"The Sims" Cheats

To get into to cheat mode press CTRL + SHIFT + C during game play. Once you are in cheat mode,
simply type in the cheat and hit enter. Do this every time you want to use one of "The Sims" cheats
listed below.

"The Sims" Cheats

Cheat Effect
klapaucius* 1000 simoleons
rosebud 1000 simoleons
water_tool create streams
dump_happy dump selected Sim's recent list of scored interactions to a file
! repeat last cheat
; separate multiple codes
set_hour <1-24>* set time of day
grow_grass <0-150> grow grass
map_edit off disables map editor
map_edit on enables map editor
move_objects on move any object
autonomy <1-100> set Sims ability to think
draw_floorable on floor grid on
draw_floorable off floor grid off
edit_char make a Sim
house file import a house
hist_add add history stat to family
History save family history file
prepare_lot fix required lot objects
Import import a family file
interests change interests of Sim
* for unpatched version

Additional cheats

Here are the available codes for The Sims on PC

 KLAPAUCIUS -gives you 1000 dollars (version 1.1 does not work - version 1.1 code is
ROSEBUD)
 WATER TOOL -you can put water around your home
 CAM_MODE - Camera Toggle
 MUSIC - Music toggle
 SOUND - Sound toggle
 HTML - Web page creation toggle
 SOUNDEVENT - Toggle sound event
 RELOAD_PEOPLE - Total reload of skins, animations, suits, people
 SET HOUR -set (1-24) what time you want to get up
 SETSPEED -(-1000 to +1000)
 SIM_SPEED <-1000-1000> - Set sim speed
 INTERESTS -it will let you change your personalitys and interests
 AUTONMY -let's the sims to think on their own (0-100)
 GROW GRASS -make the grass tall or short (0-150)
 MANSION - The Best House
 BUBBLE_TWEAK <Z offset> - Set thought bubble z offset
 ASSERT - Force assert to test
 SIM_LOG END - Stop sim logging
 SIM_LOG BEGIN - Start sim logging
 DEBUG_SOCIAL - Show social dialogue choices
 DRAW_ORIGINS - Show person's origin
 DUMP_HAPPY - Send person's recent interactions to file
 DUMP_MC - Send person's motive contribution curve to a file
 EDIT_GRASS <number> - Make grass change value
 LOT SIZE <number> - set lot size
 EDIT CHAR - Create a character mode
 DRAW_ROUTES ON - Show person's route
 DRAW_ROUTES OFF -Show people's Route off
 HISTORY - Save family history file
 HIST_ADD - Add new family history stat to family
 IMPORT <FAM File> - Import Family file
 VISITOR_CONTROL - Toggle to control visitors with keyboard
 LOG MASK - Set event logging mask
 DRAW_FLOORABLE ON - Enable floorable grid
 DRAW_FLOORABLE OFF - Disable floorable grid
 MAP EDIT ON - map edit on
 MAP EDIT OFF - map edit off
 MOVE_OBJECTS - Move any object
 PREVIEW_ANIMS ON - Preview animations on
 PREVIEW_ANIMS OFF - Preview animations off
 PREPARE_LOT - Fix required lot objects
 ROTATION <number 0-3> - Rotate camera
 ROUTE BALOONS ON - Enable basic tutorial
 ROUTE BALOONS OFF - Disable basic tutorial
 LOG MASK - Event logging mask set
 DRAW ALL FRAMES ON - Draw all frames
 DRAW ALL FRAMES OFF - Disable draw all frames
 TILE INFO ON - Show tile info
 TILE INFO OFF - Hide tile info
 SWEEP ON - Enable ticks
 SWEEP OFF - Disable ticks

Repeat Last Cheat

Press shift+ctrl+alt+c then ! to repeat the last cheat code entered. To do more than one repeat,
type in !;!;! the number of times you'd like the code repeated.

Slow Down and Trap Burglars (Trap Roomies Too)

If you need time to call the police or to wait for them to arrive during a burglar strike, hold your cursor
over the criminal and follow him with it to make him walk in slow motion allowing the police time to
arrive. To trap a burgler, pause the game and build a fence around them and then call the police. To
do this with a roomie simply repeat, but no need to call the cops.

