Death by Fire?

"EgonVM;c-17919373" wrote:

"StartUpGenius;c-17919275" wrote:
Is death by fire in impossible now? There's this annoying sprinkler appearing out of nowhere whenever there's fire ?

I can't start a new thread so I posted in an existing one

If you have a sprinkles magically appearing, that means you have a sprinkler box somewhere on your lot.
It looks like this (I'll put the link to The Sims Wiki in case the image won't load).
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/6/64/Fire_Prevention_System_Utility_Panel.png/revision/latest?cb=20180421163146

Thus you have two options now.

1. Find the box and sell it. If you can't find it, start a fire indoors and the alarm on it will activate. Listen to the alarm, put the walls up and find it. Though Alto Apartments has one box in the lobby, so you can't delete it (an apartment building in Uptown where Diego Lobo lives). In that case, visit someone without it and start a fire there.

2. Start a fire outdoors as sprinkles need a ceiling to deploy. If your sims don't have a garden, visit someone who does and start a fire there.

Choose an option and go with that.

I was having the same problem so thanks for this post! I didn't know about that sprinkler box!

I thought this Sim was about to die, and then suddenly a sprinkler appeared in the ceiling! I was so frustrated!

https://i.postimg.cc/SsfKzvB5/06-26-21-2-01-52-PM.png

Your Option 2 would be quite challenging if there are too many Sims there because they will automatically extinguish the fire. I had my spellcaster Sim freeze these meddlers with Chillio and got overcharged in the process.