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The Sims 4 Cheats
Full List of Commands for PC/Mac, Xbox and Playstation 4
This is a huge, curated list of cheats in The Sims 4 that allow you to get money, prevent death, and adjust your Skill and Career levels. We've also listed cheats for Get to Work and other Expansion Packs. Look to the bottom of the list for expansion-specific information. We're also updated with more official cheats from EA, including ignore career unlocks and MoveObjects!
How to Cheat
To use cheats, press Control + Shift + C to toggle the console on and off. You do this on Xbox or Playstation by pressing all four shoulder buttons simultaneously. Press enter after typing the cheat. For many cheats, you must also use testingcheats on or they will not work. Most cheats are used in live mode (F2).
Sims 4 Cheats
Cheat
What it Does
testingcheats on
Enables testing cheats in The Sims 4
kaching
Money cheat that gives the family $1000
motherlode
Gives the family $50,000 Simoleans
resetsim firstname lastname
Resets a stuck Sim.
death.toggle true/false
Disables death
headlineeffects on/off
Enables or disables headline effects (good for screenshots).
freerealestate on/off
Makes homes free when typed while shopping for a house.
household.autopay_bills true/false
Enable or disable bills for the household
fps on/off
Display the game's frames per second, useful when tuning graphics settings.
hovereffects on/off
Disable hover effect when you mouse-over a Sim
fullscreen
Toggle fullscreen/windowed mode
bb.showliveeditobjects
Released in the July 2019 Cas Story Mode Patch. You must first use TestingCheats on then bb.ShowHiddenObjects and finally bb.ShowLiveEditObjectsfor this cheat to work! Disable with bb.ShowLiveEditObjects False.
bb.moveobjects
Allows you to move objects anywhere you want, good for building. Use the 9 and 0 keys to adjust the item you're 'holding'.
bb.showhiddenobjects
The old buydebug cheat - lets you buy many hidden objects.
bb.enablefreebuild
Build anywhere, even on locked lots.
bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement
Ignore Gameplay Unlocks Entitlement - lets you buy items locked by careers.
sims.give_satisfaction_points x
Gives a Sim x amount of satisfaction points with which you can buy rewards. Sims.give_satisfaction_points 5000 for example.
fillmotive x
use fillmotive motive_energy or fillmotive motive_hunger
Build Mode Cheats We've got build mode cheats listed above, but you can learn a lot more about using them by visiting the Building Cheats page.
Pregnancy and Multiple Birth Cheats You can use relationship cheats to Try for Baby quickly, and follow up with a cheat once the Sim is pregnant in order to force the Sim into labor. You can also cheat to get twins, triplets, quadruplets, or more! Find this near the end of the Pregnancy Guide or to get pregnancy cheats specifically, I've made a page about how to use Pregnancy Cheats which includes a video example.
Cheats to Make a Sim a Ghost Head to the Ghosts guide for Cheats to turn a Sim into a ghost of any kind, based on the death type. You can also skip Ambrosia or the Book of Life and make a Sim who's died back into a normal Sim by removing this ghost trait once they've been added back to your family.
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Video Guide
My Sims 4 Cheats video will introduce you to cheating, give you a rundown of the most common commands and some tips on using them. Includes info on getting weather cheats for Seasons players.
Testing Cheats
To enable TestingCheats, open the console with Left CTRL+Shift+C (press/hold with one fluid motion in that order) or by pressing all four shoulder buttons on console. Once the white box appears, type testingcheats on. To disable testing cheat, type testingcheats off. The cheat console will say, "Cheats Enabled" or "Disabled". If it does not, you can try other options: testingcheats 1, testingcheats true, and testingcheats yes all work to enable the Sims 4's testingcheats. Once enabled, they should stay on for your save. Here are the things you can do with testingcheats - note that this command is also necessary for the extra cheats further down.
