[FIXED] [BDK] Clean house inspired moodlet overpowers others needed for tasks

the clean house moodlet overrides all others and it never goes away you can do like I did and upload your sim to the gallery and turn off the dust in game and start a new save because even if you turn it off in game now the moodlet

wont go away it needs to be toned down bad

Agreed, the buff on the inspired moodlet overpowers everything and makes achievements impossible that require a different mood.

Hey Crin!

So when the house is clean, it gives a +2 inspired moodlet. I don't have any focused decor that I can see, and what I found online mentioned items that were given as rewards when 4 came out to those who had certain expansions of sims 3 registered on origin (the plumbom lanterns more specifically). I had all sims 3 expansions, but they are hard disks so I didn't get those.

I did find out that if you let the house get dusty (like stage 1 dust where you see the first dust bunny), it changes to a +1 happiness moodlet, and the focus one can override that.

While I'm glad I was able to find a workaround, the fact remains that I shouldn't HAVE to.


On a side note, I wanted to mention that I also discovered last night that if a sim has a vaccuum in their inventory, they will stop doing anything you ask them to do (like bathe, workout, etc) and constantly keep cleaning the floors even after they are clean. So you have to clean the floor, then remove it out of their inventory. Another thing I found is that the little roomba-like machines won't work on upstairs rooms. My sim is in one of the original upper class houses and it just stalls no matter where I place it. Even on my other file where the sim is in a single level home, it will work and then just give a little "can't move" explanation symbol and then just sit there and do nothing even if you tell it to go back to its dock. You have to go into build mode and manually move it back.

The kit overall is just very wonky.

Yep, the +2 inspiration overrides most other moodlets unless it's a +3 or higher from what I can see, and can be pushed back only when the house gets dusty and the moodlet changes to a +1 happiness. There are some exceptions that I've been able to find as I continue to play my file, namely if you overclock your computer and have the tech lifestyle it will push you into a very focused mood which will override the inspiration (the overclock moodlet that triggers it lasts 8 hours) and if you vacuum it will give you a very focused moodlet for a VERY brief moment but not long enough to be able to do mood-based aspiration activities.

I would personally prefer for the buff to be timed. That is that it appears directly after cleaning and then lasts for a certain amount of time. The way it is now with being so persistent, my sims hardly have any emotions other than inspired active.