University Packs are more then just about college and education. They also add stuff and new lot types.
What I'm hoping to see added Wild Parties Keg Drinking Dares Online Dating Feature Spin The Bottle Vibrating Heart Shaped Beds Shower Woohoo Woohooty Texts Kissing Booths Photobooths Working Cinemas
"storyy;c-17251762" wrote: Okay tbh I only read through the first page of this so I'm sorry if I'm sounding repetitive!
I'd like:
Dorms, obvi
Bunk beds!
New careers - especially a teaching career, but also careers correlating to the majors included
New aspirations
Scolarships - MAYBE even loans - it would sort of make getting rich a little more difficult which I know is a downside to TS4's income system
Advance start in careers with earned degree
Secret Societies!! Like in TS2 University, how there was a secret lot (I think? Am I remembering that correctly? lol) that'd be cool. I understand I could make this with the club system but I want the kidnapping to happen with an introduction and acceptance/denial of joining, etc.
Uncontrollable roommates (like, I can't play them. But if they're also crazy that just adds some drama lol)
Odd jobs that are specific to University life, such as moving, tutoring, modeling for figure drawing, fixing computers, hacking grades, etc. Some could be skill based and some can be active/skill based, similar to Island Living's odd jobs
Kegs of some kind
A social drinking action - I think at weddings you can make a toast and everyone gets a glass of wine or champagne or something of the like. Maybe at a house/dorm party there could be something similar
Matchmaker and other dating options! Blind dates, dating website type of thing
Photobooth
Different colleges - a sort of laid back and low key school, much like community colleges. Cheaper but maybe offers less amenities/off campus living. A private or prestigious University or Ivy League type of place - very proper and very expensive. And of course something in between.
Reunion parties!
I know Murphy beds are high on a lot of people's lists, but I only would want one if the space it saved was usable. For example if there was a Murphy bed that was also a desk with a chair, or there was some other function. Because if you have the bed, you can't place anything in that space it "saves" without cheating, which isn't an issue, but those items have to not show through the bed when it's down. Idk, it just seems like a waste of space if it doesn't have another function besides fold out bed.
Love your ideas! I still wish we had a banking system, i could see it working in a university pack for sims to save money to go to school/other school expenses.
Lots of people want bunk beds added, but what about an update that makes all twin beds bunkable? Place the bottom bed, then select a second bed, and be able to stack it over top. It would probably be tons of work to make sure each bed in game has a top-bunked version... but worth it, no?
Like Cricket, Soccer, and Rowing? They're my preferences for 'university' sports.
tailgate
What's that? Here, to tailgate, means to follow another car too closely, and risk an accident.
Cheerleading/Gymnastics
What about parkour?
Cheerleading
Why is this even still a thing?
Fraternities/Sororities
As an option to toggle off? The only time we hear about them here in Oz, is when there has been really bad behaviour. They have a terrible reputation outside of the US.
Events in main school hall (like career fairs, sorority/fraternity recruitments, athletic events, school spirit parades with mascots and cheerleaders)
What an odd bunch of activities for a main university hall. One of the larger universities in this state has a magnificent hall, that is used for music, it has daytime concerts for the general public, choirs, orchestra, classical music. Stuff similar to what you're talking about is done outside, on the lawns.
School Trips (to observe working environments)
Are you talking about high school? Because that's the sort of stuff I did in year 9.
Extracurricular classes/seminars that they can attend
Nice idea. Should also be open to non-uni student sims, perhaps as a quick career boost.
More takeout delivery options (fried rice, noodles, burgers, pizza, late snacks/desserts)
The game is really lacking there. They put in all those kiosk/booth things instead.
Dorm rooms (editable please), Roommates that we cannot control
They need a lot of flexibility on this. Share houses, and housemates, the ability to live off campus, and commute. The concept of sharing your bedroom with someone who is not your sibling, nor your lover, is a bit odd to many Aussies.
