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Jack Webb

Sims 4 glitch means characters are peeing fire

The Sims 4 has just released an expansion - but a previous update rolled out to prep for the new content has some interesting side effects: your Sims character will urinate fire.

Growing up, many of us had the sadistic tendency of locking our Sims characters in a room and setting the place alight (we still have no idea why, tbh). But this glitch in the game is a whole other level of madness.

There have been reports that not only are Sims characters peeing fire, but of the blaze actually spreading and igniting bathrooms in the simulation.

The official subreddit for the game has been inundated with players reporting the same thing, sharing their sorrow over the strange bug.

As first noted by Rock Paper Shotgun, there has been a multitude of bugs have come a cropper since the newest update.

Initially, it was thought to be a problem with mods.

People are also sharing concerns over game crashes and save files not working on top of everything else.

The latest patch for the Sims 4 was a big one, including significant changes to the game, which would explain why the problems are so vast and varied.

Neighbourhoods have been updated, NPCs have had their behaviours changes and so on, all of these changes have been documented in the official patch notes.

The latest expansion is out now and it is unclear if the fire pee has been addressed when downloading the new, paid content.

Eco Living aims to do exactly what you'd expect - let your sims live a more sustainable life with solar panels, community initiatives and changes to the in-game world based entirely off of how environmentally friendly you are.

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