Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.63.136.1210
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All expansion and game packs, about half of the stuff packs.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I'm not sure how replicable this bug is, mostly because I've only been playing this pack for a week or so. [See lower section]
What happens when the bug occurs? The eco-footprint bar goes from about 85% full green (while marked "neutral") down to completely neutral over the course of several in-game days, and then randomly it snaps back to 85% and starts the cycle over again. (I have not seen it move towards green at all.)
What do you expect to see? The eco-footprint bar changes organically in either direction and stays that way. (Or possibly doesn't go down at all considering my lot, and moves toward green.)
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No
My sims moved to a tiny home in Conifer Station, which has the "off the grid" trait with the intention of getting a green lot. There are 6 windmills generating power, three dew collectors for water, countless plants/shrubs/grasses/green fences, the wallpapers and windows on the outside of the house are eco-friendly, and every item in the house (except for two tiny living wall decorations) have either been fabricated or rummaged from a dumpster. There is a garden with three fruit trees and maybe 8 plants, two insect boxes, and two beehives.
I deleted every (fabricated!) light on the house (so they sit in the dark), deleted the fireplace that had +5 industrial that was mostly for looks, deleted the original stove and replaced it with one that works off the grid, and only have these items that use power: laptop (for crafter career), fizzing station, fabricator, recycler (?), and eco-upgraded fridge.
I even added the "eco-friendly" lot trait after a while.
Over the course of several in-game days my 85% (approx.) eco-footprint score, which is marked "neutral" (I'm not really sure if this is supposed to have a green leaf at some point, that's only happened once so far in my game), decreases towards neutral/industrial. Nothing my sims do changes this.
Despite deleting everything that could have had an industrial footprint, fabricating more house items, recycling obsessively (where my green sim has the light blue moodlet from doing "green" things at least once a day), gardening, repairing the constantly-breaking windmills, adding 2 more windmills (there were originally only 4), dealing with both insects and bees, dumpster diving, riding bikes found in dumpsters, etc, it always heads towards neutral.
And then randomly, it snaps back to exactly where it was before, at about 85%. It stays there solidly for a day or two and then starts again. I cannot figure out what exactly is triggering this, because I can't imagine the green footprint is supposed to randomly change like that when I haven't actually done anything. This has happened at least twice, but I'm pretty sure it's happened before. The first time I noticed it was when the garbage collector was on my lot. The second time I noticed it snap back up was when my (eco friendly) sim working in the Civil Designer career came back from work (but his partner was still on the lot.)
When it was at the 85% green when I last started my game the lot was considered "green" from manage worlds. The neighborhood has both the "green" NAP and the "modern development" NAP, as well as self-sufficient and green gardening.
Previously, when living in the Port Promise middle lot, my sim changed the concrete to grass, added a single windmill and 2 dew collectors and his lot was considered green despite the overwhelming industrial points coming from the shipping container wallpaper.
I genuinely cannot tell what's supposed to be a feature or a bug here with this pack at this point which is really frustrating because I wanted to work towards eco friendly but I have done every single thing I can think of without compromising the quality of life for my sims (like getting rid of the last few power objects).
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