The Sim that I posted the screen shots of was the 2nd try. When I had the problem the first time, it was in a game where I had used one cheat, and I thought maybe that had messed it up. So I created a new game with nothing but a single painter, and focused immediately on that and nothing else — very pure game. Happened again.
@CobbleWoods To be sure, The main mood was flirty when you didn't have the option, right ? I just tested that part.
Actually not sure if inspired has a painting or if it's called differently. I'll check on that.
EDIT: Actually there isn't. So the flirty one remains.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/783645/emotional-paintings (it's an old thread but it should still be this way)
@crinrictThe mood in the screen shots was flirty. Inspired does not have a painting. I have also tried with confident, which should have one, and I'm not getting it with that option either. I haven't tried it yet with sad or whatever the other possible moods are.
I also just thought to try running Repair on the game, but that still didn't make it show up. I'm wondering if I'm going to have to do a whole uninstall and reinstall, but I'm hoping it won't come to that.
@CobbleWoods On the screenshot your main mood is inspired.
It needs to say flirty.
One flirty moodlet isn't enough.
@crinrict Ah, thanks! Not one of the guides I consulted specified that — they all just said take a steamy shower and you're good to go.
Now I'm kicking myself because I actually untinstalled and started the hours-long process of reinstalling. But it's definitely good to know for when I've got it all going again!
