I have yet to see a kitchen fire. I have yet to see ANY fire, actually. I know there are ways of starting fires like putting a rug in front of a fireplace, but the game doesn't have much unpredictability. My sims, no matter how low their skill level, never fail at cooking. So what's the actual recipe for disaster? Low cooking skill and a cheap stove? Are my stoves too nice perhaps?
I've also heard incense or candles can catch fire, but I've never had that happen either.
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As far as how to start them without starting them, I am not sure!
See, but that's not unpredictable. I want to be going along, happy-go-lucky when BAM! A fire breaks out that I didn't personally influence. Like the time in TS3 when I had my toddlers Inferno Birthday Cake basically explode and burn down half the kitchen. I always wondered about the Inferno Cake, but until that day, I had NO idea that was possible.
Are there any unpredictable deaths or calamities in 4?
Yeah, I had some good fires in S3. It is very hard (to me) to even experience fires in S4.
A couple of days ago I was chasing down a Sim who'd taken it on himself to go and grill some burgers at the community area next to the house. I'd already directed another household member to cook for everybody - at home - and felt a bit miffed.
As I was busily deploring the actions of the burger king I got the message that the house was on fire.
Fortunately only one Sim was on fire and she went off to the shower to get put out. Another Sim extinguished the fire and, since I had an alarm and sprinkler, I expected adequate recompense. Pah!
Don't ever put your nice, expensive fridge next to your oven is all I can say.
Second fire was after toddlers patch, hired a nanny as both parents had work that day, nanny arrived went straight to the cooker and started a fire. Both parents came running in with fire extinguishers and quickly put the fire out. Before firing the nanny, the game clearly said she was competent at cooking, the state of the kitchen proved otherwise.
I have had 5 fires in total in 2+ years of playing. 2 with the children's chemistry set and 1 from a grill in my normal save. My very rarely used test save has had 2 fires. One from an incense burner, and one literally just happened with a new large build I was testing. I was almost done testing, and had just lit the outdoors fireplace when my sim caught on fire. She autonomously ran and took shower in the pool bath (even if autonomy was off, so I understand how difficult those intentional deaths must be) before the sprinklers turned on, and I replaced the burnt coffee table and had her husband clear the ashes away from the table decoration, so I could buy a new one. I swapped controls to the wife again, and saw she still had a fire symbol in her queue when she finished her shower, and checked it: death by fire! Yup, my only death (not of old age) in all the time I've played TS4, just happened to my build-tester
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Looks like a rather inopportune time for a fire to start.
anyway dealing with fires in this game isnt really fun. the sims are so glitchy they'll stand and watch the house burn down sometimes even after you've told them to extinguish it. or by the time they actually extinguish it it's spread elsewhere and you have to start all over again
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- their cooking skill level is exactly at or lower than the food they're trying to cook
- the oven has a low durability (which, in this case, means "likelihood of fires"), so take the cheaper ovens
- the cook has negative moodlets, especially if uncomfortable or dazed (put all of your trash into the kitchen, behind a few objects so nobody puts it away, or let them eat spoiled food before)
That's what my tests are suggesting so far. The cooking skill seems to influence it the most. But no matter what, only one of these factors being bad can (and did, for me) cause fires.
And for those who rarely experience kitchen fires anyways: Don't cook size 8 meals and feed on those for three days each. Every meal should be cooked seperately, so you cook eight times as often, which should increase the chance of fire by eight times as well
The cursed lot trait will definitely increase fires. I did a harder version of the 7 toddler challenge and I put the Cursed lot trait on the house. There were 6 kitchen fires, 2 of which were started by nannies.
Yeah, try a Weenie Roast event. The invited sims throw logs on the fire like their life depends on it...the fire gets roaring pretty good and I've had a few bystanders catch fire.
I miss a bit of the random death unpredictability in TS4. In 1000+ hours of playing I only recall having two unpredictable deaths. One child who drowned in a pool and another handy-minded sim who got zapped by fixing things. I did end up bringing the later back to life, though. (I honestly should have left it because how often does that happen?! ) They only happened because I wasn't paying attention to either of them and had my attention elsewhere for a very long time.
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What is going on in the top picture ? O_o
(Apart from the fire)
Caleb is making the moves on Shinya on their date.
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Are they making out? I've never seen sims in that position. a friend thought they might be motorboating.
It's an animation I have in my game, Caleb is giving Shinya a lap dance. It is actually an male/female animation so motorboating might be if it was two males...LOL
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