Cheat mode (command line) Start the game with one of the following command line parameters:
Disable sound: -nosound Full screen: -f Set screen resolution: -r[width]x[height] Windowed screen: -w
Stops aspiration decay or gain for all Sims on lot Code: lockAspiration [on or off]
After typing expand, will you see the game version in the cheat box Code: gameVersion
Set to false to remove shadows on objects inside house Code: boolProp guob [true or false]
Remove all Sims; use in neighborhood view Code: deleteAllCharacters
Toggle automatic game updates Code: autoPatch [on or off]
Set to false to place objects out of grid Code: boolProp snapObjectsToGrid [true or false]
Increase game performance with some graphics glitches Code: Vsync [on or off]
Give aspiration reward points to currently selected Sim Code: aspirationLevel [0-5]
Stops or starts motive decay for all Sims on lot Code: motiveDecay [on or off]
Set to false to remove roads from neighborhood Code: boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoads [true or false]
Maximum motive bars of all Sims on lot Code: maxMotives
Currently selected Sim gains access to all career reward objects in the catalog Code: unlockCareerRewards
Objects can be placed anywhere in buy and build modes; hand tool can move any object Code: moveObjects [on or off]
Set aspiration level for currently selected Sim Code: aspirationPoints [number]
Postprocessing cheats Use the following case-sensitive codes after enabling the Postprocessing cheats with the boolProp enablePostProcessing true code. Note: Do not enable or use the Postprocessing cheats unless your video card supports pixel shaders.
Blur effect; red, green, blue value must be between 0 and 255, and x (bloom) between 0.0 and 1.0: Code: bloom [r g b x]
Centered blur effect; centerX and centerY are screen coordinates; x (vignette) must be between 0.0 and 1.0: Code: vignette [centerX centerY x]
Assign money value to a family from the neighborhood level Code: familyfunds [family name] [number]
1,000 more Simoleons Code: Kaching
Toggle shadows for Sims Code: boolProp simShadows [true or false]
50,000 more Simoleons Code: motherlode
Close console window Code: exit
Display frame rate Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + S during game play to toggle the display of the current frame rate.
Cheat mode Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Some codes may be case-sensitive. Note: For more information about the cheat codes, open the "readme.txt" file in the game directory and look towards the bottom.
No censor; set to 8 to return to normal Code: intprop censorgridsize 0
Enables aging cheat when shift clicking on other Sims Code: agesimscheat on
Expand or contract console window Code: expand
Set to true and walls will no longer cut away from selected Sim Code: boolprop renderSelectedSimLevel [true or false]
Set to true and cars will have more detail in neighborhood Code: boolprop carsCompact [true or false]
Set to true to light up objects continuously instead of only when used Code: boolprop allObjectLightsOn [true or false]
List most cheat codes Code: help
Turn off facial DNA blending in Create A Sim Code: faceBlendLimits [on or off]