I am loving all the new high schools people are designing, but I do want to see redesigns when you have all the packs! I want to see a run down high school that is very industrial and dirty as well as an ultra swanky private school
In New Zealand most schools don’t have an actual school nurse so instead of a nurses office we just have a sick bay. When you hurt yourself or are unwell you go to the office and the office ladies will take you into the sickbay then you sit there for 39 minutes while you wait for your parents to come pick you up. They literally send you home for anything more than a small cut. So since they don’t really need anything in the sickbay it’s basically just a small room with a bed in it. The room is like 2x3 in sims scale. I remember in primary school I went to the sickbay once and there was like 5 other kids in there and we were all just sitting on this one bed while waiting for our parents to come get us.
As someone who had tiled floors all her school career, carpeted classrooms sound like a nightmare to keep clean. Edit: I cannot believe that my claim to fame in this community is me being grossed out by carpeted public spaces😂
Both my elementary/middle and high school all had carpeted floors lmao. I have vivid memories of when kids would throw up and they’d use some special cleaner to clean it out of the carpet and it smelled awful
I LITERALLY WENT TO THIS SCHOOL 🤯😅 he said “Wilson school” and I was like surly not, then he said Montana and I was like whaaat.. spot on James your build greatly compares to real building
I started watching this video the day he put it out but didn’t finish. Nobody said anything about it before, but I’ve been waiting to see someone comment this lol
I cant wait to decorate the schools with all the packs! I am amazed that this pack doesn't come with a water fountain though. Seems like a classic thing to have in a school...
Fun fact, the "second set of doors" is to help with temperature control, especially in cold and windy places. It makes it so every time someone enters there isn't a gust of cold wind that comes in and chills everyone in the hallway.
Especially in older buildings! And when it’s warm, they’re supposed to be open to circulate air- although it’s not up to fire code now, at least where I live. Some schools had fire towers too.
@Esmay Padron the idea is that when you open the first door, the cold wind rushes in and gets stopped by the second set of doors. By the time you walk over and open the next set of doors, the first doors have already closed or mostly closed so the wind doesnt get in.
James is such a good builder, I am honestly amazed how after all these years he is so enthusiastic and creative with this game. EA is lucky to have him play their game
Not only play their game but build for them too! His builds for the werewolf pack were fantastic. I was so hyped to play it after watching his build videos.
I'd like to see a really cool library in the other rounded section. That would be epic with the skylight! Also the skylight trim should be a cream color, rather than the harsh black, I think at least.
He could extend the rounded section all the way to the front so it's one big room, and make a library / auditorium all in one. One side could have shelves, study tables, computers, and the other side could have platforms and a microphone or podium.
Hey James! I'd love to see a part 2! Here are some suggestions to add to the build: Library Chess Club Space Computer Lab Drab-Styled Gym More Decorative Classrooms Art Room Drama/Theater Room Music Room Janitor Closets Rec/Free Time Space (in the back of the school, behind the large patio space) Robotics Room (of course, once you get Discover University along with all the other packs back) Woodworking Room Bathrooms including showers (working like a school locker area as well as bathroom) These may be too much, since the game will probably not like so much stuff one lot, but I feel like you could definitely add some of these suggestions into the school (mostly on the second level) I also understand you'd like less walking and more doing while playing in High School, as I would too, but some of these could also work as decoration. Thanks for the great video James!
I totally agree with all of this and would like to add gym! Once he has access to City Living, he could make a sweet basketball court, plus an equipment room with basketballs, footballs, and the soccar balls from Discover University, which I know from experience the students would grab and play with.
Those extra doors in the hallways are for safety reasons, for things like fires and such, and I'm guessing nowadays for active shooters. P.S.: trophy cases are usually in the hallways so students can see them, not that most students stop and admire them, I didn't when I was in school, but they were there.
My schools they were in the office and/or near the gym(middle school) not just in the hallways, our hallways basically had nothing in them just posters
All our like school awards were next to the reception in a little seating area that you were only allowed to sit in if you were a visitor so no students allowed. I live in New Zealand though.
I would love to see James finish this build, especially since once the pack is out he’ll have access to get to work and all the great decor items, like hand soaps and filing cabinets!
@@usagitsukinooo I grew up in NSW and attended a dozen schools and it’s the same story, a whole bunch of smaller buildings with one or two classrooms in them and then just a bunch of open courtyards. A lot of schools I went to were mostly made of demountable buildings too. Can’t wait to build up a proper Aussie mess of a school when the pack comes out.
@@usagitsukinooo I live in one of the rainiest parts of the world in Canada. Rains for what seems like months straight. I’m not sure but our schools were one big building. Elementary schools all one level. Middle schools and high-schools are 2 levels.
@@usagitsukinooo This is how my school was in Southeast US. brick buildings and t buildings connected by pathways and covered breezeways. The only two buildings that were actually connected were the main office and the old original hallway of the school (or what was rebuilt after a fire) sometime after year 1900. in the center is just a big concrete commons area. Now that I think of it... it sounds like a prison yard.
@@BengtBagels UUUH! A nurse's office would be pretty sweet. So would the other stuff tbh. You could just send your teen to school to do all the skill-building you need. (Assuming you're not doing rags to riches at the time.)
The second set of doors are a security feature. They are locked and there is a window to the front office in the vestibule so they can let people in during the day.
It's also to keep the cold air out in the winter! The entrance lobby will be way more cold with just a single set of doors. (my high school didn't have it as a security feature, the doors were unlocked all day)
It can also just be to keep heat in. You know in colder non-Australian countries where we actually have to pay money in the winter to keep the inside air warm. Can also be to stop AC-cooled air getting out, I think, but apparently not where James lives.
I love how the sims team was like “okay okay, we hear you. You want a pack that gives teens more to do and makes high school more interactive rather than just being a rabbit hole. Here you go 😌🙌🏽” only for all the sims players to be respond with “you made us a fully interactive high school? That’s awesome! But the school you made sucks, so I’m bulldozing it and redoing it because I can do it better😎💅🏽”
I cannot imagine living in Montana and going to Wilson high school and the amazing James turner just uses your school for inspiration on his high school build 😂 lucky ducks Edit: I can definitely see myself downloading this over the default HS when I get this pack. Looks great James!
This pack and Get To Work are going to work together really well. The moment I realized this pack didn't have filing cabinets I shook my head. Those are all over most American schools.
I definitely want to see you keep working on this. Howeverrr, as a true nerd, my favorite part of school was always going to the library to relax. I’d love to see some sort of library in your school! I completely adore the build!
The second door is after the office so they can vet people who come in late/who may not be students and stop students from leaving. The lobby in my elementary school had a window w bullet proof glass for the office workers to talk through and approve who they let in the school after the busses drop the kids off. Some schools even have metal detectors in the second doorway and it normally opens w a button under the desk of the office workers.
@@llamalady It really sucks because high school is supposed to be fun and free, but since america fucking sucks and people like to shoot children for some sick reason, we get to deal with prison-like safety precautions which causes a lot of kids to hate coming to school for many reasons, I hate school as well because I only look forward to seeing my friends. I would never choose to wake up at 6AM just to go to alcatraz and learn useless math equations that I won't ever use in my life.
@@CarolineThomas76 My school was like this, as well. It's for protection from people who would seek to attack the school. However, yes. EXTREMELY prison like.
