Sims 4 University question

Nope sadly they will grow old and die a student.

"jimbbq;c-17465660" wrote:
Nope sadly they will grow old and die a student.

Well...that's a flawed system

"jimbbq;c-17465660" wrote:
Nope sadly they will grow old and die a student.

If the aging for played sims is either off or on for active household only, it's not the case.

If you rotate away while the term lasts, students will finish terms on their own with an average grade (I don't understand whether it means C or their average because it has varied for me) and wait until you return before re-enrolling. If you want the student to finish university on their own, mark them unplayed until they graduate (this way they re-enroll on their own).

"aaronrulz;c-17465675" wrote:

"jimbbq;c-17465660" wrote:
Nope sadly they will grow old and die a student.

Well...that's a flawed system

You can set it in your options to not allow them to age. I believe the two options are to allow/disallow aging in your household and to allow/disallow aging outside of your household. So, you could stop them from aging, but you will also stop all others outside of your household from aging as well.

I always keep aging on. I have never and will never play with it off. What if I don't want to rotate play? I just want to send off my sim to college and my hope is that he will finish and graduate on his own without me doing anything. So that is not possible?

"aaronrulz;c-17465767" wrote:
I always keep aging on. I have never and will never play with it off. What if I don't want to rotate play? I just want to send off my sim to college and my hope is that he will finish and graduate on his own without me doing anything. So that is not possible?

No, sorry. You will need to actually play them in order to proceed with their University track.

University classes works like any other job, in that if you assign a job to a sim outside of the household you are playing, they will keep that job but will not advance in that job while they are not being played.

It kind of sucks, because if you're playing a family and their kid grows old enough to attend college, if you want them to have the full college experience of living in a dorm, etc., you have no choice but to separate them from their family and be on their own, which means you sacrifice being able to advance the original family (unless you rotate play).

So, it comes down to living in a dorm (and leaving your original family) or attending classes from home. Attending classes from home is simple enough (in fact it's easier than attending classes in a dorm imo), but then you also need to consider if you want that student to get involved with any other activity the university offers. Most of these other activities are active, so you'll be busy with this one sim only during that time.

So, if you choose to keep your sim home for university, then I also suggest making sure any other working sim in that household are only working rabbit-holed jobs. You don't want to try to juggle multiple active positions in the same household.

"beadierturtle;c-17465783" wrote:

"aaronrulz;c-17465767" wrote:
I always keep aging on. I have never and will never play with it off. What if I don't want to rotate play? I just want to send off my sim to college and my hope is that he will finish and graduate on his own without me doing anything. So that is not possible?

No, sorry. You will need to actually play them in order to proceed with their University track.

University classes works like any other job, in that if you assign a job to a sim outside of the household you are playing, they will keep that job but will not advance in that job while they are not being played.

It kind of sucks, because if you're playing a family and their kid grows old enough to attend college, if you want them to have the full college experience of living in a dorm, etc., you have no choice but to separate them from their family and be on their own, which means you sacrifice being able to advance the original family (unless you rotate play).

So, it comes down to living in a dorm (and leaving your original family) or attending classes from home. Attending classes from home is simple enough (in fact it's easier than attending classes in a dorm imo), but then you also need to consider if you want that student to get involved with any other activity the university offers. Most of these other activities are active, so you'll be busy with this one sim only during that time.

So, if you choose to keep your sim home for university, then I also suggest making sure any other working sim in that household are only working rabbit-holed jobs. You don't want to try to juggle multiple active positions in the same household.

ok thanks! :)

I have a question. In University there are big rounded planter pots in the streets. I have seen them also used when a house/lot is created. The pots show up in University on the streets, but I don't have access to use them independently. Am I looking in the wrong place for them?

"sqrlmom2;c-17466490" wrote:
I have a question. In University there are big rounded planter pots in the streets. I have seen them also used when a house/lot is created. The pots show up in University on the streets, but I don't have access to use them independently. Am I looking in the wrong place for them?

If they aren't in with the plants in buy mode or in build mode with the trees etc. then they're in the debug menu and you will have to "cheat" to get them. Use "ctrl+shift+c" to open the window and type "testingcheats on" and enter. Then you will need "bb.showhiddenobjects" enter, and then "bb.showliveeditobjects"

once you've done all of that, in the bottom left search bar in buy/build mode type "debug" and just click a random one there that shows up. It's a lot to scroll through but they aren't named anything searchable so this is the only way, just manually scrolling and looking yourself. Good luck with your hunt! :)

Thank you. Will give it a whirl