As I said in the third paragraph of my original post, yes, I checked for hacks/mods, and temporarily removed all I had downloaded from my Downloads folder. That did not work - the fires still disappeared. Not that I'm complaining, however...

As for the no-more-fires mods, I can't recall ever downloading any of those. Might have to look into it, though.

I've never posted on the Sims 2 BBS (and I never will - I prefer a civilized, at least somewhat intelligent atmosphere). However, my friend, who is a Catholic African American, has encountered a lot of racism and discrimination, from the general members and Maxis employees alike. She's also been banned twice just for defending herself, her heritage & her beliefs. It's pretty sad, but you've just got to ignore the misinformed, ignorant, brainwashed idiots there.

Anyhoo, we've both learned to stay away from that place.

Beautiful! I love this mesh, so it's always nice to see recolors.

Sweet! My elders can always use new hair. Cool model.

Whooooa... trippy. These are awesome! I know several sims in my game who could use them.

*Downloads*

I don't really consider this that big of a deal (it's quite nice, really), but I'm still confused by it, and I'd like to know if it's happened in anyone else's game.

Anyhoo, ever since I installed the Seasons EP, fires mysteriously disappear as soon as I have a sim call the fire department. Whether it's a kitchen fire, or if something has been struck by lightning - as soon as the sim hangs up the phone after calling the fire department, the fire is gone, before the fireman gets there, and without any extinguishing whatsoever.

I tried moving all the hacks I have downloaded temporarily to another folder, to see if any of them were causing it, but it still happened even without them.

It never happened before I installed Seasons, so I don't know if it's that expansion that's causing it, or if it's just some weird (yet handy) glitch in the game.

So... does anyone know anything about this?