James' favorite building aesthetic - ✨ SCUFFED ✨ Seeing that curved walls actually don't disappear/come down during gameplay makes me think I'll only ever place them (if at all) at the back of my houses because my view is usually from the front when I play. That way I can turn those curved rooms into orangeries, eating areas, libraries and greenhouses at the back - it's still going to look nice and I can see the nice curved walls but it won't hinder my view of the house during gameplay. Imagine a cozy breakfast nook, looking out into the back garden 😍 Also I really love this build and I can't wait to see what you do with it once you can access all packs 😄
As an American who attended a school, here, in my country, I can confirm that we have double sets of doors. For middle school, and high school. At least, mine did.
I remember my elementary school having some leading into the class halls. I also specifically remember running right into the beam between said sets of doors when I was a kid.
Yep mine as well besides being a safety feature it also acts as an airlock for maintaining the school's interior climate for heat and coolness is a lot of times those areas on the outside are full of glass so that you got a lot of heat coming in or doing winter you have a lot of cold coming in
I went to high school in Southern California and I can confirm my high school looked absolutely nothing like this pack. Heck we didn’t even have lockers a part from p.e lockers which were temporary (middle school was the same way); my high school also wasn’t one big building but several buildings like college campuses. So US high schools vary a lot from state to state
I love how he kept saying "it is bland but it is a school" when every high schools in America I've every been inside of has been obnoxiously bright inside.
@@AKA_Studios Yeah i was about to say all of mine in several districts all had the beige bricks/cement blocks as well. occasionally you would see an accent wall in the offices though, that was quite rare. the only place i went to with bright colored walls was a more wealthy private school (which i did not actively attend only shadowed for a month. )
@@AKA_Studios I'm sure they are out there. The one I went to and the ones I taught in had bright (like bold teal, neon yellow, fire engine red, legally blond pink) accent walls in each class room. The cafeteria was like a 8 pack of crayola crayons lol. Just outrageous. Why? No idea. These were all public schools throughout Ohio.
As an American, yeah, the two sets of doors are definitely a real thing, in schools and a lot of public buildings like grocery stores, too. (At least where I live in the north.) I think it's mostly a climate control thing, keeps the air conditioned air inside in the summer, and the heated air inside in the winter.
We have that in my school in New Zealand and they have it at grocery stores and stuff here too. With supermarkets I think it’s definitely for climate control but that’s not the reason at my school. My school has a bunch of doors you can enter and exit through but only the main entrance has the two sets of doors. And the main entrance is probably the doors used the least by students. Only visitors come through the main entrance. I think it probably serves different purposes at different schools, I think they just did it at my school because they thought it made the entrance seem more grand.
We have them in Italy too, they are functional because there's a lot of people walking through them at the same time, and they also fill up the space I guess So I think it's pretty standard in a lot of countries
@@Grace_M_Official Exactly! And visistors have to get buzzed in the first set of doors, show ID and sign in, then get buzzed through the second set of doors.
I’d love to see a decorative nurses office or school counsellor office. I’m from the UK and never had a school counsellor office but I think it’d be great for this build! Just some ideas 😁
When I have this pack I'm going to base it on my Aussie high school! Lots of outdoor space and classroom blocks joined by walkways and grassy areas, a separate library with pergola seating. And of course, tonnes of bushland that will probably look weird on this lot, but that's not unrealistic to my real deal!
I go to a school in the U.S. and mine is like this as well; although, It's old. But it's interesting how different schools can be depending on your country.
The second set of doors are usually a security area. They allow the visitors to come inside out of the rain snow etc but they aren’t able to get into the school. They still have to buzz in. Also there is usually a door that leads to the school office from inside that area. So they can get to the office if needed but not inside the school itself.
the "arilock" is absolutely a thing here in the USA, that's how I referred to that area. to my knowledge it helps to create a buffer between inside temperatures and outside temperatures. Stores and malls near where I live have them as well. Also, trophy cases always go in the main hall, not the Principal's office, they're meant to show the student's achievements relating to the school to visitors, so they are often placed right in view of the main entrance.
I’m a teacher in an elementary school (US) and they are mostly a security feature. In our school, you must be buzzed in through the first set, then go into the office and sign in, then they buzz you into the actual school. You cannot just enter the school and go in both sets of doors without someone actively allowing you to. There are also several sets of doors on automatic releases all throughout the halls, both for an active shooter situation and fires.
@@unintentional_smile When I was in highschool(US, Michigan) it was just as I described, no access to any other rooms than the main hallway from the entry, not even the office. My highschool was set up where the office was at the back of the cafateria area, which was a big open area you could see from the entrance. I know it's different for different areas since when I was in California for a time the Highschools were way more secure looking than my school was here in Michigan, which has no tall fences around the school, just open fields and forests.
@@unintentional_smile Wow, that is quite the process. I'm accustomed in Canada to walking through the main doors and signing it at the office. The procedure is way different.
@@unintentional_smile They already are in California from what I saw when I was there for a couple years, fences everywhere, bars on windows. if not for the signs saying "school" I wouldn't have known they were schools.
Edit: later in the vid he mentions it's supposed to be an older school, so his choices make sense. I just tend to associate art déco to colorful or clean looks. 😊 James, modern art déco schools in the US, or the renovated ones, actually all have linoleum or tiled floor everywhere and they look very clean and bright, sometimes even colorful. And yes, even high schools. You made yours feel very 90s\early 00s
You're right. I travelled to a lot of high schools in the early 00s for JROTC and sport; both very rural and the few cities in state. I can't recall any with carpeted classroom. It would be a Janitor's nightmare. Also, even early-mid 00s school were very conscience of "bland". The more frequented areas always had bright and colorful fixtures (especially focusing on the school's colors and mascot). Additionally, teachers generally hate sitting in sterile rooms for 6-8 hours a day, so would cover their rooms in their style. Plus there's always the "art" section of the school filled with students' photos, sculptures, ads for plays, and "band stuff".
@@zombiemummie6454 yeah, I remember in PR, the private school which was elementary and middle had some rooms with carpet and then linoleum most everywhere else. This was 90s. But the public schools was cement floors or tiles. 😊
I went to a high school in California so my school had a courtyard style, with a lot of outdoor seating, lockers outside under overhang! That would be a fun layout for you to try one day!! Lot of walking though lol!! I guess it kind of had a layout of a small community college
My high school was based off California schools like that. Unfortunately I live in eastern Washington and sometimes had three feet of snow or pouring rain. I’m not sure what they were thinking. The floors were always so wet and gross.
I'm from California and both high schools I went to were like that too. Quads, Lots of outdoor seating, most people ate outside instead of a stuffy cafeteria, going between wings of school took forever and exposed you to the weather, but no lockers for the second school I went to. They were taken out many years before I got there due to students dealing drugs and storing them in their lockers in between selling to other students. So the school removed every locker (minus the ones for PE that were tiny shoebox sized for storing your clothes and shoes in) and made everyone carry their books and backpacks around instead. No metal detector though because we didn't have a problem with guns or knives. Nobody ever got stabbed/shot. They were just concerned about drugs. It was a middle class suburban school.
@@LostApotheosis I grew up in California and moved to Washington this year. I can’t imagine our style of schools working here, it rains wayyy too often for that!
Love it! Definitely finish this build. It really needs a library / computer lab. And the outside with a courtyard and covered seating areas would be a plus for when your sim gets tired on the way to the field (you need those nap benches).😀
My high school had what we called a back terrace where students could hang out and eat lunch there if they wanted. I think if I ever do decide to renovate the high school when I get the pack I will add something like that.
In Iceland you often see two sets of doors in public spaces, and often it's because if there would only be one set of doors, the cold wind would cool up the school, which isn't very nice in a colder country.
