I have the problem where I can't turn the eco effect off. The light rays slow down my game so I unchecked both eco boxes. I still get my worlds changing from neutral to green with the light rays.
I'm having the same issue: I turned the Enable Eco Footprint Gameplay option off, but one of the neighbourhoods in Evergreen is giving me acid rain and brown air and Sims coughing. I have to go to the settings, switch it on, then save, then switch it off, then save, then go out into world view and go back into the house to have the weather be without smog again. But I need to repeatedly do this whenever I play there again, which is very annoying, as I'm not interested in having pollution. FYI: I also have "Build mode items grant gameplay effects" switched off, in case this has any effect on pollution too, is that necessary?
Having this issue on PS5!! Keep having to turn the option on and off again
Editing this post again because honestly this is so annoying. Stupid neighbours keep coming in to destroying my stuff because I’m “ruining the environment” and my sims are losing all their money from the constant replacement of objects after fires started due to the “bad environment” which shouldn’t be a thing when I have the settings TURNED OFF
