The Sims 3 FAQ's
Submitted by David Whipple
The Sims 3 Cheats
Press Ctrl+Shift+C to open up the console type in TestingCheatsEnabled True now click shift and click on a place to walk and it should say teleport me here.
Submitted By: Katelyn Theresa Lanza
Once testingcheatsenabled true has been activated, if you hold the "Shift" key while clicking your active Sim. An option appears were you can edit your Sims traits.
Submitted By: PaulaJane27
Cheat Console:
During gameplay press [ctrl]+[shift]+C to open the cheat console and type the following to turn cheats on:
testingcheatsenabled - testing cheats on objects
[If you have Vista and you can not get the bar to show you need to press Ctrl Alt Windows (should be next to ALT button) and C all at once. Then you may enter any cheat you want]
After enabling the test cheats, you can use any of these cheats:
Cheat Code - Result
help - Display most cheats
Kaching - 1,000 more Simoleons
Motherlode - 50,000 more Simoleons
shazaam - +2,500 lifetime happiness points to active Sim
freerealestate - Ignore the cost when buying a lot
modify traits - Set or clear traits
add to household - Add active Sim to current household
set age [number] - Set age of the Sim
edit in cas - Take the Sim back to Create-a-Sim
set career [career/level] - Give selected Sim a career
force opportunity - Click career building you work at to force an opportunity
force event - Click career building you work at to force an event
force all events - Click career building to display all events for the career consecutively
force service sim [name] - Force a specific service Sim to appear
force visitor - Forces a neighbor to show up
make me know everyone - Selected Sim knows every other Sim
make friends for me - Make several random friends for selected Sim
make happy - Sets all mood/moodlets for everyone in the house to perfect; removes negative moodlets
make motives [static or dynamic] - Set motives static or dynamic for entire household
unlockOutfits [on or off] - View career outfits and service uniforms [Note 1]
moveObjects [on or off] - No limitations for placing/moving objects
resetSim [first name] [last name] - Return Sims to safe and neutral state at home
constrainFloorElevation [true or false] - Force terrain adjustments regardless of objects, Sims, and other structures
disableSnappingToSlotsOnAlt [on or off] - Objects will not snap to slots while holding [Alt]
fadeObjects [on or off] - Objects fade when camera gets close to them
snapObjectsToAngle [true or false] - Toggle 45 degree angle object snap
snapObjectsToGrid [true or false] - Toggle snap to grid for placed objects
hideHeadlineEffects [on or off] - Show talk/thought balloons above Sim's head
jokePlease - Print random joke to console
enablellamas [on or off] - Llamas enabled message
slowMotionViz: [0-8] - Slow motion visuals; 0 is normal, 8 is slowest
testingCheatsenabled [true or false] - Enable testing cheats [Note 2]
fps [on or off] - Toggle framerate display at top right
fullscreen [on or off] - Full screen
quit - Quit the game
Note 1: This code must be enabled before entering Create-A-Sim mode.
Note 2: You can move your Sims' status bars as desired by clicking and dragging (hygiene, energy, fun, etc.).
Submitted By: MissSimsJunkie, Brandon, Medicalman88
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buy a birthday cake
Buy a birthday cake even before you Sims birthday and have them blow out the candles and they will age when they blow them out
Submitted By: Djontop123116
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Ctrl-Shift-C
Type "help" into cheat box.
Submitted By: simsdude
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Testing cheats on Mail box
Once the TestingCheatsEnabled True code has been activated, you can shift-click on the mailbox outside of your sims' house to fill their needs bars using the 'Make all happy' option and freeze them with 'Make Motives Static.'
Submitted By: Macacan
The Sims 3 Hints
Have a Ghost Baby (Without Killing)
How to do it:
- Set one of your Sim's traits to Kleptomaniac (Sim must be female)
- Go to graveyard
- Wait until Sim steals remains or tell sim to swipe something (remains must be male)
- On the second day since stealing grave and putting it in home, the ghost will appear at 11:00pm and disappear at 4:00am it will appear every other day
- Socialize with ghost every night it appears until you are at best friend ghost will then begin appearing every night
- get fertility reward
- Confess attraction to ghost
- ask to snuggle on bed, kiss
- Try for baby every night until you start throwing up
- Congrats! You're now having a ghost's baby! (It will be born as a ghost that you can control)
Submitted By: ShadowNova
Gender of Babies
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Must have a pregnant female
Eating apples will increase your chances of having boys!
(i.e. 3 apples = 3 boys)
On the other hand, eating watermelons will increase your chances of having girls!
(i.e. 3 watermelons = 3 girls)
**To have increased chances of twins or triplets have one or both parents have the lifetime reward of fertility treatment.
I heard this from someone else. I had my pregnant female eat three watermelons to test it out and it worked! She had 3 triplet girls.
Submitted By: Anonymous
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.
Submitted By: MissSimsJunkie
Protection From Death
Go to Pleasant Rest Graveyard, and near the gate, there is a strange bush called a "Death Flower Bush" - Harvest the flower from it.
If you keep this flower in your sim's inventory, when you die the grim reaper will trade it for a second chance at life.
This flower will not reappear, but there are Unknown Special Seeds (requires level 7 Gardening to plant) dotted about near the graveyard (and a few other places) which may grow another Death Flower (and sometimes more if your Sim has the Green Thumb trait to revive the plant.)
Submitted By: Lazarus
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.).
Submitted By: MissSimsJunkie
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.
Submitted By: MissSimsJunkie
Turn off Aging
In the options menu you can choose the gameplay settings. When you uncheck the box before "Aging" the sims won't become older anymore. You can also slow aging down in this menu by setting the lifetime bar. It's changeable from 25 days too 960 days.
Submitted By: Patrick Kerstholt