Bad Mood glitch
The Bad Mood glitch is a bug in Late Night update, The Sims 3 Outdoor Living and The Sims 3 Generations. However, this glitch seems to be fixed as of The Sims 3 Town Life.
This glitch only occurs on Windows and Mac OS X and is not present on The Sims 3 for Consoles and The Sims Medieval. The Sims 3 Late Night does not have this glitch nor does Fast Lane and prior but it will occur if the Late Night update is installed.
Info about the glitch
This glitch causes a Sim to be in a bad mood despite not having negative moodlets.
Explanation
This occurs with the Well Rested Moodlet is it is +20 or lower; using cheaper beds will cause this. Making nectar on the basement also can cause this glitch. In addition, it can cause the following effects. The other effects of the glitch are:
- Sim will not help with Homework.
- The player is not allowed to choose the Work Hard option at Work and School.
- The Mood score is lower than usual. In addition, the Mood score for Job performance is lower than usual.
- Actions cause the "Mood too low!" message when the player tries to use some actions.
Workarounds and prevention
There are ways to fix this. The first 3 are EA supported but the 4th are not.
- Save the game and reload the game to reset the Mood.
- Use testingcheatsenabled to remove the Well Rested Moodlet (If +20 or lower) and then save the game and reload. Use method 1 if the Sim is a Bad Mood after reloading.
- Cancel the Sleep Interaction to prevent the moodlet from occurring.
- Use this Mod from Mod The Sims. (This mod will fix the glitch.)
- Install the 1.24 update. Installing Town Life with this update will fix this.