[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? Dansk
How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
What is your current game version number? The latest
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Go to an NPC ground with a house. Don't knock on door. Wait untill an NPC starts a fire.
What happens when the bug occurs? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
What do you expect to see? I wan't to be able to get my sim to do something. Whether it's to go away, put out fire or something else doesn't matter. Just something!
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
My sims went to visit some relatives in an NPC house. An NPC attempted to cook I think while my sim was hugging family members outside the house. A fire started. The NPCs didn't put it out. Because my sim hadn't knocked on the door yet, she couldn't get to the fire inside the house. I couldn't do anything to get her out. Not travel, not put out the fire, no cheats, nothing. I had to end the game without saving. It's not the first time I have issues with fire.
Not entirely if it's any help, but did they have a fire alert? I had it that when I didn't had one in my household NPCs outside wouldn't come help in case of a fire, but would if there was a fire alarm.
Might have been a coincidence though
- @thecuriousrobot Merged your post with existing report on this.
Perhaps put a sprinkler system in all your friend's houses in manage worlds? Supposedly they put out fires inside if there is one and you should be able to reach any fires that are outside just fine. It'd be annoying at best to have to do this, but if it saves you from getting stuck until a house is burnt down it might be worth trying. On the other hand, I've never tested it out so I can't be sure it'll work on someone else's lot if you are just visiting and haven't gained entry inside. It's worth a shot...
I have a question. Can you call the fire department if it isn't your lot that is on fire? That could be another potential answer to this problem. Seeing as a fire has never started on someone else's lot with me stuck outside in any of my games, I honestly can't try either of these methods.
