Modding Diary - Moodlets, Moddlets, Moodlets! (and babies)

Hi All! 

hope you guys had a fantastic week! 

This week, with the help of the wonderful bjorndaunicorn I was able to create a bunch of early labor moodlets. The early labor stage feels alot more interactive comparing to how it was before

For example the game will now track whether or not your sim has given birth before, and whether they are giving birth at home or at the hospital. 

this moodlet for water breaking is for a sim who has given birth before and is currently giving birth at home

and this one is for a sim who has given birth before and is currently giving birth at the hospital

and this is for a sim who has never given birth and is currently giving birth at home

when your sim is going through early labor they will get moodlets like this once a few hours, this is supposed to simulate contraction pains, but unlike real life, I can't  make each contraction only last minutes because of how fast time goes by in the game, otherwise the moodlet will be gone before you even get the chance to read it lol

when contraction moodlets appear, doing any kind of early labor activity will help the moodlet to go down

In this case Vivian is doing some exercise on the birth ball

and the moodlet quickly decreases

and it replaced by a positive moodlet

if she didnt do any activities to manage her pain, she will get a negative moodlet like this one once the contraction timer runs out

however she can still do activities to help the negative moodlet decrease faster 

in this case shes getting a massage from her partner

the moodlet decreases quickly and will eventually disappear

when a sim is at the final stage of early labor they will get this moodlet

if they do an early labor activity it will put them in a positive mindset for the birth

and if they dont it will put them in a negative mindset 

Hopefully the early labor experience will feel more interesting and make early labor activities more meaningful instead of them being just a way to increase dilation.

Once again a huge thank you to the wonderful bjorndaunicorn for drafting these. So far I have made 40 moodlets and I'm still not finished lol 

Lastly I would like you guys to vote on someting

Would you prefer the baby to be born with or without diapers? 

Babies are born with diapers because that's what EA had, but I can change that and make them born without diapers. I would also like to add more details to their faces so that they look less like plastic dolls. however this change will only affect their looks during birth, it will not affect how they look when they are in the bassinet.

here is a QUICK test I did to see what it might look like, 

So cast your vote below and let me know what you prefer!