Download for feedback: Happiness Overhaul v3

This is a new mod I'm working on. The bulk of it is done, but I'd really like some people to try it out for a while in regular play and tell me what they think, while I work on some of the finishing touches.

This is a mod that aims to turn the 'happy' mood into a full positive mood, like inspired or confident. Most previously happy moodlets will continue to boost other positive moods, but will only put the sim into the neutral 'fine' mood by themselves. Some moodlets have been selected to be true happy moodlets, these can make the sim actually happy, but will not boost other moods.

The colours for the 'fine' and 'happy' moods have been swapped, for consistency with the unmoddable boosting colour being green.

The aim is for it to feel like a meaningful event when your sims are smiling and happy, instead of a strange default state for them. There should be a reason why they are happy, something that you can empathise with.

The true happy moodlets have generally been chosen to be not easily predictable or repeatable. Or at least, that's the intention. There's so many different ways to play the game, I can't test them all myself.

Things still to do:

• Figure out if I can change the gradient colour of boosting moodlets with UI modding.
• Add in-game reasons why becoming happy would be something you want for your sims. I'm considering whims to become happy, and a constant gaining of satisfaction points while happy.

If you give it a try, there's a few things I'd love to hear your thoughts on:

• What types of sim life did you play it with? Raising toddlers? Single sims? Big families? Particular careers or traits?
• Did you encounter any true happy moodlets that were easily repeatable and predictable?
• Did you encounter any moodlets you thought should have been true happy but weren't? Or true happy moodlets you thought should have been changeable?
• Any other thoughts you have on the idea of the mod or its implementation.