Murphy beds, bunk beds,
OMG! And loft beds! The game is really lacking in the space saving options. And while we're on the topic, more drawers/dressers, and wardrobes that only take up a single square. And tiny undercounter fridges... And wall mountable microwaves.
I am hoping all lots would be editable
I'm hoping for a lot of editable flexible options too. They really need to make things more versatile.
Sorry! I forget that some terms aren't the same everywhere in the world lol I also live in a city where there's so much diversity and so many people and lotssss of things to do. SO most of the time, I'm just brainstorming and throwing ideas out there that were similar to my experiences.
To clear things up for you, In the U.S. , 'tailgates' are basically celebrating (pregaming) before a big university sports game. In the stadium parking lots, students/alumni drink, eat, bbq, etc. in the back of their trucks with the literal tail-gate down and being used as a surface for the drinks or as a seat. There are also booths around sometimes for water, school spirit gear, etc. 'Tailing' is when they drive too close behind you.
For competitive sports, I picked the common ones here in America but yes, it could be any sport. I know my university I think had bowling, powerlifting, american football, etc. I also included cheerleading since there are competitions for it and they usually cheer at the big sports games, around campus at the beginning of the school semester, etc.
In my university, there was this big hall for events/gatherings, like career fair where tables are set up, and it was adjacent to two big lawns where protests and larger events would happen, like concerts. For recruitment, we had many sororities, fraternities, and other clubs so sometimes it would start in the main hall and spill out into the lawn areas sometimes because there wasn't enough space inside the main hall. There was also a food court in that main hall.
Frats and sororities tend to have bad reputations because of how they are portrayed in movies as well as the news stories of the inappropriate things that members have done recently or terrible traditions that needed to be removed. I've never been in one and I never attended any parties due to my intense schedule, but the ones that I've heard about or seen around campus have been helpful in creating friendships and bonds, tutoring, networking, throwing parties, making lots of crafts and decorations, always fundraising, going on fun trips, etc. The ones who gained a bad reputation were quickly suspended or just banned altogether for their behavior.
I saw someone mention a pool table and that would be pretty cool to have at bars or lounge areas around campus. Some lounge areas are within libraries and have sleeping pods or study rooms maybe for tutoring. I also like the photobooth ideas.
By school trips, I meant like observing environments. Not silly school trips from high school. I guess for my major it was a bit different, but like for example, in my construction class, we would visit construction sites or go to warehouses that manufactured materials and etc. For designing interiors, we would visit different sites of the same typology that we were designing as we prepared case studies for them as research. I know medical students have mock-up hospital rooms and they shadow doctors at actual hospitals. Law enforcement has mock crime scenes. Theater students have their auditoriums and host shows, concerts, etc.
I would like to see them include roller skating, skateboarding, parkour, and gymnastics. Things that make our sims more active. Skate parks would be a cool thing to include. Extracurricular activities for a career boost is a great idea or even for learning new skills or improving on them. Maybe they get little certificates for completing classes, like certified in CPR, certified personal trainer, certified in sustainability, or certified in photoshop lol Something like that and it impacts their everyday lives or gives them new interactions for being certified in things.
Some dorms, you either share a room with someone you don't know or you have your own room but have a shared space such as the kitchen/dining and living room. Depends on the size of the apartment. Similar to the concept of hostels too. & yes I would also love the space saving options, like mountable microwaves, mini fridge that can be placed within counters, dressers that take up once space or are vertical.
One thing that I stopped to think about is that maybe we are already seeing some system that might appear in universities. In Realm of Magic besides having the vampire perk tree there is something new that is a book with 4 separate categories, for each spell, I believe that universities return with this style but instead of the 4 "schools of magic" have some material in specific skills, separate skills or even some great curriculum, I think this 'HUD' might return in universities like maybe the perk tree itself, since the same system appeared in get famous.
It would be very fun a school notebook that you could customize the phone case, when I imagine that I think of the menu that Life is Strange 1 had.
