Carl's take of ways for improvement.

"JoAnne65;c-17296827" wrote:

"invisiblgirl;c-17296794" wrote:

"83bienchen;c-17296364" wrote:
I feel it was a step in the false direction to get rid of the comfort motive and replace it with happy moodlets for decoration and seating.

You've hit upon something here - the moodlets themselves weren't a bad idea, and sometimes they can be fun or interesting, but they get smothered by decoration moodlets. My Sim will come home from work 'Angry', but the moment she steps in the house, her 'anger' moodlet is pushed to the back by pictures and nice furniture. There are certain interactions we can choose when a Sim is in a particular mood, but they're not available because the decoration is overwhelming.

That's one reason toddlers are so much fun to play - they aren't affected by most of the aesthetic moodlets. An angry toddler is likely stay angry for a bit, unless you do something to either distract her or difuse the anger.

That’s indeed how it should work. And it’s a shame it only works like that for toddlers.

That's exactly why most who love the toddlers know they are more fleshed out than the other ages. We all thought they were the best toddlers so far, but maybe because they were more like the older games, and were not ruled by decorations and not happy, happy, the differences of the toddler to the adult is stunning. But that is also how it is in the older games. Maybe that's why those who wanted them so much were so happy about them, because they behave like Sims in the older games. Maybe Maxis should think about why so many have that mod installed that removes all the decor moodlets, and instead of a Sim always being happy the games says they are Fine. I guess they missed that part of why so many have that mod installed. Because it removes the core feature of TS4, the decor mood emitters and puts the Sim back to the state of any Sim in the older games. I wish they would think about why so many use it.