Keep emotion when leaving the house

[Tigerskin]

With the careers there are ideal emotions, my sims is Focused. I have no problem getting him focused but as soon as he leaves the house his emotion generally changes into happy.

I'm assuming the way to keep him focused is to stack the emotions?

If anyone has any tips that would be much appreciated 

[Nutella]

I find that if I use "ponder moves" on the chess table before going to work, I get 4 hours of focused emotion.  However since I use work hard, most of the time it just changes to fine, then tense.  The genius trait helps, it randomly popup the focused emotion, I do not know how and what triggers it though.

[Tigerskin]

Thanks Nutella, I have pondered moods before and think it helped, although I'd forgotten about it. I'll try it next time before he goes to work.

He has the Body Builder aspiration but the programmer job so I'm finding it a little difficult to complete the tasks etc for both! (It's J Huntington 3rd - my female sim nabbed him for her spouse). I know I could change his aspiration but I kind of like the challenge to try and get him to the top of his career and also complete his aspiration!

[Playalot]

Some emotions are because of items in a specific room so they drop off when your sim leaves the house or goes to another room. Other emotions are from doing something, like viewing a picture, pondering moves (chess) etc. they normally stay for about four hours as a 'moodlet'.

[Tigerskin]

Thanks Playalot, that's exactly what it is. The combined sitting room/study where he uses the computer has a lot of paintings and gems/fossils with the focussing aura. So as soon as he leaves the room the focus drops away.

I must remember to makes sure he ponders moves before work and so forth.

Just a thought, I haven't tried it yet, but if a fossil with the aura turned on is put into his inventory, wonder if that would make any difference (or more likely the aura may disable automatically)? I will test it.

[justproud2b]

You can also browse simpedia on your computer to become focused

[jillz]

Ponder moves, study fossils or elements and browse Simpedia are all ways of getting focused. Using the microscope or telescope will also give focused moodlets as well


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[billythegreat]

Also if you have an easel , you can draw a focus painting and hang on a wall for focus aura. I f you click on it " view focus art" you also get a +1 focus moodlet for 5 hours.

[Tigerskin]

These are great tips, thanks everyone