So my Sim started a fire in their apartment, there is an alarm blaring on the wall but no firemen ever show up. Eventually I try to do some action and am shown that the sim must extinguish the fire.Is there no fire dept. for the sims that live in apartments?

WTH?Why did I just give the franchise another $60.00 for expansions when something as basic as a fire dept isn't available? What was I thinking.Game has been out for far too many years to not have fire fighters, police or burglars. A total waste of money on my part. I was hoping for so much more with the expansions.

I don't understand it either. It's very disappointing!

It is sad. I shouldn't have said "what was I thinking" I should have said "what was EA thinking".This is just ridiculous and feels like a shell of a game. Here I thought, buy some expansions, and flesh out the game... Not with the expansions I bought,.Sad that I can't refund expansion packs or I would.Shame, EA, shame on you.

"Jalida;c-16938534" wrote:Here I thought, buy some expansions, and flesh out the game... Not with the expansions I bought,.Sad that I can't refund expansion packs or I would.Don't rely on thoughts. There's tons of information available on all the expansions so there's not really much of a reason to make assumptions over what you're going to get for your money. The power is very much in your hands.

Yeah I guess I just (here we go again) "thought" that fire dept. & police were in the base game. I've rarely played TS4, spent most of my time in TS3 so just assumed (you know, made an ass out of me) that something as basic was in the base game.So by the time that I had my first kitchen fire in TS4 it was after buying the 3 expansions that I just bought.

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Traijan
6 years ago
WTH?

Why did I just give the franchise another $60.00 for expansions when something as basic as a fire dept isn't available? What was I thinking.

Game has been out for far too many years to not have fire fighters, police or burglars. A total waste of money on my part. I was hoping for so much more with the expansions.
jassieteacake
6 years ago
I don't understand it either. It's very disappointing!
Traijan
6 years ago
It is sad. I shouldn't have said "what was I thinking" I should have said "what was EA thinking".

This is just ridiculous and feels like a shell of a game. Here I thought, buy some expansions, and flesh out the game... Not with the expansions I bought,.

Sad that I can't refund expansion packs or I would.

Shame, EA, shame on you.
kaeyresky
6 years ago
"Jalida;c-16938534" wrote:
Here I thought, buy some expansions, and flesh out the game... Not with the expansions I bought,.

Sad that I can't refund expansion packs or I would.

Don't rely on thoughts. There's tons of information available on all the expansions so there's not really much of a reason to make assumptions over what you're going to get for your money. The power is very much in your hands.
Traijan
6 years ago
Yeah I guess I just (here we go again) "thought" that fire dept. & police were in the base game. I've rarely played TS4, spent most of my time in TS3 so just assumed (you know, made an ass out of me) that something as basic was in the base game.

So by the time that I had my first kitchen fire in TS4 it was after buying the 3 expansions that I just bought.
Luckylunayre
New Spectator
6 years ago
Sorry for laughing but yeah fire men NEED to be in this game.

Not all of my sims are brave souls who put their fires out themselves. Its completely unimmersive.
Mylita
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
I always put a small smoke alarm by the stove or other spots that could be combustible and the bigger one on the outside of the house. I wouldn't think the lack of roads would be a problem for the firemen/police, given we all travel by 'teleportation' from the lot anyway.

Mylita
Traijan
6 years ago
My point was that they can program it in. Not what they can or can't do at the moment.

Sadly, just one more feature removed/ not added to TS4.
kaeyresky
6 years ago
No~

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Steamvarius
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
The Fire Prevention System Utility Panel, when placed outside your house, can pretty much activate the sprinklers within a few seconds. Some suggest having the fire prevention system in the room where the fire risk is higher. I would be surprised that the fire prevention system hasn't been installed in the apartments. In real life, apartments have to have a smoke detector and a sprinkler system linked up.