier in a distinguished math/science program at Foxbury so I've decided that's where he's going. He won't be paired up with the artsy sims. If I wanted, I could have them all live off campus and go at the same time, but that's up to me. The girl who is currently in love with the artist might find herself going to Foxbury with him.

    I kind of like the variety of acceptances in this process. I've said it elsewhere but I'd be even happier with a desert campus for sims who otherwise live their whole lives in the deserts.

    The very average girl got rejected from any scholarships which was interesting as well. The artist got a full free ride as long as he is also on the soccer team, so he'll probably go slowly. Different sims end up in different financial situations. I am also thinking about how I want to combine funds for any uni households in terms of when I send them. It can get a little complicated but you can do what they want. I hope they patch in easier rotational play between semesters though. I'd like to be able to switch households at the end of each semester without withdrawing.

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