I kept the lint tray clean, but seems the washer/dryer doesn't like my sims at all. I just started playing this household (play testing my house I built) and a few days(maybe a week?) later a fire started. No one could extinguish it. Kids went to school except the teen. The parents, teen and toddler were about to die and I panicked. Came to forums to get cheats, activated the one to not let anyone die and the one to make them happy. The fire lasted two days before it was done. NOTHING I could do but wait and watch. Yeah, I never used sprinklers before and never worried about getting their skills up. Here are some picsHe discovered the fire, but couldn't extinguish ithttps://i.imgur.com/Ha1675y.pngKids went to school except teenThey were exhausted, and night came againFinally the fire burned out and the floors needed cleaning. Only had to replace the stereo after two days of fire burning thru the entire househttps://i.imgur.com/t5GipkQ.pngI thought when CL came out and your apartment caught fire, that a neighbor could run in and put it out? Neighbors walked by my house and watched and left, but no one helped. This is the time when firefighters are needed! Needless to say, I was stressed over this. Two days? Really? Glad I didn't have a two story house. Has anyone else had a fire last this long? Is this a bug?

When it comes to fires, I always pause the game. I have discovered that just clicking on the fire won't give an option to put it out, but rather in a location that is under the fire. I pause the game because it always takes me a bit to find it, and can only find it when the game is in pause.

Had the same problem - think the last update must have bugged something - had a fire and my sim kept acting like she could not get to it to extinguish it (have seen a lot of these routing errors since the patch). I did the cheat reset on the stove and luckily it went out because I don't even think you can quit the game when an event is happening.

Yeah, I don't think fire is done particularly well in this game. I too have been having routing issues with fires lately. There was also a sim I tried to purposely kill by fire and they just stood within the fire as it blazed all around them until it eventually died out.

Wow, thanks for the heads up. Normally I don't bother with the sprinkler system, because it takes too long to put anything out, but it sounds like it will be a better option, at least until this is delt with.

Which is why we need firefighter NPC back in active career option.

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LaBlue0314
Rising Scout
6 years ago
When it comes to fires, I always pause the game. I have discovered that just clicking on the fire won't give an option to put it out, but rather in a location that is under the fire. I pause the game because it always takes me a bit to find it, and can only find it when the game is in pause.
GypsyRozLyn
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
Had the same problem - think the last update must have bugged something - had a fire and my sim kept acting like she could not get to it to extinguish it (have seen a lot of these routing errors since the patch). I did the cheat reset on the stove and luckily it went out because I don't even think you can quit the game when an event is happening.
HopeyStarr
Rising Traveler
6 years ago
Yeah, I don't think fire is done particularly well in this game. I too have been having routing issues with fires lately. There was also a sim I tried to purposely kill by fire and they just stood within the fire as it blazed all around them until it eventually died out.
LaBlue0314
Rising Scout
6 years ago
Wow, thanks for the heads up. Normally I don't bother with the sprinkler system, because it takes too long to put anything out, but it sounds like it will be a better option, at least until this is delt with.
JestTru
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
Which is why we need firefighter NPC back in active career option.
luckyluxxury
6 years ago
This happened to me too, my sims in my medieval save were using the fire pit and it caught fire TWICE IN A ROW and my sims couldn't put it out. I figured it was a bug ugh
valre
6 years ago
So it wasn't an isolated incident when the sim in one of my saves couldn't extinguish the log seat by a campfire in Granite Falls. He was roasting bugs and he and the log by the firepit that he was sitting on caught fire, I managed to get him to extinguish him self after I caught up to him running in panic so I could click on him, but when I tried to have him exstinguish the fire on the log seat he kept having routing failurs, so in the end I shift clicked reset on the log seat and the fire slowly died out.
ValiantRedKnight
New Spectator
6 years ago
It’s especially annoying because sims tend to immediately run away from the fire, so it often spreads too far to extinguish pretty fast. That’s why I usually add the sprinkler system to all my houses,
83bienchen
Seasoned Novice
6 years ago
I've also had issues with fires lately, but I believe it started after the pre Strangerville patch already.
Kittybass
New Spectator
6 years ago
I moved a family into a house with many fireplaces. I removed several but a few remained. Anyway, any time the whole family left the lot, the house would catch fire somewhere every time they returned. It wasn't when one or two was off lot, it only happened when the whole family was out. If someone was home, I got no fires upon return. I think I let one fire burn for a day and a half before I ended up instructing them several times to put it out all the way. Most of the time they'd extinguish one part, if any, then run outside.