How to Use Shift-click Style Cheats on PS4/Xbox Consoles - Shift clicking on Xbox One and Playstation 4 is obviously not possible. You enable this option by pressing X+O (PS4) or A+B (Xbox One).
Shift-Click the Mailbox to access the cheat to stop a Sim's need decay for your current household or the entire neighborhood (effectively make everyone happy). Disable Need Decay will make needs stop falling and re-enabling them is as simple as selecting "Enable Need Decay". Make Happy will then fill needs to the maximum. You can do this on an individual Sim level by Shift-Clicking Your Sims. This will let you select to make only that Sim's needs static or make them happy by filling all needs. You are also able to completely redesign a Sim by shift-clicking them and selecting Modify in CAS. This takes you to Create-A-Sim where you can make the Sim look however you want, but not change their gender or traits.
Change Traits and Appearance of Sims To fully edit a Sim in Create-a-Sim, type cas.fulleditmode with Testing Cheats On. This will let you change the gender, traits, everything, and is much more powerful than the scaled down version you get without typing this cheat. Thanks Pokeh321 for giving me this information.
Shift-Clicking NPC Sims will allow you to add them to your household. You will find it's possible to enable/disable need decay and make them happy if you so choose - good if your Sim's date has to leave due to being tired! You can also Edit them in CAS if you like.
Shift-Clicking the Ground will allow you to Teleport anywhere you could walk in the neighborhood. Shift-Clicking Objects allows you to reset them, should something get stuck or broken.
Shift-Clicking Objects, for those that can get dirty, allows you to either make them dirty or clean - all objects can be reset, as well. Use this if an object is bugged, but it's more likely to be useful when a Sim freezes.
Customize the size of Items - Enlarge or Shrink - For decorative purposes, this one is a winner. It allows you to alter items while retaining their other properties (so a masterpiece painting shrunk down will consume less wall space). This cheat only works while in build mode, as changing object size requires you to be able to fit it somewhere. Take the object you want to change size of and Press Shift + ] (right bracket) to make it bigger. You can shrink objects down to one tile by using Shift + [ or using Control + Z to undo your changes. Press this too much and it will grow enormously. The controls for this are a little wonky, so experimentation is recommended. I press control + ] then move the object to see the change. This is necessary. Thankfully, if you go overboard like in the picture above you can always undo it and shrink the object down to a size you like.
Skill, Career, and Aspiration Cheats
Powerful Hidden Cheats
I am only listing the most common cheats here. More in-depth stuff, such as the ability to Equip and Remove Traits can be done but the list is too lengthy for here, so that is on its own page. If you want to go further and use a mod, you can change the weather if you're a Seasons player, and even alter whether a Sim is pregnant.
Testingcheats on should be enabled, as some cheats will not work without it. Skill/Career cheats only effect the selected Sim.
Money X - Type Money 50000 or 1000000, whatever you like, and your family will have that amount exactly. This can be used to subtract funds, because it sets the money to whatever amount you specify. Motherlode is a wonderful cheat, but somewhat outdated given this powerful function.
Satisfaction/Aspiration Cheats - Type Aspirations.Complete_Current_Milestone and you will get all the satisfaction from completing that milestone and move on to the next, one stage closer to the special Reward Trait you get for completing the Aspiration. You can do this repeatedly until you have every Reward trait and gobs of satisfaction. It's listed above but bears repeating here: Sims.Give_Satisfaction_Points gives the selected Sim an amount of satisfaction equal to what you enter. sims.give_satisfaction_points 50000 would give you 50,000 (so do not use commas).
Infinite Consumables - One-time use potions can be bought with satisfaction. You may also milk Cow Plants that have killed Sims to get a potion that increases a Sim's lifespan. You can make these consumables infinite by using the objects.consumables_infinite_toggle Cheat. This can allow you to always get a particular Emotion, or make a Sim immortal with aging still on.
