University refresh

I 'd be happy if they would stop dormies from bringing in so much food.
There should be a counter that stops it after two dishes for that day.

"SerraNolwen;c-18102857" wrote:
My own wishes for an eventual DU refresh would be the following :
- Add the careers that are missing diplomas (really, that seems like just an oversight)
- Let children ride bikes (and learn to ride them)
- Add more clubs for teenagers, like debate club, school newspaper and soccer team, so they can work on that and get scholarships
- Make some classes active, where you will do activities specific to what you are studying.
- Make some career levels locked unless you have a diploma (I wouldn't make it the whole career, as some people would forget why it's not showing up in choices).
- Make the Commons lots more alive somehow, so that sims who hang out there will do things (yeah, I should probably make clubs for that since it's an AI issue and unlikely to change unless they manage to do something about it with basegame, but it's worse on the Commons lots in my game)
- Maybe add a graduation party social event (for both uni and highschool, perhaps?)

Yes! Use clubs, it really helps bring the place alive, especially if you are playing groups of Uni students rotating between terms.
It's nice to see my last rotation of sims and their dorm-mates hanging out at the commons when I am playing the current rotation.
I was really surprised how uninspired the Student Commons were.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_25_20_11_24_41_AM.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

I never enjoyed sending my sims there. It was mainly good for a bite to eat.
Why aren't there Ping Pong tables in the Britechester commons? Those came with the pack.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_27_20_10_26_46_AM.png

I have some really great custom dorms on the Britechester campus, so there isn't much need to hangout in the commons.
But I also have another dorm I enjoy off-campus. It would really be nice to have a great commons for my off-campus to hang out between classes. It would really help with immersion for my off-campus students.

So I built my own, using the original commons as a base.
I also wanted it to look more like the rest of the campus.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_26_20_8_23_21_AM.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

1st floor, cafeteria and student lounge for socializing and debates.
Plus an additional rest room.


I need to do the same for the Foxbury commons which seem even more desolate to me.

Funny side note:
Somehow, Britechester was given a conservation NAP, so my sims were without power for 12 hours.
The commons turned out to be very useful other things to do while the power was off. Plus, other Uni students from the clubs showed up. I just wish I had put in a shower. I made them wash their hands and brush their teeth for hygiene.

One of the problems I had was why were adults there I know we have mature students IRL but they don’t really live in halls and stuff overall I found the Discover University EP to be a shell of what I should have been I mean we didn’t eve have graduation or any society's or even student cafes or Frats or student nights in night clubs ( something that also needs an over hall.) it was jus so poor.

DU really does need an update the pack is just so empty seeing as they could not be bothered to add in actual classes the gameplay outside of class itself should have been there which it's not. They really should have improved parties/nightclubs and added in a fraternity/sorority system this also would have been the pack if any to create an interesting active world and that did not happen either.

I think the reason is we have stuff like I went to a lounge and walked upon poetry and tea and I'm like oh cool but sim got up and did poetry but there was no tea and this was during the week after they were done with classes my thing is If we have stuff like that in uni then why aren't we notified by either a notification or put it on the calendar of what to do in uni besides going to classes and doing homework. The only time we actually get notified is during the weekend okay what about during the week, we should or probably do have something but we aren't notified at all. At least I'm not.

"doogerie;c-18133412" wrote:
One of the problems I had was why were adults there I know we have mature students IRL but they don’t really live in halls and stuff overall I found the Discover University EP to be a shell of what I should have been I mean we didn’t eve have graduation or any society's or even student cafes or Frats or student nights in night clubs ( something that also needs an over hall.) it was jus so poor.

I actually like seeing adults and elders at university they need a higher education as well, I also see teens there as well makes me think they are checking out the schools to go to.

Out of interest, which expansion/game packs sold the least copies? There's no incentive to refresh something everyone already owns, but the refresh probably motivated a fair few people to pick up Spa Day.

I'm not sure what I'd add to university, except maybe a couple more things like the debate and soccer teams.

"Benjamilian;c-18137388" wrote:
Out of interest, which expansion/game packs sold the least copies? There's no incentive to refresh something everyone already owns, but the refresh probably motivated a fair few people to pick up Spa Day.

I'm not sure what I'd add to university, except maybe a couple more things like the debate and soccer teams.

I believe there is a soccer team but it's all rabbit hole experience.

"Benjamilian;c-18137388" wrote:
Out of interest, which expansion/game packs sold the least copies? There's no incentive to refresh something everyone already owns, but the refresh probably motivated a fair few people to pick up Spa Day.

I'm not sure what I'd add to university, except maybe a couple more things like the debate and soccer teams.

Journey to Batuu and Wedding pack.
The first got the worst result when released: I remember that on the youtube channel of The Sims the trailer had more dislikes than likes and the critics were hard on it.
The second, well, we all know how buggy it was when released.
Lots of people who checked the twitch stream before the release and saw all the disasters coming decided not to buy it unless it was fixed.

So I guess those two are the two packs that went the worst