The scarecrow
Liss:
I could see it happening, though. How many of you actually send your sims cloud watching? Also with the insanity of the body thermometer in Seasons I can see a lot of death by combustion happening, which pisses me off...I don't die if I sit in the hot tub too long.
Orikes:
The spontaenous combustion is annoying, but is also relatively new. That's one that I did download a hack for because it was a little too silly how extremely easy it was. The rest, though... I mean, unless a kitchen is poorly designed, there's no way a sim could go up in flames before the fire truck gets there. I've had sims catch fire when the stove didn't and the fire truck got there in plenty of time. Same thing with pregnancy deaths. Who has ever seen a sim suddenly just keel over because they're pregnant? The only accidental deaths I ever had were when I first started playing and I had pregnant sims starve to death. If a sim had their needs bars mostly full and still keeled over, something else was going on.
Lorelei:
If you constantly have Sim Stove Death, your architectural design is lacking. Make kitchens with two doors, make them large enough so panicking Sims don't trap other Sims, install your alarm, and try not to let Sims with no cooking skill make anything. :)
I have had some Sims cloud-watching because it got them out of my hair while skillinating or micromanaging other Sims. On the other hand, I was open to the chance they'd get mashed by space debris. It didn't happen.
For those of you clamouring for more wacky deaths, I just found Death By Swarm Of Angry Beez!
http://www.pc-sims.com/smb/showthread.php?t=6158
Of course, you have to select it. The main purpose of this item is to add a working honeybee hive to the game, with edible honey.
To prevent some kinds of motive decay / potential death / illness, this same site has sleeping pills, a first aid kit, a visiting doctor, diet pills, and more.
Anyone else found any Wacky Death Objects or, conversely, mods that prevent Wacky Deaths? That way the thread can become a resource for both types of player.
amjoie:
Quote from: Orikes on 2007 March 27, 18:16:51
Quote from: amjoie on 2007 March 27, 13:54:46
List of improbable deaths that occured in game
I'm sorry, but you're either wildly exaggerating, have hacks in your game that encourage sudden, random deaths, or your game is corrupt. There is no way half the deaths you described could actually happen in a normal game.
1. Bad netiquette: Your quote of me above makes it look like I wrote the phrase you quoted, which I did not. If you want to say the list is improbable, fine, but don't make it look like I said it.
2. Flame bait: "... you're either wildly exaggerating or ... [and] There is no way half the deaths you described could actually happen in a normal game."
There was a recent thread about accessories blinking blue since Pets. The person who started the thread has had no end to problems with it. I have not had the problem. So, do I immediately tell that person they are wildly exaggerating or their game is corrupt, because no way could the game do it? Is that a reasonable response, just because their game is acting different than mine?
Besides, this game is known to be bonkers when it comes to probabilities, because they are coded very strangely. A string of deaths in my game should come as no surprise, even if you never had any in yours. If deaths are coded into the game, and set with probabilities, anything could happen. Since seasons, some people have had a penguin on every lot until it becomes a nuisance -- and some people have yet to see a penguin. Go figure.
For the record, I started playing this game the day it came out. There were no mods, in the beginning. Some of the deaths happened then. Others happened when I was testing a fresh install of the base game/old expansions, along with an added new expansion. I don't use mods when I test a new expansion. I had no indications of the fresh installs being corrupted, so you can rule that out. Others, like the Sim dropping my instruction to go to bed, and deciding to go swimming instead (resulting in death), can be chalked up to "stupid sims."
Some deaths are just quirks in the game. The pregnancy thing happened to other people, too. It might have been before the first patch, I can't remember the timing that well. But I remember reading about other people who had it happen to their Sims. It was explained, at the time. Something to do with the way disease deaths are on probabilities and that the game sees pregnancy as a disease. That was when I started looking for the first "no disease" mod.
One reason I may have had more deaths is because I have probably played the game for many more hours than most (not all) of you, who have a life. I have been confined to my bed for almost three years, and before that I was not able to stand for very long, so I spent a good deal of time at my desk. The things I can do on a computer have filled my days. I do have many programs on my computers (Mac and PC), so I don't play the Sims nonstop or anything; but they do give me a more engaging way to occupy my hours than watching TV all day long, and I enjoy the game.
The other reason I could be experiencing more accidental deaths is playing style. The type of house, type of furnishings, type of Sim, number of Sims on one lot, etc, could all affect probablilites. And, when I test a game, I poke and prod it to see what's under the hood. That might also have something to do with it.
One thing for sure, I really thought my experiences were the norm. It has come as a real surprise that the people posting have not experienced the same thing in their games. Of course, others may be having my experiences, but not be reading this thread or posting. That is also possible.
Nec:
Then you have exceptionally stupid sims, and a knack for rolling the least likely odds. I play an average of 15 hours a day, every day, myself. Last accidental death I had was the hot tub with a visiting sim before Pescado posted a fix for that about 3 weeks ago. Before that...um. Been over a year. I can't figure out for the life of me how you got a sim to die in a pool without removing the ladder.
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