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Sims are always inspired after Bust the Dust
auricio288
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Hey Simmers!
There’s a issue happening in my game.
After I started playing with Bust the Dust kit, my Sims are always with the inspired emotion, hiding other emotions they could feel. That happens because the floor in my game is almost all the time clean, so Sims get the inspired moodlet because of this.
Have you noticed that? Is there a way to prevent this?
There’s a issue happening in my game.
After I started playing with Bust the Dust kit, my Sims are always with the inspired emotion, hiding other emotions they could feel. That happens because the floor in my game is almost all the time clean, so Sims get the inspired moodlet because of this.
Have you noticed that? Is there a way to prevent this?
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Not really sure if there is a way to prevent this except for turning in off. To do this go the pack settings and uncheck the bust the dust kit.
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Hence the reason I disabled the kit. I wanted other emotions back.
There are mods to remove it if you are a mod user.
But it needs a LOT of tweaking! The moodlet boosts need to be seriously toned down, the dust bunnies should be a rare occurance and the dust needs to be more cohesive with the rest of the "mess" which accumulates.
So we made all other emotions pointless because your sims are constantly inspired...unless you do not clean your floors.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/987814/bust-the-dust-kit-fixes-updates-bugs-what-need-to-be-fixed-constructive-feedback#latest
Yes, I am.
What’s the mod?
So, feedback came from Simmers and the TS4 team decided to fine tune the little bite sized kit. The result: the dust and dust bunnies will accumulate much much slower, no more automatic money, your Sims will not autonomously vacuum, and you will only get items and simoleons if you ask the dust bunny to search for items for you. I still would not keep the vacuum in their inventory. Your Sim will only have the Inspired Emotion when the house is clean because there are various levels to dust within the home and each story you have in the house functions on its own dust level.
I've always kept my Bust the Dust kit enabled; didn't need any mods before or after the change.
I've been playing in a two-story house and decided to let the 2nd floor stay clean so as to keep the Inspired Emotion. The 1st floor is kept in a more normal state because after all house do have some level of dust. There will be no Inspired Emotion as you can see from the picture below. The Inspired Emotion never comes back because I never let this level get to that clean state.
I watched things for a whole Sim month, hired a maid and this is what I noticed (Some points were mentioned above):
1. No more automatic money.
2. When you ask dust bunnies for things, they might bring you anything and I mean anything. 🤣 So far, I got various toys, food, an upgrade part, §8 in simoleons, and that trash looking food you see if you have Dine Out and Eco Lifestyle.
3. The dust takes much longer to accumulate and so do dust bunnies.
4. You don't have to vacuum as often and the Inspired Emotion does not remain. The Inspired emotion goes away when the dust is at a certain level. You can control this.
5. I'm happy they kept the Sparkles.
6. Maids:I never had a problem with the maid cleaning other things. She would vacuum, of course, but she always cleaned the house. Some days she just cleaned and only vacuumed once. One day, she cleaned everything I made dirty except she did not mop up one water spot which happened after she cleaned the toilet. I wouldn't have a maid if you want to keep whatever floors neutral because they will vacuum at get the house back to the state that enables the Inspired Emotion.
The picture shows my 1st floor normally. No Inspired Emotion as you can see; I never get one on this level. You can step on a dust bunny when they appear and pick up accumulated dust on the floor. When the dust gets noticeably dirty, just vacuum once and it will return to how you see it in the picture. It takes time for the house to get to this level from the sparkle/clean state.
My 2nd floor is where I keep my chess table and other things including my vacuum in the utility closet. Typically I keep this level sparkling clean because I want the Inspired emotion on one level.
I hope you try this as it does work because mods are not needed imo.
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