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.
2. the firefighters will arrive but will just stand in front of the house and do nothing for about an hour
3. 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?
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My spellcaster's repario failed.
Personally, I didn’t like having to adjust the doors every time there was a fire so I instead opted to just add the automatic sprinkler system.
My game's firefighters just stand outside. They danced once. NO idea why. The music was pretty good, but the firefighters were not of any help. My front door isn't locked.
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I do think that, since this update, Sims should not be able to put out the fires autonomously at all, unless they have a ‘brave’ trait like in TS3 (not sure if there is something like this in TS2?).
Regardless, it gives the player a chance to either buy the sprinkler system or call the fire guards.
The simulation lag happens because their action is probably pushed toward the end of the queue waiting for someone else to put out the fire. Useless.
and devs don't even try to make each npc special, they're all the same with a different outfit and a default programed action that sometimes they won't even do.
and i would believe it when they say "the game engine is too limited etc etc" but modders have proved them wrong countless times, even devs have proved themselves wrong lmao tamagotchis back in the 90s-00s were smarter than ts4 sims
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As firefighters don't have to ask permission to come in in real life, Maxis should change their rules to let them in, locked doors or not. @SimGuruNick @SimGuruNinja
WOW, that's some good insight! In real life, a firefighter would kick down a door. I can imagine The Sims implementing that animation! (Unfortunately, none of us would expect them to go through the efforts to do so. )
My game's firefighters always arrive too late. They inform my Sim about fire safety, whatever, or they take credit for putting out the fire that my Sim extinguished. What the —? Once, they did a dance (with awesome music, mind you ... but jeez, why did they do that when they didn't even extinguish the fire?).
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I let him nap a little while then sent him on is way.
The other funny thing about that picture is the scratch pole and the way it has proven to be utterly useless.