I love this build. This is everything the high school pack could be. I would love a follow up on finishing the school. Can't wait to see what else you create
Yes finish it!!! Maybe add rooms for art, woodworking (similar to shop in school), clullinary (I know the cafeteria is there, but inspire chefs or bakers), locker rooms for athletes.
I would love to see you complete this. This is the most engaged I’ve been with one of your builds. Not knocking the rest but the way you used all the materials was superb. I would love to see u finish it when u add things from other packs
It looks soooo good! Maybe for the other classrooms, you can make like an art "class" and music "class" just to fill it in. Also you forgot showers/locker room because Reginald always showers at school. I think you should just build your own auditorium on the Auditorium lot because it will look too busy with 2 auditoriums near the school. I'm super excited to see what you end up doing with this build, there's so much potential!! 🤩
Don’t forget the water fountain out front, waste baskets in hallway, bell or object to represent speaker, vending machines. You can also include hobby rooms like art, shop, science and home economics. Those rooms can be locked for young people. This way you will have access for the townspeople and have “night class” for adults because there is no restrictions for who can go to the school.
"sims take a long time getting places" was why I rebuilt my career lots smaller too (they look big, but the things my sims use on work days are closer together).
26:38 I found that the objects meet with "obstruction" whenever a platform was used on the other side. So, since you want to have these custom planters outside, the space inside behind that wall is taken lol You only have to move the object a couple of pixels away from the wall and it magically works
I love the highschool. I think a library would look nice in the room with the sky light, a gym in the bigger room, and a computer lab in the small room next to the classroom. The last room near the cafeteria can be an art room. 😎
I liked Kayla's school and was going to use it in my game, but now I really like this one too. I'd love to see it finished. Maybe the unfinished end of the main floor could be the after school club rooms, like chess, computers, art, band, etc. A library/study room would be nice too.
Having a vestible (a door, small room, another door) is for tempature control. It helps keep the warm in and the cold out. The double set of doors side by side is for traffic control, so that the flow of traffic never has to pause or stop with people coming in or leaving. I absolutely love this so far though!
Oh James, it's delightful, and so much more practical than that cavernous, empty lot it was previously. Count my vote for you continuing it when it finally comes out at the end of the month!
I LOVE this build. I definitely would love another video of you finishing it and with all the packs! You could upload it as is for us to do what we want with and you could tour them too. That would be so cool to see what everyone does.
would love to see a more aussie style high school with classroom portables that aren’t all apart of one building, canteen, four square courts, etc. probably wouldn’t make much sense with the american football field in the background but we can just pretend it’s an afl pitch!
I love the glass roofs and the detail on the front so much that no matter what you do with the inside and landscaping I want this in my game! I love to see you having fun with the architecture.
@@NaturalAegyo Oh gosh, yes! Either of those would be perfect, especially for building up fun and fitness. Maybe pool in the school and basketball court could go in the actual auditorium because of all the windows in the main building? Edit: possibly annyoning for gameplay but he could add cheerleading mats too and then it might be a lot he can leave faster than the actual school building? 🤔
7:55 I believe American high schools have this is for security. Usually inside the vestibule (the part in between the doors) there’s a door to the office/reception. The second set of doors remain locked all day, but the office door remains unlocked so you have to go through the office/reception to get into the school.
Something I really appreciate about your approach here (and in other builds) is that you approach things like a web designer, Minimum Viable Product and then build-up, because you are one!
You forgot a lot of stuff inside the build like: the gym area to workout, library to read a book, theater for acting and drama, computer room, music room for different kind of instrument so you can learn it on school, nurse office if something happens to the kids place like a hospital bed, swimmingpool etc. Love the build so far ✌🏽
Not many builders are building their lots with the gameplay in mind, with length of pathways and playangles etc. Really refreshing to see it here. Love it!
Also, I am sure this has been mentioned before but the decorated parking spaces are not for teachers but for the Seniors. It is a thing, or has been for the last 20 years or so that leaving students decorate their parking spaces in the student parking lot. I think it is odd that Sims included it considering we don't have cars. :/
13:35 - "I think in here we just need something drab. It's a high school you know." 🤣 My high school was actually pretty neat. The senior art students were allowed to paint murals and/or sections of the walls of the school for their final project. It was _so_ cool! One hallway had dragons in it, another looked like a jungle, all the girls' bathrooms were painted...don't know about the boys, lol. I think I remember my brother saying that they were all plain...guess the boys only wanted to paint wherever they could receive more glory 😏 My sister was allowed to paint the mural that hung above the "foods" classroom for her final project. Turned out pretty good! It's kind a shame that that high school got bulldozed 😮💨They demolished it (and the 2 elementary schools) and built a kindergarten to grade 12 one instead. It's actually pretty crazy since my mom also went to the original high school and they had to share lockers 'cause there were too many students and when I went there we could almost have two lockers each 😵💫
I went to a high school in upstate new York that had a strong art and theater program so our high school was so painted and decorated I thought most high schools were like that
Love this so much. If you're planning to fill it out, I'd suggest staff offices (not just the lounge and Principle's office... usually there's a reception room with secretary, etc.), a library, music room for music classes, art room for art classes, shop for woodworking class. There's definitely always an auditorium for plays and concerts in most high schools (American ones, anyway). Maybe put some house plants in the foyer area. Schools like to display their trophy cases to the public, so I usually see those out in main hallways, not tucked away in a lounge. Outside some picnic benches for outdoor eating, other benches for sitting and socializing. Really cool build! Thanks for sharing.
I love how this ended up. On the other half of the school should be a small gym and showers, and a little library. The space would be less used, but still make sense for a school and usable for Rags to Riches
My elementary school had carpet. At the end of the day, we had to crawl around in the floor and pick up tiny paper bits so the carpet “looked” clean. At the time, I figured the paper bits clogged up the vacuum cleaner. Now I’m pretty sure it’s because the rooms didn’t get vacuumed every day. 😁
My high school had 2 gymnasiums and a big weight room, and I think that would be a good use of extra space in game. Cannot wait till this pack comes out!
This was fun! I can’t wait to play with this pack 🥰 ps. I don’t know if this is common, but in most high schools I’ve been to (mine and the ones I’ve been to for away games) the trophy case(s) are usually in the main hallway. I think it’s kind of a flex for visitors like “look at us! We’re winners!” 😂
The second set of doors is mostly a weather thing - if you are working hard to keep the place warm, the second set of doors creates a vestibule that helps keep the warmth inside. Here where I live in Canada every large shopping mall, school, movie theater, etc, has the second set of doors to keep the warmth in and the snow out! (It works for keeping in the AC in the summer too!) (I did a search, and apparently the double set of doors is sometimes called an Arctic Entry!)
I love the thought that you're putting into this build so that you can have what looks like a huge, grand school, but it's easy to use in-game. The mind of an architect.
7:58 - the school vestibule acts as an insulator. You typically see these in northern US schools that were built pre-HVAC to keep classrooms and hallways cooler/warmer (depending on the season).
I think the cafeteria's twin should be an art classroom with great lighting from the glass roof. Still looks like a classroom but not a functioning one. Could use some of the statues as students sculpture projects or something. On a whole this school looks better than mine irl.
