The Sims 3 Guide Essentials Creating a House
Cheat Sheet
There are some incredible shortcuts in The Sims 3 that give you extra controls over the fates of your Sims as well as the town around them. You can boost their household funds, change their traits, give them promotions, and more. To input a cheat, press Control + Shift + C at the same time. A blue bar appears at the top of the screen. Type the cheat and press Enter to make it take effect.
Some cheats can be toggled on and off. Some cheats cannot be undone, too, such as adding money to your household funds, so be sure you want these shortcuts before you start using them.
General
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Command |
Effect |
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help |
Lists all commands available at the moment. |
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enableLlamas [on/off] |
Gives a message that says, "Llamas enabled." |
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jokePlease |
Posts a random (and silly) joke on-screen. |
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fullscreen [on/off] |
Toggles between full-screen and windowed modes. |
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resetSim <firstname> <lastname> |
Resets the named Sim with neutral motives, no moodlets, and teleports Sim back home. |
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fps [on/off] |
Toggles framerate indicator in the upper-right corner of the screen |
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quit |
Exits the game. |
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TestingCheatsEnabled |
Enables cheat functionality |
Money & Lifetime points
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Command |
Effect |
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kaching |
Adds §1,000 to active household's funds |
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motherlode |
Adds §50,000 to active household's funds |
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freeRealEstate |
Ignores the cost when buying a lot for the current game. |
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shazaam |
Gives 2,500 Lifetime Happiness Points to active Sim. |
Build & Buy Modes
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Command |
Effect |
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moveObjects [on/off] |
Removes footprint limitation for all object placement in Buy Mode and Build Mode. Removes limitations placed on hand tool for when objects are in use, or are normally non-movable objects. |
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constrainFloorElevation [true/false] |
Allows all terrain adjustments regardless of objects, Sims, and other structures on them. Walls, floors, and objects will move with the terrain, allowing you to create sloped walls and floored hills. However, placing new walls/floors will still flatten terrain, and placing objects will still require the terrain to be flat initially if the objects normally require it. |
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disableSnappingToSlotsOnAlt [on/off] |
When on, objects will not snap to slots while holding a. |
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shazaam |
Gives 2,500 Lifetime Happiness Points to active Sim. |
Visuals
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Command |
Effect |
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hideHeadlineEffects [on/off] |
Hides all meters and effects in the game, such as the plumbbob and skill meter. |
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fadeObjects [on/off] |
Toggles whether objects fade when the camera gets close to them. |
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slowMotionViz <level> |
Puts the game in slow motion. Optional parameter, value 0 = normal speed and 8 = slowest. |
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snapObjectsToGrid [true/false] |
Toggles how objects snap to the grid. If true is given, behavior is normal. If false is given, then by default, objects do not snap to the grid (and holding a will snap them to the grid). |
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snapObjectsToAngle [true/false] |
Toggles how objects rotate. If true is given, behavior is normal. If false is given, then by default, objects do not snap to 45 degree angles when rotating them (and holding a will snap them to the 45 degree angles). |
Sims
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Command |
Effect |
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Modify Traits |
Interaction to bring up a trait-modification window. Can set/clear traits. |
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Add to Household |
Add the active Sim to the current household. |
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Set Age |
Set the age of the Sim. |
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Edit in CAS |
Takes the Sim back into Create A Sim and allows you to make physical and personality changes. |
Career Buildings
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Command |
Effect |
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Force Opportunity |
Click on career building you work at to force an opportunity. |
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Force Event |
Click on a career building to give you a random career event. |
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Force All Events |
Click on career building to display all events for the career consecutively. |
Mailbox
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Command |
Effect |
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Force Service Sim… |
Force a specific Service Sim to show up. |
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Force Visitor |
Force a neighbor to show up. |
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Make Me Know Everyone |
Make the selected Sim know every other Sim that exists in the town. Sets them to acquaintances. |
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Make Friends For Me |
Make a few random friends for the selected Sim. |
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Set Career… |
Give the selected Sim any career at any level. |
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Make Happy |
Set the mood/moodlets of everyone in the house to perfect. Remove all negative moodlets. |
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Make Motives Static/Dynamic |
Make motives static/dynamic for the entire household. |