How I play functional schools in The Sims 2!
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Hi everyone! This is a video which has been requested by a few people in my community and that I have been wanting to make. This is how I use mods to play a functional school in The Sims 2!
Main Mods: simlogical.com/sl/Sims2Pages/S...
Re-meshed Mods: gardenofshadows.org.uk/garden...
My Schools (🔔CC HEAVY!🔔): www.mediafire.com/file/1968rg...
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Mods I use
16:53 - Enabling Community Sort with SimPE
20:05 - Playing a School Day
55:34 - Tour of other Schools
1:02:44 - Outro
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That is insanely detailed way to play.
Watching this as a real life teacher was a bit surreal. We're also told it's very important to greet each of our students in the morning or they won't listen to us when we try to call them back to their desk 😂
Haha really? That's awesome! What grade do you teach?
Bless the sim modding community!
The amount of work put into these mods and your game is astonishing. Thank you for the showcase of what this community is truly capable of!
Wow this was so much fun! Totally different from how I do it but that made it even more exciting to see. I LOVE your schools!!! The elementary school especially, it's gorgeous 🤩 I love the different classes, the different options for each school day, and what a cool idea to use random occurrence scenarios. And how clever to use the institutional sign in order to pair the teachers' jobs with the community time mod ⭐
I recall trying out the Simlogical mod before opting for my alternative solution, and remember the frustration with the kids constantly getting up from their classwork, refusing to sit down and just work 😂 The aesthetics of the utilities also bothered me - especially the need for those pupil portraits. But how cool that there are modern meshes for them too, I didn't know that! That helps a lot for the immersion 🥰 Thank you for showing this, loved it
Thank you so much Ani! I know it is definitely a bit different to your schools hehe, mostly though because I find that opportunity pack mod super annoying as I said 😅😅 my spreadsheet I totally stole from you and modified to my liking though haha.
Yes the getting up from the gradework can be super frustrating, so using the homework places is definitely a great alternative. I haven't decided which one I like better - it's kind of realistic that the kids constantly get up and down but also not super fun gameplay wise... But I tried classes with everyone doing the homework places and that felt too boring 🤣 so I'll have to figure out the right balance!
The ROS idea came from playing on Twitch, I grabbed a few ideas but I'm going to continue expanding it before I start using it. I just love using ROS's in gameplay to mix things up, makes things so fun! One I just thought to add was maybe like, "bakesale! - the kids spend all day baking today and on Saturday there will be a school bakesale to raise funds for some new equipment" ... That would be fun, get out loads of toy ovens and stuff hehe
Thank you for this 😊 I tried running a school in my Uberhood and I was overwhelmed lol.
This is awesome! Thank you for showing this off and for uploading your school! I am about to use one for my BACC and that small one is perfect! :) I'd love to see you do a tut for the prison mod. I'm still trying to wrap my head around that one!
If I can figure it out, I will certainly do a tutorial! Haha thank you so much, glad you enjoyed the video! It was so fun to film, I LOVE playing schools 😁
Awesome school and thanks for the tips. I’ll keep in mind to get Merola’s clock if it plays well with the community time project mod.
About the students constantly getting up, I’ve learned a long time ago that they more prone to that when the teacher is playful.
I pay attention to the teacher’s personality before hiring them. I’d rather have serious sims as teachers.
Yay!!! Seeing everything in motion really makes it much easier for me to grasp. Thank you! And especially thanks for mentioning the mesh replacements as well! I know there are a few for medieval style games too. I just could never quite figure out how to make everything work together properly.
This is awesome! Your town is so amazing. I would LOVE to see you share more about it!!
Thanks so much for this! I always found the thought of functional schools overwhelming but you've really broken it down and made it easier to understand, thanks again! :)
Wow, this is awesome, and I love your school builds! I hope one day I can get to the point in a BACC where I have a school because I keep getting dissatisfied with my neighborhoods and the rules I'm using and starting over haha
Wow thank you very much for the video and for the Australian vibe too! ) my daughter asks me to make an active sims school at Ts2 and gosh I wouldn’t understand anything of that just reading the descriptions of the mods! Thanks for sharing this, had a lot of fun watching this
I love your builds and all the CC.
You can place the items on an owned lot like you do other unavailable items, just switch to whole sale mode, place, then use the for sale tool to unset for sale. I did that for my 1 community lot school in Pleasantview.
My residential schools I mostly make them look like a school joined to or next to a house. The large school that I have on MTS, I built a flat on the top of the school.
I need to start paying my teachers the wage as well as the school fees that I charge. I charge $50 per day per child and I have them send that at the end of their round on Moniques computer.
The other thing I wish is that we could do is open the kids inventory. So that I could give them their painting or pottery easily. There is the inventory vase but its clunky and give gift doesn't always work.
