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Aceeee82
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2 years ago

Re: Focused and confident moodlets last longer

@simsplayer818 thank you for replying.

I have a house full of decor for every mood (when you enter build mode on a vacant lot all items are unlocked you dont even need cheats). So i know this trick.

I need my sim to stay focused while at work (passive), so when i make him work hard his work performance meter will fill up in one day. he gets a raise every day!

I have that working already for my scientist sim i just dont know how i made that happen. I need ways to get focused for an entire or even most of a 7-9 hours work day. So what im looking for are interactions with long term effects.

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    simsplayer818
    Hero
    2 years ago
    @Aceeee82 I add these things around the science lab and other active career locations too to create a focused environment. But if you're talking about when you don't follow them to work then I send my Sims to work focused after watching the plasmatron TV or something like that. Some career tasks have moodlets attached so if you send them to work take a look at the options and see if any add a focused moodlet if you choose them.
    I don't know if you've ever used Carl's Sims Guides but he has comprehensive career guides with tips, including moods. His guides are really reliable and he has them for all careers.

    As for pushing for promotions all day I can't do that now since adding Growing Together as my Sims get Burnout if they work too hard! But with active careers I don't get that if I go to work with them.
    You can add the Entrepreneurial reward trait to help them get promoted faster too. You'll know already I'm sure that completing their assigned daily task in the career panel helps too as well as good relationships with colleagues.
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    simsplayer818
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    2 years ago
    @Aceeee82 Just been reminded of another tip to stay focused today. My Genius Sim is Focused almost all of the time and returns home from her Critic Career in a Focused mood too. I hadn't thought of that before. So I looked it up and Geek and Perfectionist Sims are also Focused a lot of the time.
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    Aceeee82
    Rising Hotshot
    2 years ago

    @simsplayer818 yea.

    Those are the 3 focused traits. I give them to all docor/detective/scientist sim i play.

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    Aceeee82
    Rising Hotshot
    2 years ago

    @simsplayer818 well i dont have snowy escape. and what did you say about spa day?

    Edit: I dont mind burnouts. It gives me something extra to do, and the sim have the free time.

    For creative fog i hack workplace and tend garden. For mental i work on a book/video/painting. With a good night sleep the burnout will be resolved by the time for work again.

    My sims have so many happy moodlets they don't even get dazed.

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    simsplayer818
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    2 years ago
    @Aceeee82 with Spa Day it contributes to the Snowy Escape Surge Emotions by adding more mindfulness techniques to get to the level required to be able to use them. But since the Surge Emotions are part of Snowy Escape then I don't think that tip will be available for you.
    But Spa Day has other things to get focused like the Citrus bath and Yoga I mentioned earlier and also the Sharpening Saffron incense in terms of things you could use before going to work to give them a focusing boost.
  • Aceeee82's avatar
    Aceeee82
    Rising Hotshot
    2 years ago

    @simsplayer818 I still cant figure out how to get the 6 hours buff from ponder chess moves, playing chess and research gardening. Perhaps you could test those as well.

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    simsplayer818
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    2 years ago

    @Aceeee82 I didn't get it from Research when gardening or from Ponder Moves with chess either if those actions were done in isolation when testing. But I found that the most effective thing to do was stack focused actions one after the other to maintain focus for an entire day and return home from work still focused and stay that way until late at night.

    My Sim has the Perfectionist and Genius Traits. I got her to start the day with a Citrus Bath while burning Sharpening Saffron on the Spa Day incense burner, then I got her to Smell the Aroma on the incense before heading to the kitchen where she had Pitch Black Tea with another incense burner nearby burning Sharpening Saffron. Everything she did after that boosted her focus. When she went to work (she's a food critic) I chose Write Reviews which gives a focused buff too. So she arrived home very focused and importantly she still had the Citrus Bath moodlet from the morning. When she did Ponder Moves on the chessboard it then boosted her focus again. She was focused till very late evening but it switched to Happy after taking care of her cats (I kept ignoring them while testing lol and they were trying to run away from home). I tested using Make Connections too at work and got the same result.