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Careers Cheats
To cheat career levels, join the Career you want and with testingcheats enabled, type Careers.promote X - for example careers.promote astronaut would promote your Sim to the next level in the Astronaut career. Any Careers that have multiple words should contain no spaces, for example careers.promote secretagent.
careers.demote X also works, causing a Sim to go back a level. You cannot use this to go back to the branch choice for a career - if you're at the first level of a branch, you'll be fired using this. If you don't know which branch you want, check out the linked Career guides to see the benefits and pay of each. The Careers Guide also has a table to compare careers.
Adding and Removing Cheats via Command Careers can be added via command using careers.add_career careercode or careers.remove_career careercode. These can evidently be used to give a teenager an adult job, though things can bug out - especially with Freelancer Careers. Always back up your saved game before trying weird things!
If you are not aware, you'll love this trick: to quickly get multiple promotions, copy the command below for the career you're in - just the careers.promote x part - and paste it into the game's command line with Control - V (Command-V on Mac). Paste it until you're level 10!
** may be just careers.promote scientist without Strangerville.
School Cheats
Raise a Sim's grades with careers.promote gradeschool or careers.promote highschool. You can lower them as well with careers.demote gradeschool/highschool.
Skill Cheats
Stats.Set_Skill_Level is the skill cheat. You must put a skill and level in the code. As an example, type Stats.set_skill_level major_painting 7 to set painting to level 7 - any level between 1 and 10 will work. Replace with major_parenting or vampire_lore, based on how the game defines skills which are listed below. Note the different syntax for fitness, minor skills, and children's skills. If you cannot get skill cheats to work try stats.set_skill_level adultmajor_x instead of just 'major'. You can find _ near the backspace key on your keyboard.
With testingcheats on, type Stats.set_skill_level major_handiness 10 - make handiness 10. Note the Major_ before the skill name. If you did this, you'd see the level 10 popup. If you want to see what unlocks with each level, read the linked guide or adjust it by 1 each time so that you can see information on each new level. Here are all the skills in Sims 4, which you can cheat to max. Beside each, there's a link to the associated Skill Guide so that you can learn how to use it!
To max all skills quickly, copy stats.set_skill_level major_ and paste it into your command console in-game. Finish the command with the skill, then the level. This doesn't work for fitness so you need to copy that line. Remember Photography caps at 5.
Skill_Bowling - stats.set_skill_level skill_bowling 5 (minor skill with 5 levels)
Skill_Dogtraining - stats.set_skill_level skill_dogtraining 5 (minor with 5 levels, Cats and Dogs Expansion Pack)
Skill_Fitness - stats.set_skill_level skill_fitness x (1-10, major skill) (Fitness Guide)
We have a Toddler Guide where you can learn about the Toddler Skills. These cap at 5, though potty is maxed at level 3. All skill cheats begin with stats.set_skill_level see full cheat on communication skill example below
Statistic_Skill_Toddler_Communication X - So type: stats.set_skill_level statistic_skill_toddler_communication 5
Skill_Child_Creativity - so stats.set_skill_level skill_child_creativity 10
Skill_Child_Mental
Skill_Child_Motor
Skill_Child_Social
Emotion Cheats
This requires TwistedMexi's AllCheats but is something people frequently want to do so I'm listing it here. You can influence Emotions slightly by adding buffs to Sims, though you may need happy or other boosts to put them at 'Very Inspired' or add more negative buffs to make a Sim super-embarrassed (Mortified). Here are some I took from TwistedMexi's wiki which I'm using with his permission. Use Sims.add_buff X, for example Sims.add_buff social_happy:
Energized: EnergizedLow or EnergizedHigh (do not stack, high gives +2 Energized)
Flirty: FlirtyLow or FlirtyHigh (do not stack, high gives +2 Flirty)
Inspired: InspiredLow or InspiredHigh (do not stack, high gives +2 Inspired)
Focused: FocusedLow or FocusedHigh (do not stack, high gives +2 Focused)
Playful: PlayfulLow or PlayfulHigh (do not stack, high gives +2 Playful)
Sad: SadLow or SadHigh (do not stack, high gives +2)
Angry: Social_Angry, e_Buff_Angry, feelingangry, unfaithful (these all stack)
Happy: Social_Happy or e_Buff_Happy (these two stack, adding Happiness)
Uncomfortable: e_buff_uncomfortable
Embarrassed: e_buff_embarrassed, peedself (these two stack)
Traits.equip_trait Webmaster - Webmaster Reward trait for completion of the Computer Whiz Aspiration
Huge List of Traits - For a near-complete list of traits Sims can obtain, see my Trait Cheats List which includes reward, bonus, and personality traits all in one spot.