Eliminate Bills
To eliminate paying bills completely, use the "move_objects on" cheat and simply pick up your
mailbox, then hit DELETE. Remember to turn "move_objects off" when done.

Kill Your Sim

To kill off your sim make a swimming pool then send him or her in, then remove the ladders and
diving board.

Never Miss Work

Move your garbage can into the middle of the road, when the car pulls up it will beep the horn and
stop.

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 Cheat Codes

While playing the game, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C to display the console window. Then, type one of the
following codes and press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: In Windows Vista you
may need to press [Ctrl] + [Windows] + [Shift] + C to display the console window.

Result Cheat Code

Display most cheats help

Enable testing cheats [Note 1] testingCheatsenabled [true or false]

1,000 more Simoleons Kaching

50,000 more Simoleons Motherlode

Ignore the cost when buying a lot in Town Edit mode freerealestate

View career outfits and service uniforms [Note 2] unlockOutfits [on or off]

Toggle objects can be placed anywhere in Buy/Build mode [Note

Return Sims to safe and nuetral state at home resetSim [first name] [last name]

Reset lifetime happiness of all Sims in active household resetlifetimehappiness

Delete any object Delete object

Force terrain adjustments regardless of objects, Sims, and other constrainFloorElevation [true or false]
structures

disableSnappingToSlotsOnAlt [on or
Objects will not snap to slots while holding [Alt]
off]

Objects fade when camera gets close to them fadeObjects [on or off]

Show talk/thought balloons above Sim's head hideHeadlineEffects [on or off]

Print random joke to console jokePlease

Toggle lot tooltips displaylotpackagefilename [on or off]

Toggle "Llamas" warning icons [Note 4] enablellamas [on or off]

Slow motion visuals; 0 is normal, 8 is slowest slowMotionViz [0-8]

Toggle framerate display at top right fps [on or off]

Full screen fullscreen [on or off]

Quit the game quit

Note 1: This code allows additional cheat codes to be used and unlocks various testing options, as described
below.

Note 2: This code must be enabled before entering Create-A-Sim mode.

Note 3: This code allows you to delete objects that normally cannot be removed (for example, Sims,
mailbox, garbage can). However, you cannot get those objects back. Also, when the code is used on a Sim
with the "good" trait, a halo will appear on their head when you exit Buy/Build mode.

Note 4: "Llamas" are the triangular warning signs that appear with some messages.

 Testing cheats

Enable the "testingCheatsenabled true" code, then type one of the following codes at the console window
to activate the corresponding cheat function:

Result Cheat Code

Make toddler that grows to child become an NPC ageuptonpc

Set Simoleon total for indicated family familyfunds "[last name]" [number]

Buy mode slot with debug objects buydebug [on or off]

Set game speed speed [0 to 4]

Toggle map tags maptags [on or off]

Toggle all audio playsounds [on or off]

Record video with specified size and quality recordvideo

After enabling the "testingCheatsenabled true" code, you can also hold [Shift] and click on the following
objects to access new options:

Mailbox
 "Make All Happy"
"Make Friends For Me"
"Make Needs Static" or "Make Needs Dynamic"
"Make Me Know Everyone"
"Force Visitor"
Various "Force NPC" options
Various "Set Career" options

Work place

"Force Opportunity"
"Force Event"
"Force All Events"

Ground

"Build/Buy on this lot" (requires v1.7)

Any Sim

"Add To Active Household/Family"

Active Sim

"Modify Traits for Active Sim"

Non-household Sim

"Add to Household"

Any object

"Object... Delete It" (requires v1.7)

While the "testingCheatsenabled true" code is enabled on the "Select Family" screen before loading a
family, hold [Ctrl] and click just below the box in the lifetime happiness to add 500 to lifetime happiness.
You can also drag the needs bars up or down as desired. When viewing your Sims' relationships, you can
drag the bars on that screen either way.

