Hey guys,So I don't know about you but firefighters in my game are just not doing their job smoothly 5 out 6 times I call them. First issue is the fire itself which is always a small fire that gets automatically put out by one of the sims before I get the chance to call the fire department but if I manage to call it then: 1. the firefighters will attempt to put out the fire but they won't be able to because of routing issues if it is in a small space. https://imgur.com/gAxLAJA.jpg2. the firefighters will arrive but will just stand in front of the house and do nothing for about an hourhttps://imgur.com/VPjMGvh.jpg3. or they just won't show up after calling them, which happened to me once so far. The sim called the fire department but had to go to work immidiately after that. So she left the lot, the firefighters never came and her garden burned down.I don't have a picture from this one.Are those bugs, is it a problem with the engine (the infamous simulation lag where sims stand there for hours and do nothing), or is this just how firefighters are designed?

I had a sim call the firefighters once, but they never showed up. Had to decide if I wanted to wait for them to extinguish my sim or risk death. Good thing I didn't wait for the firefighters. She even had a smoke alarm in the house.

"Cavapoo_King;c-17589175" wrote:Why is the sink on fire?My spellcaster's repario failed.

I think it's simulation lag that's been my issue with them mostly. They stand around for a mighty long time after they show up, not always, but about 50% of the time I think. Seems to me too, that one will come running right in, the other hangs out in the road for a bit then joins their partner to help when the fire is basically out.

Yes I am also having Firefighters that do not actually do the job of a Firefighter. They stand outside and simply do not enter the house. My Sims end up having to extinguish the fire themselves while the Firefighters just stand around watching everything burn to the ground.

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ChadSims2
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17595971" wrote:
My sim started another fire and I decided to not wait for the fire department to help out and got the other sim to help extinguish the fire. Anyway, the fire brigade showed up, warned me about fire safety and then I thought they would leave. Well, I actually hoped they would do the sexy dance and then leave, but they just high fived each other then one of them left. The other one decided he was very tired and took a nap on my sim's couch. :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/QXlggpw.png

Poor guy all the poofing tired him out get this poor Sim a fire truck.
crocobaura
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"ChadSims2;c-17619980" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17595971" wrote:
My sim started another fire and I decided to not wait for the fire department to help out and got the other sim to help extinguish the fire. Anyway, the fire brigade showed up, warned me about fire safety and then I thought they would leave. Well, I actually hoped they would do the sexy dance and then leave, but they just high fived each other then one of them left. The other one decided he was very tired and took a nap on my sim's couch. :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/QXlggpw.png

Poor guy all the poofing tired him out get this poor Sim a fire truck.

I let him nap a little while then sent him on is way. :lol:
CAPTAIN_NXR7
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17595971" wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/QXlggpw.png

The other funny thing about that picture is the scratch pole and the way it has proven to be utterly useless.
crocobaura
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"CAPTAIN_NXR7;c-17620003" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17595971" wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/QXlggpw.png

The other funny thing about that picture is the scratch pole and the way it has proven to be utterly useless.

Lol, stubborn barn cat. :neutral:
Simburian
New Traveler
5 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17619995" wrote:
"ChadSims2;c-17619980" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17595971" wrote:
My sim started another fire and I decided to not wait for the fire department to help out and got the other sim to help extinguish the fire. Anyway, the fire brigade showed up, warned me about fire safety and then I thought they would leave. Well, I actually hoped they would do the sexy dance and then leave, but they just high fived each other then one of them left. The other one decided he was very tired and took a nap on my sim's couch. :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/QXlggpw.png

Poor guy all the poofing tired him out get this poor Sim a fire truck.

I let him nap a little while then sent him on is way. :lol:

After a real fire in a block of flats in my road I went to the local Chinese takeaway and found the firemen putting in a block order! They fully deserved it!

Was the fireman one of your played Sims or a random one? With 70 families (200 plus) I find my own Sims are doing the bartending and waitering etc.
crocobaura
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"Simburian;c-17620043" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17619995" wrote:
"ChadSims2;c-17619980" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17595971" wrote:
My sim started another fire and I decided to not wait for the fire department to help out and got the other sim to help extinguish the fire. Anyway, the fire brigade showed up, warned me about fire safety and then I thought they would leave. Well, I actually hoped they would do the sexy dance and then leave, but they just high fived each other then one of them left. The other one decided he was very tired and took a nap on my sim's couch. :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/QXlggpw.png

Poor guy all the poofing tired him out get this poor Sim a fire truck.

I let him nap a little while then sent him on is way. :lol:

After a real fire in a block of flats in my road I went to the local Chinese takeaway and found the firemen putting in a block order! They fully deserved it!

Was the fireman one of your played Sims or a random one? With 70 families (200 plus) I find my own Sims are doing the bartending and waitering etc.

Just a random sim. I don't have that many families in my game, but recently one sim was drafted to be a yoga instructor. I am going to let him keep the hobby on the side as it fits with his story and he's fit. :smiley:
SimmerGeorge
5 years ago
"Simburian;c-17620043" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17619995" wrote:
"ChadSims2;c-17619980" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17595971" wrote:
My sim started another fire and I decided to not wait for the fire department to help out and got the other sim to help extinguish the fire. Anyway, the fire brigade showed up, warned me about fire safety and then I thought they would leave. Well, I actually hoped they would do the sexy dance and then leave, but they just high fived each other then one of them left. The other one decided he was very tired and took a nap on my sim's couch. :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/QXlggpw.png

Poor guy all the poofing tired him out get this poor Sim a fire truck.

I let him nap a little while then sent him on is way. :lol:

After a real fire in a block of flats in my road I went to the local Chinese takeaway and found the firemen putting in a block order! They fully deserved it!

Was the fireman one of your played Sims or a random one? With 70 families (200 plus) I find my own Sims are doing the bartending and waitering etc.

@Simburian With the firemen being just random sims I noticed a good 30%-40% of my own Sims are doing the NPC jobs like bartending, waitering, mentoring at the gym etc.
cb2342z
Seasoned Spectator
5 years ago
I honestly think firefighters were something just thrown in last-minute, with as few new animations and resources as possible used.

In my opinion, if a door is locked, they should break it down with an ax. They, at most, may talk with members of the active household a bit, but they should show up, put the fire out, and leave. Autonomous dancing, singing, watching TV, and other stuff, no. That's a big problem with Sim autonomy anyway, and a part of the reason many turn it off.
troshalom
5 years ago
So I thought they fixed the outdoor retreat fire pit always catching on fire problem. My sim lights the fire, plays his 15,000 simolean violin and catches on fire. The game would not let him put the fire put nor call the fire department until he ran across the lot, woke up the sleeping toddlers that were not in danger and stand on the opposite side of the lot while everything burned.

When the sim was able to call the fire dept, the two fire fighters arrived, entered the cabin, looked confused, never went to the back side of the lot to put out the fire, I finally got my sim to put out the fire after his violin, a bench and horseshoes were destroyed. Firefighters stood there for hours doing NOTHING.

One of the toddlers that were not controlled by my household wondered off the lot and her mother never got her, just plumb forgot about the kid laying in her filthy diaper sleeping on the ground.

this game is strange

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