The Sims 3 – Generations: Cheats & Cheat Codes

In The Sims 3: Generations for the PC, like previous versions there are cheats that you can enter for various effects.

On the keyboard, hold Ctrl + Shift and hit the C button to bring up the command prompt. From here you type in your cheat and hit Enter.

1,000 Simoleons – kaching
50,000 Simoleons – motherlode

Display Cheats List – help

Disable Clothing Category Filters – disableclothingfilter

Llama Warning Icons On (default) – enablellamas on
Llama Warning Icons Off – enablellamas off

Movie Maker Mode On – moviemakercheatsenabled true
Movie Maker Mode Off (default) – moviemakercheatsenabled false

Objects Can Be Placed Anywhere in Build or Buy Modes – moveobjects on
Objects Can Only Be Placed in Valid Spots in Build or Buy Modes (default) – moveobjects off

Objects Fade on Close Camera (default) – fadeobjects on
Objects Don’t Fade on Close Camera – fadeobjects off

Testing Cheats On – testingcheatsenabled true
Testing Cheats Off (default) – testingcheatsenabled false

Toggle Frame Rate Display – fps
Toggle Full Screen – fullscreen

Testing Cheats Mode

With testingcheatsenabled set to true (listed above), there several extra cheats you can enter in the command prompt, and a lot of additional actions you can take from the click menus on various objects, sims, and in the interface.

Interface Options:

With testingcheatsenabled set to true (listed above), you can hold the Ctrl key then click and drag any selected Sim’s need bars, relationship bars, etc. Hold Ctrl and click on moodlets to remove them, which can be helpful for removing negative moodlets. You can also hold Ctrl on the Select Family screen to modify the lifetime happiness box.

Extra Cheat Codes:

With testingcheatsenabled set to true (listed above), you can use some extra cheat codes that you wouldn’t normally have access to.

Buy Mode With Debug Objects – buydebug on (buydebug off to turn off)
Make Toddlers That Grows to Children Become NPC’s – ageuptonpc
Record Gameplay Video – recordvideo
Set Total Simoleons for Family – familyfunds “last name” amount
Set Game Speed – speed (options are 0 to 4)
Toggle Map Tags Off – maptags off
Toggle Map Tags On – maptags on
Toggle All Audio Off – playsounds off
Toggle All Audio On – playsounds on

Click Menu Cheats:

With testingcheatsenabled set to true (lisetd above), you can hold the Shift key and click on certain things to gain access to new options that weren’t there before.

Active Sim

Modify Traits for Active Sim

Any Object

Delete

Any Sim

Add to Active Household
Trigger Age Transition

Ground

Build on This Lot
Buy on This Lot
Teleport

Mailbox

Force Visitor
Force NPC options
Make All Happy
Make Friends For Me
Make Needs Static or Make Needs Dynamic
Make Me Know Everyone
Set Career options

Non-Household Sim

Add to Active Household

Work Place

Force Opportunity
Force Event”
Force All Events

Movie Maker Mode

With moviemakercheatsenabled set to true, there are additional actions you can take from the click menus on Sims when you hold Shift and click on them.