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    KatsKatsKatsKats Posts: 976 Member
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    why they're putting in heat lamps to "keep diners toasty" when they eat at an outdoor restaurant? I was just curious why we'd even want something like that since it always seems to be summer.

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      StilleWaterStilleWater Posts: 1,566 Member
      edited May 2016
      Maybe you are on the correct tract
      I figure Christmas if at all.
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      Briana2425Briana2425 Posts: 3,591 Member
      Hint seasons is coming lol
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      EmmaVaneEmmaVane Posts: 7,847 Member
      Why do we have fireplaces if that's the case?

      I think the patio heaters will have similar buffs to fireplaces. Bonus points if they are a fire hazard (either normally or if not maintained).
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      SimulanceSimulance Posts: 313 Member
      Could it be...
      Eternal summer will soon be over? :o

      Or maybe they're just a fireplace reskin like EmmaVane said above me. :p
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      SkyeChimesSkyeChimes Posts: 376 Member
      I kinda want to build a hole in the wall with patio dining (heaters in disrepair) and a terrible clumsy chef and see if I can get a tragic restaurant fire to happen! The critic will be all "I told them that place was a hazard!" Lol
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      EmmaVaneEmmaVane Posts: 7,847 Member
      SkyeChimes wrote: »
      I kinda want to build a hole in the wall with patio dining (heaters in disrepair) and a terrible clumsy chef and see if I can get a tragic restaurant fire to happen! The critic will be all "I told them that place was a hazard!" Lol

      Best thing being restaurants don't normally have showers (unless you put one in the staff room) and if you don't add a deco pool they can jump into, sims can't extinguish themselves.

      You also can't use sprinklers if there's no ceiling (I.E. Outside).
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      cynclacyncla Posts: 1,117 Member
      Ahh, the Sim death by fire plans are happening already LOL
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      MVWdeZTMVWdeZT Posts: 3,267 Member
      Actually, sims can extinguish themselves, at least the ones under your control can. They apparently carry a fire extinguisher around with them. You just click on your sim, and you'll get the action "extinguish self."
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      luthienrisingluthienrising Posts: 37,628 Member
      edited May 2016
      MVWdeZT wrote: »
      Actually, sims can extinguish themselves, at least the ones under your control can. They apparently carry a fire extinguisher around with them. You just click on your sim, and you'll get the action "extinguish self."

      I love this.
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      PsychoSimXXPsychoSimXX Posts: 4,403 Member
      Not really because the greater portion of CA is considered a desert. Where I am located in WA is also considered a desert and deserts do get COLD at night even in the summer. Some more than others.


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      catloverplayercatloverplayer Posts: 93,395 Member
      KatsKats wrote: »
      why they're putting in heat lamps to "keep diners toasty" when they eat at an outdoor restaurant? I was just curious why we'd even want something like that since it always seems to be summer.

      I was wondering the same thing. I hope it's a hint for Seasons being the next expansion pack.
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      BabySquareBabySquare Posts: 7,869 Member
      luthienrising wrote: »
      MVWdeZT wrote: »
      Actually, sims can extinguish themselves, at least the ones under your control can. They apparently carry a fire extinguisher around with them. You just click on your sim, and you'll get the action "extinguish self."

      I love this.

      I once knew someone who did this; he took a fire extinguisher to college with him everyday! He was a music student.
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      ScobreScobre Posts: 20,665 Member
      And Gurus were worried about babies, when there are painful fire extinguishers Sims carry in their back pocket. :lol: What would happen if they sit on the fire extinguisher if it was real? XD Oh the stories we could create just with what Sims grab out of their back pocket. The glass out of the back pocket reminds me of the movie Sabrina in which David sat on glasses.
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      CunninghamCunningham Posts: 1,310 Member
      Briana2425 wrote: »
      Hint seasons is coming lol

      My theory exactly xD

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      PsychoSimXXPsychoSimXX Posts: 4,403 Member
      Scobre wrote: »
      And Gurus were worried about babies, when there are painful fire extinguishers Sims carry in their back pocket. :lol: What would happen if they sit on the fire extinguisher if it was real? XD Oh the stories we could create just with what Sims grab out of their back pocket. The glass out of the back pocket reminds me of the movie Sabrina in which David sat on glasses.

      :(:o:D



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      ScobreScobre Posts: 20,665 Member
      GoddessSims wrote: »
      :(:o:D
      Yeah what he had to do for the recovery for it. XD
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      EmmaVaneEmmaVane Posts: 7,847 Member
      MVWdeZT wrote: »
      Actually, sims can extinguish themselves, at least the ones under your control can. They apparently carry a fire extinguisher around with them. You just click on your sim, and you'll get the action "extinguish self."

      Well, that's just plain silly. It makes sense at home (to some extent, I pretend it's in a cupboard) but not when out and about.
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      PsychoSimXXPsychoSimXX Posts: 4,403 Member
      Scobre wrote: »
      GoddessSims wrote: »
      :(:o:D
      Yeah what he had to do for the recovery for it. XD
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      I just choked on my soda from laughing!!!! LOL


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      Ceres_MeirionaCeres_Meiriona Posts: 5,006 Member
      I was wondering that as well, OP. I hope it's a hint that Seasons is coming, but I'm not going to read too much into it just yet. Right now I'll be thinking of them as mini fireplaces and bide my time to see if anything else comes of it. ;)
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      ScobreScobre Posts: 20,665 Member
      GoddessSims wrote: »

      I just choked on my soda from laughing!!!! LOL
      Yay my daily mission is accomplished. Made someone laugh. :smiley:
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      elmkec89elmkec89 Posts: 41 Member
      StilleWater wrote: »
      Maybe you are on the correct tract
      I figure Christmas if at all.

      this is irrelevant but i like your image of a fox wearing a human lol, awesome'd u just for that :)
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      CinebarCinebar Posts: 33,618 Member
      I would assume having these outside would raise the rating of your restaurant and not a hint at Seasons.
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      Ravager619Ravager619 Posts: 3,738 Member
      KatsKats wrote: »
      why they're putting in heat lamps to "keep diners toasty" when they eat at an outdoor restaurant? I was just curious why we'd even want something like that since it always seems to be summer.

      It's likely just decor. I live in Southern California, and most of the fireplaces and outdoor lamps in real life give off as much heat as the ones in this game. :D

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      I8PIKACHUI8PIKACHU Posts: 572 Member
      edited May 2016
      While I doubt anyone thought this was a hint, heat lamps are needed even outdoors because the temperature of the heat lamp is more than the surrounding temperature and give a desirable temperature for humans to consume cooked food. Setting food out in the open on a regular hot day, even in Houston or Miami, will not give food that fresh and hot feeling that we prefer with cooked food. Think of crunching that french fry fresh from the fryer and how much more delicious it is than being left out for 20 minutes. Or that fresh pie out of the oven or that fresh soup ladled from the stove. Heat lamps are designed to keep this heat and "freshness" as long as possible.
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      CinderellimouseCinderellimouse Posts: 19,380 Member
      EmmaVane wrote: »
      Why do we have fireplaces if that's the case?

      Good point.

      I think they're probably just a fun object that they thought up when thinking of 'restaurant things'. A lot of places have them now here in the UK because of the smoking law, which means people can't smoke indoors in public places, so bars and restaurants make an area outside with a heater. I guess the law had an unexpected benefit in that outside spaces have improved now! XD
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