The Sims 4 University Expansion

When you move into campus living, you are splitting from the household. I'm not sure what happens after graduation, but while you are attending you are in a separate household so your other sims will be idle.

I had the unfortunate experience of losing everything in my household when my sim split and went off to college. I might have accidentally clicked sell furniture, but I lost all my collections, plants, etc when the households combined again after college. I would definitely save a separate file before sending anyone off to college.

Ok my sim actually aged up and I saw the answer to my question, that you pick your dorm as you register for classes, and you just pay rent.

or you can buy mini fridge on university campus and eat from there, also somehow there is always food on campus

Yeah, you can. I was aware of that, but also the negative moodlets they can get from it. I like having them cook and leave non-spoiling foods around - plus when Sims step off the elevator, the inhale and are pretty happy. It's just cute and fun - at least for me.

Sims don't get negative moodlets from the more expensive min-fridge and eating a ham and cheese sandwich will give your sims a positive 4hr moodlet. Don't use a microwave though as eventually the bad moodlet from that will not countdown and so you will need to give your sims decent food to remove it.

I moved my sim into Dragon Hall, the more expensive option with fewer roommates. One of my roomies leaves and comes back with food all the time, I don't know where she's getting it from but I'm not complaining. Another roommate is neat, so he keeps cleaning up- but he'll also leave a sarcastic note if you've left a mess somewhere.

I have noticed my roomies letting themselves get dirty to the point of green fog rising from them. They do seem to have enough sense to nap rather than sleep if it's too early for bed, which is good.

My male roomie has knocked up one of my female roomies, so I'll get to see what happens for that. Yes, Wicked Whims user.

They can all live together in a dorm or any University Housing lot but you have to enroll them one by one. Just place them all into the same Uni House when that part of the enrollment happens and the game will auto place them into the same controlled Household for you.

So basically, any played sim enrolled and housed in the same house will auto become the same active household.

Ok, so I've realized that certain traits will make NPC roommates do some new interactions.

The note writer was a Loner, his other 2 traits don't seem to have anything to do with it, Jealous and Dog Lover.

Another roomie leaves and comes back a few minutes later with plates of food. I think it's from Foodie, but possibly from Family Oriented. I doubt Unflirty has anything to do with it!

There are 5 possible 'quirks' that are added to roommates to drive certain behavior, slob, loves baking, music, neat. Not quite those names in code but you get my meaning.

Seen another roommate quirk, which doesn't seem to be related to a trait. I've got a roomie who usually tags along whenever I travel.

"Saw you heading out. What are we doing?" Um... I ran across the quad to use the Commons restroom, I don't know what you're doing...

Yes that is also a possibility, it happens a lot in my game so I just disband the group on arrival and forget about them.

Oh, and finally... The note writer has apparently graduated. He's gone and a new NPC has taken over his bed.

No build mode for occupied dorms. The only way to edit is to do it from Manage Worlds, before you move in. Yes, it's a bummer.

If you mean you can't move your sim into a different dorm - you'll have to wait to re-enroll at the end of a semester to get that option.

You can edit your dorm by typing bb.enablefreebuild in the taskbar

The only way to get rid of it is to spam funny, romantic or mischievous interactions continually on another Sim until you see that it is counting down and then gone.

You can get this moodlet when still a member if you ignore their visits because you'd rather study etc. It is sometimes easier to ignore their visits when a max level member and then just deal with the anxiety moodlet as it is quicker to get rid of than a 4 hour long visit.

Also if you are a max level member then you can call the moodlet down onto your sim when they visit which negates the need to do all those socials. But there is a long cool-down on the summon sprites so you have to use it when it counts!

Yeah, I got into the secret society, and I wish I hadn't. All it's about is making the sprites happy, and the sprites are a huge nuisance. Don't bother!

Well the 30% boost to performance and skills gains that the focused sprite moodlet brings is quite handy though.Many times I just ignore the sprites visits and then just spam 6 funny socials or so to get rid of the anxiety moodlet as it is quicker doing that then entertaining them when your sim is busy.

The best I've been able to do is to get them to go away and stop making me tense. Never gotten a positive moodlet from them at all. It's just a big time sink for no benefit, except maybe the spooky cultist robes.

When your sim is in level 3 of the organization they can actually choose when they want one of the 4 possible moodlets. The focused one gives really great boosts to uni and career performance and skill gains - 30%. There is also a happy, an inspired and a flirty moodlet. Also when the sprites are visiting if you have done enough either funny, mischievous or flirty interactions then the moodlets I have described above will be bestowed on yr sim one the "Fine" moodlet of the visiting sprites goes away, meaning their visit is over.