My school is less structured and more Montessori style, so kids do finish their art work if this is what they chose to do for the day. Still debating if I want to make the day longer with the clock, another thing I keep forgetting to install along with the more modern school items.
Thank you so much for this school video! I learned so much.
You make running a functional school look so easy! I could never really understand how to use Simlogical's school mods.
I have to catch up on your Twitch vods, because your BACC hoods are just fun to watch.
Your videos are too entertaining… it’s taking me out of doing real school work 😂 Keep up the amazing work!!
Insert meme of "sorry not sorry" 😅😅❤️ glad you are enjoying, thank you so much!
Love love love this. Thanks a bunch
For the paintings, you could try some of the More Functional Easels in small sizes since the smaller ones usually get painted faster. The Anoeska one I looked at says it's 3x faster.
Thank you for this video, very intriguing :)
I love this! I've always wanted to run a school but felt overwhelmed by the Inge School System mods, but you've made it so simple to understand so I will definitely be trying it out in my game :) I tried to download your elementary school but it just loads infinitely and won't let me enter the lot. Has anyone else had trouble getting it to load?
im so scared my game couldn't handle this.. 😭 but it's awe inspiring the amount of work modders AND players put in!!!
it's all about what is fun for you to play - if it feels like it would be too much, that's okay! And yes, modders are the real MVPs!
Chris Hatch also has a "Go to school" mod as part of his "Globe" system and Community Time Update. So now I'm stuck. I just adore the Simlogical stuff and now you've made it extra extra wonderful with these new meshes that look great. It's nearly 20 years, and I've still go so much choice and options that I'm stuck and don't know what to do. I think I'll test them both out using the "Any Starter" loading tool.(again updated for modern times, because this community is just great) Love your timetables, I'm stealing that idea,
Yeah I didn't realise that Chris Hatch had a mod until fairly recently!! I will have to try it out, I've never tried it or seen it in action before...
Glad you enjoyed the timetable idea, I plan to flesh it out even further as the school earns more money and gets more equipment for specialised lessons!
Hey may I ask what is the "Any Starter" loading tool.
Also, until now I've thought that the simlogical school had to be on a residential lot. Would this mod clash with the Chris Hatch school mod?
@@mikaaaaaa5 Any Starter was created by one of the great original modders Numenor. It allows you to load the game with different Download folders. So you can play a basic game just for testing content or you can create a Download folder where everything is medieval or sci-fi (roads, clothes, hair ect) As you can see it's usefully for bugs and crashes as well as special themes. Numeor kindly came out of retirement and updated for the Ultimate Collection.
Hatch says the schools conflict, so you must choose either his or Simlogical.
Omg I thought u stop making videos! I miss ur video look like i need branch watch ur other video u still my fav sims RUclipsr
That was so interesting.
I would love to see a video on how you play the Sims 2 and all your gameplay rules. 😊
thank you! My rules are ever evolving but I am planning a video on how I keep the Sims 2 interesting for myself :)
Love this!!!
If something’s not available on a community lot I just buy it on a residential lot, put it in my sim’s inventory, and have them take it to their community lot. But your way is better! 😅
Thank you so much for this video,its very informative and makes me excited to play the sims 2.I wish there was a fuctional prom mod for the sims 2 as well.The only one I could find was like a rabbit hole version,it would be nice to see if anyone just creates their own unique experience with a prom.
When I open my highschool, I plan on throwing a prom in the school gym! It won't be modded too much, I'll just have all of the teenagers come dressed in formal, dance, take photos, and maybe I'll choose a prom king & queen by rolling a dice or see who is the most popular (who has the most friends). I think it will be really fun!
I got some hot coffee :) thanks for video
Perfect timing for me thank you x
Your post was the push I needed to finally get this video done!! Haha I've been planning it for months. Hope it is helpful for you!!
Thanks for this! Schools are coming in my BaCC
Your game looks gorgeous! I'll definitely try to play this way :D I hope my pc can handle it hehe
Thank you so much! I have a whole series about finding cc, and how to make it easier for your computer to use - if you want some pointers on how I make my game look the way it does ☺️
do u have a link to the cc/default replacments you use? i love the aesthetic you have!
This school is amazing! It’s interesting to see the similarities between British schools and Australian schools! Do you have it up for download anywhere? I would love to download it, CC and all (and I’m not a big CC girl!)
