that machinina was so good, the aliens are just so scary, and i think it perfectly illustrated how traumatic an encounter can be. i love your storytelling :)
Oh. My. Watcher. The machinima was so good! And the alien, so terrifying when it came on screen! You’re so talented Ani, I’m speechless. Thanks for sharing your talent and creativity with us!
Oh my gosh that Machinima Ani?!?! 😮🤩🤯🙌🏼 That was so epic and so touching and MAN that must have been a lot of work! This episode was fun, I always enjoy watching you play with Uni ❤
Loved this episode, what a moving and exciting machinima sequence. Such a cool idea to make the aliens so tall, it really made them feel creepy!! And Don was actually the one to rescue Bella, how cool! It's really interesting to me how different the twins attitudes to their heritage are, both are sad in their own way but poor Dafne, she's been desperately wanting these answers that Don just doesn't have for her, I nearly teared up when she talked about feeling like a part of her is missing :(
omg the machinima is soo sick! the shots were so clean, and i was so immersed. the aliens are so scary, you did such a good job of making Don's story come to life! also is the hatch the bags fall through in his cell the apartment life vent on a 180 omsp?? iconic! gonna file that away..Also not the aliens stealing some other poor abductees jaunty winter cardigan and giving it to Don as maternity wear. 😩 lol! What a terrifying reveal of Bella trapped on the ship! The end of the machinima was stunning. Dafne's normal to want to know her origin and where she came from, but it's a horrible traumatic event so her family can't give that to her. You do such a good job of showing how painful this situation would be for a family! and i'm so glad they got to end with a sweet moment 🥲 great work, i know it must have taken a long time to put together!
Thank you, Bunny 🥰❤ I'm so happy that you liked it! Hahaha omg you caught me. YES it's the vent 😂 Just needed a 90 degree omsp though, you know, in case you have a use for it 😊 omg, I laughed way too hard at the "jaunty winter cardigan" comment 💀. Thank you so much ❤ I think this was the cutscene so far that's taken me the longest. In the end, it ended up being a total of 247 individual shots - took me a while 😅 Definitely worth it though
wow wow wow! It was so awesome how you went about the whole thing. When I saw Pleasantview 30 years later I knew i was in for a treat!! Thank you for your hard work!
your machinimas are really improving! the way you portray aliens in pleasantview is also so interesting. i love how dismas has went from completely denying his alien heritage to acknowledging it and not wanting anything to do with it. he's _begrudgingly_ an alien it's so funny. i wonder if dafne is just going to be satisfied with what her parents told her, or if curiousity's going to overwhelm her and she makes the same mistake her dad this. overall, a super engaging episode!
Wow Ani that machinima was spectacular! And your storyline is so good. I'm in awe. I've never saw that tall mod before so when I saw that it was so gaggy. I think about Pleasantview as a TV series a lot and all that could be done with it. I think if anyone ever gets to that then they should hire you 100%. This made me feel so much love for Don and Bella and Dafne. This might be a long way off but seeing how you handled this abduction I can only imagine how amazing and dark a strangetown machina series by you would be...
Aw thank you so much, Thomas 🥰❤ It's actually just a cheat, not a mod: "stretchskeleton [#]". Typing it in will make the selected sim grow or shrink depending on what number you add. "1" is normal size; I used a variety of "1,5" "1,6" and "1,8" for the aliens in this episode. If you've seen my "Hobbit Hole" speed build video, I used the same cheat to add footage of a tiny hobbit at the end (I think I used something like 0,6 to shrink him).
Yaaay I'd been waiting for a new video, thank youuuu ! I don't remember if I've ever mentionned it in a comment before but in case of I'll write it here anyway: Another option for slowing time is CJH's time control clock mod. You don't need to put down an object on every lot, it automatically applies to all the game. I use it with LazyDuchess' motive decay mod, which I prefer to the aspiration benefits. I don't know it it would work better with the semester tester though, but I guess it's worth a try :) The only downside I've come across (I've no idea if it's actually because of the time control mod, but it's my best guess) is that elders receive their retirement pension twice every day, as well as business employees' wages paid every hour, and all sims pay the ticket machine twice also, so with that in mind I use very low prices. Love Alexander's vibes, looking like a vampire hunter, or even batman, all black clothes, broody, mysterious and all that! OH MY GOOOOD this machinima !!!!!!!!! Don's backstory is sooo interesting, the aliens being so tall is a very clever detail, and gosh I really want to know moooore about all of this !!! I almost felt bad for the aliens haha, maybe they're not ill intended ? I need MOAR !! And when Dafne said mom to Nina ?! Why were there so many ninja cutting onions then ?! 😭 And of course your editing skill is craaaazy, all your machinimas feel like real movies !!!