Who would skip that epic time laps with that fantastic music? Honestly, the choices made it so much fun to watch. :D I'm from a small mining town in California. Our high school had one nice looking art deco building, and that was the auditorium. The V-building (vocational building) was 2 stories with a bridge linking it to the quad (the senior bridge - only seniors could eat lunch on it), which sat on a hill with the very-government-looking admin buildings. My entire school was on levels and hills. Stairs For Days. We had a central area of permanent structures, but the rest were either across the street (science buildings), or temps that were never actually turned into real buildings. My school was kind of all over the place. We had a creek that ran through the middle of it. Redesigning it in the sims would a nightmare. It was a wide school with lots of places for unpopular kids like me to hide. What we had: A library, cafeteria, nurse's office, counselor's office, admin buildings, band room, tennis court, pool, baseball diamond, football field with a track, separate science buildings, split level buildings, auditorium, parking lot, gymnasium, gym annex, separate grassy area for outdoor P.E, a creek, and a central quad. For a foothill high school, it was pretty simple, spread out, but nice.
Now you can try out proper circles! :D (Or a hexagon; they get lonely after being left out all the time.) Then combine them so you can have a Pringles Can of Shame tower. XD
Me, a former American highschool student: the layout of this school would make it incredibly easy to shoot up. No secretary office on entry, classrooms right by the main door, no gender separated bathrooms and a separate one for faculty, no principal's personal secretary, no school counselor with nice lighting and a pleasant office space, no hidden kitchen. Also that sunroof is pretty but you better have some damn good air conditioning because lunch time with the sun directly overhead will be hell and that cafeteria will become a microwave. Also... Water fountains? Ooh forgot to mention the teachers need desks. And teachers like to personalize things you should make the layout of each room different desk wise.
Add big trees in the front, picnic tables in the back. And maybe a water fountain - those extra details you said you would add. Plus on the unused side of the school, you could add a library, chess tables- maybe where the skylight is? And a computer lab. And maybe locker rooms with showers and a bench to sleep on!
New School: *appears overnight... it's filled to the brim with columns and windows* Reginald: ... Did mom just marry a guy named Window? Column: *calls up* Hey, son! I've been thinking... should I have a new baby? Reginald: ... okaaay. Also, Reginald: *checks his family tree later on* Wait a minute, I have a sister named Skylight?!
I’m sure someone has said it but the second set of entry doors are supposed to be for security. They generally remain locked. The main office area would be located between the two doors and the workers in the front office would allow the visitor to enter the inner doors.
@@amberhughes-price7023 no we always had linoleum flooring. And we NEVER had tile walls or floors idk where this pack got that from. Our walls were always painted cinderblock. But maybe that’s because I always went to school in the country and not in a city.
I really like how it's coming along so far! The plaza could have outdoor seating for kids who bring their own lunch rather than eating in the cafeteria. Maybe with some "clique-y" areas for the different kinds of kids who sit there. Graffiti and dumpsters where the alternative/skater kids sit, notebooks for the nerds, footballs/banners for the popular kids etc. Maybe a small fountain hidden inside one of the decorative "block" items to drink from? I can't remember if we have actual drinking fountains. I think the gym and showers are a great idea for maintaining a sim's needs. Could have a dedicated locker room with showers so it doesn't just feel like another bathroom. Maybe if there's space for one, an actual gymnasium with workout equipment and yoga mats and a basketball hoop for afterschool activities?
Check out PART 2 where I complete the build: ruclips.net/video/NOfQAPAimRI/видео.html
I am loving all the new high schools people are designing, but I do want to see redesigns when you have all the packs! I want to see a run down high school that is very industrial and dirty as well as an ultra swanky private school
A private school is such a cool idea
And with all the packs, someone could do an LP inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
I read 'ultra swanky PIRate school' and that sounds quite intriguing as well.
That sounds awesome
YES
I haven’t watched the whole video yet but I think a high school needs a “nurses office” where you can have a bed if your sim needs a nap 😂
That's the plan when I build my school once the pack is released 😂
You can build a realistic one too if you have get to work
I was thinking about that !
You can place some medecine on shelves in case your sim get sick
Thats a great idea!
In New Zealand most schools don’t have an actual school nurse so instead of a nurses office we just have a sick bay. When you hurt yourself or are unwell you go to the office and the office ladies will take you into the sickbay then you sit there for 39 minutes while you wait for your parents to come pick you up. They literally send you home for anything more than a small cut. So since they don’t really need anything in the sickbay it’s basically just a small room with a bed in it. The room is like 2x3 in sims scale. I remember in primary school I went to the sickbay once and there was like 5 other kids in there and we were all just sitting on this one bed while waiting for our parents to come get us.
As someone who had tiled floors all her school career, carpeted classrooms sound like a nightmare to keep clean.
Edit: I cannot believe that my claim to fame in this community is me being grossed out by carpeted public spaces😂
My thoughts exactly 😆
Both my elementary/middle and high school all had carpeted floors lmao. I have vivid memories of when kids would throw up and they’d use some special cleaner to clean it out of the carpet and it smelled awful
@@talia0310 oh my! 😲
@@talia0310 I'm so sorry but that sounds horrific lmao
can confirm, public school carpet is disgusting
I LITERALLY WENT TO THIS SCHOOL 🤯😅 he said “Wilson school” and I was like surly not, then he said Montana and I was like whaaat.. spot on James your build greatly compares to real building
I have friends who go there! It’s so surreal to be zoning out and suddenly hear your home state lol
Amazing!!! And to get a shout out from an Aussie!
I started watching this video the day he put it out but didn’t finish. Nobody said anything about it before, but I’ve been waiting to see someone comment this lol
i came down to the comment section specifically to look for this comment thank you for this
Haha no way!
Basketball court could be kinda cool, place for bikes, dumpsters, water fountains...I'm just imagining it all when you get the full thing 😍
I cant wait to decorate the schools with all the packs! I am amazed that this pack doesn't come with a water fountain though. Seems like a classic thing to have in a school...
I want a basketball court too
@@shayr2762 & @Marcayla that's a great point. We don't have water fountains/water coolers for public buildings yet.
I would love to see this! 💗
@@Pixylady10 there is one in city living
Fun fact, the "second set of doors" is to help with temperature control, especially in cold and windy places. It makes it so every time someone enters there isn't a gust of cold wind that comes in and chills everyone in the hallway.
Exactly
But doesn't the cold air carry through with the next door opening?
Yep it’s called a vestibule
Especially in older buildings! And when it’s warm, they’re supposed to be open to circulate air- although it’s not up to fire code now, at least where I live. Some schools had fire towers too.
@Esmay Padron the idea is that when you open the first door, the cold wind rushes in and gets stopped by the second set of doors. By the time you walk over and open the next set of doors, the first doors have already closed or mostly closed so the wind doesnt get in.
The other domed area would be perfect for a library 😍
Exactly my thoughts
Oooh yes a library/computer lab. That would be an amazing addition
I was thinking a music room, but library is also good.
I thought so too
I was thinking a gym. I work in a library and all I can think is the sun would bleach the covers of the books. LOL
the fact that there's an actual parking lot in the school that officially comes with the pack is almost like a slap to our faces
One day we may get cars ... one day ... *sigh*
@@amandab6835 is there a reason they don't have cars yet? They've done so many cool stuff, but still no cars
@@SaphiraTessa they already said they don't plan on adding cars on sims 4 so
@@SaphiraTessa There is no need for cars since this isn't open world.
@@SaphiraTessa they say we don't need them, but I say they are wrong 😂
James is such a good builder, I am honestly amazed how after all these years he is so enthusiastic and creative with this game. EA is lucky to have him play their game
Not only play their game but build for them too! His builds for the werewolf pack were fantastic. I was so hyped to play it after watching his build videos.
