Seasons Holidays are not integrated w/ Discover University

Really? That makes NO sense....since it's supposed to be about the University experience (and not really the rabbithole classes) you would think that holidays for students are HUGE! Going home for Christmas break? (through manage households and not an option for the student in the game?) Spring break? Where all heck breaks loose? Nothing?

Yeah....what's this university experience about then?

I'm surprised by this choice on their part. (well, not really)

ETA: Perfect way to integrate EPS......Popup comes up asking the student if they want to go to spring break in Sulani and the cost....allow players to set up a lot in Sulani for that purpose.

"fullspiral;c-17314705" wrote:
Really? That makes NO sense....since it's supposed to be about the University experience (and not really the rabbithole classes) you would think that holidays for students are HUGE! Going home for Christmas break? (through manage households and not an option for the student in the game?) Spring break? Where all heck breaks loose? Nothing?

Yeah....what's this university experience about then?

I'm surprised by this choice on their part. (well, not really)

ETA: Perfect way to integrate EPS......Popup comes up asking the student if they want to go to spring break in Sulani and the cost....allow players to set up a lot in Sulani for that purpose.

But the term like @Pamtastic72 said is only 5 days and plus you can add holidays so how are they suppose to implement that in?

"pepperjax1230;c-17314831" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17314705" wrote:
Really? That makes NO sense....since it's supposed to be about the University experience (and not really the rabbithole classes) you would think that holidays for students are HUGE! Going home for Christmas break? (through manage households and not an option for the student in the game?) Spring break? Where all heck breaks loose? Nothing?

Yeah....what's this university experience about then?

I'm surprised by this choice on their part. (well, not really)

ETA: Perfect way to integrate EPS......Popup comes up asking the student if they want to go to spring break in Sulani and the cost....allow players to set up a lot in Sulani for that purpose.

But the term like @Pamtastic72 said is only 5 days and plus you can add holidays so how are they suppose to implement that in?

It would be impossible actually. Because as one poster pointed out, what if someone created a solid week of no school/work days. Is the game supposed to suspend the final indefinitely? I initially thought this was a bug, but now I think it’s a function of player control. As I said, if an end of term assignment is due on a holiday then it’s probably necessary to either untick the stay home from school/work box and have your sim attend class that day, or move the holiday to a more convenient time.

Also before you come at me with the life simulator argument, there is a limit to hyper realism in this game. Like in general I can’t cancel a holiday and then reschedule it, or simply cancel it entirely. I may choose not to observe but that doesn’t end the holiday for the rest of the world. At some point you have to in this game or any game, suspend reality and fully embrace make believe. The make believe for me personally is what makes this game so amazing & fun.

"Pamtastic72;c-17314907" wrote:

"pepperjax1230;c-17314831" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17314705" wrote:
Really? That makes NO sense....since it's supposed to be about the University experience (and not really the rabbithole classes) you would think that holidays for students are HUGE! Going home for Christmas break? (through manage households and not an option for the student in the game?) Spring break? Where all heck breaks loose? Nothing?

Yeah....what's this university experience about then?

I'm surprised by this choice on their part. (well, not really)

ETA: Perfect way to integrate EPS......Popup comes up asking the student if they want to go to spring break in Sulani and the cost....allow players to set up a lot in Sulani for that purpose.

But the term like @Pamtastic72 said is only 5 days and plus you can add holidays so how are they suppose to implement that in?

It would be impossible actually. Because as one poster pointed out, what if someone created a solid week of no school/work days. Is the game supposed to suspend the final indefinitely? I initially thought this was a bug, but now I think it’s a function of player control. As I said, if an end of term assignment is due on a holiday then it’s probably necessary to either untick the stay home from school/work box and have your sim attend class that day, or move the holiday to a more convenient time.

Also before you come at me with the life simulator argument, there is a limit to hyper realism in this game. Like in general I can’t cancel a holiday and then reschedule it, or simply cancel it entirely. I may choose not to observe but that doesn’t end the holiday for the rest of the world. At some point you have to in this game or any game, suspend reality and fully embrace make believe. The make believe for me personally is what makes this game so amazing & fun.

I actually think you still can go to class regardless if tells you its a holiday. I have had my sims go to their jobs on a day it said they were suppose to be off because it was a holiday. I don't think its a bug either because yes like you said it would be impossible to implement in when the term is only five days and like you said if you had a week vacation then how would it recognize that. I just think it would be impossible to make the game recognize every holiday that would mean everyday on the calendar would need to be a holiday. Since we can add holidays on the calendar that is.

I understand why everyone is so upset about not being able to celebrate the holidays at university but they did say the term is only five days long. It would take way too long to get through uni if they had your sim skip class for every one. It just makes more sense that they are ignored for uni. I think is just something the player will have to skip on their own if they really want to have holidays off.

I just edited the holidays to things that could be done at the university (like festive spirit, drinking) and made sure to uncheck the day off work/school and my sim student celebrated Winter Fest and New Years at university. Wish they would have added some of the new uni activities though, like ping pong and the keg.

> @andre1906 said:
> All holidays from Seasons are not detected in Discover University.
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> Example: It's Winter Festival day and my Sim still has a class to attend.
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> Please Gurus, fix this. :disappointed:

I've got to agree - this is incredibly annoying. They could just fix it by having the same 'Your Sim's class starts in an hour' prompt appear, so at least there would be some reminder.

Twice now I've had a Sim's final fall on Winterfest (in two different saves). The first time I didn't realise I had to click go to class. That Sim ended up with a C, and they were already a 'stellar student' in that class. The second time I just plain forgot to click go to class and ended up with a D.

It is getting frustrating as I really want to have a student graduate with honours but this lack of EP integration is the reason it's not going to happen any time soon! I don't want to have the Class Schedule open all the time, taking up half the screen; I want to do other things and enjoy the university experience! I really hope EA fixes this.

> @MarmitePrinter said:
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> I've got to agree - this is incredibly annoying. They could just fix it by having the same 'Your Sim's class starts in an hour' prompt appear, so at least there would be some reminder.
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> Twice now I've had a Sim's final fall on Winterfest (in two different saves). The first time I didn't realise I had to click go to class. That Sim ended up with a C, and they were already a 'stellar student' in that class. The second time I just plain forgot to click go to class and ended up with a D.

Yeah, I don't care whether or not my Sim is expected to go to class on a holiday, but it would be nice if the prompts weren't removed. I added a lot of holidays just for funsies and I cannot get my Sim to class on time without them automatically going early, not to mention missing class entirely if I forget to manually send them.

"Pamtastic72;c-17314162" wrote:

"KaeChan2089;c-17314151" wrote:
I am just,....kinda baffled that didn't look into this....it just kinda shows they rushed it and didn't look for something like this....

Or, there is now an enormous amount of code for this game now and this got overlooked and should be brought to the devs attention and it can be fixed. ??‍♀️

One would think they’d have some kind of plan when they start creating a pack. Implementing holidays in a school pack doesn’t seem far-fetched to me. If the enormous amount of code in the game is becoming an overwhelming problem, that would mean it is time for a successor.

This is the thing I like least about DU. I think it's a good pack but the lack of integration with holidays is a real shame.