Aw thank you, Émie ❤ I've heard of the mod but for some strange reason it's felt like a massive mountain to climb to change Merola's mod out since it's so integrated with my gameplay and other mods at this point. I do believe that it's time for me to shape up and just go ahead and try it at this point though - if it helps with the Uni mods it'll definitely be worth it - so thank you for reminding me about it 🥰 The pensions are paid twice a day with Merola's clock anyway, so I guess the same is probably happening with the wages and tickets just that i haven't noticed it. Haha omg vampire hunter Alexander Goth! Now that is a fanfic I need to read 😂 Feels like it could be a truly epic story Thank you so much ❤🥰 I'm so happy that you liked it!
👏🌹👏🌹👏🌹👏 That Machinima was incredible😍 Made me cry! So amazing to see such a classic story come to life with your own creative twist, the spaceship and aliens were just beyond anything I could have imagined! It seems like Dafne is still not fully satisfied though, I wonder what kind of trouble or danger she might get herself in one day… How long are your semesters? If you use a mod to make them shorter then it might be worth having them longer and still using your time control so you get the speed you like but the semester is technically halved, but it looked like you could be playing an unmodded semester length so it wouldn’t be an option in that case but just a thought! Can’t wait for the next, this series is like no other❤️
Aw thank you so much, Gabby 🥰❤ I use the shorter semesters mod, so they're 72 hours. It's a good point, but the thing is that combining the time control clock with the semester tester isn't reliably speeding time along with two hours per hour either - it starts happening all of a sudden, and then it stops. So yeah, I think I have some more experimenting to do to get this right. Perhaps a less extreme setting on the clock could work (like 60 % instead of 50, or something)
@@AniBats ah sorry I didn’t realise it wasn’t a consistent time skip, that is annoying! I think the semesters are 72 hours by default but perhaps you use that one that makes the whole year 72 hours and gets rid of the exam in between the usual 2 semesters in each year? I use one that makes each semester 48 hours but there are still 2 in each year. Yes you never know, setting the speed lower but more than 50% could do the trick! Worth experimenting and I hope you find the right solution for you. I don’t usually use the time control clock but I just really felt for you going at a faster speed than you’re used to!
What a great episode. The machinima section especially was just stunning - the writing, the camera work?? 😍 I was completely hooked through the whole thing. I love seeing your videos pop up in my sub feed, but this one was extra amazing. Thank you!
Finally caugh up! I absolutely love the mix of playing and storytelling you have going on. Thanks you for the work you put in this! Ill be waiting for the next part together with everyone else! I do have a question tho: how do you manage to go into build mode on owned commlots without all your selected workers/pupils becoming unselective? Is that a mod?
Thank you so much! 🥰❤ I'm so happy to hear that you've been enjoying the series so far. I'm not sure, but I think it's because of the way I make them selectable 🤔 I always have the cheat "boolprop testingcheatsenabled true" on in my game, so shift + clicking the sims I get an option to "make selectable". That's the one I use and I've never had any issues with them becoming unselectable. I did hear that if you make sims selectable with for example the simblender the issue you're describing happens. Could that be it?
I loved it. But I’m sorry I was cracking up imagining them having this hard and possibly traumatic conversation and Althea is downstairs like this 🧍🏻♀️
Haha oh I WISH I could take credit for that 😂 It's actually Honeywell who put it into that item description and I'm just taking advantage. But I agree that it's a brilliant idea!
Hey Ani I'm just starting the video, but have you tried out the CJH Time Control mod that slows time universally? You can control the speed with the maxis alarm clock, I've started using it in my medieval hood. I'm not sure how it would work with the Semester Tester but it might be worth playing around with, I can PM you the mod on the Cord if you wanted to try it out 😊 Now onto the rest of the episode!!