@Nai 🤍 - ily Jesus 💖 I know what you mean. After seeing his updated library in Moonwood mill I really wanted to buy one of the worse packs
Hi James, sorry if you've answered this before but what gaming computer do you use for Sims? Would be so grateful for advice! Many thank!
@@VereskVeil werewolves worse pack? I heard it’s better than vampires and realm of magic. How is that one of the worse packs?
@@Ashley-cr4ow yeah i have no idea what they’re talking about 😭 it’s one of the best packs
I’d love to see an occult high school that would level up the different aspects for each occult.
“Yer a spell castor Semaj”
Ohhhh honestly being able to decide the class schedule and the skills they would build would have been a really cool feature.
Like.. the tv series Legacies? that would be pretty neat of an idea!
That’s an awesome idea!
Monster High 👻
I'd like to see a really cool library in the other rounded section. That would be epic with the skylight! Also the skylight trim should be a cream color, rather than the harsh black, I think at least.
Absolutely or an art room could be beautiful too
He could extend the rounded section all the way to the front so it's one big room, and make a library / auditorium all in one. One side could have shelves, study tables, computers, and the other side could have platforms and a microphone or podium.
OH MY GOD YESSSSSSS
I was about to comment this, would love to have a library/study space with that epic skylight!
Hey James! I'd love to see a part 2!
Here are some suggestions to add to the build:
Library
Chess Club Space
Computer Lab
Drab-Styled Gym
More Decorative Classrooms
Art Room
Drama/Theater Room
Music Room
Janitor Closets
Rec/Free Time Space (in the back of the school, behind the large patio space)
Robotics Room (of course, once you get Discover University along with all the other packs back)
Woodworking Room
Bathrooms including showers (working like a school locker area as well as bathroom)
These may be too much, since the game will probably not like so much stuff one lot, but I feel like you could definitely add some of these suggestions into the school (mostly on the second level)
I also understand you'd like less walking and more doing while playing in High School, as I would too, but some of these could also work as decoration.
Thanks for the great video James!
I totally agree with all of this and would like to add gym! Once he has access to City Living, he could make a sweet basketball court, plus an equipment room with basketballs, footballs, and the soccar balls from Discover University, which I know from experience the students would grab and play with.
(And vending machines)
Science lab with Get to Work items I think would be good too.
Those extra doors in the hallways are for safety reasons, for things like fires and such, and I'm guessing nowadays for active shooters. P.S.: trophy cases are usually in the hallways so students can see them, not that most students stop and admire them, I didn't when I was in school, but they were there.
Indeed. Definitely in a hallway.
yeah the trophy cases in my schools were always right next to the gym
My schools they were in the office and/or near the gym(middle school) not just in the hallways, our hallways basically had nothing in them just posters
All our like school awards were next to the reception in a little seating area that you were only allowed to sit in if you were a visitor so no students allowed. I live in New Zealand though.
my high school has them in the hall outside the principal's office and my elementary school has them right by the entrance.
I would love to see James finish this build, especially since once the pack is out he’ll have access to get to work and all the great decor items, like hand soaps and filing cabinets!
Would love to see what a “typical Australian high school” build would look like!
Deli did that
Yeah! I live in Europe so I'm shocked when I listen about US and Australian school. Much different than mine experience.
@@usagitsukinooo I grew up in NSW and attended a dozen schools and it’s the same story, a whole bunch of smaller buildings with one or two classrooms in them and then just a bunch of open courtyards. A lot of schools I went to were mostly made of demountable buildings too. Can’t wait to build up a proper Aussie mess of a school when the pack comes out.
@@usagitsukinooo I live in one of the rainiest parts of the world in Canada. Rains for what seems like months straight. I’m not sure but our schools were one big building. Elementary schools all one level. Middle schools and high-schools are 2 levels.
@@usagitsukinooo This is how my school was in Southeast US. brick buildings and t buildings connected by pathways and covered breezeways. The only two buildings that were actually connected were the main office and the old original hallway of the school (or what was rebuilt after a fire) sometime after year 1900. in the center is just a big concrete commons area. Now that I think of it... it sounds like a prison yard.
Of course we wanna see you finish this. This build looks so cool. (Other skylight room should be a library, I think. Keeping my fingers crossed.)
@@BengtBagels UUUH! A nurse's office would be pretty sweet. So would the other stuff tbh. You could just send your teen to school to do all the skill-building you need. (Assuming you're not doing rags to riches at the time.)
The second set of doors are a security feature. They are locked and there is a window to the front office in the vestibule so they can let people in during the day.
They do a lot :D
We got two set of door here (Sweden) as well, but I believe it’s to keep the warmth in during the winter.
It’s also to block fires (or at least the ones at each side of every hallway are).
It's also to keep the cold air out in the winter! The entrance lobby will be way more cold with just a single set of doors. (my high school didn't have it as a security feature, the doors were unlocked all day)
It can also just be to keep heat in. You know in colder non-Australian countries where we actually have to pay money in the winter to keep the inside air warm. Can also be to stop AC-cooled air getting out, I think, but apparently not where James lives.
I love how the sims team was like “okay okay, we hear you. You want a pack that gives teens more to do and makes high school more interactive rather than just being a rabbit hole. Here you go 😌🙌🏽” only for all the sims players to be respond with “you made us a fully interactive high school? That’s awesome! But the school you made sucks, so I’m bulldozing it and redoing it because I can do it better😎💅🏽”
I cannot imagine living in Montana and going to Wilson high school and the amazing James turner just uses your school for inspiration on his high school build 😂 lucky ducks
Edit: I can definitely see myself downloading this over the default HS when I get this pack. Looks great James!
This pack and Get To Work are going to work together really well. The moment I realized this pack didn't have filing cabinets I shook my head. Those are all over most American schools.
I definitely want to see you keep working on this. Howeverrr, as a true nerd, my favorite part of school was always going to the library to relax. I’d love to see some sort of library in your school! I completely adore the build!
A pond in front of the school could be nice. There is a high school in my town that has a small pond with ducks!
The second door is after the office so they can vet people who come in late/who may not be students and stop students from leaving. The lobby in my elementary school had a window w bullet proof glass for the office workers to talk through and approve who they let in the school after the busses drop the kids off. Some schools even have metal detectors in the second doorway and it normally opens w a button under the desk of the office workers.
it sounds like youre describing a prison, as a european this is wild
@@llamalady lmao yeah our schools are kinda like that down to the white painted brick walls and police presence 😅
This is truly terrifying! From a British point of view. Wow
@@llamalady It really sucks because high school is supposed to be fun and free, but since america fucking sucks and people like to shoot children for some sick reason, we get to deal with prison-like safety precautions which causes a lot of kids to hate coming to school for many reasons, I hate school as well because I only look forward to seeing my friends. I would never choose to wake up at 6AM just to go to alcatraz and learn useless math equations that I won't ever use in my life.
@@CarolineThomas76 My school was like this, as well. It's for protection from people who would seek to attack the school. However, yes. EXTREMELY prison like.
James' favorite building aesthetic - ✨ SCUFFED ✨
Seeing that curved walls actually don't disappear/come down during gameplay makes me think I'll only ever place them (if at all) at the back of my houses because my view is usually from the front when I play. That way I can turn those curved rooms into orangeries, eating areas, libraries and greenhouses at the back - it's still going to look nice and I can see the nice curved walls but it won't hinder my view of the house during gameplay. Imagine a cozy breakfast nook, looking out into the back garden 😍
Also I really love this build and I can't wait to see what you do with it once you can access all packs 😄
As an American who attended a school, here, in my country, I can confirm that we have double sets of doors. For middle school, and high school. At least, mine did.
