I did (not) cheat
We've had polls about if and under what circumstances we use cheats, this thread is more for sharing stories and pictures. Recently my sims climed up Mt. Komorebi with the express intent to explore...
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Not me owning snowy escape since day 1 and not knowing there are caves to explore. :D
I cheat to make the game harder because sims 4 took the game out of the simulation and just left the cheats. So I have to go out of my way to reimplement an actual game. If that makes sense.
Build Cheats:
Building cheats are an absolute must! Not only do I create intricate homes and community lots, but I also redecorate outside of the lots to have functional objects for everyone to use (with a mod called TOOL). It makes the world so much more lively.
Here are some pics of my useable off lot objects in Willow Creek:
https://i.imgur.com/Ute1OpW.jpeg
You can see that one of my sims is interacting with the chicken coop off lot. I added swans and a boat to the river. I also added more fish and alligators. Everything you see off lot is interactable. I make sure of it because I play with it all.
https://i.imgur.com/CRlScfH.jpeg
They're using an off lot hot tub and the camera on the tripod behind them on one side of the fence lets them take pics on the other side.
https://i.imgur.com/y6DQrHE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/I5uXra3.jpeg
Grilling and filling the bird feeder
https://i.imgur.com/CH4rgox.jpeg
Using the in ground barbeque pit
Here is Henford on Bagley and you can see my animals live off lot and are fully interactable.
https://i.imgur.com/jPT4XzE.jpg
As you can see, there's a person I'm not playing interacting with one of the cows
https://i.imgur.com/Axip9O8.jpg
This is a different Willow Creek neighborhood where I added more off lot stuff.
https://i.imgur.com/MBrQ18w.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/iUgcSOy.jpg
Using off lot toddler slide
https://i.imgur.com/buZCN6S.png
Here's the apartment in the eco lifestyle world where I put things outside the apartment and they're still usable.
So anyway, that's just the build cheats. I can't fathom playing this game without that.
Gameplay cheats:
The way I cheat is mostly with mods, but my main goal is always to make it a game with real consequences rather than just making it super easy and posing my sims. I prefer to let things happen organically and then accept the fate. The main thing I use is the club system. That way only certain sims have access to certain areas and it makes my world feel more organic because the clubs show up (actually might be broken after For Rent) - it used to anyway. But it's still super easy to get sims together, bonding, and skilling. I create community lots so they have places to work and skill and I remove anything that's not a basic skill from their homes. It forces me to get out and go somewhere. I also have mods that allow live in businesses and I've been using those mods along with for rent apartments to create huge communities that look like cities. I love it.
And beyond that, I don't think using cheats for whatever is hurting anyone. It's your game, do what you will. This is the best creative outlet for lots of us, if you can imagine it and implement it, then do it!
I cheat to make the game harder because sims 4 took the game out of the simulation and just left the cheats. So I have to go out of my way to reimplement an actual game. If that makes sense.
Build Cheats:
Building cheats are an absolute must! Not only do I create intricate homes and community lots, but I also redecorate outside of the lots to have functional objects for everyone to use (with a mod called TOOL). It makes the world so much more lively.
Here are some pics of my useable off lot objects in Willow Creek:
https://i.imgur.com/Ute1OpW.jpeg
You can see that one of my sims is interacting with the chicken coop off lot. I added swans and a boat to the river. I also added more fish and alligators. Everything you see off lot is interactable. I make sure of it because I play with it all.
https://i.imgur.com/CRlScfH.jpeg
They're using an off lot hot tub and the camera on the tripod behind them on one side of the fence lets them take pics on the other side.
https://i.imgur.com/y6DQrHE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/I5uXra3.jpeg
Grilling and filling the bird feeder
https://i.imgur.com/CH4rgox.jpeg
Using the in ground barbeque pit
Here is Henford on Bagley and you can see my animals live off lot and are fully interactable.
https://i.imgur.com/jPT4XzE.jpg
As you can see, there's a person I'm not playing interacting with one of the cows
https://i.imgur.com/Axip9O8.jpg
This is a different Willow Creek neighborhood where I added more off lot stuff.
https://i.imgur.com/MBrQ18w.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/iUgcSOy.jpg
Using off lot toddler slide
https://i.imgur.com/buZCN6S.png
Here's the apartment in the eco lifestyle world where I put things outside the apartment and they're still usable.
So anyway, that's just the build cheats. I can't fathom playing this game without that.
Gameplay cheats:
The way I cheat is mostly with mods, but my main goal is always to make it a game with real consequences rather than just making it super easy and posing my sims. I prefer to let things happen organically and then accept the fate. The main thing I use is the club system. That way only certain sims have access to certain areas and it makes my world feel more organic because the clubs show up (actually might be broken after For Rent) - it used to anyway. But it's still super easy to get sims together, bonding, and skilling. I create community lots so they have places to work and skill and I remove anything that's not a basic skill from their homes. It forces me to get out and go somewhere. I also have mods that allow live in businesses and I've been using those mods along with for rent apartments to create huge communities that look like cities. I love it.
And beyond that, I don't think using cheats for whatever is hurting anyone. It's your game, do what you will. This is the best creative outlet for lots of us, if you can imagine it and implement it, then do it!
