Another trick is to drag your Sim's needs to maximum by clicking on the bar and dragging it to fill it up. It works only if you have a mod from See Them 2 that has a censor blur remover and a couple other things.
And there are a few alternative object mods:
XLStormyLX's Happy Gnome - Post #30 and Post #31 has updated files for download
=0&typenormal=1&typepicked=1&typefeatured=1&username=&csort=0]Search Results at MTS - a variety of object mods to max motives
Inge's Motive Mods - Inge has a handful of good mods (some are object and some are global) that deal with motives. She has a few that you might try if you have only Uni installed
Interesting Mod at MTSThere was a gnome someone made available (I think at MTS) that maximizes the needs too as it was the original idea before XLStormyLX's version. I think the person's name was either H or L, but if someone knows who that is, feel free to post the name and link to whereabouts of that particular gnome.