"Beardedgeek;c-17812846" wrote:"Gordy;c-17812820" wrote:"Beardedgeek;c-17812785" wrote:"jimbbq;c-17811060" wrote:
Disappointingly you just need to pass a NAP and wait. As for the footprint just wait for a few days it will turns green. Very poorly executed pack.
Point of curiosity: What exactly would you expect? Apart from the Footprint being a PTA to uphold (it always fluctuates wildly and often slips into Industrial for me no matter what I do) the actual gameplay is really good, IMHO.
I think it would have been better if your sims could pick up the trash, or otherwise play an active role in keeping things clean. Like what they did with Island Living, but on a larger scale.
But the whole idea is the NPA bit, Community Organizing. Which it does very well, actually. What you basically do is allocate taxes to give the street sweepers more equipment and money to hire more personnel. Just like in a real city.
Basically the Island Living and Eco Lifestyle packs simulate two different ends of that. In Island Living you ARE the people getting paid by the local county / city or even the national government to save the environment. Especially if you take part in that career. In Eco Lifestyle you are the politician / community organizer telling the city what to spend it's taxes on.
"Beardedgeek;c-17812846" wrote:
But the whole idea is the NPA bit, Community Organizing. Which it does very well, actually. What you basically do is allocate taxes to give the street sweepers more equipment and money to hire more personnel. Just like in a real city.
Basically the Island Living and Eco Lifestyle packs simulate two different ends of that. In Island Living you ARE the people getting paid by the local county / city or even the national government to save the environment. Especially if you take part in that career. In Eco Lifestyle you are the politician / community organizer telling the city what to spend it's taxes on.
"crocobaura;c-17813121" wrote:"VenusABatson;c-17813072" wrote:"telmarina;c-17813030" wrote:"Beardedgeek;c-17812846" wrote:"Gordy;c-17812820" wrote:"Beardedgeek;c-17812785" wrote:"jimbbq;c-17811060" wrote:
Disappointingly you just need to pass a NAP and wait. As for the footprint just wait for a few days it will turns green. Very poorly executed pack.
Point of curiosity: What exactly would you expect? Apart from the Footprint being a PTA to uphold (it always fluctuates wildly and often slips into Industrial for me no matter what I do) the actual gameplay is really good, IMHO.
I think it would have been better if your sims could pick up the trash, or otherwise play an active role in keeping things clean. Like what they did with Island Living, but on a larger scale.
But the whole idea is the NPA bit, Community Organizing. Which it does very well, actually. What you basically do is allocate taxes to give the street sweepers more equipment and money to hire more personnel. Just like in a real city.
Basically the Island Living and Eco Lifestyle packs simulate two different ends of that. In Island Living you ARE the people getting paid by the local county / city or even the national government to save the environment. Especially if you take part in that career. In Eco Lifestyle you are the politician / community organizer telling the city what to spend it's taxes on.
It's very good that there are this two different approaches. Most of people would be angry if eco lifestyle approach would be the same as Island Living's... "picking trash again!"...
Yeah, I would have been. It just takes a little longer to figure out how to clean up Evergreen Harbor. I do have an UPDATE. The streets are now clean. I have seen others say that the quarry will eventually get renovated so now I am waiting to see that since there is still trash on that lot.
The quarry is a community space lot. You'll need to vote on it to change it to one of it's three cleaned states.
"Gordy;c-17813124" wrote:"Beardedgeek;c-17812846" wrote:
But the whole idea is the NPA bit, Community Organizing. Which it does very well, actually. What you basically do is allocate taxes to give the street sweepers more equipment and money to hire more personnel. Just like in a real city.
Basically the Island Living and Eco Lifestyle packs simulate two different ends of that. In Island Living you ARE the people getting paid by the local county / city or even the national government to save the environment. Especially if you take part in that career. In Eco Lifestyle you are the politician / community organizer telling the city what to spend it's taxes on.
Which honestly, I find boring. NAPs could still have a place in improving things, but leaving most of the work off-screen and with limited-to-no input from players is dumb. And it's not like Island Living really went far with the hands-on approach in the first place; you basically just pick up sludge sometimes, and you're gold. Or you can do it accidentally by taking trash out from your kitchen to the outdoor bin.
