Playing without cheats

"Mikezumi;c-16332478" wrote:
Since I don't consider the way I play cheating, I don't cheat at all ;)

:lol:

I regularly play without cheats, but for my machinima I turn on ALL the cheats! Can't worry about needs or money when you're trying to film.

I rarely use money cheats, actually only when I'm building a house for my sims. But if testingcheats didn't exist, my sims would be dead in several sim days :lol: Of course I let their motives to be low, so all my sims have to sleep, eat, use the toilet, etc, but sometimes in the middle of the night they get very hungry and I just HAVE to rise the motive a bit so that they can wait until the morning. I know, I'm terrible when it comes to management :lol:

> @Missa_Sissa said:
> In the 8 years playing sims, I have tried playing without cheats once, before my game glitched and I had to start over. I am playing without cheats again, and I cannot tell you how exciting it is! I went from having a sleeping bag to actually being able to buy a bed, a big, clunky computer to a sleek and newer one. Even the simple decorations that I buy when my sim can afford them are a little victory for me. It seems I'm going out more too, to the library and grocery store rather than having all my accommodations at home where I never have to leave because I'm rich.
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> It's so much more fun playing without cheats! How many of you play cheat free?

The only time I've played without cheats is when I started my legacy family challenge. Like you have said, it was the small victories of slowly upgrading furnishings that made the game a whole lot more fun and exciting and I found myself playing for hours and I also went out more to do stuff. Now when I create other families I try to use kaching only just as a boost so I can maintain the fun element of working and saving to upgrade.

Ohh, you mean money cheats. I don't use money cheats. In fact, I've modded my game to make bills even harder and allow my sims to take out loans if need be. Money in this game is much too easy. Kills all the fun for me personally. Other families I am not controlling however I may use freerealestate on for them.

But I use other cheats like testingcheatsenabled true, buydebug, moveobjects on, etc... It's important to play the game the way you want to. As long as you're enjoying yourself, don't feel obligated to control how you use cheats.

I think the only thing I use that may be considered cheats are the console commands that get sims unstuck, or removing chimneys from fireplaces!!

I don't give them money cheats...like motherlode, or TCE>familyfunds. I just go TCE on>buy debug>lay down three tiberium spawners.

Watcher to Sim: There ya go...I may have given you something, but you're gonna have to work for it. That means crawling out of bed and going collecting for it. Then making sure that you don't keep it in your pocket long enough that you end up with visceroidal nausea and upchuck your guts out.

Invariably the sim forgets that it's in his/her inventory and then ends up making a mad dash for the washroom to power-heave into the "Bargain John."

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I only use the cheat codes if necessary to fix motives that don't match the time of day when switching families or to build and my game is so heavily Modded I don;t need to cheat often for gameplay since Mods fix most issues and I can make money easier or harder depending on if there's a depression.

I use the game codes when I want. I haven't used money cheats because it's too easy to make money- since the base game. They don't even have to have a fridge or bed because they can sleep almost anywhere. :lol:

But, I still use "cheats" if I want because I don't consider myself a cheat when I'm having fun in this game.- there is no line to cross... nor restrictions unless I'm playing by rules of a challenge. :lol:

I use cheats is certain situations. I use money cheats to take away money if I feel like my sims have too much. I also use cheats like moveobjects when placing decoration objects. I also drag hunger up in the very specific circumstance of a vampire sim eating plasma cobbler because for some reason that action doesn't satiate and I think it should. Sometimes if a townie is bothering me, I'll reset them.

I try not to stress about cheats too much because sometimes using them can fix a problem (like the plasma cobbler one). Besides those instances though, I try not to use them too much because as many have said, it can make the game boring. I guess it's all about finding the right balance.