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Cheats

(Sorry, Mac Simmers, Windows only)

The easy life.

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CHEATS

To enable the cheat box press CNTRL SHIFT C - all at once. The main screen will darken a little and a dark command line will appear at the top of the screen. This is the "cheat console".

Then copy the commands in bold into the command line\console, if necessary replacing names and numbers with the appropriate - eg familyfunds Newbie 20000 will set the funds for the Newbie family to 20000 exactly. SPELLING matters. Computers are very literal.

There can be an issue if you have families with the same name in a neighbourhood; game can't tell the difference and so picks one of the identically named families at random. So rename them - family names in neighbourhood can be anything, eg Betty Newbie, or Jon Pertwee's Family, or Singers Who Do Not.

Standard cheats
ctrl+5 up to 9 save camera angles, while in cameraman mode I think you just need to hit 5 without the control key.
jokePlease gives a random joke  
enableLlamas doesn't appear to do anything  
help lists SOME of the cheats available  
hideHeadlineEffects [on/off] Should hide all meters and effects in the game, such as the plumbbob and skill meter.  
fullscreen toggles between Windowed and Fullscreen mode can also be done in Options
resetSim [First name] [Last name] Resets Sim with neutral motives, no moodlets, and teleports Sim back home. May be useful in retrieving kidnapped babies and toddlers, or when they get stuck because of a routing error.  

resetSim *

 as above, does reset for ALL Sims.  
quit Exits the game  
freerealestate the game ignores the cost of buying a house so a Sim with no money can buy the home you chose for him. He keeps what he has. This cheat must be entered in Neighbourhood Screen before selecting the family you wish to move in or it doesn't work.
kaching adds 1,000 to active household's money.  
motherlode adds 50,000 to active household's money.  

moveObjects [on\off]

Allows movement of objects and Sims into places onto places on the grid where they would normally not be allowed.

 You can't delete the mailbox and trash can

constrainFloorElevation false

Excellent tutorial on CFE

 Default is true

 

Just as in Sims 2, allows some special building techniques
  • Walls, floors, and objects will move with the terrain, allowing creation of sloped walls and floored hills.
  • BUT Placing new walls/floors will still flatten terrain.
  • BUT Placing objects will still require the terrain to be flat initially if the objects normally require it.
  • Turn it off when you have finished using it!
disableSnappingToSlotsOnAlt [on\off]

When on, objects will not snap to slots while holding ALT. Default is ON

OFF to return to normal snapping

 Useful for placing objects such as chairs near tables without them snapping or placing counters near other counters.
TestingCheatsEnabled [on\off] or [true\false] This is a precursor cheat, opening up a whole new range of cheats.

allows dynamic dragging of motives, which in Sims 2 would be called debug mode. For instance, you can fill a Sim's hunger bar rapidly when they are starving. Or empty it fast and completely to kill them. (No action will be seen until you return to Play Mode).

Turning off TestingCheatsEnabled AFAICS does not work - if you really want to clear it, turn off ALL cheats, save and exit game.

needs TestingCheatsEnabled True

buydebug [on\off] or buydebug [true\false]

 Allows purchase of special items.


 


Needs testingCheatsEnabled true.

 RestrictBuildBuyInBuildings [true/false] or rbbb [on/off]  

Started with Late Night

Usage:RestrictBuildBuyInBuildings [on/off] Removes restrictions for build/buy in buildings

Use in Apartments.

Once you go into Buy/Build Mode, enable 'restrictbuildbuyinbuildings off' and 'buydebug on' in order to make changes (I also like to use moveobjects on'), and then BOTH 'restrictbuildbuyinbuildings on' and 'buydebug off' before you exit Buy/Build Mode.

Important: turn BOTH cheats off or the game may well freeze, or crash, or fail to save, when you try to go back into Live Mode.
needs TestingCheatsEnabled True familyfunds Bloggs 20000 sets Bloggs family's funds to 20000 IF all family members have the same surname.

Weather

needs TestingCheatsEnabled True

click on the ground

option to do several season related things:

  • You can change the current season to whatever it is not,
  • change the weather,
  • change the temperature,
  • set the snow level (amount of snow on ground),
  • override the wind intensity,
  • set something called "Fast Loop" for the trees.

needs TestingCheatsEnabled True

Shift+Click Sims Cheats

These come up in pie chart formation as clickable.
needs TestingCheatsEnabled True Modify Traits Allows you to change the traits of the selected Sim. Shift-click the Sim and find options in pie chart
needs TestingCheatsEnabled True Trigger Age Transition Brings on a birthday for selected Sim.

Shift-click the Sim and find options in pie chart

You can also do this at any point in a Sim's life with a birthday cake.
needs TestingCheatsEnabled True Add To Active Family Adds the selected Sim to the current household. This can be done on Community Lots.

Shift-click the Sim and find options in pie chart

A visiting Sim can add a Sim in hir house to the visitor's family, as that is the active one.
needs TestingCheatsEnabled True Set Age Set the age of the Sim.  Shift-click the Sim and find options in pie chart
needs TestingCheatsEnabled True Edit In CAS

Takes the Sim back into Create A Sim and allows you to make physical and personality changes.

It is best not to change the Age this way.

 Shift-click the Sim and find options in pie chart
need TestingCheatsEnabled true Careers Force All Events Click on career building to display all events for the career consecutively.
    Force Opportunity Click on career building to force an opportunity.
    Force Event Click on a career building to give a random career event.
    Force All Events Click on career building to display all events for the career consecutively.
need TestingCheatsEnabled true   Set the front of Lot where visitors will enter. Ctrl+Shift+click the place you want them to go, and select the Set Front of Lot option. The Sims will walk there instead of the game-set front of the lot.
need TestingCheatsEnabled true Teleport need TestingCheatsEnabled true. shift-click the ground where you wish Sim to go to
Shift Click on Mailbox Cheats      
need TestingCheatsEnabled true Force Service Sim Force a specific Service Sim to show up. Shift Click on Mailbox, select from piechart
need TestingCheatsEnabled true Force Visitor Force a neighbor to show up. Shift Click on Mailbox, select from piechart
need TestingCheatsEnabled true Make Friends For Me Make a few random friends for the selected Sim. Shift Click on Mailbox, select from piechart
need TestingCheatsEnabled true Make Happy Set the mood/moodlets of everyone in the house to perfect. Remove all negative moodlets. Shift Click on Mailbox, select from piechart
need TestingCheatsEnabled true Make Me Know Everyone Make the selected Sim know every other Sim that exists in the town. Set them to acquaintances. Shift Click on Mailbox, select from piechart
need TestingCheatsEnabled true Make Motives Static/Dynamic Make motives static/dynamic for the entire household. Shift Click on Mailbox, select from piechart
need TestingCheatsEnabled true Set Career Give the selected Sim any career at any level. Shift Click on Mailbox, select from piechart
     
Lifetime Happiness see separate page  

NRAAS

Twallan's Debug Enabler to change the names of rabbitholes

NRAAS Debug Enabler. Click on ground. NRAAS, Options, Trigger meteor. (Down at the bottom)