Handiness - Autolight

[Sunnysabjes]

Okay I upgraded my fireplace with autolight and all of a sudden the fireplace catches fire about three to four times a day... More people have this experience. I suppose it's a glitch. Other then that the Autolight is great!

[folcon]

Do you mean fire as in the fire lights, or as in the disaster fire?  Because auto-light automatically clicks the fire place on.  If it is starting actual fires, make sure there is nothing flammable near by the fire place.  Decor and flooring are important.  If the fireplace is on wood floors, or worse, carpet, that could be a leading cause.  And cheap fireplaces are more prone to catching fire as well.

[iCastl]

That the problem with autolight, your chimney is always on, and so, its inevitable that sparks fly and light any furniture near by. As folcon said, get decorationg and furniture away from the chimney, or otherwise, buy the "Fireproof homestead" life time reward.

It should stop the fires.

[Sunnysabjes]

Do you mean fire as in the fire lights, or as in the disaster fire?  Because auto-light automatically clicks the fire place on.  If it is starting actual fires, make sure there is nothing flammable near by the fire place.  Decor and flooring are important.  If the fireplace is on wood floors, or worse, carpet, that could be a leading cause.  And cheap fireplaces are more prone to catching fire as well.

I mean that I have a fire disaster . The weird thing was that I had the fireplace outside on a stone floor with nothing close it and it still happened. I got it to stop with selling the fireplace and getting a new one I haven't tried auto-light on that on yet.
It was a cheap fireplace, but is it still normal to cause that much fires (disasters) in my garden?

[ArianaJade]

If you click on the fireplace, you can disable auto-light. I had so many fires until I did that, and it seems to have stopped now.

[Sunnysabjes]

If you click on the fireplace, you can disable auto-light. I had so many fires until I did that, and it seems to have stopped now.

Yeah I tried that too... I guess my fireplace must have been having a mind of its own. Even after disabling it would still go on auto-light and cause fires.. I think my game was just glitching. I'll try it on my new fireplace tomorrow and see if it happens again.

[folcon]

You're sims may just be turning on the autolight feature, I don't know.  When it comes to fireplaces, I usually prefer to give them the fireproof upgrade instead of autolight.  Then they won't start fires, and I can leave them on all the time.  Another thought, A few of the more expensive fireplaces come with autolight built in.  Then you just have to upgrade to fireproof and it will have both.  Just make sure you turn OFF autolight before trying to upgrade a fireplace.  One or two of my sims have met Grimm because of that.

[Sunnysabjes]

You're sims may just be turning on the autolight feature, I don't know.  When it comes to fireplaces, I usually prefer to give them the fireproof upgrade instead of autolight.  Then they won't start fires, and I can leave them on all the time.  Another thought, A few of the more expensive fireplaces come with autolight built in.  Then you just have to upgrade to fireproof and it will have both.  Just make sure you turn OFF autolight before trying to upgrade a fireplace.  One or two of my sims have met Grimm because of that.

Thanks! I'm going to try a more expensive fireplace and I'll be sure to turn it off. I had one sim dying while fixing the hotub.... she left a husband and daughter behind and it was a hassle to get het back to life...

[CSquared2]

I had an auto-light fireplace set a firefighter on fire . . . 

My solution?  Retool that fireplace and make it fireproof instead.