While the "testingCheatsenabled true" code is enabled, hold [Ctrl] and click a Moodlet in the Moodlet
panel to remove it. Note: If it is motive-induced, the bar related to the negative Moodlet will be completely
filled.

While the "testingCheatsenabled true" code is enabled, hold [Ctrl] and drag the Mouse left or right to
raise or lower your Sim's current motive as well as raise or lower relationships.

 Watching your own videos on the TV

Use the following trick to watch your own videos on the Sim television. Place the video you want into the
"/My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 3/Movies/Broadcast/[television station]" folder. Turn on the television
in the game, and you can watch it. The video must be in .AVI format, with a resolution no larger than
128x128 pixels, and frame rate not greater than 15 frames per second.

 Listening to your own music on the radio

 Easy money

Start writing novels on your computer. Write fiction novels as they take the least amount of time. They will
not bring you too much Simoleons. When you write, your skill will automatically advance. If your skill is high
enough, you will be able to write more novel types/genres. The most money can be made from "Romance
Novels". You will get royalties for six weeks once you finish a book. With the "Writing" skill maxed out, you
can make approximately 40,000 Simoleons every week, which is more than the 34,800 Simoleons you can
get by purchasing all neighborhood businesses, and takes less time to achieve. In three game weeks you
should have a very high speed writing, 9 or 10 novels as best sellers, and 100,000 Simoleons.

 Saving money

No matter how many times you use an object, if you sell it the same day you got it you can get all your
money back. If your Sim is poor and needs body points or something else, buy a body machine and keep
selling it back to get a refund of all your money.

 Easy Cooking, Fishing, and Gardening skills

This trick requires a TV with a Cooking, Fishing, or Gardening channel and a video game system. Have a Sim
sit down and watch television. Switch the TV over to one of the previously mentioned channels so that the
Sim can start earning his or her skill point. Then, have a second Sim go over and start playing video games.
Notice that although the TV is displaying video games, the first Sim still has the skill meter above their
head. Allow this Sim to sit there for as long as they please until they decide to do another activity of their
own. After that, the skill meter should stay above their head until you start another Cooking, Fishing, or
Gardening skill activity. As an added bonus, you can train two skill points at once. For example, work out
and both the Athletic and Cooking skills will continue to rise. If you keep repeating the steps until each skill
channel has been viewed, the Sim will keep learning the three skills as he or she goes on about their daily
life, and four when doing skill activities.

 Free bookcase skills

Buy a bookcase, then have your Sim begin to study. Interrupt the action so that the book is placed on the
ground. Sell the bookcase. The book can now do everything the bookcase could have done for free.

 Increasing chance to have baby boys

Have a pregnant female Sim eat apples to increase the chance of having a boy.

 Increasing chance to have baby girls

Have a pregnant female Sim eat watermelons to increase the chance of having a girl.

 Increasing chance for multiple babies

To increase the chance of having twins or triplets, have one or both parents have the lifetime reward of
Fertility Treatment.

 Ghost baby

Set one of your female Sim's traits to Kleptomaniac. Go to the graveyard, and have the Sim steal male
remains. On the second day after putting the male remains in your home, a ghost will appear at 11:00 p.m.
and disappear at 4:00 a.m. It will appear every other day. Socialize with the ghost every night it appears.
When you become best friends with the ghost, it will begin appearing every night. Get the "Fertility" reward.
Confess your attraction to the ghost. Ask to snuggle on the bed, and kiss him. Try for a baby every night
until you start throwing up. You will now have a ghost baby that you can control.

 Ghosts in your house

Go to the graveyard, click on all the tombstones, and take all possible tombstones. Return to your house,
and place them somewhere in your backyard. You now have a 70% chance of a ghost or two, or even a
whole party of ghosts visiting your house each night. To improve your chances, write in the epitaph "Here
Lies [Sim's name], The One Who Returns".

 Making friends

Buy a guitar. Play it to learn how to play guitar. Keep playing until you reach 5/10 level, which gives you the
ability to "Play For Tips". When you have that ability, go to the park with the guitar in your inventory. When
you are in the park, click the guitar in your inventory, and select "Play For Tips". People watching you will
become your friends if you keep playing. The higher your guitar skill, the faster they will become friends
with you.

