Difference between revisions of "Mood"

A colonist's mood is the total sum of their thoughts and traits effects. It can be checked on the colonist's "Needs" tab through a bar graphic. Colonists have a base mood of 50%, which changes according to difficulty. Each difficulty has the following impacts on colonist mood:

Difficulty	Mood Offset
Peaceful	+10
Base builder	+10
Some challenge	+5
Rough	0
Intense	−3
Extreme	−8

With the offsets, it's reasonably easy to keep people from breaking on the Rough and Intense difficulties, but it's much more difficult to keep colonists from breaking on Extreme (as the baseline mood offset for Extreme is effectively Rough, but with colonists constantly having the 'Feeling Terrible' thought). The difficulty can actually be changed at any time during gameplay.

With a sufficiently high mood, Colonists can sometimes get inspired to work harder, run faster or gain other interesting positive benefits. Mood management is a large part of the game, as a happy colony is a productive colony. An unhappy colony generally doesn't get a whole lot done as colonists in a mental break are too busy digging up corpses, wandering around aimlessly or beating up their loved ones.

Mood management

There are various ways of increasing mood, which generally fall into two self-explanatory categories: Remove the bad things and add more good things. There are a lot of mood-influencing Thoughts. The key to happiness is, in subjective order of importance:

Avoid bad things

Keep an eye on your colonist's needs tab and see which of their negative thoughts can be alleviated.

Environment

A colonist in a clean, beautiful and spacious interior is a happy colonist. Conversely, a colonist in a hideous environment can quickly go berserk. The difference between the best and worst of environments can be as much as 60 mood.

Joy

A few hours of mandatory joy time per day on a variety of joy objects will prevent tantrum spirals and will lead to long-lasting mental stability. Spread out the joy time over the day to keep colonists' joy need topped up.

Possessions

Although most communes share all their possessions, some traits can benefit from certain types of apparel or weaponry. Not wearing tattered apparel is also something pawns can enjoy, so assigning their outfit to have at least 50% durability is an option. Lastly, a very impressive bedroom leads to long-term happiness.

The most cost-effective methods of mood management the player has direct influence over are reducing negative thoughts such as organ-harvesting and observing or butchering corpses, so if mood is a problem maybe it's time to stop. Relatively cheap and effective in both short- and long-term is making sure your colonists have a pleasant, clean and comfortable environment. A comfortable chair at a workstation can provide an up to +10 mood boost for the low cost of some resources, and a good quality bed to sleep in will ensure colonists wake up with a smile. Some art in their surroundings can further push up their mood.

Investing in a large, comfortable and impressive combined recreation and dining room pays off dividends. For a relatively low investment, the entire colony can get a substantial mood boost from simple eating a fine meal at a table and playing some horseshoes. An impressive bedroom only benefits one or two people, but the mood effects are permanent.

Lavish meals, drugs or artifacts can greatly increase mood in the short term, which helps keeping things running during stressful times. They are generally a challenge to keep up in the long-term.

Mood is a stat: How happy or stressed someone is.

