Talk:Grandfather clock

Wrecking
No matter how many Mechanical points my Sims have, the grandfather's clock always wreck. I've never been able to maintain it successfully even once.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  10:05, April 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure, but I think there might be a fixed chance per animation cycle that it will break. At least, there's a BCON labeled something like "Maintain Fail %" that is set to 10. (I wrote down the value, but not the exact label.) I can't parse the code well enough to tell if there's a modifier for Mechanical skill. It may be that the only advantage Sims with higher Mechanical skill have is being able to work faster, so fewer cycles would be needed. I'm surprised someone, somewhere, hasn't made a tuning mod to reduce the chance of breaking it. Dharden (talk) 12:45, April 28, 2013 (UTC)

Question
Why exactly is this in the category "Objects that kill Sims"? As far as I'm aware, none of them count as electrical objects so Sims can't electrocute themselves working on the repairable ones...