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Please do not copy, clone, hack, sell, distribute to others or post on other sites.  If you have questions about anything, or if you obtained this from somewhere other than Simslice, please send an email to service@simslice.com.  Thanks, and enjoy! :)

NOTE:  Sims 2 content is not compatable with the previous The Sims "1" game.

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Unzip and put the file ending in ".package" into this folder: 
C:\..\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads
Or if you are a frequent downloader, it might help you organize your downloads better if you created a new folder and named it "Simslice", like this:
C:\..\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\Simslice

(Note:  The "Downloads" folder is not created when the game is installed, but only when the auto-installer from the game is first used.  So if you don't have this "Downloads" folder or if you are new to downloading, simply create the folder in that location (spelled exactly the same - use the capital "D"))

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DESCRIPTION:

Pet Fire!
Buy Mode Price:  15
Buy Mode Category:  Lighting & Miscellaneous
Statistics:  N/A
Enabled for use at-home and on all away-from-home lots
Requirements:  None - Made to work with any version of The Sims 2 game

Object Description:

A fully animated but harmless decorative fire you can place anywhere on your lot.  It will not spread around and it will not burn anything.  For a different look, you can increase and decrease the size of the flame too.  If a "real" fire appears on your lot, you can use it to summon the Fire Station... much faster than by conventional means.  Lastly, this fire will never go out... unless you put it out.  Enjoy! :)

Updated January 18, 2006:  If you had a problem cooking food while the Pet Fire was in the same room, that has been fixed.  The category init code was removed from this object.  As we now know, but didn't know during testing, Sims won't cook food when a regular fire is in the room.  We didn't know that during testing, since our Sims usually stop everything to go freak out in front of the regular fires.  ;)

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GAME PLAY INFO:

The thumbnail pic in the Buy Mode catalogue will say "No Pic".  That is part of the game code, because technically the fire object has no true texture.  It's nothing to be concerned about.  When you place it on the lot, it will appear as an invisible object.  But when you go into Live Mode, the flames will appear immediately.

Your Sim will not freak out in front of the Pet Fire.  Your Sim will also be able to cook and grill food while the Pet Fire is in the room.

Good news!  The Pet Fire will NOT lower the Environment score, so use as many of them as you want.  It can be placed just about anywhere, even on slopes or in lake holes.  For example, if you wanted to make a biblical "Lake of Fire" or just have a smoking pit, you can put a bunch of fires in a Lake and increase/decrease the flames accordingly.  The only place they can't be placed is in swimming pools (fire + poolwater = not fire).  ;)

Fire Station:  The Fireman will not put out your Pet Fire, only other "real" fires on the lot (if any).  Unlike the Fire Alarm which only detects fires in the same room, this option is available for any "real" fires that start anywhere on your lot.  But you have to choose to summon the Fire Dept. or not.  Your Pet Fire can spawn the Fireman almost instantly -- much faster than it would take to run to a telephone and rant and rave while all your valuables go up in flames.  If the "real" fire goes out before they arrive, or if you are just being playful and summoning them for the hell of it, they will NOT charge you $500 for the inconvenience (at least, it never happened during testing).

When you select "Increase Flame", this initiates a process and it will take about 30 Sim seconds for the fire to get to it's full new height.  If you're in a rush and try to speed up the game, it won't grow any faster that way.  

For those that enjoy the original The Sims (TS1) game, we also have a "Pet Fire" for that game too, posted in our TS1 Lighting Objects page here:  
http://www.simslice.com/Objects-Lighting.htm

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NEED MORE HELP?:

If you have any questions about downloading, unzipping and installing, please visit our FAQ page which has very detailed instructions at http://www.simslice.com/faq.htm 

Any problems with crashes, freezes or objects not showing up are 99.9% of the time related to either "requirements" not being met, OR a fluke in the downloading/installing process... but it's NOT because of the actual object coding itself.  Check our FAQ page for a very detailed list of these issues and resolutions you can do to resolve them.  Typically the fix is to double check the requirements, and if you meet them, then delete and redownload the item.  Do NOT use Simzip to unzip them.  Further information as previously stated, is detailed on our FAQ page at http://www.simslice.com/faq.htm.  If you still need help after consulting our FAQ page, please contact us and we'll try to help further.

HELPFUL TROUBLESHOOTING LINKS AT SIMSLICE:

http://www.simslice.com/faq.htm
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