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+A [[colonist]]'s mood is the total sum of their [[thoughts]] and [[traits]] effects. It can be checked on the colonist's "Needs" tab through a bar graphic. Colonists have a base mood of 50%, which changes according to difficulty. Each difficulty has the following impacts on colonist mood: <br>
-A [[Colonist]]'s mood is the total sum of their [[thoughts]] and [[traits]] effects. It can be checked on the colonist's "Needs" tab through a bar graphic. Colonists have a base mood of 50%, which changes according to difficulty. Each difficulty has the following impacts on colonist mood: <br>
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-With the offsets; it's reasonably easy to keep people from breaking on the Rough and Intense difficulties, but it's ''much'' more difficult to keep colonists from breaking on Extreme (as the baseline mood offset for Extreme is effectively Rough, but with colonists constantly having the 'Feeling Terrible' thought)
+With the offsets, it's reasonably easy to keep people from breaking on the Rough and Intense difficulties, but it's ''much'' more difficult to keep colonists from breaking on Extreme (as the baseline mood offset for Extreme is effectively Rough, but with colonists constantly having the 'Feeling Terrible' thought). The difficulty can actually be changed at any time during gameplay.
-With a sufficiently high mood, Colonists will be more inclined to work harder if they are in high spirits; with [[Global Work Speed|global work speed]] starting to improve when they are 'Content' (mood at or above 60%), with as much as a 20% increase in global work speed if their mood is at 100%. Colonists retain their full work speed if in poor moods.
+With a sufficiently high mood, Colonists can sometimes get [[Mental inspiration|inspired]] to work harder, run faster or gain other interesting positive benefits. Mood management is a large part of the game, as a happy colony is a productive colony. An unhappy colony generally doesn't get a whole lot done as colonists in a [[mental break]] are too busy digging up corpses, wandering around aimlessly or beating up their loved ones.
-== Mental breaks ==
-A '''mental break''' may occur randomly when a colonist's negative thoughts outweigh their positive thoughts enough to push their overall mood below their mental break threshold. The severity of a mental break depends on how far below their threshold they are:
+==Mood management==
+There are various ways of increasing mood, which generally fall into two self-explanatory categories: Remove the bad things and add more good things. There are a lot of mood-influencing [[Thoughts]]. The key to happiness is, in subjective order of importance:
-*Below their base mental break threshold, they will have an extreme break in the mean time of 0.7 days.
+'''Avoid bad things'''
-*15% or less above their base mental break threshold (i.e. major break threshold), they will have a major break in the mean time of 3 days.
-*30% or less above their base threshold (i.e. minor break threshold), they will have a minor break in the mean time of 10 days.
+Keep an eye on your colonist's needs tab and see which of their negative thoughts can be alleviated.
-Once colonists composes themselves, they'll get the [[Thoughts#Catharsis|'catharsis']] thought, granting a +40 mood for the next 2.5 days. This will generally prevent a colonist from entering a spiral of mental breakdowns in all but the worst of the worst scenarios.
+'''Environment'''
-Mental break thresholds are affected by various [[traits]], however the net break threshold reduction can never be above 4%- i.e. there will always be a chance for your colonist to have an extreme mental break at 1% mood or below.
+A colonist in a clean, beautiful and spacious interior is a happy colonist. Conversely, a colonist in a hideous environment can quickly go berserk. The difference between the best and worst of environments can be as much as 60 mood.
-The default mental break thresholds are:
+'''Joy'''
-*Extreme break threshold: 5%
-*Major break threshold: 20% (Base threshold + 15%)
-*Minor break threshold: 35% (Base threshold + 30%)
+A few hours of mandatory joy time per day on a variety of joy objects will prevent tantrum spirals and will lead to long-lasting mental stability. Spread out the joy time over the day to keep colonists' joy need topped up.
-While a colonist is experiencing a mental break, you have no direct physical control over them, - but you can [[drafting|draft]] another colonist to attempt arrest on said colonist. The broken colonist will either go berserk, or they'll come quietly and be escorted to the nearest available prison bed - immediately ending their mental breakdown afterwards. However this will cause the loss of his/her membership status, removing the pawn from your colonist bar. Releasing them will return them back to the colony, but eliminates the catharsis bonus, instead yielding a 'was imprisoned' negative thought that can lead to further mental breaks.
+'''Possessions'''
-Another more extreme way of ending a mental break is beating the colonist with blunt trauma until they are incapacitated by pain. This is the only way to stop a colonist going berserk. However, this causes the victim to have a negative opinion of the one(s) who beat him up, and you risk killing the colonist if he is already injured, or more than 1 colonist is beating up the colonist at once. It is ineffective if the colonist feels reduced pain, like those with the [[Painstopper]] implant or high on [[Go-juice]]. This also does not grant the Catharsis mood buff unless the colonist is going berserk.
+Although most communes share all their possessions, some [[traits]] can benefit from certain types of apparel or [[weapons|weaponry]]. Not wearing tattered apparel is also something pawns can enjoy, so assigning their outfit to have at least 50% durability is an option. Lastly, a very impressive bedroom leads to long-term happiness.
-In Alpha 18 there will be more mental break types.
