What Do You Rate Eco Lifestyle After You've Played???

My only complaint it the sharing or stealing initiative for the neighborhood. I just don’t want to have to rebuild every public lot anytime this is voted into effect and I don’t want to shut off neighborhood voting. I wish there was an option to take just this one off the table.

My sim visited the bar when this was in effect and the public literally stripped everything except the bar and shelves behind it, ok, they left the lighting too... I am not big on building because I take for ever on it so this is kinda a nightmare.

@shellbeme oh yes I agree actually, they really need to tune that one! I thought sharing meant like food and bikes not my entire counter.

Honestly I was pretty excited for the possibilities but so far the only thing I actually enjoy from the pack is the new build items. The shipping container look is fun, and the decorations, vertical gardens, and solar panels/turbines are one of the few upsides to me. The CAS items aren't my favorite and I'm bummed because I was hoping for something a little cooler that literal torn rags for clothes. Also wish there was a way to like turn off the eco footprint thing. It was cool for a little bit but it's just getting to be annoying struggling to keep things "green." Personally I think the idea is great but this pack could've come out as something way smaller (and less expensive).

I picked the it's a good pack up--I think it's great and think it has lasting gameplay, I'm just still a bit bummed not to have horses or farm animals/farming. I've barely scraped the surface of this pack but am excited to play :)

"michii;c-17530162" wrote:
Also wish there was a way to like turn off the eco footprint thing. It was cool for a little bit but it's just getting to be annoying struggling to keep things "green."

If you'll go to Carl's Sims 4 Guide website, you will find all kinds of great info and new cheats regarding Eco Living. To make each neighborhood "Green" forever here is the cheat code:

Eco_Footprint.Set_Eco_Footprint_State 0 (Type in a Zero)

Some players are finding that this cheat works in the first few lots and then stops working. While others, like me. can't get it to work at all yet. I'm sure as Carl has time, he will figure out what is going on w/this cheat and why it appears to be glitching. Good Luck!

The MAIN reason that I wanted this EP is for the solar power both in the entire roof tiles and the separate solar panel units that can be placed on top of the roofs. Any way to cut down on the monthly bills is a positive even though all of my Sims are independently wealthy, never work and don't have to worry about any bills. :)

I also LOVE that we now can move Doors/Windows around to where we want to place them w/a more exacting placement. This has been very much needed since the Sims Series inception.

All of the Eco Living tasks are simply too much work for my sims and I to tackle as I play Sims to relax and have fun. Still waiting w/ever fading hope on a SPORTS EP or GP -- So we have a POOLTABLE, Volleyball, Football/Frisbee Tossing, Baseball Catching, Snowboarding, Skiing, REAL Scuba Diving like in Sims 3 and other FUN Sports Activities that can be enjoyed by FAMILIES and GROUPS of SIMS! Fini.

im not ready to vote because i think the pack is great. but theres one big problem that makes the pack not so much fun. and that is the bugs. so many bugs. i dont have mods or anything. so its just the game in general. first i cant change the eco footprint to either industrial or green. it will go to 90% in either way and stop. even when im doing the activities for whichever one im trying to choose. and still wont work. also ive been experiencing more crashes and its ruining the fun. the pack itself is a good pack but right now im not really loving it. i think once the bugs are fixed ill feel differently about the pack.

I would actually like to change my vote lower now that I've played it for a while. I don't enjoy it. I don't even understand how most of the things work, for example I got biofuel but there is no explanation how to use it. Most of the new stuff my Sims get in their inventories don't have any explanation how to use them when I hover my mouse over them.
My Sims are uncomfortable and miserable 24/7. The smoggy place that they lived in changed to neutral suddenly and I don't even know how. Obviously I did something but I don't know what.
I think I will be turning the eco foot print "thingy" off from all my other saves except from one. It's not fun for me. I was bored to play Eco Lifestyle and I hardly ever get bored of Sims 4.
To say something positive... at least there is a new world for my Sims to live in and some new premades and maybe I get some fun with few NAP's (the fun ones that don't have anything to do with eco living).

So yesterday I played quite a bit, I really like the dumpster diving aspect of the game. So today I started a new toon. Decided she would open a retail store and sell all the items she gets from the dumpster and repairs. This isn't working out the greatest... because you get the weirdest stuff from the dumpster. Mostly burned things, and what is not burned are electronics, and appliances, things worth more money. I did get a small stool that I could just repair the scratches but havn't gotten any other furniture I could repair like that. So my dream of running a refurbished furniture store isn't really working out haha. So far I have gotten like 12 fridges, 6 stoves, a stereo, 3 tvs, a toilet, 2 sinks, 1 cabinet, 3 tubs, 6 pictures for the wall... and tons and tons of burned beds, dresser, nightstand, dressers and anything else you would consider furniture. Seems like the percentages of something is off there.

Also, the toon I was playing yesterday, we passed the... oh neighborhood action to basically steal and no one gets mad. Problem with that is... the community lot got cleared out. Now while I think this is a fun game play I think some tweaks need to be done, the NPCs are able to steal, counters, sinks (which made the lot broken), couches, almost everything. Yet you are not, also these items are now gone. It would be nice to show up at some NPCs house and see a counter from the Goth's House or something.

Lastly, today while playing in the harbor area, working a shop down by the docks. The neighborhood kept improving, which was great but it kept making the ground disappear. Finally after awhile my game finally crashed and I have not been able to open the lot since. I haven't tried other lots because... I figure it's an issue that will be fixed in a week or so.

So far it's just okay but it's fun—a part of that is the novelty value. I'm not sure I'll still be having fun with most of these features in a few weeks or months, unlike past packs.

Evergreen Harbour is pretty great-looking once the Modern and Green Development NAPs pass to make them beautiful, but bland before then, and I do wish there were still 1-2 more lots.

The CAS and Build/Buy are really great, especially Build/Buy.

The new careers and skills are fun for now but already growing stale.

I think that the Eco vs Industrial thing will get very tedious in the future in save files where that's not trying to be a focus.