Hi 🥰❤ I've been recommended it in the past but for some reason it's felt like a massive mountain to climb to change out Merola's mod for it. I think it's all in my head though and that it'll be worth it to at least try it out. I'll give it a go later on and see if it works better ❤ Thank you for reminding me of it!
@@AniBats I completely understand, there are sooo many mods I get recommended that I procrastinate on or just go "yeah nahhhhh" because it sounds too hard or I'm too nervous about my folder blowing up 😅😅 I have just started using it in combination with Lazy Duchess's motive decay mod (totally optional) and a slower skills mod in my medieval hood. If you want any help with it at all, let me know!
Another great episode. Thanks for the experience! I was wondering, do you use the no townie regen mod or do you let new townies spawn? Do you keep track of newly spawned townies?
Thank you 🥰 Nah I let the townies spawn however they like - I like townies so it's nice having them around. I don't keep track of them though, I mostly just take notice of them when they interract with my sims.
Now that you've played university in-hood in Pleasantview and La Fiesta Tech "separately" in Strangetown, what do you think are the pros and cons (especially the cons) of each university play style? Which works well, which doesn't? I'm in the process of planning an integrated hood similar to yours but I'm contemplating how to go about university. I trust your expertise and experience on this matter and want to hear your opinion before making my own careful decision.
Oh wow thank you so much for asking my opinion on this ❤ I would say that the biggest difference lies in whether you want your uni sims to still be in the flow of the normal hood or if you want them to be off on an adventure. When I play uni in Pleasantview, all the sims are still moving around the hood, interracting with their families and friends normally, and I tend to give them jobs on the side of school. However, I never give my sims at La Fiesta Tech jobs because when they are off to a uni hood it feels better to allow them to focus on uni life. I have found that working with greek houses enhances the uni experience a lot, and it pushes me to keep throwing parties and allowing the sims to act more like youngsters. I don't know if it's possible to do in the main hood or not, but somehow I feel like it doesn't fit that well. I think, when it comes down to it, that I prefer keeping the sims in the main hood when I don't have very many young adults - it makes sense to gather the few that I do have and make something more local. However, when I have a bunch of them, it makes uni life really lively and a very unique experience. Something that I have noticed too is that when I play with a uni hood, it's difficult to focus on one sim at a time - they tend to become lumped together in a group most of the time. However, I find it both easy and rewarding to focus on the YA sims on an individual level if they remain in the main hood. I hope that helps ❤
@@AniBats Thank you for writing this. I really admire the way you play and have been inspired to make notes about the mods and systems you use for your university gameplay in-hood. I am quite intrigued to try university that way. I've been thinking of utilising the education career's higher job levels and create a university building with classes and professors for different majors, and hold lessons for uni students similarly to how you play elementary and high school with the Opportunity Pack. But now I'm a bit taken a back by the fact that the students wouldn't get class performance from that unless they are in a uni hood... But they still get that from "going to class" later so maybe it isn't that big of a problem. If I understood right, Hecuba Goth is going to live at home during her university studies. Is there something mods- or systems-wise that has to be done differently in that case? Or does it work the same as you would play in a student apartment? Also, when sims are young adults in-hood, do they get the same wants as they would get at a university hood? For example, wants for certain majors, doing assignments or getting into the Dean's list? But now that you mentioned the greek houses, it brought up some fun memories of playing them in the past. The sims going away from their families and going crazy with university atmosphere, parties and such. I do love the uni expansion pack. Lots to think and plan about it :D
@@AniBats I now remembered this conversation as I was thinking about university stuff again. This is just a heads up in case of if TH-cam didn't notify you about my comment because sometimes it happens!