The focused moodlet is well worth having if you want a perfect GPA of an A+ and also want fast career performance gains once your sim completes their degree.

It’s sooo annoying! I went to the rewards store and dropped the whopping 3,000 points on the “Carefree” reward trait- tense no more! From anything!

Same here, graduated and no longer part of that ridiculous cult, and they still keep coming around. I need a can of Raid or something.

Bug Report with work around here:click

I'm on PC, not a console.

There are two drop down menus when selecting classes. The first list is your core classes (based on your degree) and you can take up to four of those at once. The second list are the available electives. You are allowed to take one per semester, but only if you aren't taking the full load of core classes.

I hope that helps.

I just finished sending a sim through university, and for the first time, she had the same roommates all the way through. Unfortunately. I didn't mind the Romantic guy and his different girlfriend every day, or the slob. The one I wished would go away was a female, with apparently 3 different roommate quirks. It was awesome that she brought food back all the time, I didn't really care about the note writing, but what really got old is that she was sad. All the time. Constantly moping and crying under the covers. She didn't have Gloomy, I don't know what it might have been related to.

One of the 'quirks' or 'archetypes' (like breaker, fixer, meal provider etc) given to roommates is Gloomy or perhaps more like Emo Loner, so you will see them sad and crying under the covers all the time.

Try restarting your game, often little glitches like this get reset on a reload.

Ahh yes thank you!

Yes, the rest of the households just carry on as normal and ages as per your game play options settings.

Go to Manage Worlds, click his house, and evict him? That would make him homeless, so I think he'd accept after that. I think. I've only had the random generated roommates in college myself.

Only unhoused and unplayed sims can be roommates. So evict the sim in question and then mark them as Unplayed.

Depending on quality of degree work progress can be greatly boosted. As for tasks, they shouldn't be completing until your sim physically completes them. Try a Game Repair or delete the localthumbcache.package file from your TheSims 4 folder.

It later dawned on me that that was from Easy Street.

I think so, my sim has the option to enroll even after graduating. Maybe I should try it and see if she needs to earn 12 credits the second time around, or if part of her classes will already count toward a second degree.

Ok, I tried it. Yes, you can re-enroll for another degree. I only need 8 credits to graduate, however- I returned to the same university, and I'm also in a course that seems related to the first one- I have a degree in Fine Arts, now I'm going for Art History. I don't know if it being the same school and or a related degree affect the 4 credits I was spotted.

Also, you don't automatically quit your job if you have one! My sim is in the Master of the Real branch of Painter, and at level 10. That's the "laziest" job you can get, 2 shifts a week for 5 hours a shift. She has 6 vacation days, so she can just take vacation for 3 terms.

Yes, my sim is on his fifth degree currently. No limit to the number of degrees a sim can do.

Any venue/community lot that does not fulfill the building requirements will not function in the game.

With a University Housing Lot instead of 'forcing' the lot with cheats have your Sim take a BBQ/Grill to uni with them in their personal inventory and drag it out/in when you want to use it. Or just leave it out so your Sims roommates can cause chaos, which is my preferred option tbh.

I did not realize you could carry a grill! My sim has the Refined Palate fame quirk, so I wanted her to be able to make excellent quality food for herself. And also make fruit cobbler to offer at the statue, which gives you a nice buff even if you don't want to join the secret society.

Ok, found it in another thread here. Seems you can use your phone and "Quit Job."

Yes the The Research and Debate Skill doesn't have much impact until your Sim has maxed it and even then it isn't always successful The Research and Debate Skill Guide

aye but is not my case, the other sim agree then take the notebook, but not go to make homework for my sim they just put back the notebook, the animation for refuse is different. when they agree they smile

I understand that and was agreeing with you. The skill seems glitched and even successful interactions don't always work.

You can always go make a Bug Report about this error as I can't always help solve glitches and bugs that need a developers coding fix, as sometimes there is no work around: EA Bug Forum

Everything you need to know about the soccer and e-sports careers: They are super, super time-consuming and you won't have time for ANYTHING else. So, don't.

Basically, there's something for every skill. But you won't get every option every term. And you can take something you've already maxed for an easy A, or take something you need to level, because you'll make significant progress in it.

No. No babies either.

Really? One of my roommates adopted a dog. The dog is always there, my sim hates pets.