Eco footprint always decaying to neutral

"telmarina;c-17559266" wrote:
@ScarletQueenKat i only have 2 more mods: one to only use names in english (my game isn't in english but i prefer sim's names to be in english) and other to reduce university credits per degree.

@telmarina I don't know then. It shouldn't be decaying at all. Considering all of the comments in this thread stating they can't get it to change even when trying, then it's a mystery.

I'm very close to just scrapping it because it's not worth the headache and trouble. This is supposed to be a simple quick tuning mod but the way EA made this Eco footprint system is a complete mess.

Hey everyone, so when I originally created No Eco Footprint Decay that's been mentioned here, my testers and I believed that we could still influence the meter through normal gameplay. However, with the current system that EA set, it’s just not possible to do this and have no decay. Through script mods, probably, but I’m still a scripting noob.

So, today I just added a new version in which I included a decay override of 0 to kick in once it reaches the halfway point for both Green and Industrial:

SemiNoEcoFootprintDecay – Decays as normal so you can influence it through normal gameplay. However, this version locks the footprint meter once you get it at least halfway to Industrial or Green. Use this if you don’t want to use cheats to influence your Eco Footprint meter, but also don’t want to lose all the hard work you put into changing the footprint.

So, hopefully this new version is a happy medium.

@ScarletQueenKat thank you.

Anyway i just want to say that your first flavour of the mod is doing it for me. I do have to cheat neighbourhoods back to industrial after 4 or 5 weeks, but is small work and im getting what i wanted for my game with your mod.

Many thanks!

The footprint decays no matter what state you are in. It's very annoying as it could be a great aspect to the game.

"Babykittyjade;c-17548180" wrote:
I downloaded a mod that was supposed to lock it in place but it still reverts. Hmmmmm?

Can you let us know what mod?

This is a very frustrating thing with the expansion. Scarlet's Mods has a mod for it. I've downloaded it but haven't had chance to try it out yet. Here is the link https://scarlets-mods.tumblr.com/ or you can just google Scarlet Mods if you're worried for clicking links. ;)

I am confused with wording. Eco footprint stands for ecological footprint. Right? It's split into 3 Eco footprints. green, neutral and industrial. Scarlet's mod keeps industrial from going neutral. It does not help in getting the footprint to go industrial. Right?

The problem I have is getting back to the industrial footprint because it goes neutral too fast. This is my understanding of the mod. Am I right? I would have to have the mod in place and start a new save to keep Port Promise industrial, right?

Nothing else that I have done to go industrial in my save without the mod will make the neighborhood footprint go industrial even though all 5 lots are industrial. So if I want an industrial footprint to stay industrial in Port Promise I have to use the mod and start a new save to keep it industrial?

Sounds like a lot of work but I could just upload my edited builds and Sims and place them into a new save but I want to hear more about this mod first.

I have the weird case of being able to reach industrial footprint through gameplay and mainaining it, but being unable to achieve eco footprint.

All four lots in the Willow Creek neighborhood where the Goths used to live show up as having green footprint, but the neighborhood won't turn green. Also the park that used to be green and sparkle reverted to neutral.

I use @elelunicy 's script that displays footprint values and they are as follows: Each individual lot -500 (the minimum value), neighborhood convergence point also -500 (if I understood this correctly this stat represents the max. potential of a neighborhood), neighborhood footprint -88,59... That last value won't change, no matter what I do. I also have Scarlet's No Decay mod in my game, but the description states it only stops decay, while allowing for normal footprint change through gameplay.

Meanwhile my polluted Del Sol Valley neighborhood stayed industrial through several ingame weeks now. And that one has only two industrial lots, the third is neutral.

Also I've found my world just randomly goes green sometimes, it'll be at neutral with 15% green and then I'll just get a pop-up saying the world is now green and it'll all be green out of nowhere

Hi @ScarletQueenKat
First of all, many thanks for taking your time doing mods and helping a lot of simmers ??
I've been using your no decay mod for a few time. Before i installed the mod i cheated some neighbourhoods to industrial state. I haven't played on those neighbourhoods but after about 4 sim's weeks my unplayed and unvisited neighbourhoods went all back to neutral. I have no idea if this was your intention. I just throught that it might be nice to offer my feedback.
What i really wanted to happen in my game is that i could cheat some neighbourhoods into industrial and then just completelly pause it and it would never change.
Am i doing something wrong? Is this achiveable throught your mod?
Again, many many thanks for your work!