Education Makes Me Sick!
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It's common knowledge that the common cold is commonly found at public places, and Sims 2 has that in common with real life.
The catch is, while adults can be caught catching colds and the flu at work, children and teens would never catch anything but the bus. That caught my attention.
Looking into the code, I could confirm that schools were, indeed, places of absolute immunity.
And it does seem like Maxis might have considered otherwise at some point, because there is a constant in place with the label "Get Sick at Work % chance" - which, by the way, is in the same place, and carries the same name found in the respective constant for work-related functions. This constant just never gets used in school-related functions at all.
Just a couple days before me, heathensimmer released a mod to allow Uni students to take a sickness home from class.
And so I thought now would be a great time to give children and teens that first-hand experience of contracting a disease, too.
With this simple mod in your Downloads folder, each time a kid comes home from school, no matter whether on the school bus or in a private car, there is a 1% (1 in 100) chance that they will either come back carrying a cold or the flu, both being equally likely to happen.
These odds are the same as for adults bringing home a sickness from work. To me personally, this feels fair and intended by Maxis.
RequirementsExpansion Pack: Nightlife or higher.
This is because the function I change checks the internal category of the car that the kid comes back in and "Ownable Vehicle" was not a category present in the base game.
I was able to add a way to skip an additional apartment check in the code if Apartment Life is not installed, meaning that is not a requirement.
Overrides| Resource name | Resource type | Group | Associated object or semi-global | Instance |
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| Sub - Return to World | Behaviour Function (BHAV) | 0x7FBE051B | JobDataSchoolGlobals | 0x0000201D |
New resourcesAs this is a brand new resource, there should be no conflicts.
| Resource name | Resource type | Group | Associated object or semi-global | Instance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub - Test for Disease | Behaviour Function (BHAV) | 0x7FBE051B | JobDataSchoolGlobals | 0x00002145 |
Conflicts and NotesObviously, anything that overrides this particular resource will conflict with my mod. Let me know in the comments if HCDU reports a conflict with a mod you use, and I'll let you know if it can be resolved through load order, a compatibility patch, or not at all.
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If you use piqiwi's Prom + Afterschool Activity, you need to download the respective compatible version of my mod, and make it load after his mod. - There is a conflict with twojeffs' School Bus Bring Friend Dialog but you can just make my mod load after theirs and you'll be good to go. Do note however! twojeffs' mod has an undocumented feature where kids will route away from the school bus when they get out. Due to it not being the main focus of that mod, I decided against making a compatibility patch. Instead, if you still want to combat crowding issues, use simler90's School Come Home Mod, which does the exact same thing but without the conflict.
- simler90's School Mods are all perfectly fine to use together with this mod.
Credits- Maxis and EA for creating Sims 2 in the first place
- The Creators of SimPE and especially the BHAV plugin
- My fiancée who is just the sweetest person in the world...

Have fun and happy Simming!
~ Blueybre
| Filename | Type | Size |
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| EducationMakesMeSick.zip | zip | |
| Blueybre_EducationMakesMeSick.package | package | 1011 |
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| EducationMakesMeSick-afterschoolactivity.zip | zip | |
| zzzzzBlueybre_EducationMakesMeSick-afterschoolactivity.package | package | 1241 |
Note from the Creator:
Use the EducationMakesMeSick-afterschoolactivity version only if you use piqiwi's Prom + Afterschool Activity. If you ever remove said mod, you will have to swap versions, otherwise errors will occur.
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EducationMakesMeSick.zip
| The standard version you will usually want.
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Uploaded: 3rd May 2026, 611 Bytes.
222 downloads.
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EducationMakesMeSick-afterschoolactivity.zip
| Get this version only if you have piqiwi's Prom + Afterschool Activity mod.
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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. Place in Downloads Folder: Cut and paste the .package file(s) into your Downloads folder:
- Origin (Ultimate Collection): Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows Vista/7/8/10: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Mac: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads
- Mac x64: /Library/Containers/com.aspyr.sims2.appstore/Data/Library/Application Support/Aspyr/The Sims 2/Downloads
- 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.
- If you don't have a Downloads folder, just make one. See instructions at: Game Help: No Downloads Folder.
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About Me
As my title suggests, I like wreaking havoc... but I also like providing useful bug fixes, features or new mechanics.
I make sure my mods can be enjoyed by as many players as possible, so I strive to make my mods as compatible with different game setups as I can. Mac players want to enjoy mods, too!
I love the language diversity we have in the world and so am always looking for human translators to provide translations to languages other than English.
I have been a childhood Sims 1 player but did not get to enjoy the newer games until my fiancée sparked my interest again. Starting with Sims 3, followed by 4, then 2. Nowadays, I choose to only play Sims 2 (and also Sims 3), because they're the zenith of the series in my Humble opinion. (...Get it? Humble? Rod? Haha...)
I prefer building houses over actually playing, and I have made my own custom world on Sims 3. Maybe I'll publish some of my Sims 3 works at some point...
My Sims 3 traits would be: Clumsy, Eco-Friendly, Frugal, Loner, Night Owl. (And a hidden Pyromaniac. Hehe.)
My pronouns are he/him, but to be fair I don't mind what you use to address me.
I am a little obsessed with the British way of spelling words.
I am an Aspie, diagnosed at the age of five, so I may show strange behaviour at times, and used to often jump at people with like-minded interests (such as a certain profile picture) to try and socialise with. I have this under better control now, but it is how I met my fiancée, back in 2012 on YouTube. Engaged since 07/12/2024. :luff:
Besides Sims, I also like Pokémon (duh) and Genshin Impact! (Nilou best girl~ :3)
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Education Makes Me Sick!