I'm sorry for not responding to this one! Thank you for reminding me! That sounds like a really fun and challenging idea! What I would recommend in that case is trying to start as small as possible - if you will have one class/teacher per major that will build up really fast and might get overwhelming. What I've been trying to do in Pleasantview is giving the students classes mostly based on their current skill requirement. Of course the realization that class performance isn't working in the main hood has made the classes less useful - especially since I use mods to make building skills take a lot longer than normal. Since this mod doesn't affect Monique's computer, I tend to have the students use that to study skills, which also removes part of the usefullness of active classes - so what remains is basically roleplaying. So there are quite a few issues, but perhaps you don't use the same skill-building mods that I do and so won't have that particular issue. Either way, perhaps a good first step would be to have one active class per "core subject" that several majors share? Perhaps "Arts and Humanities" building creativity; "Social Sciences" building charisma; and "Maths" building logic or similar could work? That way, you would only need three professors and you could be more liberal with what majors your students pick. This will also allow for bigger classes (and you avoid ending up with classes with just one student in them). For students living at home, it works the same as if they would live in their own house/in an apartment - you just have to activate the semester tester for them in order for time to start progressing. Just remember not to do it at once if you want to time everything the same across households; teens age up at 6 pm, but when you move a family into a new house/apartment they appear at 9 am (I think?). So in other words, the YA who stays with their family need to have their semester tester activated 9 am the following day in order to progress at the same speed as his/her friends. I'm not sure whether they get the exact same wants or not - I don't pay enough attention to wants when I play 😅 But they do get wants for majors, going to class, write term papers, do assignments, pass the semester, get on the Dean's list and so on. Not sure if they care about things such as secret societies or greek houses though 🤔 I hope the planning has gone well and that you've had a lot of fun with it so far ❤
@@AniBats No worries! I'm glad you took the time to answer my comment in such detail again. These are great tips and useful information that I will keep in mind. Trying to keep the plans moderate and simple is hard but for sure best for the gameplay in the long run.
Did you try the Active Uni Classes mod by beestew? I'm not sure if it's better than opportunity pack in that you can use it in main hood.. There is also vocational controller you could maybe try?
Yeah! I recently saw the new trailer showing off more of the actual gameplay, which was nice since the other stuff I've seen have been so high concept. It looks really nice and there are some gameplay functions that I'm really excited to try out - the active careers for one, and also the build mode looks incredible! I'm just not sure how much depth the gameplay will have. I guess only time will tell 🥰
omg Don... And Daphne seriously needs to learn how to read the room. It isn't all about her. Damn Don goes through one problem after the other, the guy just can't catch a break. Aliens, Malcolm and now Daphne pushing him like this... We know he had his slip ups in life but at some point it has to be enough. There's a midge the tree mod that alows polyamorous relationships! It's called no jealousy. You can add a no jelaousy trait to the sims involved and they will never get jealous of other sims even if they are in a relationship. It can probably be used with the simblender to give sims more then one gf / bf. It also adds the interaction to have one sim ask the other to open the relationship. I have been using it for my two gay sims who are in an open relationship together. Maybe it can help!
Yeah Dafne has some growing to do, but she's battling with something difficult too. Yeah Don has definitely not lived a problem free life - that's for sure. I'll have to make sure something good comes around for him soon ❤ I've actually tried that trait out but it didn't work for me - I think it's probably the Romantic Standards mod that's drowning it out 🤔 I did see a "no jealousy" setting on the SimManipulator though, I might try that and see what happens.
Oh that's interesting! Do you also use Simler's version, or Midge's? It could also be that you have it in a different load order than I do 🤔 Does yours load before or after Romantic Standards?
@@AniBats Well, I guess it doesn't matter because I went back to the game to test and it failed miserably. I could swear I had it working but I guess I tricked myself, sorry TuT Now I too need a solution for this if you ever find one TuT
Something is telling me dafne will find that forum post and “summon” the aliens herself and demand answers to her questions Don can’t answer perhaps even seek justice for her father 🥹 amazing video as always Okay I actually DONT oppose dafne x Alexander they both have parents affected by the mysterious of space and have a deep interest in science and uncovering the truth… maybe I’m crazy but I can see them bonding at least as partners / coworkers if not something more
Thank you 🥰 Haha that is a very fair point, and I'm doing everything I can not to go down that path, but then again it would be so nice. I think for mine and Cassandra's sanity, I'll have to keep them at friends (unless they decide to defy my will...)
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that machinina was so good, the aliens are just so scary, and i think it perfectly illustrated how traumatic an encounter can be. i love your storytelling :)
that cutscene was incredible! those aliens were terrifying tho... poor don and bella... i'm really excited about your storylines!
Oh. My. Watcher. The machinima was so good! And the alien, so terrifying when it came on screen! You’re so talented Ani, I’m speechless. Thanks for sharing your talent and creativity with us!
