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JellyGiraffe12's avatar
5 years ago
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Plant trees randomly catching on fire

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)
What is your current game version number? Latest
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except star wars pack.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? ??
What happens when the bug occurs? Household is in Susan, lot that is off the grid with the paradise fish trait in Mua Pel'am. I have a line of fruit trees and just in front of them are planters with other plants, two beetle boxes (1 normal beetles and 1 the red beetles) and a bee hive. For whatever reason in the lady few hours I've been playing three times my fruit trees have caught alight! Burning the trees to ash ? is this because of the red beetles because I've looked everywhere online and can't find anything about random trees catching on fire apart from the Christmas tree.
What do you expect to see? My trees to not be om fire randomly every hour.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No

I only have one mod and thats to increase the nurture rate of my beetles because it is ridiculous how often you have to do so. But I removed it earlier after the second time and I also replaired my game but it has still happened just now before I wrote this out so clearly not the issue. 

  • @JellyGiraffe12 

    It is probably the bombardier beetles causing it.  From time to time, that insect house will catch fire and it will spread to anything near it.  You should be able to stop it by moving that insect house away from anything else that can catch fire which in your case, is the fruit trees.

    Hope this helps.

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  • @JellyGiraffe12 

    It is probably the bombardier beetles causing it.  From time to time, that insect house will catch fire and it will spread to anything near it.  You should be able to stop it by moving that insect house away from anything else that can catch fire which in your case, is the fruit trees.

    Hope this helps.

  • Rosesamurai's avatar
    Rosesamurai
    Seasoned Newcomer
    4 months ago

    I just had this happen as well, but I don't have an insect house on the lot even. Turns out it was a cursed book from one of the small business events.