I keep starting fires with a birthday cake?? Twice in a row??

[UmYTho]

As the title says...I've tried to age up my sim twice with a birthday cake and it started a fire both times. Extremely bad luck or a bug? I don't have the Unlucky trait either...so what is happening (I'm gonna age up my sim with cheats now because I don't want to replace ANOTHER stove/counter/cake)?

[HiFive]

Have you tried putting the cake on a table outside? I've never had the cake catch on fire. Most of my Sims age up even without the cake, but sometimes a baby will say they aren't going to age up, so I get them the cake.

[UmYTho]

Originally posted by HiFive:

Have you tried putting the cake on a table outside? I've never had the cake catch on fire. Most of my Sims age up even without the cake, but sometimes a baby will say they aren't going to age up, so I get them the cake.

I haven't tried this, thanks for the idea. I'll have to do more research on the cake itself and see if this is a bug or just a "feature".

[Xautos]

i wonder what they make these cakes from in TS3? Polyurethane filling with Ethanol icing? It's no wonder the cake catches fire so easily...

Didn't expect to read about cakes catching fire.. blasted shame i don't have this game when something like this can happen.

[Junior]

the wikipedia says it have ae 5% probability of catching fire, so every time you game rolls the chance, in a long period of time it should average around 5% of the cakes you use should catch fire if you use 100 then around 5 (or close to 5) should catch fire..... if its doing much more than that its probally a bug, i did not check the game code to see if wiki is correct, but shouldbe easy to check the object and see the actual %.

[HiFive]

Also, if you are using mods, that may be causing the extra fire chance. Or perhaps your Sim is a firefighter, or a Sim that likes to play with fire (I think it's the daredevil trait that gives this desire to Sims).

[Kvinden]

It never happened to me. So it is the law of great numbers. The more your cake catches on fire the less others will trigger the event. You took 100% of the 5% chances and the probability falls to 0% for the rest of the world. It will always make 5% in absolute. You should not give up, continue to set the cake on fire, for the others.

It is similar to the casino where you should always play at the table of someone who always loses, never at the same table as a winner, because as there is 1% chances to win, each time the others lose your probability to win increases. After 100,000 plays someone will have won 1000 times and it will be you

Another possible reason is you got drunk at the Club on New Year's Eve, and on the way home you desecrated a temple of Hanuman the Monkey God, by stubbing out your cigar on the image of the God. Did some leper priest bite you recently ? (see Kipling's short story : the mark of the beast)

Or it may be you are under a geasa forbidding your sim to eat a birthday cake. After all far worse fell upon Cúchulainn himself. Did some old hags invite you to eat a dog ? Except in your case it is a birthday cake, not a dog. (see the book of Leinster to see what happens then)

You could consult an exorcist, It seems this is the work of a sheitan, or maybe Satan himself ( or herself, who knows the sex of Satan ?)

Or use Master controller and cheat to age your sim. Or wait until he grows up on his own... After all they have a short lifespan