Uni Career Wants & Interest Based Career Wants
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This mod enables regular wants to Get a Job in university careers and restricts other full-time career wants by interests.
University careers are -- Artist, Paranormal, ShowBiz, Natural Scientist.
Limits are not too bad, sims still roll a bunch of career choices.
Requirements
University EP and Apartment Life or Mansion & Garden. Ultimate Collection also works.
Files & Versions
WantTrees_AL_UniCareers - all changes for Apartment Life
WantTrees_AL_UniCareers_NoHobbies - no changes to hobby trees, for Apartment Life
WantTrees_MG_UniCareers - all changes for Mansions and Ultimate Collection
WantTrees_MG_UniCareers_NoHobbies - no changes to hobby trees, for Mansions and Ultimate Collection
Bonus: getUniCareerWithoutEducation - so that non-graduates can find a job in Uni careers. If you have another mod to unlock them, you don't need this file.
Installation
1. Download ONE version of WantTrees for your game
2. Optionally, download getUniCareerWithoutEducation
3. Unzip all archives to get packages from them
4. Find Wants folder in your latest EP location. For the Ultimate Collection it would be somewhere here: \Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Wants
5. Make a backup copy of WantTrees.package
6. Replace the original file with my WantTrees.package
7. Put getUniCareerWithoutEducation in your Downloads folder, if you downloaded it
Uninstallation
Simply replace edited WantTrees.package with your backed up copy of the original file. Remove getUniCareerWithoutEducation.
Known Issues
Sims may roll new wants even if they haven't graduated university, but the careers are normally not available for uneducated sims. I suggest using getUniCareerWithoutEducation or a similar mod to unlock them. You don't have to, though.
Conflicts
Any mod that edits want trees file. If you want to combine several mods, copy paste individual trees from my file to your WantTrees.package.
Career Wants Restricted By Interests
(Sims have to have at least 6 points in a corresponding interest) (Only for full-time careers)
Medicine - Health
Athletics - Sports
Adventurer - Travel
Culinary - Food
Paranormal - Paranormal
Natural Scientist - Environment
Education - School
Oceanography - Animals
Business - Money
Politics - Politics
Military - Politics (preferred, but not restricted)
Science - Sci-Fi (preferred, but not restricted)
Construction - Work
Law - Work
Criminal - Crime
Law Enforcement - Crime
Intelligence - Crime
Entertainment - Entertainment
ShowBiz - Entertainment
Gamer - Entertainment
Music - Entertainment
Dance - Culture
Artist - Culture
Journalism - Culture (preferred, but not restricted)
Slacker - (no preference)
Edited Want Trees
0x8deb4dce - Edited to restrict careers by interests.
0xefc6fc9e - Edited to restrict careers by interests.
0x2e098043 - Edited to restrict careers by interests.
0xae09873e - Edited to restrict careers by interests.
0x6e097d31 - Edited to restrict careers by interests.
0xade5a13c - Pushes specific careers into the panels of all Sims based on their aspiration and personality. This tree is for adults. Edited to add Uni careers and to restrict almost all careers by interests.
0x6e05c062 - Centralized tree for a Sim to want classic things at certain times of their life. Edited to add Uni careers and to restrict almost all careers by interests.
0x74562586 - Film and Lit. Edited to reduce ads a few places, add show biz career track and change personality for novel writing (was active, now shy).
0x143753a1 - Arts and Crafts. Edited to reduce ads a few places, add artist career and fix teen career track.
0x54607990 - Nature. Edited to reduce ads a few places, add natural science career track and restrict some wants by personality (catch butterflies/fireflies - playful, birdwatch - shy, go hiking - active).
You can edit your own WantTrees package. Copy-paste contents of individual trees from my file to yours, only the ones you want.
Picture Credits
Hair by platinumaspiration
UI by simstate
| Filename | Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| WantTrees_MG_UniCareers.zip | zip | |
| WantTrees.package | package | 4137356 |
| Filename | Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| WantTrees_MG_UniCareers_NoHobbies.zip | zip | |
| WantTrees.package | package | 3137332 |
| Filename | Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| WantTrees_AL_UniCareers.zip | zip | |
| WantTrees.package | package | 4134929 |
| Filename | Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| WantTrees_AL_UniCareers_NoHobbies.zip | zip | |
| WantTrees.package | package | 3134939 |
| Filename | Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| getUniCareerWithoutEducation.zip | zip | |
| lamare_getUniCareerWithoutEducation.package | package | 480 |
Note from the Creator:
Custom installation instructions! READ ME!
In addition to the normal installation instructions, this download also has a custom instruction, as follows:
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. - Find Wants folder in your latest EP location. For the Ultimate Collection it would be somewhere here: \Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Wants
- Make a backup copy of WantTrees.package
- Replace the original file with my WantTrees.package
- If you downloaded getUniCareerWithoutEducation, put it in your Downloads folder
Need more information?
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
- Custom content not showing up in the game? See: Game Help: Getting Custom Content to Show Up.
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WantTrees_MG_UniCareers.zip
| all changes for Mansions and Ultimate Collection
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Uploaded: 10th Dec 2023, 1.17 MB.
3,166 downloads.
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WantTrees_MG_UniCareers_NoHobbies.zip
| no changes to hobby trees, for Mansions and Ultimate Collection
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Uploaded: 10th Dec 2023, 1.17 MB.
462 downloads.
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WantTrees_AL_UniCareers.zip
| all changes for Apartment Life
Download
Uploaded: 10th Dec 2023, 1.19 MB.
261 downloads.
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WantTrees_AL_UniCareers_NoHobbies.zip
| no changes to hobby trees, for Apartment Life
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Uploaded: 10th Dec 2023, 1.17 MB.
170 downloads.
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getUniCareerWithoutEducation.zip
| so that non-graduates can find a job in Uni careers
Download
Uploaded: 10th Dec 2023, 350 Bytes.
1,781 downloads.
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Install Instructions
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. - Find Wants folder in your latest EP location. For the Ultimate Collection it would be somewhere here: \Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Wants
- Make a backup copy of WantTrees.package
- Replace the original file with my WantTrees.package
- If you downloaded getUniCareerWithoutEducation, put it in your Downloads folder
Need more information?
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
- Custom content not showing up in the game? See: Game Help: Getting Custom Content to Show Up.
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Uploaded: 10th Dec 2023 at 6:15 PM
Updated: 11th Mar 2024 at 5:54 PM
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Packs Needed
| Base Game | |
|---|---|
![]() | Sims 2 |
| Expansion Pack | |
|---|---|
![]() | University |
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Uni Career Wants & Interest Based Career Wants