Relationship Cheats
You can modify Sims' relationships by using the somewhat long modifyrelationship yoursimfirst yoursimlast targetsimfirst targetsimlast x relationshiptype. Relationshiptype is either LTR_Friendship_main or LTR_Romance_Main. With Cats and Dogs, you use LTR_SimtoPet_Friendship_Main, which won't work if the pet has no last name. X is the percentage of the bar, either full, half, or half into the red (negative numbers). While there are many different relationship names, these are simply combinations of varying amounts of friendship/romance (either positive or negative). Learn more about Romance in The Sims 4 here.
For example:
modifyrelationship Bella Goth Mortimer Goth 100 LTR_Friendship_main - Bella and Mortimer are now best friends
modifyrelationship Bella Goth Fluffy Goth 100 LTR_SimtoPet_Friendship_main - Make Bella friends with her pet if playing Cats and Dogs.
modifyrelationship Bella Goth Mortimer Goth -100 LTR_Friendship_main - this will make Bella and Mortifer go all the way to enemies
modifyrelationship Bella Goth Mortimer Goth 100 LTR_Romance_main - They're now soulmates if they have a high friendship level as well
modifyrelationship Bella Goth Mortimer Goth -100 LTR_Romance_main - Drain their romance bar all the way to red
Get to Work Cheats
The following are, again, provided by TwistedMexi who kindly took the time to find these cheats hidden within the game engine. Here are the most requested cheats from this Expansion. The others are spread about, such as in the careers and skills sections above. You can learn about Get to Work here.
Retail Perk Cheats Be sure to include the true at the end of these cheats in order to unlock the associated perk. This makes perk point cheats unnecessary, though it does require a bit more typing.
Learn about the Get Famous Expansion Pack here. Get Famous includes a lot of the cheats you need through the testingcheats interface. Shift-click Sims and you can use the 'Public Image' menu to increase the celebrity's fame rank, tweak their public image from good or bad, or even freeze their fame and remove specific quirks. If you want to reset fame perks, that's doable with the phone for $275. The actor career, acting skill, and media production are all found in their relevant categories but I'll list them: stats.set_skill_level major_acting 10, stats.set_skill_level minor_mediaproduction 5, careers.promote actor or, for children, careers.promote dramaclub for example.
Dine Out Cheats
The following restaurant perk cheats for the The Sims 4 Dine Out Game Pack were gathered based on the format for the GTW Cheats as this category seems to borrow from Get to Work's Retail. I found the same code works, just had to track down the name of them within the files. You'll notice they differ. Note that Meal Rush and Surplus Harvest can be used every 24 hours. For those like additional employees or discounts on ingredients, you may need to take them in oder. You can take tidy tippers multiple times but I'm not sure if you need to do something special to add extra ranks.
