Constant Sad Mood

"Daephene;c-17725576" wrote:
Is shared sadness something that only happens if they have a loving sentiment with the first sad sim? I don't have the pack yet and haven't played much since the patch so I'm just wondering what it's attached to.

There is a homesickness moodlet that sims sometimes get when going to Granite Falls or Batuu, so that might be the source of some of it, at least on vacations.

The first sad Sim does not necessarily need to be sad, if they have certain uncomfortable moodlet its enough to get second Sims to feel sad for them. But it does not trigger for every uncomfortable moodlets that exist in the game. My Sims got the shared sadness when his son have 3 uncomfortable moodlets related to the low motives.

"Daephene;c-17725576" wrote:
Is shared sadness something that only happens if they have a loving sentiment with the first sad sim? I don't have the pack yet and haven't played much since the patch so I'm just wondering what it's attached to.

There is a homesickness moodlet that sims sometimes get when going to Granite Falls or Batuu, so that might be the source of some of it, at least on vacations.

I would understand a homesickness moodlet if the vacation was extended for a long period of time. It should not happen, and nor should they be homesick, if they are gone for a few days. They should be excited to go on a vacation,and they should be enjoying it.

Is there a way to cheat pets moods?
My 2 sims on vacation got sad but I got them out of it pretty easily and quick just by doing activities, but their dog keeps getting sad over and over again...idk why, it all started with a snowthunderstorm which makes dogs tense, but it has been 2 ingame days and the doggy is still blue.

My child sim is now constantly sad or angry when around her family because she got a hurt sentiment from not being blessed at the festival of youth, even though I told both parents to bless her and I thought they did. My other sims are constantly sad because they're bad at winter sports and because their family members are sad. I don't mind the shared sadness thing every once in awhile but I think they need to tone it down because my sim who is supposedly cheerful is sad all the time.

I hate it when Sims are sad all the time for no good reason. I strive to keep my Sims happy, especially when they’re doing something they would enjoy.

I think sentiments are the cause personally because now moods linger more then before.

The sentiments seem to be messing with sim's moodlets. My sim was disappointed during snowboarding on an easy slope because he wasn't "good at it". That's a weird type of thinking because he was a level 1 snowboarder and had only gone 2x to the slopes. So I don't think that it is accurate that they're randomly sad. They're also triggered if another sim (Especially one in their household that they have sentiments with) are sad. I had my child sim sad because his dad was sad about the disappointing snowboard experience. It made no sense, it affected certain actions that I wanted them to do, and it made them want to cancel certain actions I wanted them to do in order to "cry it out" because of the sad moodlet.

"SageRainWillow;c-17723345" wrote:
I like the shared sadness, but this is probably going to be an unpopular opinion. As the old saying goes, "If mama's not happy, ain't nobody happy." When a member of my family irl is upset, generally the mood of the house is somber. There's no one smiling and going about life like everything is fine.

Now for my constructive criticism: I wish moodlets like this mentioned WHO in the family is the root cause of it. Instead, I have to go on a hunting expedition to find out how every single family member is feeling. Was it grandma who got sad reminiscing in her rocking chair? Is it the teen about to pee his pants? As a player of big families.... I kinda need more to go on.

My child sim got angry at her toddler brother for not blessing her at the Youth Festival. Like all of my whats?

Yes, my Sims are too sad now. It's a new system so I imagine that it's going to take a few tweaks to get right.

I'm actually not a fan of the emotion contagion. It's just going to cause more of all Sims acting the same. I really prefer individuality. Maybe if the sad Sim actually talks to another Sim about their problems, then I can see it making them sad too, depending on their traits. If they're mean though, they should laugh at the sad Sim, lol.

"fullspiral;c-17724558" wrote:

"keekee53;c-17724545" wrote:
I am sorry but I don't understand why sims are even sad in the first place because they are not good at sports. I can see an active sim not being happy about it but EVERY sim getting sad because they are not good at winter sports. Clumsy sims should find it funny when they fail. Snobs and proper sims should be embarrassed. Slobs shouldn't care, etc Cheerful sims should have a good time no matter what. This to me is where they fail with uniqueness. Emotions should be driven by traits.

Exactly!

I could have said it better myself.

It's odd that sims without the gloomy trait are getting sad all the time.