Cheats & CodesCheat mode
Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Some codes may be case-sensitive. Note: For more information about the cheat codes, open the "readme.txt" file in the game directory and look towards the bottom.
List most cheat codes
Code: help
Display information about indicated cheat
Code: help [cheat command]
Close console window
Code: exit
Expand or contract console window
Code: expand
1,000 more Simoleons
Code: Kaching
50,000 more Simoleons
Code: motherlode
Have twins when baby is born
Code: twinzr2cute or twinsr2cute
Remove all Sims; use in neighborhood view
Code: deleteAllCharacters
Toggle terrain types; use in neighborhood view
Code: TerrainType [desert or temperate]
Objects can be placed anywhere in buy and build modes; hand tool can move any object
Code: moveObjects [on or off]
Make Sims larger or smaller; 1.0 is normal
Code: StretchSkeleton [number]
Turn off facial DNA blending in Create A Sim
Code: faceBlendLimits [on or off]
Prevent Sims from aging
Code: aging [on or off]
Toggle automatic game updates
Code: autoPatch [on or off]
Slow motion; 0 is normal, 8 is slowest
Code: slowMotion [0-8]
No censor; set to 8 to return to normal
Code: intprop censorgridsize 0
Increase game performance with some graphics glitches
Code: Vsync [on or off]
Set to false to place objects out of grid
Code: boolProp snapObjectsToGrid [true or false]
Enable postprocessing cheats; requires video card that supports pixel shaders
Code: boolProp enablePostProcessing [true or false]
Set to false to remove roads from neighborhood
Code: boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoads [true or false]
Set to false to removes trees/plants from neighborhood
Code: boolprop displayNeighborhoodFlora [true or false]
Set to false to remove water from neighborhood
Code: boolprop displayNeighborhoodWater [true or false]
Set to true and cars will have more detail in neighborhood
Code: boolprop carsCompact [true or false]
Set to false to remove removes shadows on objects outside house
Code: boolprop objectShadows [true or false]
Set to false to remove shadows on objects inside house
Code: boolProp guob [true or false]
Set to true and walls will no longer cut away from selected Sim
Code: boolprop renderSelectedSimLevel [true or false]
Toggle shadows for Sims
Code: boolProp simShadows [true or false]
Set to true to light up objects continuously instead of only when used
Code: boolprop allObjectLightsOn [true or false]
After typing expand, will you see the game version in the cheat box
Code: gameVersion
Assign money value to a family from the neighborhood level
Code: familyfunds [family name] [number]
Currently selected Sim gains access to all career reward objects in the catalog
Code: unlockCareerRewards
Maximum motive bars of all Sims on lot
Code: maxMotives
Stops or starts motive decay for all Sims on lot
Code: motiveDecay [on or off]
Set aspiration level for currently selected Sim
Code: aspirationPoints [number]
Stops aspiration decay or gain for all Sims on lot
Code: lockAspiration [on or off]
Give aspiration reward points to currently selected Sim
Code: aspirationLevel [0-5]
Enables aging cheat when shift clicking on other Sims
Code: agesimscheat on
Postprocessing cheats
Use the following case-sensitive codes after enabling the Postprocessing cheats with the boolProp enablePostProcessing true code. Note: Do not enable or use the Postprocessing cheats unless your video card supports pixel shaders.
Blur effect; red, green, blue value must be between 0 and 255, and x (bloom) between 0.0 and 1.0:
Code: bloom [r g b x]
Centered blur effect; centerX and centerY are screen coordinates; x (vignette) must be between 0.0 and 1.0:
Code: vignette [centerX centerY x]
Grainy screen effect:
Code: filmGrain [0.0-1.0]
Letterbox screen effect:
Code: letterBox [0.0-0.4]
Cheat mode (command line)
Start the game with one of the following command line parameters:
Disable sound: -nosound
Full screen: -f
Set screen resolution: -r[width]x[height]
Windowed screen: -w
Display frame rate
Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + S during game play to toggle the display of the current frame rate.
HintsTerrain types
The following terrain types can be used in Neighborhood creation with the terraintype and nhdregiontype codes.
- terraintype desert
- terraintype concrete
- nhdregiontype desert
- nhdregiontype concrete