Restaurant Perks
Perk
Code to Unlock
Curious Customers
bucks.unlock_perk RecommendDishSocial true
Additional Waiter #1
bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalWaiter_1 true
Ingredient Quality Options
bucks.unlock_perk IngredientQualityOptions true
Meal Rush
bucks.unlock_perk MoreCustomers true
Surplus Harvest
bucks.unlock_perk IngredientCostDiscount true
Patient Patrons
bucks.unlock_perk LengthenImpatienceTimeout true
Additional Chef
bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalChef true
Curiouser Customers
bucks.unlock_perk RecommendDishFrequency true
Additional Waiter #2
bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalWaiter_2 true
Inspirational Speech
bucks.unlock_perk InspirationalSpeechSocial true
Fast Eaters
bucks.unlock_perk EatFaster true
Lower Employee Training Costs
bucks.unlock_perk LowerEmployeeTrainingCost true
Ingredient Discount (small)
bucks.unlock_perk CheaperIngredients_1 true
Well Funded Foodies
bucks.unlock_perk ExpensiveOrders true
Tidy Tippers
bucks.unlock_perk RiskFreeMarkup true
Ingredient Discount (large)
bucks.unlock_perk CheaperIngredients_2 true
Well Managed
bucks.unlock_perk LowerChanceBadEvents_Small true
The Chef's Hat
bucks.unlock_perk ChefsHat true
Vampires Cheats
How to Make a Sim a Vampire stats.set_stat commodity_BecomingVampire 2160 will begin the natural conversion process, while traits.equip_trait trait_OccultVampire will make them a vampire immediately. To remove the vampire trait and revert a Sim, use traits.remove_trait trait_OccultVampire. You can use these cheats to convert Sims from the Gallery. Learn to Become a Vampire the normal way.
How to Unlock Vampire Perks stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_Occult_VampireXP 1593 will max out your Vampire Rank and give you 2 Power Points each time you enter the code. Copy it from here and use control+V after opening the cheats panel in-game to paste it repeatedly. You can find more specific vampire cheats on TwistedMexi's wiki. He discovered these and gave me permission to share some of them.
Parenthood Cheats
The Sims 4 Parenthood comes with a new Parenting skill, which can be cheated in with stats.set_skill_level major_parenting X - it's in the major skills list above.
Character Values Cheat
Toddlers, Children, and Teens can have experience in five different character values, which range from -100 to 100 (bad or good). You can set these manually so that when the Sim ages up to adult they will receive reward traits that reflect their morality, manners, etc. They are set with: stats.set_stat lifeskillstatistic_empathy 100, as an example or stats.set_stat lifeskillstatistic_conflictresolution -100 - here's the full list. Be sure to include a number, based on how full or negative you'd like the experience bars to be:
Conflict Resolution: stats.set_stat lifeskillstatistic_conflictresolution X
Emotional Control: stats.set_stat lifeskillstatistic_emotionalcontrol X
Empathy: stats.set_stat lifeskillstatistic_empathy X
Manners: stats.set_stat lifeskillstatistic_manners X
Responsibility: stats.set_stat lifeskillstatistic_responsibility X
Reward Traits for Character Values New character values reward traits are earned when children and teens age up to adults, and can be added or removed from your Sim if you got a bad one. In some cases you can have the good one from one of the five categories, but can't equip the bad at the same time. Traits are added with traits.equip_trait x and removed with traits.remove_trait x. See the linked Character Values guide for information on what each of them do for your Sims. Here's a list of the character values and their trait pairs, along with two examples:
traits.equip_trait lifeskills_goodmanners - adds the Good Manners trait traits.remove_trait lifeskills_uncontrolledemotion - removes the Uncontrolled Emotion trait
Manners Traits
Good Manners lifeskills_goodmanners
Bad Manners lifeskills_badmanners
Responsibility Traits
Responsible - lifeskills_responsible
Irresponsible - lifeskills_irresponsible
Empathy Traits
Compassionate - lifeskills_compassionate
Insensitive - lifeskills_unfeeling
Conflict Reeolution Traits
Mediator - lifeskills_mediator
Argumentative - lifeskills_argumentative
Emotional Control Traits
Emotional Control - lifeskills_emotionalcontrol
Uncontrolled Emotions - lifeskills_uncontrolledemotion (with no s)
The Sims 4 Cats and Dogs Cheats
Cats and Dogs offers a few ways to cheat. For one, you can raise the skills listed above (in-game code of Major_veterinarian and Skill_Dogtraining). You can also cheat to unlock Veterinarian Clinic perks. Here's the full list of codes to unlock them. After enabling testingcheats you'd type bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalVet_1 true to unlock the additional veterinarian. Note the _ as well as spaces between unlock_perk and true.
