So... I have played in the world for exactly one (1) Sim day, and the eco footprint has gone from fully green to neutral. In one day. I have no mods that should have anything to do with the footprint, so what's going on? Is it just a matter of Eco Lifestyle still being bugged beyond belief?

"Sindocat;c-17989347" wrote:Unless you are actively pursuing green strategies, things will tend toward neutral. I had to take steps, because I was using my sims' (safely upgraded!) fireplaces, which started to tip things toward industrial. I did manage to swing New Old Hensford back toward Green.Makes sense; another reason to disable footprints. I find the same thing happens in the other English town; Britechester, where every fireplace makes the place go smoggy in no time.

"Beardedgeek;c-17989351" wrote:"Sindocat;c-17989347" wrote:Unless you are actively pursuing green strategies, things will tend toward neutral. I had to take steps, because I was using my sims' (safely upgraded!) fireplaces, which started to tip things toward industrial. I did manage to swing New Old Hensford back toward Green.Makes sense; another reason to disable footprints. I find the same thing happens in the other English town; Britechester, where every fireplace makes the place go smoggy in no time.Yes, even if you don't use the fireplace, and only have it for atmosphere. It would be nice to have an eco-upgrade available to make the fireplaces electric. I've been using them a lot in CL - seems more realistic and adds a bit of challenge not to have central heating.In any case, I've had a terrible time getting any location to stay green, no matter what I do. I had one neighbourhood in Mt Komorebi that went green and stayed there, but usually, the best I can do is get a neighbourhood on the tipping point: every twelve hours, it shifts from green to neutral, or back. That becomes highly annoying - I'd just as soon it went neutral.

"invisiblgirl;c-17990178" wrote:"Beardedgeek;c-17989351" wrote:"Sindocat;c-17989347" wrote:Unless you are actively pursuing green strategies, things will tend toward neutral. I had to take steps, because I was using my sims' (safely upgraded!) fireplaces, which started to tip things toward industrial. I did manage to swing New Old Hensford back toward Green.Makes sense; another reason to disable footprints. I find the same thing happens in the other English town; Britechester, where every fireplace makes the place go smoggy in no time.Yes, even if you don't use the fireplace, and only have it for atmosphere. It would be nice to have an eco-upgrade available to make the fireplaces electric. I've been using them a lot in CL - seems more realistic and adds a bit of challenge not to have central heating.In any case, I've had a terrible time getting any location to stay green, no matter what I do. I had one neighbourhood in Mt Komorebi that went green and stayed there, but usually, the best I can do is get a neighbourhood on the tipping point: every twelve hours, it shifts from green to neutral, or back. That becomes highly annoying - I'd just as soon it went neutral.Electric or alcohol based. You can get them here, if you just want it for atmosphere. An insert for your fireplace that burns alcohol and have such clean emissions you don't even need a functioning chimney (no risk for poisoning).

I hate it so much that fireplaces contribute to an industrial rating. Yet another middle finger to all the players who want to try to do historical saves.

I had the same issue with the eco footprint going into the green very fast in Henford, I just thought maybe it was because of all the crops.

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moderateosprey
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"BoergeAarg61;c-18035554" wrote:
It is measured for the whole world. Your lot has a neutral footprint if it's footprint is similar to other lots in the world.

Ah, I have been assuming it is on the neighborhood level. I play rotationaly so I have been adjusting each lot as I play them. Looks like I am going to have widen my rotation.
JaggidEdje
4 years ago
"ModerateOsprey;c-18035557" wrote:
"BoergeAarg61;c-18035554" wrote:
It is measured for the whole world. Your lot has a neutral footprint if it's footprint is similar to other lots in the world.

Ah, I have been assuming it is on the neighborhood level. I play rotationaly so I have been adjusting each lot as I play them. Looks like I am going to have widen my rotation.

That should still work fine. I have only played on 3 lots in my current save game and have had no problems moving the neighborhoods of each of those lots in the direction that I wanted, and I even use a mod that slows down the rate of eco change. Neighborhoods where you haven't actually played an active household in don't even get their eco rating calculated by the game.

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