Aw, Paolo, thank you so much ❤😭
Oh my gosh that Machinima Ani?!?! 😮🤩🤯🙌🏼 That was so epic and so touching and MAN that must have been a lot of work! This episode was fun, I always enjoy watching you play with Uni ❤
Loved this episode, what a moving and exciting machinima sequence. Such a cool idea to make the aliens so tall, it really made them feel creepy!! And Don was actually the one to rescue Bella, how cool! It's really interesting to me how different the twins attitudes to their heritage are, both are sad in their own way but poor Dafne, she's been desperately wanting these answers that Don just doesn't have for her, I nearly teared up when she talked about feeling like a part of her is missing :(
Thank you so much, Kat 🥰❤ I'm so glad that you liked it!
omg the machinima is soo sick! the shots were so clean, and i was so immersed. the aliens are so scary, you did such a good job of making Don's story come to life! also is the hatch the bags fall through in his cell the apartment life vent on a 180 omsp?? iconic! gonna file that away..Also not the aliens stealing some other poor abductees jaunty winter cardigan and giving it to Don as maternity wear. 😩 lol! What a terrifying reveal of Bella trapped on the ship! The end of the machinima was stunning. Dafne's normal to want to know her origin and where she came from, but it's a horrible traumatic event so her family can't give that to her. You do such a good job of showing how painful this situation would be for a family! and i'm so glad they got to end with a sweet moment 🥲 great work, i know it must have taken a long time to put together!
Thank you, Bunny 🥰❤ I'm so happy that you liked it! Hahaha omg you caught me. YES it's the vent 😂 Just needed a 90 degree omsp though, you know, in case you have a use for it 😊 omg, I laughed way too hard at the "jaunty winter cardigan" comment 💀. Thank you so much ❤ I think this was the cutscene so far that's taken me the longest. In the end, it ended up being a total of 247 individual shots - took me a while 😅 Definitely worth it though
wow wow wow! It was so awesome how you went about the whole thing. When I saw Pleasantview 30 years later I knew i was in for a treat!!
Thank you for your hard work!
your machinimas are really improving! the way you portray aliens in pleasantview is also so interesting. i love how dismas has went from completely denying his alien heritage to acknowledging it and not wanting anything to do with it. he's _begrudgingly_ an alien it's so funny. i wonder if dafne is just going to be satisfied with what her parents told her, or if curiousity's going to overwhelm her and she makes the same mistake her dad this. overall, a super engaging episode!
Thank you so much! I'm really happy that you think so 🥰❤ Haha Dismas "begrudgingly" being an alien is such a perfect way to put it 😂
Wow Ani that machinima was spectacular! And your storyline is so good. I'm in awe. I've never saw that tall mod before so when I saw that it was so gaggy. I think about Pleasantview as a TV series a lot and all that could be done with it. I think if anyone ever gets to that then they should hire you 100%.
This made me feel so much love for Don and Bella and Dafne.
This might be a long way off but seeing how you handled this abduction I can only imagine how amazing and dark a strangetown machina series by you would be...
Aw thank you so much, Thomas 🥰❤ It's actually just a cheat, not a mod: "stretchskeleton [#]". Typing it in will make the selected sim grow or shrink depending on what number you add. "1" is normal size; I used a variety of "1,5" "1,6" and "1,8" for the aliens in this episode. If you've seen my "Hobbit Hole" speed build video, I used the same cheat to add footage of a tiny hobbit at the end (I think I used something like 0,6 to shrink him).
Yaaay I'd been waiting for a new video, thank youuuu !
I don't remember if I've ever mentionned it in a comment before but in case of I'll write it here anyway: Another option for slowing time is CJH's time control clock mod. You don't need to put down an object on every lot, it automatically applies to all the game. I use it with LazyDuchess' motive decay mod, which I prefer to the aspiration benefits. I don't know it it would work better with the semester tester though, but I guess it's worth a try :) The only downside I've come across (I've no idea if it's actually because of the time control mod, but it's my best guess) is that elders receive their retirement pension twice every day, as well as business employees' wages paid every hour, and all sims pay the ticket machine twice also, so with that in mind I use very low prices.
Love Alexander's vibes, looking like a vampire hunter, or even batman, all black clothes, broody, mysterious and all that!