Veterinarian Perks
Perk
Code to Unlock
Unlock another employee
bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalVet_1 true
Unlock another employee slot
bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalVet_2 true
Increases the rate that customers arrive at the Clinic
bucks.unlock_perk vetperks_MoreCustomers true
Customers do not get impatient as quickly, which is good for busy clinics
The Sims 4 Strangerville Game Pack only comes with a few cheats, notably the Military Career (above), and the potential to gather some evidence via show hidden objects in buy mode. See the Strangerville Cheats page for more details.
Island Living Cheats
Ahead of the launch of The Sims 4 Island Living, I published Cheats for Mermaids, Conservationists and Traits in Island Living. This guide will serve to put it all in one place while others are listed elsewhere on the site in their proper categories, as it should be. This pack also added Part Time Jobs, and while they used to be Teen-only you can now take them on as a Young Adult through Elder. Cheating them is pretty easy, they have the prefix PartTime_ so you'd type careers.promote PartTime_Lifeguard to promote your Sim in the Lifeguard job.
Realm of Magic Cheats
Realm of Magic includes a few cheats unique to that game pack. You can increase Spellcaster Rank, learn spells and potion recipes via buydebug, equip the unique traits from RoM, including Magical Bloodline, and add or remove curses. Here's a rundown on Realm of Magic Cheats which you will likely find helpful.
Credit Where It's Due I've since learned to find cheats myself, but many of these cheats were originally found by TwistedMexi, who is now a modder that is known for his AllCheats and unique build-mode mods. If you want to see more detailed cheats than I have, look here. I won't publish those that players might infrequently use and don't want to put literally every cheat on this page as it's already quite long. Many are intended to be used by developers and can cause issues with gameplay if used irresponsibly.
Nifty Knitting Cheats
There are two major Sims 4 cheats of note for Nifty Knitting, though not enough to bother making a unique page. See my How to Cheat Guide if you don't know how to use them.
First, you can of course cheat to increase the Knitting skill using stats.set_skill_level major_knitting 10. Additionally, it's possible to get past all the unlocking of CAS parts. See, even with level 10 knitting clothing needs to be added to the wardrobe. You can get around this using CAS.UnlockByTag SP17. This will allow your Sims to wear any clothing by unlocking them all. As a reminder, you can use bb.ShowHiddenObjects to make build mode items and decorative objects appear in the Build/Buy catalog.
Snowy Escape Cheats
Several cheats exist that are specific to Snowy Escape. Click here to see my Snowy Escape Cheats for lists of Lifestyles, special reward traits, and how to cheat your skills in the new Expansion Pack.
Cottage Living Cheats
If you'd like to use some cheats for Cottage Living click the link. It will take you to where you can learn how to get all the animal treats for golden chickens, upgrade your animal buildings to self-clean, or even put every single piece of animal clothing in your Sim's inventory!
If You Cannot Get Cheats to Work
Many cheats require testing cheats to work. Ensure you've done testingcheats on first. This mainly works from the live/build/buy modes of the game as many do not work on the map. You should pause it by pressing tilde (`) or clicking the pause icon, and when the time comes will need to first press and hold the left CTRL key, then Shift, then C in that order, without letting go of any of the keys, to open the console in the first place. This should be a fluid motion and not too slow. Secondly, cheats must be typed exactly. You can get some help with testingcheats by following this link.
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Sorry that has happened to you but using cheats will not actually delete your game files. You must have done something else. I use cheats constantly and I've not even had a corrupt file. Carl also doesn't make the cheats. They are made by the game developers for the purposes of testing certain game play elements while in the design phase. They do come with a warning... use at your own risk but saying that, I've never had any issues at all.
