Do you use cheats?

They're my Sims! If I want that Sim Adult the game just created to have already graduated from university, they're going to have already graduated from university. I think of "cheats" as "text-based game options". It's not like there are rules to break...

Most of the time I don't. If I do cheat, it's usually just for money.

I mainly use the freerealestate cheat for placing background townies I create, cas.fulleditmode, vampire cheats (when needed,) and occasionally money cheats/skill cheats (when needed.)

I use the need cheats all the time, thanks to UI cheats so I don't have to fill their need fully - just enough to finish whatever task they're doing or if their queue gets messed up and they go to bed without the dinner I told them to eat. and there isn't time to have them go back.

Otherwise, I try to keep cheat use low. I rarely use skill cheats or job cheats unless I'm setting someone up for a particular storyline. And while I don't cheat money with my current save family, I'm not afraid to use it if I need to, but only if my storyline will be majorly derailed by the sim family not being able to pay their bills.

Oh, and I'll use build cheats without thinking too much about it.

All the build cheats, definitely. bb.moveobjects, bb.showhiddenobjects, bb.showliveeditobjects. And sometimes skills and moneycheats.

I don't use money cheats, but I have to use resetsim a fair bit to fix weird issues that EA have never resolved -- like Sims getting "stuck" on a bed (almost always the single beds) and not being able to do anything else because the bed is lodged in their queue. Even if I tell them to go to sleep, they still wake up and just stand near the bed. Lately I've discovered the cas.fulleditmode cheat, which I love. I have MC Command Center installed, but I've yet to use it because of the learning curve. I also tried instaling the UI cheat mod, but it...didn't work. The interface looked wonky, to say the least.

I have been playing this game for 20 years and I still haven't won. So yes I am definitely using cheats. Some day!

I don't use the money cheat unless it's to take away money.

I would die without motherload and testingcheats to fill motives.

I use money cheats, usually to take money away. I also use build cheats.