[OPEN] NPCs won't extinguish fires
Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%) What is your current game version number? n/a What expansio...
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Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
What is your current game version number? 4
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? When a fire starts on a celebrity lot
What happens when the bug occurs? I can't do anything, I'm stuck
What do you expect to see? To leave the lot where the fire has started
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No
I feel like the most impossible thing just happened to me with Get Famous. I made my sim go to Octavia Moon's house, just because I wanted to see what the area looked like. I don't have any specific relationship with Octavia Moon, or with any of the household members, so obviously I can't go in the house, or even knock on the door, to begin with.So I went there, and a couple of seconds later, I got the notification that a fire had started on the lot. Octavia had "discovered the fire". So immediately after, the other household members came outside running. And there, I was stuck. I tried to take my sim elsewhere, to leave the game (but it wouldn't let me save), or to switch control to my other sim, who was at home. But none of that would work. I also tried to get inside the house myself, in hopes that maybe I could put the fire out by myself, which didn't work either because as I had mentioned, I can't knock on the door. Interactions with other sims outside the house wouldn't work either, since the only interaction I get when I click on a sim is "Fire!". My sim is about to die. She has already peed herself and is starving. I can't seem to find a way to get out of this situation. I have about 2 hours of unsaved gameplay and I certainly don't want to lose that. I'd be very grateful if anyone could help me.
@adasaskinYou can probably keep your sim alive using cheats. Open the cheat console by pressing Ctrl-Shift-C. Use testingCheats on as your cheat code. Shift-click on your sim, go to Cheat Need... and Make Happy. After that, you can Disable Need Decay. That should keep your sim alive until the fire goes out.
Another thing you could try is shift-click on the balcony next to the fire and Teleport Here. Once you are on the balcony you might be able to extinguish the fire. If not, you can always teleport back to the street to wait it out.
Good luck.
- @Sketch793 Thanks for this. I ended up being able to teleport into the house to put the fire out.
That worked! Mostly, then the fire got stuck in the chimney. I was willing to test how immortal my werewolf was by teleporting straight into the fire in the chimney, but the game wouldn't let me.