For the game files to be deleted you must have gone into the Saves folder and manually removed them in some way. Either that or you have the bug where game files appear to be missing but are actually there. In that case have a read of this linked post where we have tips to help with this problem. Or feel free to post specific help requests in the tech area of the forum. Missing Files help
I need help, I just bought the vampire game pack and when I go to try to getc the bar to pop up to put the cheats in it won't let me at all...Idk what else to do....
Maybe you are experiencing the glitch where the letter key short cuts are not working. Have a read of this post on the forum and hopefully the tips there will help you.
I can not get the vampire perks cheat to work for me. I used the testingcheats on first then I put it in exactly how you typed it and nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?
Make sure you are in live mode with the game paused and the vampire you want the cheats for selected. Open the cheats console (control+shift+c) and type in testingcheats on then press enter. Next copy and paste this into the cheats console and press enter. stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_Occult_VampireXP 1593 Each time you paste the cheat in your vampire will gain another level. If this does not work it may be because you have mods or cc that are causing issues
Thank you so much for the whole of your guide Mister Carl!! I also wanted to know if you were interested in a super close up of "Nessie" out on the Bluffs. Just no idea how to pm it too ya if ya do
The cheats definitely work on multiple toddler-households. Just make sure you have the target toddler selected in live mode (with the game paused) when applying the cheat.
If you have Vlads urn you can take that back to your sims active played lot and wait for his ghost to make an appearance. Then turn on testingcheats on and shift click him and add him to your family, feed him ambrosia and then using manage households return him to his original house. Ambrosia Guide Ghost Guide
Options Menu>Game Options>Game Play> Auto Age Sims=No, Auto Age Unplayed Sims= unchecked. This would make it so no sims in your game age up unless you make them with a cake.
My child never has homework in her inventory after school...can I fix it? Also, I couldn't get the toddler skill cheats to work - I'm pretty sure I typed everything in right. Any ideas??
You can either manually drag the homework book into the teens inventory as teens will leave the book lying around whenever they complete homework, or you can order a new one by clicking on a bookcase and looking under 'Children'. Toddler cheats are all working, check for typos or a space when their shouldn't be one. You can copy and paste too: stats.set_skill_level statistic_skill_toddler_communication 5
Hi Tyvm-Aveelia, I'll certainly talk this idea through with Carl Glad you find the guide helpful. Carl works really hard trying to keep up with all the new information etc that each patch/new content etc brings.
Press shift+control+c keys all at the same time. This opens up the cheat console that is basically a small, thin white box you can type in along the top of your screen. Guide to Using Cheats on the Forum
Hi, I was trying ti equip the creative trait, but it was acting very stubborn and not working. I tried it with other traits and noticed that most of them worked, but some didn't. Is there a different cheat for this, or do you think my game was just not working?
No hidden room markers in TS4 like TS3. Apartments are part of the world structure and can not be built or altered in anyway. The only thing you can do with apartments is change interior walls/doors and decoration. Functional apartments also can not be built in any other worlds.
Try clearing your caches and restarting your game. Delete the localthumbcache.package file from your TheSims4 folder. Also try using the other Ctrl and shift keys.
Delete the file localthumbcache.package from your TheSims4 folder. This link will take you to a tips page on our forum that explains where to find the Origin cache files too. Scroll down to the heading:Delete Game Cache Files if this link takes you to the top of the forum page. (Links are being weird for me today!)
Nevermind! I found out that it was my recording software! The shortcut for recording was the command box open command on Sims 4! Ha! Thanks for helping anyway
Literally almost none of these work, and I've even tried copying and pasting then editing to input my relevant sims info, and so far motherlode and kaching are the only ones that work for me. I've been a sims player since he first one came out so I'm very familiar with how to play the game with/without cheat codes. Not sure how all these people got them to work but I guess all this tells me is, cheating gets you nowhere.
