The Best Cheats in The Sims 4
If only getting rich and beautiful was this simple in real life.
As fun as The Sims 4 is, it’s no secret that the game is clunky, and specific tasks to get your sims to where they want to be in life can be time-consuming. Whether you want a more effortless experience, make a bunch of virtual lives better (or more miserable), or make your Sims the wealthiest people in the world, there are a few must-use cheats that can make a world of difference. Step one is pulling up the cheat bar. You can pull it up in the following ways:
● For PC: Hold down Ctrl + Shift, then hit C
● For Mac: Hold Command + Shift, then hit C
● PS4 + X-Box: Hold all four bumper buttons at once.
Most cheats also require the added step of enabling the cheats in the first place. To do that, enter either “testingcheats true,” “testingcheats on,” or “testingcheats enabled” into the bar that pops up. There’s no actual difference, but every computer seems different with which command works. Once that’s set up, the fun can begin.
Get Rich Quick
It’s the old classic that’s been around since The Sims 2, and it immediately solves many of your Sims’ problems. Entering “motherlode” into the cheat bar gives your sims 50,000 simoleans per entry. Not only will your sims want for nothing for the rest of their lives, but if you have a sim whose primary aspiration is to be rich: Congratulations, you’ve achieved it in one click. If you want to casually work up to having your Sims rolling in money, entering “kaching” or “rosebud” will add 1,000 Simoleons per entry.
It’s Free Real Estate
Entering “FreeRealEstate on” into the bar eliminates the headache of having your brand new Sim family move into the cheapest house with the worst conditions from the start. Enter the command in the neighborhood view, and once you return to whatever family you want to upgrade, have them move, and you’ve got all the fancy vacant lots available. Or you can combine your new family with a pre-existing one.
Speed Dating
Sims’ relationships are based on a point system, with If you’re not up for spending hours having your Sims tell bad jokes, pickup lines, embrace, and ask risque questions, there’s a cheat for that. The highest amount of relationship points you can get is 100. So if you want to add points to the friendship, type in the command as follows:
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Modifyrelationship [The Sim You’re Playing as at Present’s First Name] [Their Last Name] [Target Sim’s First Name] or: [Target Sim’s Last Name] [Numerical Value] LTR_Friendship_Main.
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It should look like this: Modifyrelationship John Smith Jane Doe 100 Friendship_Main OR Modifyrelationship John Smith Jane Doe 100 LTR_Friendship_Main
If you want to change their level of romance, just change out the word “Friendship” with “Romance” in either prompt.
If you’re longing to have your Sim make some enemies, just as you can add to your friendship and romance points, you can take them away. All that is required is making the point value a negative number.
New Day, New Me
Editing Sims After Creating Them If you’re not a fan of how your Sims look after Create a Sim, or you’re no longer feeling their career, marriage, housemates, etc., there’s a fix for that, too. First, enter “cas.fulleditmode” in the bar. Then select the Sim you want to edit (hold Shift + click on the Sim for PC, press and hold O, then hit X while holding O on PS4, Press and hold B, then hit A while still holding B for X-Box One.) The menu will come up with options to edit your sim in Create-a-Sim, edit their marriage, remove them from a family, or even stop the decay of their needs, or simply make them happy. Enjoy your new god status.
Beyond the Veil
Place Objects Anywhere Entering “bb.moveobjects on” into the bar allows you to do just that- move any object in your lot anywhere- and I do mean anywhere, clipping and all. It’s good for designing houses, but if there’s too little space between objects when it comes to something your Sims can interact with, they might clip right through the object or get caught on something, preventing them from doing so. Now you never have to deal with the glitchy “can’t be placed near a wall” or “can’t intersect with other objects” error message ever again.
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