Since pets' emotions were never intended to be seen by the developers of the Sims 4, when their panels are accessed it tends to feel really debuggy and... Weird. It's hard to tell what exactly your pet is feeling and why, and it's something I don't have a doubt that more people than I are frustrated with!
Essentialy a project imagining what the Sims 4 would look like had this panel been completed for pets, this mod adds formal name banners for each emotion, a color to distinguish them reflecting their sim counterpart, description bubbles for each emotion, and the corresponding mood sting to alert the player when the emotion has changed. This makes it far easier to tell what is actually going on with your pets in the game, and offers more opportunity to find solutions to many negative moods.
Before... And after the mod!
Using this information, it can clearly be seen that pets in the sims 4 actually have 9 different emotions:
- Excited(Hyper)
- Drowsy(Mopey)
- Anxious
- Angry
- Flirty
- Scared
- Ashamed
- Sad
- Happy
All of which can be seen with their own formal emotion! No more debug text descriptions and just seeing "Fine"! As an extra added bonus, some moodlets will also now display what emotion they are giving the pet instead of also being labeled "Fine +1" or whatever.
This mod likely will be worked on more in the future-- Currently Sims 4 Studio does not support the newest version of blender and so I wasn't able to make any custom portrait poses. Stay tuned for a possible addition of those! Horses are also not supported currently, as I don't own that pack. I may also create a mod changing the moodlets to be more decipherable as well. When that happens, I will drop a link here instead of this text.
IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS MOD ALSO REQUIRES THE XML INJECTOR MOD TO WORK, ALONG WITH THE SELECTABLE PETS MOD.
Required packs: Cats and Dogs
Compatibility: This mod will conflict with anything that alters any of the files:
mood/mood_(Anything out of the 9 above)_(Dog, cat, or pet)
Credits: Sims4Studio for making the creation of this mod possible <3