    I tested it a few times and got the same results. When I tried it with just 1 of the Focused actions on it's own it didn't last. I'm adding images to show you how it went. I was testing it without focussing decor because that's only effective when it's nearby whereas the focussing incense gives a lasting buff.

  • Aceeee82's avatar
    Aceeee82
    Rising Hotshot
    2 years ago

    @simsplayer818 i've managed to duplicate it. i suspect it has something to do with the botanist aspiration being completed since both did. as for the chess i'm not sure but they both completed all the knowledge aspirations. so 3 actions with 6 hours moodlet thats pretty cool!

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    simsplayer818
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    2 years ago
    @Aceeee82 That's great!
    I often start out with Knowledge Aspirations to give a Sim the Quick Learner Trait. I can't get my Sims to get Focused from the Research plant at all but that Citrus Bath has been the most useful one for me. They also started a few fires with the Sharpening Saffron incense!
    I revisited some Techie/Gaming Sims to keep testing how long I can get that Citrus bath Focused moodlet to stay with them. I found Active Sims find it harder to maintain Focus because the Energised buff keeps overriding everything. So a Sims personality is a factor too especially as it evolves with all the additional traits allowed with Growing Together.
    I usually use the Inspired buff more than the Focused one so it's not something I'd tested in great detail. But it's been really interesting!
  • Aceeee82's avatar
    Aceeee82
    Rising Hotshot
    2 years ago

    @simsplayer818 not research plant, research gardening via the computer. it becomes available at gardening level 2.

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    simsplayer818
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    2 years ago
    @Aceeee82 Ah I see thanks for clarifying. I thought you meant the Research you do when you're actually gardening.
    I'll test the other action too for my focused Sims as I hadn't tested that one.
  • Aceeee82's avatar
    Aceeee82
    Rising Hotshot
    2 years ago

    @simsplayer818 well the botanist aspiration has nothing to do with it. I have a sim with that aspiration but without any of the knowledge aspirations and she got only 4 hours. Ill have her complete some knowledge aspirations and test.

  • Aceeee82's avatar
    Aceeee82
    Rising Hotshot
    2 years ago

    @simsplayer818 it seems that browsing simpedia and viewing focused work also get the bonus.

    I also totally forgot about the perfectionist trait which grants 12 hours of +2 focused moodlet after creating a masterpiece.

  • simsplayer818's avatar
    simsplayer818
    Hero
    2 years ago
    @Aceeee82 Yes I use the focused work to display around desks. The Mathematical diagrams are a good one for that. I get artist Sims to produce a few of those to sell in stores so other Sims can buy them. Same with the Space Prints, etc.
  • Aceeee82's avatar
    Aceeee82
    Rising Hotshot
    2 years ago

    @simsplayer818 I did it!
    Both my scientist and detective sims go to work with a +7 focused moodlet that lasts 6 hours, and get a raise every day!

    Unfortunately my doctor sim (who is a female - the others are males) gets the moodlets for only 4 hours.

    She completed all of the knowledge aspirations plus the freelance botanist.
    How the heck can I get her to have that bonus too? augh! so frustrating.

  • simsplayer818's avatar
    simsplayer818
    Hero
    2 years ago
    @Aceeee82 Well done! I can picture your Sims now exhausted with ice packs on their heads after all that hard work!
    Sims with the new Practice Makes Perfect Trait from the Happy at Home login event also tend to be focused. I've been in build mode this week and the Science Lair lot trait also focuses Sims. If you have Snowy Escape and have Lifestyles there's the Workaholic lifestyle too, I had to toggle off Lifestyles as my Sims all became depressed. I must give it another try. There's also the City Living toilets with the holograph options, they cause Sims to be focused too after watching them.

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