+The most cost-effective methods of mood management the player has direct influence over are reducing negative thoughts such as organ-harvesting and observing or butchering corpses, so if mood is a problem maybe it's time to stop. Relatively cheap and effective in both short- and long-term is making sure your colonists have a pleasant, clean and comfortable environment. A comfortable [[chair]] at a workstation can provide an up to +10 mood boost for the low cost of some resources, and a good [[quality]] [[bed]] to sleep in will ensure colonists wake up with a smile. Some art in their surroundings can further push up their mood.
-=== Minor break ===
-==== Food Binge ====
-[[File:FoodBinge.png|thumb|right|Food Binge]]
-If a colonist is stressed, they may decide to pig out on whatever meals they can get their hands on. During this time, you have absolutely no control over the affected pawn other than getting another pawn to arrest them - which could cause the binging pawn to go berserk.
-A binge will end as soon as the affected colonist gets back to bed, or after a certain amount of time has passed.
-{{clear}}
-==== Hide in room ====
-[[File:HideInRoom.png|thumb|right|Hide in Room]]
-Colonists who hide in their room will wander about in their room, refusing to come out and refusing to satisfy their needs. This event is relatively short (but is also still capable of lasting multiple days) and - barring insect hives - does not put the colonist in harms way. The worst that one can come off with from this sort of mental break is mild starvation and possibly exhaustion.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.6 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|30000}} <br>
-'''Maximum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|60000}} <br>
-{{clear}}
-==== Sad wander ====
-[[File:SadWander.png|thumb|right|Sad Wander]]
-Like the dazed and wandering event, but shorter.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.3 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|30000}} <br>
-'''Maximum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|60000}} <br>
-{{clear}}
-===Major break===
-====Psychotic Wandering (Daze)====
-[[File:Daze.png|thumb|right|Daze]]
-Colonists who become dazed will wander around and will eventually recover on their own. Dazed colonists can also be [[prisoners|arrested]], which can be useful if they are in imminent danger. Your colonist must be [[drafting|drafted]] (hotkey R) to bring a dazed colonist to a cell (just like a prisoner). Once imprisoned they may immediately be set for release. When released by a warden they will revert from a prisoner back to a colonist, with a mood debuff. Dazed colonists may resist arrest, at which point they will go berserk.
-Prior to Alpha 16, dazed colonists will gradually strip off their clothing, weapons and inventory.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.8 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|30000}} <br>
-'''Maximum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|80000}} <br>
-{{clear}}
-====Social Drug Binge====
-[[File:SocialBinge.png|thumb|right|Social Drug Binge]]
-If a colonist gets very stressed, they may drink or smoke their problems away by binging on social drugs (i.e. [[beer]], [[smokeleaf joint]]s. Do note that this type of mental break can only happen if you have social drugs present in your colony, otherwise colonists that are very stressed will only go into a state of psychotic wandering.
-Social drug binges will also occasionally happen for those with the [[Traits#ChemicalInterest|chemical interest]] trait regardless of mood, and still gain the catharsis thought afterwards.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.6 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|20000}} <br>
-'''Maximum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|60000}} <br>
-{{clear}}
-===Extreme break===
-====Berserk====
-[[File:Berserk.png|thumb|right|Berserk]]
-When a colonist goes berserk, they become a danger to themselves and anyone nearby. They may use doors that are locked/forbidden. Berserkers don't close doors behind them, auto-doors included. Doors they open will remain open until another pawn passes through. They will melee attack the nearest living creature until their target is either subdued or killed. Due to the risk of death or permanent injury for both the psychotic colonist and any that happen to be nearby, a psychotic colonist is a very real threat. If the berserk colonist poses or is in direct danger, a colonist with bare fists or a blunt weapon works best to quickly subdue them with the least risk of killing them. Once a berserk colonist is subdued they do not need to be arrested, rather they can and should be rescued to recover from their injuries.
-If the berserker is not in danger and can be safely avoided, it's best to leave them to rampage by themselves until their berserk rage wears off to avoid injuries and the associated pain mood debuff.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.3 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|10000}} <br>
-'''Maximum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|60000}} <br>
-{{clear}}
-==== Fire Starting Spree ====
-[[File:Fire Starting Spree.png|thumb|right|Fire Starting Spree]]
-Colonists with the [[traits|pyromaniac trait]] can go on a fire starting spree, targeting flammable materials. Their mental breaks occur regardless of mood (though will happen less frequently as mood increases) and will get the Catharsis thought afterwards, even if well above their minor break threshold. Fire-starting sprees are very short and can easily be dealt with by having somebody else 'babysit' the pyromaniac.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.1 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|4000}} <br>
-'''Maximum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|15000}} <br>
-==== Hard Drug Binge ====
-[[File:HardBinge.png|thumb|right|Hard Drug Binge]]