 Disable aging

Instead of using a cheat code to toggle "aging on" and "aging off" like in The Sims 2, you can de-activate
the age in "Game Options" under "Options". When you uncheck the box next to "Aging", your Sims will no
longer become older. You can also slow aging down in this menu by setting the "Lifetime" bar. It can be set
from 25 days to 960 days.

 Quickly advance age

Use the following trick to change your Sim's age (toddler, child, teen, etc.) quickly. Buy a birthday cake
from the grocery store, and place it somewhere on your lot. Click the cake, and select "Have Birthday".
Then, choose the Sim to be aged. This is a good method to get past the baby stage.

 Avoiding death

Go to Pleasant Rest Graveyard. Near the gate is a bush called "Death Flower Bush". Harvest the flower from
it, and keep it in your Sim's inventory. If you die, that Sim will give the flower to the Grim Reaper and be
resurrected. Although the flower will not reappear there again, if your Sim has Level 7 Gardening, they can
plant the "Unknown Special Seeds" found in the graveyard and some other places that have a chance to
grow as a Death Flower. Note: Having the Green Thumb trait to revive the plant may help.

 New clothes

To get new clothes, you first have to buy a dresser from "Buy Options". Once there, click "Plan Outfit". You
can put a total of three different clothes for each type (formal, every day, athletic, etc.).

 Learning all guitar songs from books

Have your Sim reach Guitar skill level 5. Have a level 5 book in their inventory, click the guitar, then select
"New Song" to learn it. After reaching Guitar skill level 6, do the same thing with a level 6 book. Repeat the
process until the Sim reaches Guitar skill level 10, and they will know all songs that were taught.

 Creating brilliant paintings or masterpieces

Create a stylized still life after it is unlocked. Choose "Genius", and make it in the largest possible frame.
You will now have a much better chance of getting a brilliant painting or masterpiece.
 Building a basement

Put down staircases on a new lot to lower the terrain. Go to the bottom of the first one, and miss out one
tile, then put down another staircase. Repeat this again to have three staircases. Delete the staircases. Use
the "Level Terrain" tool to level the terrain from the lowest tile. Set it as big or small as desired. Using the
"Straight Line Wall" tool, build walls around this hole so there are walls pressed up against hills. Build the
room above so it covers the entire basement. Cover around the house with the "Foundation" tool; all the
slopes should be covered up. Place one tile in the top floor, then create a staircase leading down to the
basement. Make two or more foundation blocks at the front of the house, and place a staircase leading up
them.

 Duck Time moodlet

Buy the Ducksworth of Bathington, and place it in your bathtub. When a Sim takes a bath, they will get the
Duck Time moodlet which results in a +15 boost for four hours.

 Getting rid of dirty dishes

Drag an empty plate into a Sim's inventory, then drag it to sell. You will not get any money, but if your Sim
does not have a dish washer, it is a quick and efficient way to get rid of dirty dishes.

 Strange faces

There is a glitch in Create-A-Sim mode that allows to you to make very strange faces. Go to the face
designing area. Select a face part such as the eyes, and max out all the sliders one way or the other. Then,
go to a different face part, and select one of the predesigned parts. Return to the eyes. The sliders will have
reset to the middle, but the eyes will still look the same. This works for all of the face adjusting tabs. You
can then continue to max out the size of the eyes and repeat. You can make eyes the size of dinner plates,
very long cheekbones, huge noses, and more.

 Hording pizza

Have a Sim call for pizza. When the pizza delivery man arrives, do not accept the pizza. The delivery man
will eventually leave the pizza on the front porch, and it will never get stale. You can stack as many pizzas
there as you want. If your Sims get hungry, just tell them to get a pizza from the front porch.

 EA game references

When you have the video game system and your Sims play it, zoom in on the TV to see that the games they
are playing are various Electronic Arts titles.

 Spore reference

Have a Sim reach the top painting level to have the ability to create masterpieces. One of the paintings that
can be created is that of a creature from Spore.