Building in The Sims 3 University Life. Along with all of the amazing gameplay and new objects, The Sims 3 University Life adds several new options for builders to use, mainly in the form of new lot types. These new lot types allow for a huge range of buildings, from dorms to hangouts. Here’s a brief run-down on all of the new tools for you amazing builders out there!
 
Let’s start with dorms, sorority and fraternity houses. In The Sims 3 University Life world, players can build their own dorms. The sky is the limit as you make a place for your Sims to call home during their stay at university. With the new roommate functionality, Sims will automatically occupy dorms to act as roommates for your household (or you can make and move your own roommates into your dorm via edit town). A dorm can hold up to eight Sims, including your household.
 
Sororities and fraternities act very similarly to dorms and follow most of the same rules. The big difference for these lots is that they are not co-ed – sororities will automatically search for female roommates and fraternities for male roommates. These lot types also have a little bit more of a party atmosphere than regular dorms – juice keggers and dares will happen here more frequently. By the way, dorms, sororities and fraternities are free for Sims to live in while at university!

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This game update includes the following changes:
 
 
Free Sims 3 Base Game Content
 
♦ Sims can now dumpster dive from the Commercial Dumpster pre-placed in Sunset Valley and find cool items including furniture and collectibles!
 
♦ New air conditioning units and electrical box decorative objects.
 
♦ New Terrain Paint for Build Mode.
 
♦ A new traffic light for Create a World.
 
 
 
 
Base Game Updates
 
♦ Sims, cats, dogs, and horses will animate properly rather than sliding into position when performing social interactions.
 
♦ Sims will no longer occasionally flip or stutter when trying to walk through doorways.
 
♦ Gifts sent by invalid NPC Sims will no longer cause the mailbox to become unusable.
 
♦ The Fog Emitter that came with The Sims 3 Ambitions has been updated to transition properly to the new base game Fog Emitter object. Any lots created with The Sims 3 Ambitions fog emitters that were installed since the release of The Sims 3 Seasons will have to be reinstalled for the emitter effects to play properly. There is no need to re-upload any content to The Sims 3 Exchange – all content created with either The Sims 3 Ambitions fog emitter or the new base game fog emitter will work properly when installed after this update is applied.
 
♦ The Fog Emitter is once again moveable once placed in the world.
 
♦ Placing blueprints on foundations can no longer cause the game to crash.
 
♦ Placing a blueprint in a high rise or an apartment building can no longer cause the game to crash.
 
♦ Using the right mouse button to position the camera while previewing blueprints will now function properly.
 
♦ Greeting Cards placed in the home will no longer block Sims from accessing dressers or beds.
 
♦ Foundation walls are now considered to be light blocking. This prevents snow from accumulating within holes in a foundation that are entirely enclosed within the interior of a building.
Sims that already had the hidden diving skill prior to game update 1.42 will now be able to use diving boards.
 
♦ Broken Omni Plant gift boxes will no longer appear in the Sims inventory when travelling between worlds.
 
 
 
 
Ambitions Updates
 
♦ Ghosts will now properly appear for level 5 Ghost Hunters so they can continue their career progression.
 
 
 
 
Late Night Updates
 
♦ Deleting doors to NPC apartments can no longer cause the game to crash.
 
♦ Sims will now animate properly when selecting to dance together in clubs from The Sims 3 Late Night when The Sims 3 Supernatural is not installed.
 
♦ Improved performance in Bridgeport related to Sim routing.
 
 
 
 
Generations Updates
 
♦ Pillow Fight wishes will appear much less frequently.
 
 
 
 
Showtime Updates
 
♦ The Park performance venue will now properly place in older save files created before installing The Sims 3 Showtime and any later expansions or stuff packs.
 
♦ Karaoke Machine wishes will appear much less frequently.
 
♦ The Heckle interaction is no longer available in Sims swimming in the ocean.
 
 
 
 
Seasons Updates
 
♦ Sims can now route properly on floor tiles built above a frozen water surface.
 
♦ Hot Dog and Pie Eating contests can no longer ironically cause a Sim to starve to death.
 
♦ Harvestable plants that are grown indoors can no longer become dormant or accumulate snow.
 
♦ Harvestable plants grown inside biodomes will no longer turn dormant in freezing temperatures.
 
♦ Harvestable plants will now always be watered during a rainstorm rather than the check only occurring once per day.
 
♦ UFOs can now abduct Sims from households that don’t have enough room for the UFO to appear on the lot.
 
♦ Sims will no longer become invisible if The Sims 3 Seasons is uninstalled with a save game created while a Sim is being abducted by aliens.
 
♦ Festival Grounds are now valid destinations for sending a Sim to perform through SimPort for players with The Sims 3 Showtime.
 
♦ Sims animations are properly reset when editing an active Festival Grounds lot.
 
♦ Performance was improved when selecting the “Invade a Community Lot” interaction on the UFO.
 
♦ Performance was improved when directing Sims to have a Water Balloon or Snowball fight on a cluttered lot.
 
♦ Ice sculptures from The Sims 3 Ambitions no longer melt in sub-freezing temperatures.
 
♦ NPCs that throw parties in the winter will no longer select Swimwear as the suggested clothing.
 
♦ Saving the game prior to a NPC Sim’s costume party will no longer cause Sims to reset upon loading the save file. Frost no longer appears to be a pure white surface on floor tiles or staircases on low detail lots.
 
♦ Reflective surfaces no longer suddenly pop back on when snow is melting.
 
♦ Rain drops from roof edges now fade out along with the roof.
 
♦ Water Balloon and Snowball fights are now easier to cancel from the action queue.
 
♦ Gloves no longer appear twice when selecting Outerwear.
 
♦ Sims can now be in the rain without an umbrella for a longer period of time before receiving the Soaked moodlet.
 
♦ The frequency of alien abductions (without user intervention to increase chances) has been lowered.
 
♦ The frequency of aliens visiting the player’s household (without user intervention to increase chances) has been lowered. They will however still visit the world at the same frequency.
 
♦ The frequency of getting called by an NPC Sim to go out on a date has been lowered.
 
♦ The frequency of umbrellas breaking has been lowered.
 
 
 
 
Store Updates
 
♦ Lemons and eggplants will now show up in the Collection Journal.
 
♦ Malleable Mimic Voodoo Doll, Lord Vladimir’s Magic Cauldron, Soothsayer’s Crystal Ball, and Lady Ravendancer Goth’s Book o’ Spells will all now give skills introduced in The Sims 3 Supernatural.
 
♦ Fixed issues that occurred when trying to reinstall store lots.

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Whether Sims are throwing the party of their lives, rallying a protest or hitting the books, we think that these new Simlish tunes are sure to leave a footprint your time spent playing University Life.
 
There’s new music from the California indie rock band The Mowgli’s, the British Pop group Blaise, the Norwegian sensation Donkeyboy and many more. With such an eclectic mix of songs to choose from, you and your Sims are sure to have the time of your lives in this pack. Here’s the full list of artists:
 
 
•    Ashtar Command – “All of our Lives we Must Learn to Forget”

•    Dan Deacon – “True Thrush”

•    Gold Fields – “Treehouse”

•    The Mowgli’s – “San Francisco”

•    The Royal Concept – “D amn”

•    The Shades – “Gobba Bweezie”

•    Blaise – “Thunderstorm”

•    Leontib – “U Nu Wah”

•    Donkeyboy – “City Boy”

•    The Penelopes – “Now Now Now”


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