I'm sorry you are having issues but I can assure you that all the cheats are live and active. You have to have testingcheats on enabled for most of the cheats to work. Motherlode and kaching work without having testingcheats on enabled. This post on the forum might help you as it has some good tips etc on how to use cheats in TS4
Just bake a cake and have them blow out the candles. This works for NPC sims to, just choose them from the menu that pops up when you click on the candles to age up a sim. To age up a sim in CAS can cause many issues and glitches so it is always safest to use the cake option. If you do want to use CAS (and again I seriously stress it causes glitches) enable testingcheats on and then use the cheat cas.fulleditmode. Now when you take your sim into CAS (shift click or use a dresser) you will be able to fully edit your sim.
This is due to -not- being in live mode. You will get the Unable to execute command! message if you're at the Town Map screen or World Select screen. Try loading a saved game, pause the game and try turning on the cheats again.
I use this cheat a lot, make sure you have one space between the cheat and the number of satisfaction points you want to give your sim. e.g. sims.give_satisfaction_points 4000
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The Sims 4 Seasons expansion now has options! Want to disable weather or make plants in season year-round? You can do so with my new Seasons Tuner Mod
Disable Seasons individually
Always Sunny! Set to Base Game Weather
Grow Year Round - Make Plants Always in Season!
Healthy Year Round - No more Winter twigs
Disable Color Changes - on ALL Plants & Trees
Disable Fall Leaves
Disable Ground Snow
Keep the Stuff You Paid For!
A Deeper Game
The past month, I've spent every day tinkering The Sims 4, making quality of life improvements, gameplay changes, and new difficulty settings for the game. If you'd like to learn more about my project, visit the post on Patreon where you can download it now.
I have much more to come, since you can actually write a few guides about this pack!
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Sims 4 Snowy Escape
The Sims 4 Snowy Escape launches November 13, 2020 and my coverage has started. Until I get my review ready, you can learn about the following:
There is a new platform tool in The Sims 4. There's also a new Sentiments system, but it'll take some time to create a guide to that. Players can also use rental lots in any world now by changing lot types of builds in manage worlds.
Best Mods in Sims 4
I've created a massive List of The Best Mods in The Sims 4 that should be very helpful to new players and those who have not yet explored modding and how much it can do for your gameplay.
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I now have a guide page to Tiny Living Stuff where you can learn about Murphy Beds, the new death, as well as the lot bonuses you'll receive if you manage to keep the size of your lot down with this new pack's Tiny Home Lot Type.
Let's Play Playlist
New I now have a guide to Making Super Sims in The Sims 4. Look for a text version within the next 72h. It won't have THAT much more info but it will help out as a checklist.
This was inspired by a series, "Let's Play a Super Sim" in which I start at toddler and gradually take on the major bonuses. Here's a link to each part for people who are interested. You can also see the Let's Play as a Playlist on Youtube.
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For the game files to be deleted you must have gone into the Saves folder and manually removed them in some way. Either that or you have the bug where game files appear to be missing but are actually there. In that case have a read of this linked post where we have tips to help with this problem. Or feel free to post specific help requests in the tech area of the forum.
Missing Files help
Each time you paste the cheat in your vampire will gain another level.
If this does not work it may be because you have mods or cc that are causing issues
Please help me, Carl!
Ambrosia Guide
Ghost Guide
Also, I couldn't get the toddler skill cheats to work - I'm pretty sure I typed everything in right. Any ideas??
Toddler cheats are all working, check for typos or a space when their shouldn't be one. You can copy and paste too:
stats.set_skill_level statistic_skill_toddler_communication 5
to turn the "bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement" command off?
Guide to Using Cheats on the Forum
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This link will take you to a tips page on our forum that explains where to find the Origin cache files too. Scroll down to the heading:Delete Game Cache Files if this link takes you to the top of the forum page. (Links are being weird for me today!)
This post on the forum might help you as it has some good tips etc on how to use cheats in TS4
Try loading a saved game, pause the game and try turning on the cheats again.
sims.give_satisfaction_points 4000