It's so buggy and doesn't make any sense, it goes from industrial to neutral in seconds then goes back to industrial again, especially if you travel to another neighborhood.. I started a new save when I got the expansion to make sure it has minimum bugs, but the eco footprint is so random and doesn't really work as advertisedI wont even mention how slow it made the game even on a clean new save, I loaded a big older save with Eco settings off and it was very smooth..

It isn't working for me too. I wanted to have an industrial neighbourhood per town but it just goes back to neutral very quickly. It was one of the features i was more excited about... EL came out to be disapointing, at least until they fix it, if they fix it...

I'm not sure if it's working or not because I'm not sure how it's supposed to work? I had assumed once I attained a footprint, without changing things, it would stay that way. It seems tuned to keep on sliding though. During one sim day I can get a notification saying it's green, neutral then green again. I feel like that's wrong... I get it that fast for industrial too. I get that it's tuned to slide, or else we would never be able to change it, but I don't know why it needs to keep pulling back? It should pull back when I start to make changes going the other way? I could see it if say I have 4 lots in the neighbourhood and 2 are industrial and 2 are green that it would pull back and forth. But if I have them all green or all industrial, it shouldn't be pulling back? Unless I'm missing something in my builds/actions that is causing the pull still?This might be the intention since it's been almost 2 months and there's not been a fix for it. (Again assuming) I'd assume that a major selling feature of a pack and probably the #1 thing about this pack that changes the overall game: you'd want that to be working as intended from launch, if not very soon after and we've had 2 patches since. There should be another patch before knitting launches though, so I think if I don't see a fix then, I'm going to assume this crazy back and forth sliding is intended.

"Camkat;c-17580922" wrote:I'm not sure if it's working or not because I'm not sure how it's supposed to work? I had assumed once I attained a footprint, without changing things, it would stay that way. It seems tuned to keep on sliding though. During one sim day I can get a notification saying it's green, neutral then green again. I feel like that's wrong... I get it that fast for industrial too. I get that it's tuned to slide, or else we would never be able to change it, but I don't know why it needs to keep pulling back? It should pull back when I start to make changes going the other way? I could see it if say I have 4 lots in the neighbourhood and 2 are industrial and 2 are green that it would pull back and forth. But if I have them all green or all industrial, it shouldn't be pulling back? Unless I'm missing something in my builds/actions that is causing the pull still?This might be the intention since it's been almost 2 months and there's not been a fix for it. (Again assuming) I'd assume that a major selling feature of a pack and probably the #1 thing about this pack that changes the overall game: you'd want that to be working as intended from launch, if not very soon after and we've had 2 patches since. There should be another patch before knitting launches though, so I think if I don't see a fix then, I'm going to assume this crazy back and forth sliding is intended. More than assuming, we were told by the devs that the toggle in the options menu would pause the eco footprint. This was the exact word they used. Instead of it we got a toggle that disables the footprint. Very different outcome...Devs are always so carefull when they talk to us, i can't understand why they used such a different way to describe the toggle before the expansion released...

"@telmarina;c-17580926" wrote:"Camkat;c-17580922" wrote:I'm not sure if it's working or not because I'm not sure how it's supposed to work? I had assumed once I attained a footprint, without changing things, it would stay that way. It seems tuned to keep on sliding though. During one sim day I can get a notification saying it's green, neutral then green again. I feel like that's wrong... I get it that fast for industrial too. I get that it's tuned to slide, or else we would never be able to change it, but I don't know why it needs to keep pulling back? It should pull back when I start to make changes going the other way? I could see it if say I have 4 lots in the neighbourhood and 2 are industrial and 2 are green that it would pull back and forth. But if I have them all green or all industrial, it shouldn't be pulling back? Unless I'm missing something in my builds/actions that is causing the pull still?This might be the intention since it's been almost 2 months and there's not been a fix for it. (Again assuming) I'd assume that a major selling feature of a pack and probably the #1 thing about this pack that changes the overall game: you'd want that to be working as intended from launch, if not very soon after and we've had 2 patches since. There should be another patch before knitting launches though, so I think if I don't see a fix then, I'm going to assume this crazy back and forth sliding is intended. More than assuming, we were told by the devs that the toggle in the options menu would pause the eco footprint. This was the exact word they used. Instead of it we got a toggle that disables the footprint. Very different outcome...Devs are always so carefull when they talk to us, i can't understand why they used such a different way to describe the toggle before the expansion released...Because both trailers received such backlash. It was the safest way to get people to buy.

I think it is working? I can't tell, I played with a sim in Port Promise and their lot is green, and the entire neighborhood changed into green, but then it randomly goes down only for it to go up to green later. I can't tell if it is because the other lots are not green or what's going on there.I have also no idea how I am going to get the other lots to change into green if I don't want to play the sims who live there, or if it is a community lot where the building takes up all the space. I tried to change a community lot in San Myshuno and I had to stay there for the bar to go up.

Is eco footprint actually working for anyone?

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randy2355
5 years ago
I've been able to keep the eco footprint in Sulani stable, by having the majority of lots be green lots. In Port Promise, I was able to keep it stable too. My sims could go anywhere they liked, the green bar stayed all the way solid green. Then autumn came. By the end of the first day of fall, the eco footprint went to neutral leaning green. I made the last two lots, green lots, and the eco footprint continues to drop! All 5 lots are green lots! Its only the morning of the fourth day of fall, and its completely neutral, about to start leaning to industrial! It seems that autumn itself, is an industrial season. Since Sulani foliage stays green year around, autumn and winter doesn't seem to affect the eco foot print like it does in Port Promise.
akl1226
New Spectator
5 years ago
I struggle more than anything getting neighbors lots and community lots to change from neutral. My own household lot does pretty easily. Due to this particular issue my footprint bounces back and forth a lot too.

I have managed to get it to stay green for a while on the island in windenburg with a save but it’s just my sims house that’s green so not sure why it’s sticking but not complaining. But no I do not think it’s working as it should and it’s a bit frustrating to mess with.
SilentK008
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
Hmm.. I just managed to turn Del Sol industrial. Will see if it stays that way but so far so good.
jnix1961
5 years ago
no doesnt seem to work keeps going back to neutral
makeshiftwings
5 years ago
I have a feeling none of us will ever know for sure if it's "working" because the game itself is extremely vague about how it's supposed to work and EA has wisely decided to remain silent and not answer any questions about how it's supposed to work. I've found I can usually get the meter to go green and mostly stay there if I remain only on the home lot and focus entirely on placing a ton of solar panels / windmills, but if I ever leave the lot, or switch to play a different household, or the season changes, it will often change back to neutral.
MVWdeZT
Rising Hotshot
5 years ago
Some places are more likely to go green than others. I've had 2 different lots on the island in Windenburg not only go green but take the whole neighborhood with them -- the Villareals' house (despite the fireplace) and the small empty lot.

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