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Thread: How do I turn on lamps?
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GrandCow
Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:34 pm
#1
Simple question... I'm starting to decorate my house and everytime I drop a free standing lamp it is off.
How do I get them to turn on and start illuminating my house?
sciguyCO
Fri Mar 19, 2004 9:49 pm
#2
Does examining it show something like "remaining time xx days yy hours zz minutes"?
Architects could craft free-standing lamps and desk lamps pre-publish7, but they didn't give off any light. All the post-publish lamps I've seen have the "expiration date" on it, and I haven't had to do anything to turn them on, they're lit as soon as I drop them.
Which is a little worrying when carrying around 4-5 lit candles in my backpack. 
Anyway, it looks like you've got some old items that are only decorative. You can try talking to the architect you bought them from to see if you can trade them in for post-patch ones. In the future, double check that the item you're buying has the time remaining detail, those are defintely post-patch, and will brighten your home.
meschuster
Sat Mar 20, 2004 10:30 pm
#3
Yep, lamps made before patch 7 do not light at all and cannot be turned on. the only exception I think are streetlamps (which you can put in your house) but they only turn on at night.
the new lamps automatically are on so no switch is required.
Dex1138
Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:59 am
#4
There are also 1 free standing lamp and 1 (maybe 2) desk lamp that can be crafted permanently "off".
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