Sims smile too much

"mightysprite;c-18138613" wrote:
"Fine" is the default mood isn't it?

I think OP trying to said, "Fine" should be more often, and happy should be less often.

Yeah, I'm using the Meaningful Stories mod with True Happiness module since it makes Fine act more like the default mood it's supposed to be. Happy was way too dominating since they all kept grinning like idiots 24/7 just because they have a nice painting on the wall or ate decent food or something. Nevermind my best friend just died yesterday BUT DAT PAINTING/FOOD!!! Like, look, nice for them to be Happy and I'm easily happy person myself but I don't look like I'm high just because I'm happy lol.

@BettyNewbie1 I've found this mod, hope it helps!

https://floppant.tumblr.com/post/167618611285/shimrods-facial-overlays-less-smiling-fix-two

The constant grinning will never NOT annoy me. This has been an internal complaint of mine throughout the life of ts4. I make way too many serious or mean sims for all of that grinning. Looks goofy lol.
Neutral look should be default. Grinning only if very happy.

I use Meaningful Stories like Thrior. Keeps Sims in much more stable, yet varied moods and default of Fine. It’s been a staple mod for me for years. Hardly ever breaks with updates too!

I totally agree. They did make some adjustments to make "Fine" stronger, but if all needs are full, Sims are automatically "Happy" buffed. Eating a decent meal...also "Happy". Decorations..."Happy" again. The simple, day to day default tasks and bare minimum should not buff Happy. It just keeps the game unbalanced and ends up always overriding the other emotions if you take good care of your Sims. A cared for Sim should be "Fine", and it should take additional stimuli, determined by Sim personality, interaction, objects or special circumstances, to make them "Happy", the same way it does for other emotions. And that's where I feel that the initial design of emotion mechanics in Sims 4 went wrong; they put too much stress on default happiness instead of making it an emotion to earn like the others.

I would love to see more tweaking done to balance this.

@LiELF thanks for the reply, very insightful. Sims are unbothered when their grandparents die because they took a shower, then they eat a poor meal while staring towards a blank wall with a psycho grin! I notice gloomy and hothead sims are "happy," too. It feeds into the lack of individuality from sim to sim.

I wish I could mod it, I am a PS4 player however.

@Thrior I thought this exact thing and went to post the thread! I didn't because I do not know what is restricted on the forums. You read my mind.

"Thrior;c-18138717" wrote:
I'm easily happy person myself but I don't look like I'm high just because I'm happy lol.