HSY & DU Tweaks for Ilkavelle’s Magic School!
Requirements: Ilkavelle's Magic School!
This mod is not a replacement!
This mod is an ADD-ON!
For my tweaks to work, you'll need to download Ilkavelle's Magic School from her page!
Now with that out of the way, I wanna come out the gate and say that Ilkavelle's magic school is just a better experience than High School Years. Period. I understand that's just my opinion, but we're also playing a game where magic powers is more impactful than a high school diploma.
But that doesn't mean I don't want the high school diploma, though! Playing both the mod and high school years felt like i was split between systems. I'd go to magic school and get all my spells as fast as I can, and then transfer to normal school to get that hidden "A" trait that helps with normal careers. Completely my own issue, I was tired of the incongruence of these systems not noticing each other. I made this mod for a more integrated interaction between High School Years, and Discover University. Especially since your teens are still learning real skills from magic school, so it's not like they live in a vacuum.
High School Years
Teenagers will also earn their diploma after aging up. Except when it's Sunday, apparently. The game doesn't show the diploma notification when it's Sunday. Their graduation will be scheduled on the calendar, and your sim will be prompted to go, although... They may not give the valedictorian speech.
While testing, my sim was not marked as the Valedictorian during graduation, despite being the only sim who ACTUALLY had the Valedictorian trait. Not sure why, but I left it alone. Technically, your sim didn't even go there. You're just using their Auditorium. Still disrespectful, though.
Discover University
This got me kinda excited when I figured it out, and also made me realize why nobody makes custom scholarships because they're completely override dependent. I'll tell you what got overridden down below, but the scholarship comes first. Spellcasters with an Excellent score on their SAGE are entitled to a scholarship of 500 simoleons while enrolled in ANY distinguished degree program! This adds a bit more value to the normal skills gained while in magic school, and gives spellcasters a leg up if they choose to further their education.
Tuning Overrides
This add-on conflicts with any mod that touches the following tuning... or tries to add their own custom scholarships.
loot_HSExit_ReportCard_Graduate_Honors ID 277827
loot_HSExit_ReportCard_Graduate_Valedictorian ID 277828
loot_HSExit_ReportCard_Dropout ID 277830
displaySnippetPicker_UniversityScholarships_Apply_Computer ID 226218
displaySnippetPicker_UniversityScholarships_Apply_Mailbox ID 226223
I doubt there's gonna be any big conflicts, because I haven't found anyone else who even tried to make custom scholarships, but you never know. Anyways, that's all! Have fun! 🧙🍎✨
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