-Colonists on a hard binge will binge on hard drugs (i.e. psychite ([[Flake|flake]] and [[Yayo|yayo]]), [[Go-juice|go-juice]] and [[Wake-up|wake-up]]). Hard drug binges are considerably more dangerous for the affected colonist's health than soft drug binges, as hard drugs contribute towards [[Overdose|overdoses]] which are potentially lethal. As with soft binges: hard binges will either end when the affected colonist goes back to bed, or after a certain amount of time has passed. Colonists taking [[penoxycyline]] and [[luciferium]] have nothing to do with the drug binge they are on.
-Colonists with the [[Traits#Drug_Desire|chemical fascination]] trait will occasionally have a hard drug binge regardless of mood, and still gain the catharsis mood afterwards (if they don't die from an overdose).
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.6 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|20000}} <br>
-'''Maximum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|60000}} <br>
-{{clear}}
-==== Wake-up ====
-Slightly shorter than regular hard drug binges.
-[[File:Wake-up binge.jpg|thumb|right|Wake-up binge.]]
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.3 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|20000}} <br>
-'''Maximum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|40000}} <br>
-{{clear}}
-=== Special ===
-These mental states aren't mood-related, and have certain circumstances required to trigger them.
-==== Confusion ====
-[[File:Confusion.png|thumb|right|Confused and wandering]]
-Similar to the 'Sad Wandering' mental state, except confused wandering only occurs on a pawn with Alzheimer's and/or Dementia. This mental state bears a similarity to psychotic wandering in the respect that confused pawns are prone to wandering into dangerous situations, they do not strip off their equipment. This mental state ends after a certain period of time, or when the affected pawn is downed or killed. All normal thoughts are blocked during this time frame.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.2 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|3500}} <br>
-{{clear}}
-==== Social fighting ====
-[[File:Social fighting.png|thumb|right|Traders social fighting]]
-Social fighting is triggered when one pawn slights, insults another (significantly more likely with insulting than slighting), and the affected pawn gets angered. While very brief and usually only resulting in minor-moderate injury, social fighting can also end up with much worse results including a pawn getting downed, disfigured, or uncommonly even outright killed. Social fighting ends after a very short time, or when one of the fighting pawns gets downed or killed.
-Interestingly, kind words can start fights at around the same rate as insults.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.02 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|420}} <br>
-==== Fleeing in panic ====
-[[File:Fleeing in panic.png|thumb|right|Fleeing in panic]]
-This sort of mental break happens when half (rounded up) of a group of non-colonist humanlikes are killed; whether it be hostiles, traders, or the likes. Pawns affected by this mental state will attempt to leave the map by any means possible as soon as they realize that they're not going to win whatever battle they got caught up in.
-This mental state will end once the affected pawn leaves the map, or when they're killed.
-Pawns in this state will run indiscriminately towards the closest edge of the map, completely disregarding any hostiles in the way (such as your colonists firing at them).
-{{clear}}
-==== Given up and leaving ====
-This mental break only happens with friendly fighters in-game, where they will be fed up and leave if they do not engage in fighting. Pawns affected will slowly walk towards the edges of the map.
-It ends when the pawn leaves the map, or is killed.
-==== Manhunter ====
-Animals may suffer a manhunter mental break, similar to berserk. A manhunter animal will seek out and attack any humans on the map it can reach. The mental break can be triggered by the death of their bonded master (only applies to tamed animals), via a random event (mad animal or psychic wave), being injured by any humanlike pawn or a failed taming attempt angering the animal. A player should take care about what animals they hunt, because although most species rarely turn manhunter, others have no tolerance. If one animal in a herd is angered, '''the entire herd''' may turn manhunter. Since alpha 14, manhunter animals will attempt to break down structures and doors, so colonists are not safe behind them.
-An animal's manhunting rampage will end after a certain amount of time, or once forcibly subdued.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.3 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|10000}} <br>
-==== Manhunter Permanent ====
-Permanent manhunter is randomly applied to animals that are part of a manhunter pack. Affected animals will never snap out of this mental state under normal circumstances, and completely neglect their own needs. Animals in this state will generally leave the area within a few days.
-Some manhunter animals, such as [[boomrat]]s, will typically starve to death due to their hunger rate combined with the typical manhunter animal duration.
-'''Mean time between Recovery:''' 0.3 days <br>
-'''Minimum time until Recovery:''' {{Ticks|99999999}} <br>
+Investing in a large, comfortable and impressive combined recreation and dining room pays off dividends. For a relatively low investment, the entire colony can get a substantial mood boost from simple eating a fine meal at a [[table]] and playing some horseshoes. An impressive bedroom only benefits one or two people, but the mood effects are permanent.
+Lavish [[meal]]s, [[drugs]] or [[Psychic_soothe_pulser|artifacts]] can greatly increase mood in the short term, which helps keeping things running during stressful times. They are generally a challenge to keep up in the long-term.
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