11 years ago
Issues with opening cheat console
I just want to say, I'm having fun playing Sims 4. It's fun, and I love how my Sims look. I'm just trying to figure out why I can't use cheats. No matter what I do, the cheat window/console won't open for me, and I know I'm pressing CTRL+SHIFT+C. Am I supposed to press them in a certain order? Is anyone else having this problem?
Please help, as if I can't use cheats, I may just return the game.
Edit By Crinrict: Removed Tag to Title
I decided to put together a list of things to try for this
I'm marking this as solution to make it more visible.
Let us know if none of those work for you
- Make sure you use the correct key combination (CTL-SHIFT-C). Mac uses the same combination.
- Make sure that no screenshot or other program is running in the back that uses the same key combination like Gyazo. Especially HP computers tend to have pre-installed software that conflict with the cheat shortcut. Make sure to disable those background programs.
- If you have an AMD Card, check on the settings to check if something else is assigned to the short-cut
- Make sure that the game has the focus, especially when playing in windowed mode.
- Try CTL-Shift--C instead.
- When in build/buy mode, make sure the focus isn’t on the search field.
- Reset all settings. To do so follow these steps:
- Close the game.
- Move this file to the desktop: Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Options(.ini).
- Start the game.
- The file will be recreated.
- Unfortunately this will reset all your graphics settings and similar as well and you need to re-set them.
- Test if the console appears.