About Cheating

I never cheat with motherlode - half the fun is earning the money, plus, beyond a certain point, you HAVE SO MUCH. I also don't cheat up skills or motives. I think about the only thing I've actively used cheats for is getting the bean tree (since they never run that event anymore and I missed it), and resetting critically stuck Sims. Like I've had townies SOMEHOW get stuck behind staircases with no way out, and I've had to reset them so they don't die alone and forgotten pleading for help beneath everyone's feet.

On the topic of cheats, is there any way to access the hidden households? For instance, my Sim is a detective, and the criminals he arrests when he closes out cases aren't listed in the normal unplayed households listing. I've had to get to super good friend status with said criminals, move them in, then split the household to get them into the neighborhood listing.
I'd also like to see the ghosts as well. There's one who pops up in haunted apartments, and he's UGLY, and he desperately needs a makeover.

^Thanks! I'm just getting off work now and will take a look after! I want to create a background character in one of my saves that starts out already rich and living in the nicest apartment... for my storyline would NOT make sense to have him work his way up haha! I appreciate the help!

I have nothing against cheating. I definitely agree that in a sandbox game, it isn't really "cheating." However, as someone that's been playing sims since childhood, I would find the game too boring if I cheated all the time. I like the challenge of managing relationships, careers, aspirations, motives, and recreational time. I also rarely cheat for money, because I find seeing how much money I can earn to be a fun part of the game. For my own personal preferences, cheating takes away the fun. But if you cheat - more power to you!

"Advarius9001;c-16918166" wrote:
When it comes to competitive games, cheating for me is a big no no. However, when it comes to the Sims, ALL THE CHEATS. Except the Move Object cheat.

I feel like I'm asking a newbie question, but...

What's the Move Object cheat do? Aren't most all objects already moveable?

When I first read the title I was thinking about sims cheating each other lol
Anyway, I personally don't like to cheat when it comes down to money, careers and this kind of thing that have the objective of "accelerating" something you can achieve in the game. Mostly because it makes me get bored so easily, like when I was a kid and I discovered cheats when switching from TS1 to TS2 (TS2 was the game I played less in all my life as a simmer lol).
But I do use MCCC to control the other families in the game, like marriages, careers and pregnancies. I don't play with those families, but I like to stay in control of the sims that are closer to my family.

"katrinasforest;c-16918185" wrote:

"Advarius9001;c-16918166" wrote:
When it comes to competitive games, cheating for me is a big no no. However, when it comes to the Sims, ALL THE CHEATS. Except the Move Object cheat.

I feel like I'm asking a newbie question, but...

What's the Move Object cheat do? Aren't most all objects already moveable?

Basically, it allows players to ignore placement constraints when placing an object down. So like I want to put a bed against a wall, but there's a wall object in the way. Normally, the game wouldn't allow you to do that. With the Move Objects cheat, it would let me put that bed against the wall regardless of wall decorations.

when it comes to the sims4 I always use the cheats

I always use motherlode - and (not quite a cheat) "move sims in" to neighbouring houses when I start lodging the first Sims in the area. It gives those a free house and I move my ready made families in from My Library..

Otherwise I can never remember what the cheats are and waste time having to look them up. :)

I "cheat" to make things more challinging :wink: an example is taking money away for 'taxes'

And I use freerealestate on cheat to buy a house for free but make the sims pay back loans and mortgage along with the bills.

I use cheats for building and editing townie sims that I don't like the aesthetic of. I actually love the move objects cheat for doing landscaping because I like layering lots and lots of plants :)

I used to use the motherlode cheat a lot but I've recently stopped doing that because I kinda like to challenge myself to build a life for my sims with a limited amount of money - I kind of do the rags to riches challenge with everyone unless they come from a wealthy family and then they get lots of expensive violins to sell off. But I really have fun building a bare bones home and then slowly renovating and adding nicer furniture as my sims slowly hustle to make more money.