Mines also
Yup its a safety thing. Sadly 😢
I remember my elementary school having some leading into the class halls. I also specifically remember running right into the beam between said sets of doors when I was a kid.
Yep mine as well besides being a safety feature it also acts as an airlock for maintaining the school's interior climate for heat and coolness is a lot of times those areas on the outside are full of glass so that you got a lot of heat coming in or doing winter you have a lot of cold coming in
I went to high school in Southern California and I can confirm my high school looked absolutely nothing like this pack. Heck we didn’t even have lockers a part from p.e lockers which were temporary (middle school was the same way); my high school also wasn’t one big building but several buildings like college campuses. So US high schools vary a lot from state to state
I love how he kept saying "it is bland but it is a school" when every high schools in America I've every been inside of has been obnoxiously bright inside.
Thats what I kept thinking lmao
All of our schools had bright colourful stuff too so idk where James went to school 😂
All the American schools I’ve been in have beige painted cement block 😅 there are definitely bland schools out there
@@AKA_Studios Yeah i was about to say all of mine in several districts all had the beige bricks/cement blocks as well. occasionally you would see an accent wall in the offices though, that was quite rare. the only place i went to with bright colored walls was a more wealthy private school (which i did not actively attend only shadowed for a month. )
@@AKA_Studios I'm sure they are out there. The one I went to and the ones I taught in had bright (like bold teal, neon yellow, fire engine red, legally blond pink) accent walls in each class room. The cafeteria was like a 8 pack of crayola crayons lol. Just outrageous. Why? No idea. These were all public schools throughout Ohio.
Would definitely like to see if a "private school" like a Blackwell Academy type situation would work. Building the school and dormitories.
Life is strange Blackwell academy?
@@samantharose5255 Yes :D. I wonder if a lot like that would be playable.
oh that would be soo cool
As an American, yeah, the two sets of doors are definitely a real thing, in schools and a lot of public buildings like grocery stores, too. (At least where I live in the north.) I think it's mostly a climate control thing, keeps the air conditioned air inside in the summer, and the heated air inside in the winter.
We have that in my school in New Zealand and they have it at grocery stores and stuff here too. With supermarkets I think it’s definitely for climate control but that’s not the reason at my school. My school has a bunch of doors you can enter and exit through but only the main entrance has the two sets of doors. And the main entrance is probably the doors used the least by students. Only visitors come through the main entrance. I think it probably serves different purposes at different schools, I think they just did it at my school because they thought it made the entrance seem more grand.
Double doors in American high schools are for safety reasons as an extra precaution to keep intruders and shooters out (sad but true)
We have them in Italy too, they are functional because there's a lot of people walking through them at the same time, and they also fill up the space I guess
So I think it's pretty standard in a lot of countries
@@Grace_M_Official Exactly! And visistors have to get buzzed in the first set of doors, show ID and sign in, then get buzzed through the second set of doors.
@@Grace_M_Official freaking terrifying... How do kids wag class and go to the chip shop?!
I’d love to see a decorative nurses office or school counsellor office. I’m from the UK and never had a school counsellor office but I think it’d be great for this build! Just some ideas 😁
Good idea, seeing as North American schools have counselor offices and career centres for the students.
When I have this pack I'm going to base it on my Aussie high school! Lots of outdoor space and classroom blocks joined by walkways and grassy areas, a separate library with pergola seating. And of course, tonnes of bushland that will probably look weird on this lot, but that's not unrealistic to my real deal!
I go to a school in the U.S. and mine is like this as well; although, It's old. But it's interesting how different schools can be depending on your country.
The second set of doors are usually a security area. They allow the visitors to come inside out of the rain snow etc but they aren’t able to get into the school. They still have to buzz in. Also there is usually a door that leads to the school office from inside that area. So they can get to the office if needed but not inside the school itself.
the "arilock" is absolutely a thing here in the USA, that's how I referred to that area. to my knowledge it helps to create a buffer between inside temperatures and outside temperatures. Stores and malls near where I live have them as well.
Also, trophy cases always go in the main hall, not the Principal's office, they're meant to show the student's achievements relating to the school to visitors, so they are often placed right in view of the main entrance.
I’m a teacher in an elementary school (US) and they are mostly a security feature. In our school, you must be buzzed in through the first set, then go into the office and sign in, then they buzz you into the actual school. You cannot just enter the school and go in both sets of doors without someone actively allowing you to. There are also several sets of doors on automatic releases all throughout the halls, both for an active shooter situation and fires.
@@unintentional_smile When I was in highschool(US, Michigan) it was just as I described, no access to any other rooms than the main hallway from the entry, not even the office. My highschool was set up where the office was at the back of the cafateria area, which was a big open area you could see from the entrance. I know it's different for different areas since when I was in California for a time the Highschools were way more secure looking than my school was here in Michigan, which has no tall fences around the school, just open fields and forests.
@@unintentional_smile Wow, that is quite the process. I'm accustomed in Canada to walking through the main doors and signing it at the office. The procedure is way different.
It’s truly disheartening how, soon, American schools will be indistinguishable from prisons 😔
@@unintentional_smile They already are in California from what I saw when I was there for a couple years, fences everywhere, bars on windows. if not for the signs saying "school" I wouldn't have known they were schools.
I love that James and Deli both said “Intersting….” To the terrain under the high school 😂
Edit: later in the vid he mentions it's supposed to be an older school, so his choices make sense. I just tend to associate art déco to colorful or clean looks. 😊
James, modern art déco schools in the US, or the renovated ones, actually all have linoleum or tiled floor everywhere and they look very clean and bright, sometimes even colorful. And yes, even high schools. You made yours feel very 90s\early 00s
Lol I don't know how old James is, but maybe that's what he remembers. 90s-00s... granted, even in Canada we had linoleum in the 90s-00s LOL😉
Lol maybe in the white neighborhoods it looks like this. Try living in the low income ghetto area
You're right. I travelled to a lot of high schools in the early 00s for JROTC and sport; both very rural and the few cities in state. I can't recall any with carpeted classroom. It would be a Janitor's nightmare. Also, even early-mid 00s school were very conscience of "bland". The more frequented areas always had bright and colorful fixtures (especially focusing on the school's colors and mascot). Additionally, teachers generally hate sitting in sterile rooms for 6-8 hours a day, so would cover their rooms in their style. Plus there's always the "art" section of the school filled with students' photos, sculptures, ads for plays, and "band stuff".
@@zombiemummie6454 yeah, I remember in PR, the private school which was elementary and middle had some rooms with carpet and then linoleum most everywhere else. This was 90s. But the public schools was cement floors or tiles. 😊
@@ghandiwon maybe he's unconsciously taking inspo from his home schools 😊
I went to a high school in California so my school had a courtyard style, with a lot of outdoor seating, lockers outside under overhang! That would be a fun layout for you to try one day!! Lot of walking though lol!! I guess it kind of had a layout of a small community college
My high school was based off California schools like that. Unfortunately I live in eastern Washington and sometimes had three feet of snow or pouring rain. I’m not sure what they were thinking. The floors were always so wet and gross.
I'm from California and both high schools I went to were like that too. Quads, Lots of outdoor seating, most people ate outside instead of a stuffy cafeteria, going between wings of school took forever and exposed you to the weather, but no lockers for the second school I went to. They were taken out many years before I got there due to students dealing drugs and storing them in their lockers in between selling to other students. So the school removed every locker (minus the ones for PE that were tiny shoebox sized for storing your clothes and shoes in) and made everyone carry their books and backpacks around instead. No metal detector though because we didn't have a problem with guns or knives. Nobody ever got stabbed/shot. They were just concerned about drugs. It was a middle class suburban school.
