Rules of Emotion

In order to apply the rules given in previous posts, it seems that they probably need to be placed in some order of priority. All of these rules will potentially be applied (where applicable) when an individual emotion is changed and some of the rules will be applied when the emotional
state as a whole is updated (this will be particularly useful for times when the interface is idle - after all, a humans emotional state changes whether someone is talking to them or not).

The rules, now given in order (and with some changes) are given below:

1. disgust should reduce all other emotions, so that it takes priority
2. increased anger increases sadness (or decreases happiness)
3. increased sadness doesn't affect anger
4. increased happiness decreases anger
5. the character can be calm (i.e. not angry) without being happy
6. consistently happy character (i.e. high level of happiness) should lead to increased love
7. consistently sad character should lead to hate
8. consistently angry character should lead to hate (anger should affect more than sadness)
9. certain words should evoke love/hate response
10. love increases desire
11. hate reduces desire (should it also activate disgust?)
12. strong love/hate emotions should lead to increased emotional response elsewhere
12a Strong love increases happiness, reduces anger, reduces hostility, reduces disgust
12b Strong hate decreases happiness and increases hostility
13. happiness increases desire (not as strongly as love)
14. sadness reduces desire (minimally, not enough to increase disgust as such)
15. anger should wear off
16. disgust should wear off