OH MY GOOOOD this machinima !!!!!!!!! Don's backstory is sooo interesting, the aliens being so tall is a very clever detail, and gosh I really want to know moooore about all of this !!! I almost felt bad for the aliens haha, maybe they're not ill intended ? I need MOAR !! And when Dafne said mom to Nina ?! Why were there so many ninja cutting onions then ?! 😭 And of course your editing skill is craaaazy, all your machinimas feel like real movies !!!
Aw thank you, Émie ❤ I've heard of the mod but for some strange reason it's felt like a massive mountain to climb to change Merola's mod out since it's so integrated with my gameplay and other mods at this point. I do believe that it's time for me to shape up and just go ahead and try it at this point though - if it helps with the Uni mods it'll definitely be worth it - so thank you for reminding me about it 🥰 The pensions are paid twice a day with Merola's clock anyway, so I guess the same is probably happening with the wages and tickets just that i haven't noticed it.
Haha omg vampire hunter Alexander Goth! Now that is a fanfic I need to read 😂 Feels like it could be a truly epic story
Thank you so much ❤🥰 I'm so happy that you liked it!
Gorgeous, but scary and traumatic machinima. Great episode.
Them warming up around the radio is so cute haha
Wow, the machinima and Dons story were incredible. Will Bella ever open up and tell her story?
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That Machinima was incredible😍 Made me cry! So amazing to see such a classic story come to life with your own creative twist, the spaceship and aliens were just beyond anything I could have imagined!
It seems like Dafne is still not fully satisfied though, I wonder what kind of trouble or danger she might get herself in one day…
How long are your semesters? If you use a mod to make them shorter then it might be worth having them longer and still using your time control so you get the speed you like but the semester is technically halved, but it looked like you could be playing an unmodded semester length so it wouldn’t be an option in that case but just a thought!
Can’t wait for the next, this series is like no other❤️
Aw thank you so much, Gabby 🥰❤ I use the shorter semesters mod, so they're 72 hours. It's a good point, but the thing is that combining the time control clock with the semester tester isn't reliably speeding time along with two hours per hour either - it starts happening all of a sudden, and then it stops. So yeah, I think I have some more experimenting to do to get this right. Perhaps a less extreme setting on the clock could work (like 60 % instead of 50, or something)
@@AniBats ah sorry I didn’t realise it wasn’t a consistent time skip, that is annoying! I think the semesters are 72 hours by default but perhaps you use that one that makes the whole year 72 hours and gets rid of the exam in between the usual 2 semesters in each year? I use one that makes each semester 48 hours but there are still 2 in each year. Yes you never know, setting the speed lower but more than 50% could do the trick! Worth experimenting and I hope you find the right solution for you. I don’t usually use the time control clock but I just really felt for you going at a faster speed than you’re used to!
What a great episode. The machinima section especially was just stunning - the writing, the camera work?? 😍 I was completely hooked through the whole thing. I love seeing your videos pop up in my sub feed, but this one was extra amazing. Thank you!
Aw thank you so much, Tyra 🥰❤
oh wow Ani really great episode. It was really touching and I loved the playthrough. Thanks for sharing as always
Finally caugh up! I absolutely love the mix of playing and storytelling you have going on. Thanks you for the work you put in this! Ill be waiting for the next part together with everyone else!
I do have a question tho: how do you manage to go into build mode on owned commlots without all your selected workers/pupils becoming unselective? Is that a mod?
Thank you so much! 🥰❤ I'm so happy to hear that you've been enjoying the series so far.
I'm not sure, but I think it's because of the way I make them selectable 🤔 I always have the cheat "boolprop testingcheatsenabled true" on in my game, so shift + clicking the sims I get an option to "make selectable". That's the one I use and I've never had any issues with them becoming unselectable. I did hear that if you make sims selectable with for example the simblender the issue you're describing happens. Could that be it?
I loved it. But I’m sorry I was cracking up imagining them having this hard and possibly traumatic conversation and Althea is downstairs like this 🧍🏻♀️
She's there for emotional support 😂
Haha you put the cheats in an object description to remember? That's kind of genius!
Haha oh I WISH I could take credit for that 😂 It's actually Honeywell who put it into that item description and I'm just taking advantage. But I agree that it's a brilliant idea!
Hey Ani I'm just starting the video, but have you tried out the CJH Time Control mod that slows time universally? You can control the speed with the maxis alarm clock, I've started using it in my medieval hood. I'm not sure how it would work with the Semester Tester but it might be worth playing around with, I can PM you the mod on the Cord if you wanted to try it out 😊 Now onto the rest of the episode!!
