How do I recover campus attractiveness after a disaster hits?

[Unexpected]

I have a campus that has been hit by several natural disasters, and each time its attractiveness goes down, but it apparently doesn't go back up to its old value even if you rebuild everything that was destroyed. I don't understand. I have so many buildings, including every single varsity sports stadium, and yet the game still says the campus isn't attractive enough to reach the next level. What am I supposed to do to recover the attractiveness other than just spamming statues all over the campus?

[kristofburger]

Originally posted by Unexpected:

I have a campus that has been hit by several natural disasters, and each time its attractiveness goes down, but it apparently doesn't go back up to its old value even if you rebuild everything that was destroyed. I don't understand.

It's a bug, as far as I know. IIRC the "hitbox" of campus buildings is interacted multiple times per (at least) meteor and tornado, which also multiplies the attractiveness penalty every time a building is hit. This and other Natural Disasters related bugs have been reported a long time ago, but it seems there's been no time or interest to fix them.

[Unexpected]

Originally posted by kristofburger:

Originally posted by Unexpected:

I have a campus that has been hit by several natural disasters, and each time its attractiveness goes down, but it apparently doesn't go back up to its old value even if you rebuild everything that was destroyed. I don't understand.

It's a bug, as far as I know. IIRC the "hitbox" of campus buildings is interacted multiple times per (at least) meteor and tornado, which also multiplies the attractiveness penalty every time a building is hit. This and other Natural Disasters related bugs have been reported a long time ago, but it seems there's been no interest in fixing them.

Oh, wow... Is there at least some sort of workaround then? Or a mod that fixes the bug?

[MaxFX]

First time I'm hearing about this as well. Could removing the 'Administrative Building' and rebuilding it help? (that would also mean your entire campus gets removed including all the works?)

[Unexpected]

Originally posted by MaxFX:

First time I'm hearing about this as well. Could removing the 'Administrative Building' and rebuilding it help? (that would also mean your entire campus gets removed including all the works?)

Hmm, yeah, removing the administrative building and placing it again works, but it also gets rid of all academic works in the process, unfortunately...