Help with "Timmy's in Trouble" (Save a burning sim with loyal dog)

[Cashaddi]

I can't for the life of me figure out a method to burn consistently. So far it's either poking in the damn fireplace for hours on end or using the workbench and inventing stuff, hoping in vain something blows up and sets me on fire.
Of course when I finally manage to actually get the sim to burn my dog will do nothing.
It's a female genius, loyal, adult dog with no skills as of yet.

Am I doing something wrong?

P.S.: In front of the fireplace are a few carpets.

[amywelshcastle]

Try improving the handiness skill and upgrading the fireplace, that always seems to set my Sim on fire. Also, having an unlucky trait would help. Or a daredevil, because then you can get them to play with fire which is a bit more risky.

[Cashaddi]

Originally Posted by amywelshcastle

Try improving the handiness skill and upgrading the fireplace, that always seems to set my Sim on fire. Also, having an unlucky trait would help. Or a daredevil, because then you can get them to play with fire which is a bit more risky.

Wow thanks for the quick response!

Can I just select the fireplace and then "play with fire" as a daredevil?

[Askeroth]

Hands down the easiest way to start a fire is to buy the cheapest stove, cook something on it, and then have your sim cancel the cooking action and walk away. They'll leave the food on the stove or in the oven and it'll start to burn and cause a fire, 100% guaranteed. Some of the better stoves have anti-burning technology, so it has to be the cheap stuff. I used this fire method to get the achievement. Much more efficient than the fireplace method.

[Cashaddi]

Originally Posted by Askeroth

Hands down the easiest way to start a fire is to buy the cheapest stove, cook something on it, and then have your sim cancel the cooking action and walk away. They'll leave the food on the stove or in the oven and it'll start to burn and cause a fire, 100% guaranteed. Some of the better stoves have anti-burning technology, so it has to be the cheap stuff. I used this fire method to get the achievement. Much more efficient than the fireplace method.

Thank you very much, but in order to get the challenge/achievement I need my sim to burn. Any advice for how to accomplish this?

Should I maybe use a different breed for my dog? Does the house size matter? The last time I tried this, I just build a little room and removed the door.

[Askeroth]

Originally Posted by Cashaddi

Thank you very much, but in order to get the challenge/achievement I need my sim to burn. Any advice for how to accomplish this?

Does he have to burn? I had a cowardly sim, with some other "bad" traits like absent minded and clumsy. I also had the dog person trait. He ran out of the house, so I made him run back in and he fainted in front of the stove. I'm not sure if the fire actually got on top of him, but it was very close. The dog, who had the loyal trait and another that I've forgotten, ran into the house and barked at him, to wake him up so he could get away from the fire. It completed the challenge.

I had the two become BFFs before this. Not sure if that made a difference.

[Cashaddi]

Originally Posted by Askeroth

Does he have to burn? I had a cowardly sim, with some other "bad" traits like absent minded and clumsy. He ran out of the house, so I made him run back in and he fainted in front of the stove. I'm not sure if the fire actually got on top of him, but it was very close. The dog, who had the loyal trait and another that I've forgotten, ran into the house and barked at him, to wake him up so he could get away from the fire. It completed the challenge.

I had the two become BFFs before this. Not sure if that made a difference.

Woah that would explain stuff... I always though your dog had to put out the fire, but in hindsight this is pretty nonsensical (even for a Sims game).

[amywelshcastle]

Originally Posted by Cashaddi

Wow thanks for the quick response!

Can I just select the fireplace and then "play with fire" as a daredevil?

Yes But thinking about it, the cheap stove idea is probably better!

[Cashaddi]

I can confirm the stove method works like a charm.

[VyzieTaur]

I seemed to get this pretty easily...used the cancel cooking method I read about here, then got my Sim to just stand by the fire, my dog came in and barked a bit and it poped up.

Think I got lucky

[Danny Dibo]

Nice... Got this on my First try.
Cheap oven, works like a charm..lol