Edit: Whoops, should have checked the description! *Clicks*
I would love to see the prison mod tutorial if you can
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wow this looks so fun!! thank you for always doing such well researched, and detailed but still simple to understand instructions. i love all the mods i've been learning about from watching your videos ❤💜🩵💕
This was so helpful! Thank you for taking the time to explain it all. I was wondering if, when you have the time, could you explain your aging system (I noticed your flashnote)? Also, if you wouldn't mind, would you be willing to go through your BACC spreadsheet? I loved seeing how you organized the schooling and I'm really curious on how you do the rest of it. Thanks Beth! =D
I am planning an in-depth video (or maybe mini-series) all about my BACC! It will include a tour of the town, the Lore & history, my aging system, businesses, my spreadsheet - all the things! But I tried recording the first part of the tour the other day and accidentally recorded for an hour and a half LOL so I'm going to have to work out how to cut things into good bitesized chunks for RUclips 😂❤
@@TeaAddict Awesome, can't wait to see it all. You're the best!
Wow this is overwhelming lol
I'm sorry you think so! It was overwhelming to me at first too but I am really getting the hang of it now 😊
Do you happen to have those Bayland streams backed up somewhere? Found these videos late and was unable to find any VODs of your old streams that feature this neighborhood, I would love to watch them back though.
I absolutely love this! Where did you get the 4t2 kids activity table art?
Great question hahaha, probably some kind of 4t2 parenthood megapack or something... I'll see if I can find a link...
earlypleasantview.tumblr.com/post/161569255776/this-pack-was-filled-with-really-nice-everyday/amp ?
thank you soooo much!!! Love your videos :) @@TeaAddict
Thank you for this! I was really waiting for it☺️ Its definitely made me want to take another stab at it again in the future. I found the gradework ridiculously unrealistic and frustrating how they’d constantly get up like their chair is on fire but this has made me realise that theres still plenty of ways to run a school without the gradework or opportunity pack! I definitely under-utilised all the features the mod objects have to offer and tried to do too much manually and didn’t manage simple things like locking doors very well. Your schools are gorgeous, its so interesting to see the similarities and differences between the Australian and British style. Even though I’ve never been to Australia I can just tell how Australian inspired your schools are!
Oh, and what was that cheat you used to load up an owned community lot in build mode?! I had no idea that existed!!!🤯
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video - there are definitely loads of ways to run a school! You could use heaps more hobby items too - have some cc microscopes for science classes, do pottery classes, all kinds of things! But yes if you hated the gradework (understable!) Try using the homework places, they are much better. I use them sometimes if I want the kids to have really focussed work time (like an exam or a test or something!)
And that cheat, SUCH A USEFUL CHEAT, is very little known in general haha. I got it from TheJessaChannel - You type: LoadLot "lot name" - with the quotation marks around the name, include any spaces or apostrophes. So I typed: LoadLot "Bayland Primary School" and it loaded 😊
@@TeaAddict agh you’re giving me tones of ideas but trying not to get excited because its not viable in my hood right now!😂 Thank you for the inspiration though. Its interesting how some people consider the gradework behaviour realistic but its not my experience at all, we all always stayed sat in our seats in school! Thats awesome, thanks for the great tip❤️ good luck getting your head around the prison mods, I’d be interested in seeing what you make of that too😊
@@BellaDovah haha, I did work experience and Uni placement as a teacher and I think it depends on the age of the kids - the younger ones could not keep those butts in their seats 🤣 always getting up to sharpen pencils or get things from their trays or ask the teacher something or go and see what their friends were doing... Little wrigglepots!
It would definitely be nice though if the gradework could be tweaked so it happened a little less. If I was smart and capable, I'd nerf it! (along with the opportunity pack haha)
@@TeaAddict oh you just unlocked some buried memories with the pencil sharpening thing🤣 maybe me & my classmates weren’t as still as I’m remembering after all🤣 but yeah even so it is a little too excessive. With the looks of it they quit due to their fun motive often even when its quite high so maybe somewhere in the mod the fun threshold could be lowered🤔 I was completely confused and overwhelmed when I had a poke around the opportunity pack in SimPe though😬
@@BellaDovah I knooow, I think you've mentioned before that it is such a big and complex mod. If I could, I would make the school grade gain about 25% as quickly (or less, maybe even like 10% haha), nerf getting paid completely, nerf the notifications, maybe 25% for the enthusiasm gain as well... It's just TOO MUCH as it is
This is so awesome thank you so much! Question, if I download your school directly from the link you provided, will it also download all the items and stuff or do I need to get everything separately? What about the CC? I don't have any CC in my game, will it still add the cc or will I have to replace things?
Hi! So if you download the school, I recommend using "clean installer" to install it. You can select to install just the lot without cc, or you can install the cc too. The lots come with all of the cc I used when building them so it depends if you want to continue playing cc free or start to use some!
Do you ever get pink soup doing this? I thought if there were tons of sims on a lot that happened but this looks super smooth!
