Hack for more realistic college GPA (possible?)
J. M. Pescado:
Again, really not much point. The college clock exists already to truncate semesters when you feel they're overlong. Even 48 hour semesters are plenty. The bottom line being that there is basically nothing you can do to make Uni harder without making it simply impossible short of altering user behavior. As long as you engage in compulsive bar-filling, it is going to simply be easy. For that matter, it works that way in real life, too.
rufio:
Ok, maybe I just need to change my playstyle a bit then. It's just too easy to fall into a compulsive bar-filling rut after a while.
pixiejuice:
Quote from: rufio on 2008 July 30, 12:37:29
Yeah, I kinda see that, but I'm usually running out of things for them to do even while getting them 4.0s. Romance and Popularity sims are better, but I have trouble finding things for shy Knowledge and Fortune sims to do other than study, play instruments, and possibly scope out a future mate. I've taken to having them buy crafting stations and getting badges during college. When they do go out, I tend to send them downtown anyway, which doesn't spend any time of the semester.
Maybe if there was a hack than made all semesters 48 hours instead of 72?
ETA: To clarify, I don't necessarily want to make it more grueling - I just want my sims to have to choose between good grades and parties and instruments and woohoo all the time. It would help to flesh out their relative personalities for me.
Yes, that is exactly what I do - 48 hour semesters. All you need to do is use the college clock or TJ's college adjuster to take the final exam 24 hours earlier than you would normally. And it does just what you say - allow them to choose between having fun or studying. So there you go.
Maybe it would help you to only allow assignments, skill-building, and term papers when there is a want rolled for it. My sims even have to choose between working jobs and going to class sometimes. So yes, I would agree that playstyle is probably the problem here. I'm never bored with my YAs.
Roux:
I also find Uni a lot more enjoyable if I use it for fun shenanigans. I've got a Pleasure sim using up her time and scholarship money getting blind dates from the gypsy. And a Romance sim is spending a semester only at Uni community lots (except for the occasional save), cruisin' for conquests.
There is one hack I can recommend: Dizzy's random-goto-class, at The Laden Swallow. Sims will only autonomously go to class if they're in the mood to go. This really helps to keep their GPA down: my Romance sim only has a 3.1, I think.
Another thing would be to not have any fall seasons in your Uni hoods. In fall, the term paper alone is enough for them to pass the semester, I think.
rufio:
Fall makes assignments and papers count for more grade points? I thought it just made them go faster. *sets uni hood to spring-spring-summer-winter*
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