[ECO] Toilet keeps catching fire (Roommate autonomously upgrades) [ Edited ]

[astronuggie]

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.73.57.1230
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except Cool Kitchen, Batu and Paranormal
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? When Sims use toilet.
What happens when the bug occurs? Toilet catches on fire.
What do you expect to see? Sims use toilet and catch on fire as well as the toilet catches fire.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made.

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I've heard it's because of EL and upgrading the toilets parts, which my roommate keeps upgrading autonomously - how do I make this stop? Started happening once I got roommmates. Extremely annoying, I've already had 3 toilet fires within an hour of gameplay.

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[xochiquetzl_xkvn · Accepted solution]

Oh boy.

I can see three possible options.

1. You say you use mods.  You can use MCCC to forbid upgrading the toilet.

2. Kick out the roommate.  (Alas.  You probably need the money.)

3. Buy an insect farm and regularly clean out the toilet to feed the compost to the insects.

(#3 is the EL intended solution.)

Good luck! I hope that helps!

[xochiquetzl_xkvn · Accepted solution]

Oh boy.

I can see three possible options.

1. You say you use mods.  You can use MCCC to forbid upgrading the toilet.

2. Kick out the roommate.  (Alas.  You probably need the money.)

3. Buy an insect farm and regularly clean out the toilet to feed the compost to the insects.

(#3 is the EL intended solution.)

Good luck! I hope that helps!

[astronuggie]

Thank you! I've added a bug farm in an ugly closet hidden away, but I had no idea MCCC had an option to do this - thank you so much!

[xochiquetzl_xkvn]

I'm glad I could help!  :D

[crinrict]

@astronuggie Was the auto-updating because of the mod or do they do room mates do this on a vanilla game ?

[astronuggie]

I haven't tried it with vanilla yet, but I was living with roommates in uni before this and no one did it - maybe because those were toilet stalls instead? Or cus they were in uni?

I'll give it a shot today and see if anything changes! 

[crinrict]

@astronuggie If they do it on their own, this might be something that could be a bug here.

[AriyahViolet]

I have no mods and a vanilla game and the bug is still present.

[crinrict]

@AriyahViolet You have room mates autonomously upgrading the toilet ?

[emileevalk]

Yes, this has happened in my game and I knew my roommate had upgraded the toilet but I wasn't sure what was causing it to catch fire 1 out of every 3 times it was used. I hope they fix this one.