Pink soup can be triggered by having lots of Sims around for sure. But usually in my game my school lots aren't too bad - I might have gotten it once or twice? When that happens because of having lots of Sims on the lot, I tend to go into graphics settings and change the Sim detail from high to low. Turning off neighbours and neighbourhood decorations is also a big help if you want to play a lot with heaps of Sims - then the game has less to think about graphically and is less likely to cap out on that texture memory 😊
I pronounced Inge that way for ages too, but it's more like Inga
Does the trick where you put objects in a community-enabled collection still work for getting residential objects on community lots? That might be helpful for Mac users or ppl intimidated by SimPE.
Oh you know what it might! - and sometimes you can find things in wholesale mode too, didn't think of trying that!
@TeaAddict, would you play test GO TO SCHOOL by Chris Hatch?🤔
Yes I will be looking into that mod soon 😊
@@TeaAddict since its Chris Hatch, you should test his mods in some TEST NEIGHBORHOOD first.
@@lenarosic I always do when I test mods 😊
Do you know where you got the crowd controller as a clock? I downloaded all the mods you linked but I don't have the clock model, only an exit sign and flyers :)
Hi Ali, that was actually made for me by a friend! Here's a link for it if you'd like it - www.simfileshare.net/download/3825292/
It will pick up any recolours of the maxis llama clock that you have installed
@@TeaAddict you are the best! Thanks so much 😄
I am currently working on a school for my neighborhood. Could you share your spread sheet that you use to track your school stuff
Hi Kaitlyn, my spreadsheets are all shared in my Discord if you're interested, otherwise you can always pause the video at the spreadsheet section and copy the bits that you're after! 😊 I highly recommend making a spreadsheet yourself so you know the ins and outs of it, and have everything organised just how you like it 🤓
I think that midgethetree's chastise mod only works between family members.
That would explain it!! I downloaded another mod which unlocks lecturing any time and did a quick test which seems to work better 😊
Me again) I’ve got a question 🙋🏼♀️ How does the school looks like when you play with the neighbourhood families and not the principal? Do the children still go to the black hole sims standard school? Or a when you play with the other families you had to go to school again and again? Or maybe you have some global time mod and those playable at school days are counted for the kids? Thanks again ❤
Hey, so when I play the families with the schoolkids in them, they still just disappear to "black hole Sims school" but I like to pretend they're going to my school 😊 the only time I actually play the school as an active lot is when I play as the principal. Hope that makes sense!
I'm a little late, but would you have to download the original meshes before the re-meshed versions?
You only need one version of everything ☺️ so you could download the original mods and then the re-meshed versions and let the new files overwrite the old ones, or just go straight for the new files. Just make sure you've got all of the essential parts of the mod!
Thank you so much!
The school, of course, is cool, but my site does not load to download the same school itself. What should I do?
Hi Fox, I don't understand your question sorry! Are you saying that the link to download my schools is not working? That you cannot access MediaFire?
May I ask about your dark mode ui?
It's called Starship UI and is available for download on ModTheSims. Just Google search Sims 2 dark UI or Sims 2 Starship UI
what is the clock you use for summoning other employees
That is the businessrunsyou mod which I have remeshed into a clock. Originally it is a hammer & sickle controller 😊
@@TeaAddict thank you
Can I ask: You have it set as a owned community lot and I noticed some of the kids earning business stars - does the business ranking make any difference? Do you play it as a ‘business’ at all? How are the kids earning stars?
Yes I have it as an owned "business" so technically the kids will earn stars from having fun and having positive social interactions at school. It's also handy because you can hire employees
Yes I have it as an owned "business" so technically the kids will earn stars from having fun and having positive social interactions at school. It's also handy because you can hire employees
@@TeaAddictAh okay, I get it! I see at about 50 mins in you mentioned you weren’t sure what to do with the perk points LOL! I have to get used to waiting until the video is over before I comment in future! 😂
@@HerHollyness haha all good! I have started to cash some of the perk points in for money as "education department grants" and then also the reputation ones and staff motivation ones too!
How do you deal with promotions?
I use a mod called "job stoppinator" which is a token that goes inside a Sim's inventory and stops them from getting promoted 👌
@@TeaAddict ohh I see! So do you never promote them at all?
@@cnomi8447 depends on how the gameplay pans out ☺️ I'm actually thinking of creating 2 custom school careers for my teachers, one for primary school and one for high school, where they can get payrises... but otherwise no they might just stay as primary school teachers their whole career. Lots of people do IRL!
please help!! they refuse to do the schoolwork for more than genuinely five seconds, even with maxed motives and high aspirations they simply will not do the schoolwork and its driving me insane
Haha it can definitely be annoying - try using the homework places instead of schoolwork places if it's driving you batty, they should sit at the the homework places and not get up
@@TeaAddict thank you so much omg it was stressing me out so bad