Hi 🥰❤ I've been recommended it in the past but for some reason it's felt like a massive mountain to climb to change out Merola's mod for it. I think it's all in my head though and that it'll be worth it to at least try it out. I'll give it a go later on and see if it works better ❤ Thank you for reminding me of it!
@@AniBats I completely understand, there are sooo many mods I get recommended that I procrastinate on or just go "yeah nahhhhh" because it sounds too hard or I'm too nervous about my folder blowing up 😅😅
I have just started using it in combination with Lazy Duchess's motive decay mod (totally optional) and a slower skills mod in my medieval hood. If you want any help with it at all, let me know!
Another great episode. Thanks for the experience! I was wondering, do you use the no townie regen mod or do you let new townies spawn? Do you keep track of newly spawned townies?
Thank you 🥰 Nah I let the townies spawn however they like - I like townies so it's nice having them around. I don't keep track of them though, I mostly just take notice of them when they interract with my sims.
Now that you've played university in-hood in Pleasantview and La Fiesta Tech "separately" in Strangetown, what do you think are the pros and cons (especially the cons) of each university play style? Which works well, which doesn't? I'm in the process of planning an integrated hood similar to yours but I'm contemplating how to go about university. I trust your expertise and experience on this matter and want to hear your opinion before making my own careful decision.
Oh wow thank you so much for asking my opinion on this ❤
I would say that the biggest difference lies in whether you want your uni sims to still be in the flow of the normal hood or if you want them to be off on an adventure. When I play uni in Pleasantview, all the sims are still moving around the hood, interracting with their families and friends normally, and I tend to give them jobs on the side of school.
However, I never give my sims at La Fiesta Tech jobs because when they are off to a uni hood it feels better to allow them to focus on uni life. I have found that working with greek houses enhances the uni experience a lot, and it pushes me to keep throwing parties and allowing the sims to act more like youngsters. I don't know if it's possible to do in the main hood or not, but somehow I feel like it doesn't fit that well.
I think, when it comes down to it, that I prefer keeping the sims in the main hood when I don't have very many young adults - it makes sense to gather the few that I do have and make something more local. However, when I have a bunch of them, it makes uni life really lively and a very unique experience.
Something that I have noticed too is that when I play with a uni hood, it's difficult to focus on one sim at a time - they tend to become lumped together in a group most of the time. However, I find it both easy and rewarding to focus on the YA sims on an individual level if they remain in the main hood. I hope that helps ❤
@@AniBats Thank you for writing this. I really admire the way you play and have been inspired to make notes about the mods and systems you use for your university gameplay in-hood. I am quite intrigued to try university that way.
I've been thinking of utilising the education career's higher job levels and create a university building with classes and professors for different majors, and hold lessons for uni students similarly to how you play elementary and high school with the Opportunity Pack. But now I'm a bit taken a back by the fact that the students wouldn't get class performance from that unless they are in a uni hood... But they still get that from "going to class" later so maybe it isn't that big of a problem.
If I understood right, Hecuba Goth is going to live at home during her university studies. Is there something mods- or systems-wise that has to be done differently in that case? Or does it work the same as you would play in a student apartment?
Also, when sims are young adults in-hood, do they get the same wants as they would get at a university hood? For example, wants for certain majors, doing assignments or getting into the Dean's list?
But now that you mentioned the greek houses, it brought up some fun memories of playing them in the past. The sims going away from their families and going crazy with university atmosphere, parties and such. I do love the uni expansion pack.
Lots to think and plan about it :D
@@AniBats I now remembered this conversation as I was thinking about university stuff again. This is just a heads up in case of if TH-cam didn't notify you about my comment because sometimes it happens!
I'm sorry for not responding to this one! Thank you for reminding me!
That sounds like a really fun and challenging idea! What I would recommend in that case is trying to start as small as possible - if you will have one class/teacher per major that will build up really fast and might get overwhelming.
What I've been trying to do in Pleasantview is giving the students classes mostly based on their current skill requirement. Of course the realization that class performance isn't working in the main hood has made the classes less useful - especially since I use mods to make building skills take a lot longer than normal. Since this mod doesn't affect Monique's computer, I tend to have the students use that to study skills, which also removes part of the usefullness of active classes - so what remains is basically roleplaying. So there are quite a few issues, but perhaps you don't use the same skill-building mods that I do and so won't have that particular issue.
