How many of you use cheats? I know I can't be the only one who does so lol. And if so, what cheats do you prefer to use?I honestly try not to, but I usually end up caving - at the very least with the simoleans one.In 2, I tend to also use the cheat which makes them stop aging.In 3, I use the free real estate to add families I create, I use the "glitch" (?) which gets you more lifetime happiness points, and I tend to make their needs static - at the least while I am trying to build up their skills. Sometimes I also use the cheat to adjust a Sims celebrity or career status. (Not the family I am playing as - others in the town.)In 4, I use the needs one, and then the cheat to unlock all the objects you can purchase.

haha, I definitely use cheats. I mostly use the needs one though. ( Testingcheats true and then shift click on sim: make happy) When I am playing a challenge I obviously do not.

I try to only use them when necessary. The one I probably use the most is free real estate. Only for those families that I need to move in but don't plan on playing.

Just motherlode. No mods or CC either.

When my husband bought me Sims 3 base game plus Supernatural pack I was excited to play what I imagined would be a completely free to do as you please digital dollhouse with fantasy elements. I was dismayed, upon exiting CAS and starting to play, to discover that sims have mundane constant needs (even the ghost had to pee! :confused: :joy: ), and that what house they could live in was restricted by money, requiring some sort of income if I wanted anything better than a boring starter home. And because the day went by so fast, earning money and taking care of needs took up nearly all the time. It appeared to be nothing more than a really fancy time management game. This was a huge disappointment for me because I hate time management games. After a very short experimental play session, I quit the game in disgust, and did not attempt playing again for over a year.It was not until I learned that with the "testingcheats enabled" cheat turned on I could drag the needs bars up when filling their needs didn't suit my story that I began to enjoy the game. The second cheat I tried (and used a lot for starting out new stories) was "motherlode". Basically, filling needs and earning money aren't fun for me. I only do them if they fit into my story. Over time I learned about and used various other cheats whenever something about the game design got in the way of how I have fun.In Sims 4, I use UI cheats extension mod to do a lot of the stuff I used cheats for in Sims 3. It's more convenient and Weerbesu keeps it up to date and working smoothly, so it actually feels safer to me than using some of the cheat codes. But it's the same basic thing as the cheats I used in Sims 3, and it's the one mod I absolutely won't play without.In build mode, of course, I use the moveobjects cheat so frequently that I almost forgot it's a cheat :lol: I just think of it as an alternate setting. And for making spellcasting aliens and vampires, I've used the cheat that adds the hidden spellcaster trait.It's probably worth noting that, until Sims 3, I pretty much didn't play any computer games at all.

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42 Replies

Lisamango0
New Veteran
6 years ago
haha, I definitely use cheats.
I mostly use the needs one though. ( Testingcheats true and then shift click on sim: make happy)
When I am playing a challenge I obviously do not.
janyses
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I try to only use them when necessary. The one I probably use the most is free real estate. Only for those families that I need to move in but don't plan on playing.
SailorCeti
6 years ago
Just motherlode. No mods or CC either.
Peapod79
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I only use cheats to set up families I'm not playing or to fix a bug or glitch.
I do use MOO for building and I'll unlock all the items for building, but I don't see that as cheating so much as the stuff is there and I should be allowed access to it. ;) Money or needs cheats in normal game play? Never.
king_of_simcity
6 years ago
I have a rule that I never use cheats as in cheat codes for gameplay but I do use other tactics and workarounds :wink:

As for story telling the rules do not apply so my stories are usually full of mods and I have a number of cheat codes on at the same time
SimmerGeorge
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
In the Sims 2 I used to make "cheat families". That game had a ton of cheats you could do and I would try them on them first before using them in my normal families.
ChaliSims
6 years ago
cas.fulleditmode, bb.moveobjects
Sometimes I use the UI Cheats mod to fill some needs. I use freerealestate only for NPC sims.
garapoes
6 years ago
I don't use them.
SimmerGeorge
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Also I want to add I used to play with only cheats as a kid. Now I have to say I find the game more enjoyable with the casual challenge. I love being broke and saving up to buy stuff and I love it when my sims walk slowly to a restroom and it's not clear if they're going to make it or not.
crocobaura
Legend
6 years ago
I usually use moveobjects, showhiddenobjects for debug stuff and motherlode or kaching.