Changing Keybindings in The Sims 4

Here in 2025 to say I'm sick of accidentally pressing C - I don't want screenshots :)

I get the 0123 thing at least, 0 for no time is passing then 1 times, 2 times and 3 times speed 🙂 it does make sense from that perspective. even If I agree that we should be able to move controls however we want.

Yeah i have to second everyone here. I personally find the rotation controls and floor up down controls kinda hard to use on a WASD + Mouse setup and when i went to rebind them found it was missing. Additionally I would second that the fact the menu is missing makes it hard for those who forgot the controls from not playing for a while to get back into things.

I know this is an old post but just started with SIms 4 and  was looking up this topic of keybinds. 
The answer here interested me, I don't know what type of keyboard has a numeric 0 that is bigger than all the other keys, and to clarify what I'm sure the person this was a response to was saying, 1 for pause makes so much more sense, then 2,3,4 for normal, fast and super fast. 
0 is all the way at the end of the numbers so is just odd placement. 
This is the way most games I have ever played have ever used the keyboard for speed.  A few having space as pause instead of 0. 
Minor quibbles overall, Sims does have a lot of fantastic options, just baffling to me what changing even basic keybinds is not one of them.    

Hello there! 

I've been trying to find a way to change the keybinding for the Sims 4 for a while now and there is apparently no options, not even mods for this.

There is two issues with the keybind with the sims 4: 

1: You can't view what keys do what. To know the keybinds and shortcuts you need to find the information online. All games, even those before sims 4 came out, at least have a place in the menu to let you know what the controls are. I don't think this is something that would be hard to have in the game menu.  

2: You can't change the shortcuts or controls at all. I personally want to change the free camera controls because I find them extremly counter intuitive and it make the tool extremly annoying to use. But outside of personal preferences, people with disabilities or mobility restriction could really benefit from the possibility to adjust controls for their needs. Considering The sims want to be portrayed as an inclusive game, how come this was overlooked? 

Honestly, why is it not an option yet? What good reasons could there be to not have such a basic tool? It's not like it is a niche thing, pretty much all games have this possibility, even cheap 5$ graphic novel have keybinds options. Is there a way we simmers could convice EA to implement this? 

@iheartsandwiches 

Please do not necro-post on 5 year old threads.

Sorry about your handicap but I can not see how the ability to change keyboard bindings would help you in this regard. Given that there are about 10 things you can't do without a keyboard I would assume that having 28 programable keys on your mouse would help you a lot in this regard.

@jpkarlsenHi. I'm disabled & play games on a Razer Pro mouse with 28 programmable keys. There are not enough buttons on my mouse to completely play the game without having to keep a keyboard nearby to slap occasionally with my bad hand. So there are more than "a few" keyboard commands. Maxis & EA have a shocking lock of accessibility & respect for the disabled. It's definitely something that is talked about within the community that needs it the most. If you haven't heard enough people with needs other than your own discuss an issue perhaps don't just dismiss their needs because they are different from your own. We pay the same money as everyone else & deserve to have basic functions & features considered when games are designed. No one is asking for Maxis to completely re-write the game code. We are asking to be respected enough to just make the changes we need ourselves in ways that suit our abilities & needs.

Would it be so bad to allow players extremely basic customization?

If you're worried about people doing it accidentally, Sims 4 already has 'revert changes' in game options.

For me, managing many sims at once can get hectic. Keybinds are a HUGE help, so I don't have to constantly freeze time. Not to mention you have to manually toggle it every time.

Still, the ability to, for example, not have the 'freeze time' key be locked to 8 KEYS away from the other time controls etc. etc. would make the game way less arduous. Might even make it worth buying some DLCs to make it last longer.

Thank you.

I know this is quite old at this point, however, your point is not only wrong but it is also unreasonably antagonistic, the freedom to change the keybindings is essential in every game, not just FPS or RTS games, people have different preferences, whether or not those style of play are more reflective of either is irrelevant, the end point is to make the gamer/customer satisfied with being able to adjust the game they bought and paid for, to their specific style of play, whether or not the existing keybinds are accessible does not necessarily mean they are better or worse, but for the end user, if they are uncomfortable with these keybinds, whether it's personal preference, habit, or just plain hand placement and positioning, the truth is, the reason this feature exists in every single game is common knowledge and company to consumer courtesy. The only reason a game wouldn't introduce them is either technical limitations of the engine itself or cost to employ people to develop this feature due to a MASSIVE oversight in game design and development, taking away time, effort, and capital from DLC generation and creation.

It's clear now even in the far flung future that this game is in fact a cash grab, which is fine and reasonable, given that's the ultimate end goal of any company or corporation, however, to neglect this feature from existence, a customer may or may not read this, and decide, maybe this game isn't for me, whether it's because of the nature and relationship of the company itself, not being able to accommodate people with physically limiting disabilities, or even actively antagonizing their favorite genre of game.

You might consider your intentions NOT inherently antagonistic in nature and merely matter of fact. But the truth in that is, it is antagonistic to blatantly point out one's personal habits as a negative comparison to anything, even your own game, and to say it would be unwise or uncouth to treat it as so. Thus, it is in fact, very antagonistic.

Now you might be thinking, well they've already made millions billions! What does it matter if a couple people decide not to buy. This point is needlessly argumentative and not based in reality!

However what you my friend, fail to realize, is this is called loss of potential profit. When simple common sense is applied, potential lost revenue, regardless of how much money you have, is still in fact, potential. revenue. lost. Something as simple as a small hypothetical scenario can speculate, -3 customers, is tantamount in 2023 as a loss of anywhere between $90 to upwards of around $2,985, now mind you, the amount of people who decide not too play because of this factual negligence is most likely to be greater than 3 measly people.

In that point, I rest my case.

This is something that irritates me all the time space bar should be pause!!