Either way, perhaps a good first step would be to have one active class per "core subject" that several majors share? Perhaps "Arts and Humanities" building creativity; "Social Sciences" building charisma; and "Maths" building logic or similar could work? That way, you would only need three professors and you could be more liberal with what majors your students pick. This will also allow for bigger classes (and you avoid ending up with classes with just one student in them).
For students living at home, it works the same as if they would live in their own house/in an apartment - you just have to activate the semester tester for them in order for time to start progressing. Just remember not to do it at once if you want to time everything the same across households; teens age up at 6 pm, but when you move a family into a new house/apartment they appear at 9 am (I think?). So in other words, the YA who stays with their family need to have their semester tester activated 9 am the following day in order to progress at the same speed as his/her friends.
I'm not sure whether they get the exact same wants or not - I don't pay enough attention to wants when I play 😅 But they do get wants for majors, going to class, write term papers, do assignments, pass the semester, get on the Dean's list and so on. Not sure if they care about things such as secret societies or greek houses though 🤔
I hope the planning has gone well and that you've had a lot of fun with it so far ❤
@@AniBats No worries! I'm glad you took the time to answer my comment in such detail again. These are great tips and useful information that I will keep in mind. Trying to keep the plans moderate and simple is hard but for sure best for the gameplay in the long run.
Did you try the Active Uni Classes mod by beestew? I'm not sure if it's better than opportunity pack in that you can use it in main hood.. There is also vocational controller you could maybe try?
I just thought about that same thing! I think Ani will enjoy that mod
Thank you for the tip! I'll have to check those out 🥰
Have you heard about Inzoi? The gameplay doesn't look as fun as TS2's but it definitely seems better than TS4!
Yeah! I recently saw the new trailer showing off more of the actual gameplay, which was nice since the other stuff I've seen have been so high concept. It looks really nice and there are some gameplay functions that I'm really excited to try out - the active careers for one, and also the build mode looks incredible! I'm just not sure how much depth the gameplay will have. I guess only time will tell 🥰
omg Don... And Daphne seriously needs to learn how to read the room. It isn't all about her. Damn Don goes through one problem after the other, the guy just can't catch a break. Aliens, Malcolm and now Daphne pushing him like this... We know he had his slip ups in life but at some point it has to be enough.
There's a midge the tree mod that alows polyamorous relationships! It's called no jealousy. You can add a no jelaousy trait to the sims involved and they will never get jealous of other sims even if they are in a relationship. It can probably be used with the simblender to give sims more then one gf / bf. It also adds the interaction to have one sim ask the other to open the relationship. I have been using it for my two gay sims who are in an open relationship together. Maybe it can help!
Yeah Dafne has some growing to do, but she's battling with something difficult too. Yeah Don has definitely not lived a problem free life - that's for sure. I'll have to make sure something good comes around for him soon ❤
I've actually tried that trait out but it didn't work for me - I think it's probably the Romantic Standards mod that's drowning it out 🤔 I did see a "no jealousy" setting on the SimManipulator though, I might try that and see what happens.
@@AniBats huh. I have romantic standards, weird. I'll even double check that later, maybe it isn't working as well as I hoped lol
Oh that's interesting! Do you also use Simler's version, or Midge's? It could also be that you have it in a different load order than I do 🤔 Does yours load before or after Romantic Standards?
@@AniBats Well, I guess it doesn't matter because I went back to the game to test and it failed miserably. I could swear I had it working but I guess I tricked myself, sorry TuT Now I too need a solution for this if you ever find one TuT
Something is telling me dafne will find that forum post and “summon” the aliens herself and demand answers to her questions Don can’t answer perhaps even seek justice for her father 🥹 amazing video as always
Okay I actually DONT oppose dafne x Alexander they both have parents affected by the mysterious of space and have a deep interest in science and uncovering the truth… maybe I’m crazy but I can see them bonding at least as partners / coworkers if not something more
Thank you 🥰 Haha that is a very fair point, and I'm doing everything I can not to go down that path, but then again it would be so nice. I think for mine and Cassandra's sanity, I'll have to keep them at friends (unless they decide to defy my will...)