Hack for more realistic college GPA (possible?)
jolrei:
See, I want uni, like all parts of the game, to be entertainment for me. Thus, uni is all about shenanigans, soap in fountains, playing instruments badly, and woohoo in the library. You want a challenge, that's it! If my sims earn a skill point at anything while in uni, they're damn lucky.
Liz:
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 July 30, 01:05:55
See, I want uni, like all parts of the game, to be entertainment for me. Thus, uni is all about shenanigans, soap in fountains, playing instruments badly, and woohoo in the library.
Absolutely. *nods head solemnly and thoughtfully*
While getting really good grades at Uni is unrealistically easy, I've enjoyed my latest generation of YAs a lot more than previously, and they're not all sitting on top of 4.0s this time. It might be nice to face a little more of a challenge, but there's very little that's fun for me as a player about the academic process. Watch them sit on the couch for 4 hours doing research. Send them to the desk to chew on their pen (aka 'Do Assignment') for an hour. Spend several more hours watching them type. Rinse and repeat through 8 semesters. Es muy boring.
This time around, if they need a skill point for their grades, they'd better roll up a Want for it (or manage it accidentally), or it ain't gonna happen. Term papers and assignments are only done if they *want* to do them. Occasionally they go to class. And if they're in danger of failing I'll send them to hang out at the Library and try to con some other poor schmuck into writing their paper for them. Instead of boring coursework they get to scope out potential dates while hustling pool. Parties are thrown and mascots pummeled. Cheerleaders drop by to Verbits the hapless dormies passed out on the sidewalk in a cloud of their own stink. It's college just the way I remember it. ;D
J. M. Pescado:
I've contemplated the concept of making it harder, but concluded that "adding more grinding" does not equate to "harder", and as such, there are only two possible settings: "Easy" and "Impossible". If it can be done, it's easy. Otherwise, it's just impossible.
Zazazu:
My sims generally have almost no skill points by the time they get to Uni. At Uni, they only skill if they want the point, or if they are Knowledge. They only do homework/term paper if they want it. I haven't had anyone flunk out yet (who wasn't rolled to do so) but very few make the honor roll.
If you want things to be challenging for your sims, perhaps you should quit feeding them with a silver spoon.
rufio:
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.
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