"akaseven;c-17252026" wrote: One thing that I stopped to think about is that maybe we are already seeing some system that might appear in universities. In Realm of Magic besides having the vampire perk tree there is something new that is a book with 4 separate categories, for each spell, I believe that universities return with this style but instead of the 4 "schools of magic" have some material in specific skills, separate skills or even some great curriculum, I think this 'HUD' might return in universities like maybe the perk tree itself, since the same system appeared in get famous.
It would be very fun a school notebook that you could customize the phone case, when I imagine that I think of the menu that Life is Strange 1 had.
Thats interesting. Maybe depending on what major you choose, you get different perks. Or maybe like in sims 3, with the different social groups like jocks, rebels, etc.
You can change the color of the phone case now actually, but I wish they could carry notebooks or sketchbooks in their hand. I want a dating system to customize their profiles for online dating :lol:
If there is flexibility and I can do something for my occult sims, school for mermaids, aliens, vampires and spellcasters then I am much more excited about this theme.
Odd jobs are great, if we could get more of them I would be very happy! :)
Sorry! I forget that some terms aren't the same everywhere in the world
Sometimes, I only post to remind people of this. :p
I also live in a city where there's so much diversity
Hmmm... I live in what is often the most diverse city in Australia, and no, not Melbourne. This is a tiny, tiny, mining and steel city, full of bogan, ferals, and international immigrants.
To clear things up for you, In the U.S. , 'tailgates' are basically celebrating (pregaming) before a big university sports game. In the stadium parking lots, students/alumni drink, eat, bbq, etc. in the back of their trucks with the literal tail-gate down and being used as a surface for the drinks or as a seat.
Sounds vaguely like a ute muster. But more uni sports based....
school spirit gear
What is that? Are your schools haunted?
Frats and sororities tend to have bad reputations because of how they are portrayed in movies as well as the news stories of the inappropriate things that members have done recently or terrible traditions that needed to be removed.
They are also excessively an american concept, and are not particularly diverse in theme, since they're not a thing in most of the world.
I saw someone mention a pool table and that would be pretty cool to have at bars or lounge areas around campus.
Around the campus? They're usually on the campus of the larger universities in Australia. Most people turned 18 during their final year of school, and for the handful that didn't, no one is checking their id when someone else at the table buys a jug of beer.
By school trips, I meant like observing environments. Not silly school trips from high school. I guess for my major it was a bit different, but like for example, in my construction class, we would visit construction sites or go to warehouses that manufactured materials and etc.
There was nothing silly about our school trip. In year 9, we visited a bunch of major workplaces, factories, labs, etc.
I know medical students have mock-up hospital rooms and they shadow doctors at actual hospitals. Law enforcement has mock crime scenes. Theater students have their auditoriums and host shows, concerts, etc.
That's not done as trips here, that's a part of the facilities for the course.
Like Cricket, Soccer, and Rowing? They're my preferences for 'university' sports.
tailgate
What's that? Here, to tailgate, means to follow another car too closely, and risk an accident.
Cheerleading/Gymnastics
What about parkour?
Cheerleading
Why is this even still a thing?
Fraternities/Sororities
As an option to toggle off? The only time we hear about them here in Oz, is when there has been really bad behaviour. They have a terrible reputation outside of the US.
Events in main school hall (like career fairs, sorority/fraternity recruitments, athletic events, school spirit parades with mascots and cheerleaders)
What an odd bunch of activities for a main university hall. One of the larger universities in this state has a magnificent hall, that is used for music, it has daytime concerts for the general public, choirs, orchestra, classical music. Stuff similar to what you're talking about is done outside, on the lawns.
School Trips (to observe working environments)
Are you talking about high school? Because that's the sort of stuff I did in year 9.
Extracurricular classes/seminars that they can attend
Nice idea. Should also be open to non-uni student sims, perhaps as a quick career boost.