@@LostApotheosis I grew up in California and moved to Washington this year. I can’t imagine our style of schools working here, it rains wayyy too often for that!
I'm English so hearing this I just think of Sunnydale High from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 😂
Outdoor lockers? This is a TIL moment for me.
Love it! Definitely finish this build. It really needs a library / computer lab. And the outside with a courtyard and covered seating areas would be a plus for when your sim gets tired on the way to the field (you need those nap benches).😀
Could turn the upstairs in to a boarding school for the rags to riches series?? And possibly a library area ?
Yessssss
Eh no one else but your sim would sleep there for the night though. Also he tries not to use a lot of public places fill up reginalds needs
@@Simmerdownidc eh or for the 8 teen challenge or just for fun lol
My high school had what we called a back terrace where students could hang out and eat lunch there if they wanted. I think if I ever do decide to renovate the high school when I get the pack I will add something like that.
We had that at my school but only upperclassmen could sit out there
In Iceland you often see two sets of doors in public spaces, and often it's because if there would only be one set of doors, the cold wind would cool up the school, which isn't very nice in a colder country.
I love this build. This is everything the high school pack could be. I would love a follow up on finishing the school. Can't wait to see what else you create
Yes finish it!!! Maybe add rooms for art, woodworking (similar to shop in school), clullinary (I know the cafeteria is there, but inspire chefs or bakers), locker rooms for athletes.
I've never been able to successfully raise my terrain. At the beginning, the magic you worked with the stairs and building had me awestruck 😂
It's either flat or a cliff haha no inbetween
I would love to see you complete this. This is the most engaged I’ve been with one of your builds. Not knocking the rest but the way you used all the materials was superb. I would love to see u finish it when u add things from other packs
It looks soooo good! Maybe for the other classrooms, you can make like an art "class" and music "class" just to fill it in. Also you forgot showers/locker room because Reginald always showers at school. I think you should just build your own auditorium on the Auditorium lot because it will look too busy with 2 auditoriums near the school. I'm super excited to see what you end up doing with this build, there's so much potential!! 🤩
excited to see the bigger schools with mods that let more sims on the lot, theres very rarely a busy space in the sims
Mc command center you can use so more sims can spawn on a lot. I think I have mine set to 40
@@krystenhale5472 how does your game run with that applied?
@@Rikkicoll it runs fine. If it starts to get laggy I just lower it down.
Really hope James does this
@@krystenhale5472 I didn't know that, thanks! A school with 10 kids in it is so lame.
Don’t forget the water fountain out front, waste baskets in hallway, bell or object to represent speaker, vending machines.
You can also include hobby rooms like art, shop, science and home economics. Those rooms can be locked for young people. This way you will have access for the townspeople and have “night class” for adults because there is no restrictions for who can go to the school.
Would love to see what high school could be built with a all the packs available
Finish it! im too invested now.
"sims take a long time getting places" was why I rebuilt my career lots smaller too (they look big, but the things my sims use on work days are closer together).
26:38 I found that the objects meet with "obstruction" whenever a platform was used on the other side. So, since you want to have these custom planters outside, the space inside behind that wall is taken lol You only have to move the object a couple of pixels away from the wall and it magically works
I love the highschool. I think a library would look nice in the room with the sky light, a gym in the bigger room, and a computer lab in the small room next to the classroom. The last room near the cafeteria can be an art room. 😎
I liked Kayla's school and was going to use it in my game, but now I really like this one too. I'd love to see it finished. Maybe the unfinished end of the main floor could be the after school club rooms, like chess, computers, art, band, etc. A library/study room would be nice too.
Having a vestible (a door, small room, another door) is for tempature control. It helps keep the warm in and the cold out.
The double set of doors side by side is for traffic control, so that the flow of traffic never has to pause or stop with people coming in or leaving.
I absolutely love this so far though!
love the build! although, i feel there should be a clock in each classroom. i remember staring at the clock in all the classes i hated lol
please add a nurse room, a garden and a gym! i feel like every school needs those
Oh James, it's delightful, and so much more practical than that cavernous, empty lot it was previously. Count my vote for you continuing it when it finally comes out at the end of the month!
I LOVE this build. I definitely would love another video of you finishing it and with all the packs! You could upload it as is for us to do what we want with and you could tour them too. That would be so cool to see what everyone does.
Did they include water fountains or “bubblers” in the pack? I think that would’ve been perfect in the empty space next to the locker area!
100% finish this one -- would also love your take on what an Australian HS looks like
the look of those desks give me PTSD the only time you see them in my school is exam season lined up in the sports hall
Germany? XD
Please finish it when you have all the packs. It’s super cool! I think adding a library in the other atrium, a computer lab, and a gym would be great!
would love to see a more aussie style high school with classroom portables that aren’t all apart of one building, canteen, four square courts, etc. probably wouldn’t make much sense with the american football field in the background but we can just pretend it’s an afl pitch!
I don't like classroom portables IRL, but in Sims 4, now that is a good idea.
I love the glass roofs and the detail on the front so much that no matter what you do with the inside and landscaping I want this in my game! I love to see you having fun with the architecture.
I would love to see it completed! Instead of adding an auditorium to the school, I'd love to see you do the 4 custom types on the actual auditorium.
Yes, this! Then it also impacts those events. Plus, I want to see the gym and skill-building rooms return in the other wing.
@@DoveJS Definitely. The space in the back of the school could be a basketball court, swimming pool, etc instead.
@@NaturalAegyo Oh gosh, yes! Either of those would be perfect, especially for building up fun and fitness. Maybe pool in the school and basketball court could go in the actual auditorium because of all the windows in the main building? Edit: possibly annyoning for gameplay but he could add cheerleading mats too and then it might be a lot he can leave faster than the actual school building? 🤔
24:58 i just picture all the kids fighting over the *cool kids* chair to eat there lunch
7:55 I believe American high schools have this is for security. Usually inside the vestibule (the part in between the doors) there’s a door to the office/reception. The second set of doors remain locked all day, but the office door remains unlocked so you have to go through the office/reception to get into the school.
James: “It’s a lot of windows I know”
Me: “looks like every high school I’ve been too”
Something I really appreciate about your approach here (and in other builds) is that you approach things like a web designer, Minimum Viable Product and then build-up, because you are one!
Please please finish it! I'd love to see a pool for the swimming class and the auditorium!!
You forgot a lot of stuff inside the build like: the gym area to workout, library to read a book, theater for acting and drama, computer room, music room for different kind of instrument so you can learn it on school, nurse office if something happens to the kids place like a hospital bed, swimmingpool etc. Love the build so far ✌🏽
I love the speed build music - had me bopping at my desk. 😂🤷🏻♀️
Not many builders are building their lots with the gameplay in mind, with length of pathways and playangles etc. Really refreshing to see it here. Love it!
