I had seasons switched off for a while, but I do like the weather. I turned it off because of the dogs, they were scared all the time, now I have no pets, I switched it back on, as I love listening to the thunder and rain. I like my sims complaining being cold (iceproof trait??).
I hated Eco for the constant lecturing about their lifestyle while they should be acting. I don't think the two packs mix. I wish I'd known before buying. It was fun (well certain aspects), but my Mac ground to a halt and I was fed up with them lecturing everyone about Eco. Seemed a lot to do for candle making and the extra simoleons from identifying artefacts.
So now it looks like a video memory upgrade?? I have Radeon Pro 570X 4GB.
I'll do a video upgrade it it's possible without compromising my warranty. :/
@Gednaa Your Mac's graphics card is not upgradable, neither the card overall nor its VRAM. If you think the VRAM is limiting performance, you could try playing at a lower resolution, which would use less video memory overall.
In theory, you could get an eGPU enclosure and a standalone card to go with it. In practice, this is a terrible time to buy graphics cards of pretty much any kind—demand is high and supply is snatched up minutes after appearing. So unless you want to pay double to a scalper for a 5700XT or something, it would probably be better to wait a few months.
@Psychotps Since you're into making mods and generally messing around with game features, do you think disabling a few components of Eco Lifestyle would help performance? I'm thinking specifically of the visual effects of a green or industrial footprint, but there might be other elements that are worth poking at too. (Applying the NAPs seems like it would be mostly CPU intensive and spare the GPU, but that's easy to test with in-game settings.) I would guess that like most packs, there are only a few features that have an outsize effect, and the rest are negligible.
