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mlrlts1967
3 years ago

Re: [FIXED] Constant kitchen fires with fear of fires trait

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? 1.91.205.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them but werewolves
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Cook with my sim
What happens when the bug occurs? My stove catches on fire too frequently
What do you expect to see? The stove to not catch on fire half the time I'm cooking
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? Neutral/Not Sure 

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After about a four month break from playing (and deleting my mods, then adding new, up-to-date ones) I decided to play again.

The first family generation I played, everything was normal. I'm not sure if they ever had one fire.

Then I started playing as their daughter and she first started a fire on the stove while cooking a grand meal at a dinner party. I attributed this to her having a low cooking skill and being clumsy.

Since then, I've played her for about five days and there have been around 12 more fires.

She is now at cooking level 6 and they currently have the best stove.

Her now husband also starts fires at the same frequency. He is at cooking level 3, so I don't understand what's going on.

I read on here that having a "fear of fires" can increase the likelihood of a fire and he currently has that fear. The woman I mentioned before does not have that fear.

I also don't have any bad lot traits.

I want to add that despite having the clumsy trait, my female sim has not started any fires on the dryer. It's always the stove.

They've also moved several times and have had different stoves since when it first started.

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  • sammerham's avatar
    sammerham
    3 years ago
    @mlrlts1967 Have you taken your mods out of your ea folders all together? Or have you just turned off mods in the settings?
    Not a fix to the underlying issue but you could upgrade your stove to be fire proof or I think there may be a fireproof homestead reward you can buy with lifetime points. I can’t remember if that’s sims 3 or sims 4 reward.
    Have you tried testing it on a new save to see if the same issue occurs?
    That’s all I’ve got for now.
  • mysticfairy1's avatar
    mysticfairy1
    New Adventurer
    3 years ago

    I just had 4 fires in 4 days. Now my sims won't use the fireplace die to fear of fire. I've taken my mods out and played clean. It didn't help. This didn't start for me until this latest big update. Is anyone experiencing the same issue?

  • mlrlts1967's avatar
    mlrlts1967
    3 years ago

    After some more time playing and after speaking with others with the same problem, this is definitely one of the many issues with the fears system.

    I started playing with a different family and the fire/fear of fires looping stopped.

    If we could all just report this and "me too" maybe it will get fixed sooner.

  • alig1667's avatar
    alig1667
    3 years ago

    Is there any solution to this? I don't have any custom mods or content. I have the Seasons pack, and my sims were trying to celebrating Winterfest by cooking a meal on the stove. The stove has caught fire every single time, at least 5 times in a row now. I've tried having different sims cook, tried buying different stoves, and I get the same result with the stove catching fire. My sims are NOT tense, none of them have the clumsy trait, and the house doesn't have a cursed attribute. Both adult sims have at least level 7 cooking. 
    If this bug is caused by the "fear of fire" moodlet then this is definitely a defect that needs to be fixed. I am just confused why there aren't more reports of this bug?

  • danniegurl's avatar
    danniegurl
    3 years ago
    @alig1667 Omg I agree.

    My sims have fear of fire bc THE FIRES WONT STOP! My sim is 10 gourmet and 10 cooking. I changed my floors thinking that would help in the span of like 3-5 sim hours I have had FOUR fires with 2 different sims.

    I have mods but I’m hearing in Facebook groups this is common. I’m frustrated.

    At this point COULD WE PLEASE HAVE THR ABILITY TO ORDER CAKES!?!

  • danniegurl's avatar
    danniegurl
    3 years ago
    @PipMenace Thanks I think I got that one or similar. Basically a bakery box on my counter I can order from. And I deleted my stoves but I’ll check that one out in case it’s different.
  • BetsyLouEverett's avatar
    BetsyLouEverett
    2 years ago

    Same issue. my sims all have a fear of fire now and im afraid they are going to die because of it. Its insanely infuriating. cooking or doing laundry starts them. I hate it

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