More takeout delivery options (fried rice, noodles, burgers, pizza, late snacks/desserts)
The game is really lacking there. They put in all those kiosk/booth things instead.
Dorm rooms (editable please), Roommates that we cannot control
They need a lot of flexibility on this. Share houses, and housemates, the ability to live off campus, and commute. The concept of sharing your bedroom with someone who is not your sibling, nor your lover, is a bit odd to many Aussies.
Murphy beds, bunk beds,
OMG! And loft beds! The game is really lacking in the space saving options. And while we're on the topic, more drawers/dressers, and wardrobes that only take up a single square. And tiny undercounter fridges... And wall mountable microwaves.
I am hoping all lots would be editable
I'm hoping for a lot of editable flexible options too. They really need to make things more versatile.
Sorry! I forget that some terms aren't the same everywhere in the world lol I also live in a city where there's so much diversity and so many people and lotssss of things to do. SO most of the time, I'm just brainstorming and throwing ideas out there that were similar to my experiences.
To clear things up for you, In the U.S. , 'tailgates' are basically celebrating (pregaming) before a big university sports game. In the stadium parking lots, students/alumni drink, eat, bbq, etc. in the back of their trucks with the literal tail-gate down and being used as a surface for the drinks or as a seat. There are also booths around sometimes for water, school spirit gear, etc. 'Tailing' is when they drive too close behind you.
For competitive sports, I picked the common ones here in America but yes, it could be any sport. I know my university I think had bowling, powerlifting, american football, etc. I also included cheerleading since there are competitions for it and they usually cheer at the big sports games, around campus at the beginning of the school semester, etc.
In my university, there was this big hall for events/gatherings, like career fair where tables are set up, and it was adjacent to two big lawns where protests and larger events would happen, like concerts. For recruitment, we had many sororities, fraternities, and other clubs so sometimes it would start in the main hall and spill out into the lawn areas sometimes because there wasn't enough space inside the main hall. There was also a food court in that main hall.
Frats and sororities tend to have bad reputations because of how they are portrayed in movies as well as the news stories of the inappropriate things that members have done recently or terrible traditions that needed to be removed. I've never been in one and I never attended any parties due to my intense schedule, but the ones that I've heard about or seen around campus have been helpful in creating friendships and bonds, tutoring, networking, throwing parties, making lots of crafts and decorations, always fundraising, going on fun trips, etc. The ones who gained a bad reputation were quickly suspended or just banned altogether for their behavior.
I saw someone mention a pool table and that would be pretty cool to have at bars or lounge areas around campus. Some lounge areas are within libraries and have sleeping pods or study rooms maybe for tutoring. I also like the photobooth ideas.
By school trips, I meant like observing environments. Not silly school trips from high school. I guess for my major it was a bit different, but like for example, in my construction class, we would visit construction sites or go to warehouses that manufactured materials and etc. For designing interiors, we would visit different sites of the same typology that we were designing as we prepared case studies for them as research. I know medical students have mock-up hospital rooms and they shadow doctors at actual hospitals. Law enforcement has mock crime scenes. Theater students have their auditoriums and host shows, concerts, etc.
I would like to see them include roller skating, skateboarding, parkour, and gymnastics. Things that make our sims more active. Skate parks would be a cool thing to include. Extracurricular activities for a career boost is a great idea or even for learning new skills or improving on them. Maybe they get little certificates for completing classes, like certified in CPR, certified personal trainer, certified in sustainability, or certified in photoshop lol Something like that and it impacts their everyday lives or gives them new interactions for being certified in things.
Some dorms, you either share a room with someone you don't know or you have your own room but have a shared space such as the kitchen/dining and living room. Depends on the size of the apartment. Similar to the concept of hostels too. & yes I would also love the space saving options, like mountable microwaves, mini fridge that can be placed within counters, dressers that take up once space or are vertical.
Tailgating in the US also means to follow closely behind someone not just Tailing.
