Killed a sim by rocket ship

[crinrict]

Hi @SimGuruNick

I've tested this and it's just that they put it out VERY quickly (patting on the fire and it's gone) so that there's never really a real fire, hence no death.

Chances seem very slim that you Sim actually dies ... but that seems to be the case anywhere.

[SimGuruNick]

Okay I just looked at this myself and you're correct, this is broken. Like you said, it's not a real fire, there's no Extinguish interaction available at any point, it's just harmless VFX. I've filed a new report, thank you everyone for your own reports!

[crinrict]

Great.

Thanks @SimGuruNick

I'll add it to the list then.

[SimGuruNick]

Err, I want to rephrase what I said. This isn't necessarily "broken" and could have been the intended design. We'll see. Regardless, I see the same thing you all are seeing. 

[crinrict]

I can add it as unclear then :D

EDIT: Done

[SimGuruNick · Accepted solution]

I've gotten word that this is currently working as designed. Sims aren't supposed to be able to be killed by rocket ship.

[dolldrms1]

Thanks for checking @SimGuruNick but do you mean by the crash or by fire from a crash, too?  The game guides on both Carl's site and SimsVIP have indicated death by fire from a rocket ship crash was in the base game.  Was this patched out?

http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/death/

http://simsvip.com/2014/09/12/guide-death-types-in-the-sims-4/

[crinrict]

Maybe ask SimsVIP and Carl why they put it in their guides ? Did they actually experience it ?

Marked this as By Design.

[SimGuruNick]

I just loaded up our shipped Base Game and got a rocket to crash, and it works the same way. Nothing ever changed, death by rocket ship has never existed in this game. 

[dolldrms1]

I don't know how the guides are written but if based on the officially Maxis/EA approved Prima Guide, I can see why they would have included the info.  Page 75 of the Prima Guide doesn't specifically say you can catch on fire and die from a rocket ship crash, just mentions death is possible by fire.  However, the picture used to illustrate possible death by fire is of an astronaut on fire by a crashed rocket ship with the caption "Put out those flames or your Sim may burn to death."

Gosh, @SimGuruNick thanks for taking the time to check out base game as shipped.  That was awfully nice of you.  I have no problem accepting it's by design but have a feeling this question is going to come up again over the course of time.