It would be cool to add a basket ball court once the game is released
Also, I am sure this has been mentioned before but the decorated parking spaces are not for teachers but for the Seniors. It is a thing, or has been for the last 20 years or so that leaving students decorate their parking spaces in the student parking lot. I think it is odd that Sims included it considering we don't have cars. :/
13:35 - "I think in here we just need something drab. It's a high school you know." 🤣 My high school was actually pretty neat. The senior art students were allowed to paint murals and/or sections of the walls of the school for their final project. It was _so_ cool! One hallway had dragons in it, another looked like a jungle, all the girls' bathrooms were painted...don't know about the boys, lol. I think I remember my brother saying that they were all plain...guess the boys only wanted to paint wherever they could receive more glory 😏
My sister was allowed to paint the mural that hung above the "foods" classroom for her final project. Turned out pretty good! It's kind a shame that that high school got bulldozed 😮💨They demolished it (and the 2 elementary schools) and built a kindergarten to grade 12 one instead. It's actually pretty crazy since my mom also went to the original high school and they had to share lockers 'cause there were too many students and when I went there we could almost have two lockers each 😵💫
I went to a high school in upstate new York that had a strong art and theater program so our high school was so painted and decorated I thought most high schools were like that
Love this so much. If you're planning to fill it out, I'd suggest staff offices (not just the lounge and Principle's office... usually there's a reception room with secretary, etc.), a library, music room for music classes, art room for art classes, shop for woodworking class. There's definitely always an auditorium for plays and concerts in most high schools (American ones, anyway). Maybe put some house plants in the foyer area. Schools like to display their trophy cases to the public, so I usually see those out in main hallways, not tucked away in a lounge. Outside some picnic benches for outdoor eating, other benches for sitting and socializing. Really cool build! Thanks for sharing.
Loved the build! I'm looking forward to seeing it completed. I would love to add a basketball court from City Living.
It would be a great addition.
I love how this ended up. On the other half of the school should be a small gym and showers, and a little library. The space would be less used, but still make sense for a school and usable for Rags to Riches
I've never been in a classroom that had carpeting. It's interesting that y'all had it.
I have lol it was gross
My elementary school had carpet. At the end of the day, we had to crawl around in the floor and pick up tiny paper bits so the carpet “looked” clean. At the time, I figured the paper bits clogged up the vacuum cleaner. Now I’m pretty sure it’s because the rooms didn’t get vacuumed every day. 😁
My high school had 2 gymnasiums and a big weight room, and I think that would be a good use of extra space in game. Cannot wait till this pack comes out!
This was fun! I can’t wait to play with this pack 🥰 ps. I don’t know if this is common, but in most high schools I’ve been to (mine and the ones I’ve been to for away games) the trophy case(s) are usually in the main hallway. I think it’s kind of a flex for visitors like “look at us! We’re winners!” 😂
The second set of doors is mostly a weather thing - if you are working hard to keep the place warm, the second set of doors creates a vestibule that helps keep the warmth inside. Here where I live in Canada every large shopping mall, school, movie theater, etc, has the second set of doors to keep the warmth in and the snow out! (It works for keeping in the AC in the summer too!) (I did a search, and apparently the double set of doors is sometimes called an Arctic Entry!)
I was waiting for you to finally make one.
Same!
I love the thought that you're putting into this build so that you can have what looks like a huge, grand school, but it's easy to use in-game. The mind of an architect.
7:58 - the school vestibule acts as an insulator. You typically see these in northern US schools that were built pre-HVAC to keep classrooms and hallways cooler/warmer (depending on the season).
Love watching James going nuts with all those windows🤣
I think the cafeteria's twin should be an art classroom with great lighting from the glass roof. Still looks like a classroom but not a functioning one. Could use some of the statues as students sculpture projects or something. On a whole this school looks better than mine irl.
Actually the double set of doors with a room between them at the entrance are a common thing in germany too for high schools
Totally do an Aussie school with demountables, handball court, tuck shop, undercover areas!!!
I really want to see the completed version of that school! :0 it looks so cool!
Who would skip that epic time laps with that fantastic music? Honestly, the choices made it so much fun to watch. :D
I'm from a small mining town in California. Our high school had one nice looking art deco building, and that was the auditorium. The V-building (vocational building) was 2 stories with a bridge linking it to the quad (the senior bridge - only seniors could eat lunch on it), which sat on a hill with the very-government-looking admin buildings. My entire school was on levels and hills. Stairs For Days. We had a central area of permanent structures, but the rest were either across the street (science buildings), or temps that were never actually turned into real buildings. My school was kind of all over the place. We had a creek that ran through the middle of it. Redesigning it in the sims would a nightmare. It was a wide school with lots of places for unpopular kids like me to hide.
What we had: A library, cafeteria, nurse's office, counselor's office, admin buildings, band room, tennis court, pool, baseball diamond, football field with a track, separate science buildings, split level buildings, auditorium, parking lot, gymnasium, gym annex, separate grassy area for outdoor P.E, a creek, and a central quad. For a foothill high school, it was pretty simple, spread out, but nice.
He is so good at envisioning and building things in this game! I never build anymore because I always just do a square and then I’m done 😂
Now you can try out proper circles! :D
(Or a hexagon; they get lonely after being left out all the time.)
Then combine them so you can have a Pringles Can of Shame tower. XD
Me, a former American highschool student: the layout of this school would make it incredibly easy to shoot up. No secretary office on entry, classrooms right by the main door, no gender separated bathrooms and a separate one for faculty, no principal's personal secretary, no school counselor with nice lighting and a pleasant office space, no hidden kitchen. Also that sunroof is pretty but you better have some damn good air conditioning because lunch time with the sun directly overhead will be hell and that cafeteria will become a microwave. Also... Water fountains? Ooh forgot to mention the teachers need desks. And teachers like to personalize things you should make the layout of each room different desk wise.
@maja d at least it never went under martial law.
My high school only had brick walls and tile floors it felt more like a prison lol
Add big trees in the front, picnic tables in the back. And maybe a water fountain - those extra details you said you would add. Plus on the unused side of the school, you could add a library, chess tables- maybe where the skylight is? And a computer lab. And maybe locker rooms with showers and a bench to sleep on!
New School: *appears overnight... it's filled to the brim with columns and windows*
Reginald: ... Did mom just marry a guy named Window?
Column: *calls up* Hey, son! I've been thinking... should I have a new baby?
Reginald: ... okaaay.
Also, Reginald: *checks his family tree later on* Wait a minute, I have a sister named Skylight?!
As an American, can confirm that we have those weird second set of doors, not just high schools either, primary and jr high as well
I might be wrong, but two set of doors might be to keep warmth in during the winter. Just guessing.
It’s for security. Main office or security let’s them in by unlocking it
@@peacedenisse5043 it might be different reasons in different countries. I’m from Sweden, and the cold is a more likely reason here.
I’m sure someone has said it but the second set of entry doors are supposed to be for security. They generally remain locked. The main office area would be located between the two doors and the workers in the front office would allow the visitor to enter the inner doors.
This is a great built but I cannot get over the carpet in the classrooms
you didn't not even in primary?
Rugs yes carpet NO
@@amberhughes-price7023 no we always had linoleum flooring. And we NEVER had tile walls or floors idk where this pack got that from. Our walls were always painted cinderblock. But maybe that’s because I always went to school in the country and not in a city.
@@mauratyson9580 your poor knees when falling over
I really like how it's coming along so far!
The plaza could have outdoor seating for kids who bring their own lunch rather than eating in the cafeteria. Maybe with some "clique-y" areas for the different kinds of kids who sit there. Graffiti and dumpsters where the alternative/skater kids sit, notebooks for the nerds, footballs/banners for the popular kids etc. Maybe a small fountain hidden inside one of the decorative "block" items to drink from? I can't remember if we have actual drinking fountains.
I think the gym and showers are a great idea for maintaining a sim's needs. Could have a dedicated locker room with showers so it doesn't just feel like another bathroom. Maybe if there's space for one, an actual gymnasium with workout equipment and yoga mats and a basketball hoop for afterschool activities?