Despite Sims 4 being free to play, we still need cheats. Although time is money, cheats are a great way to boost your time budget (and Simleons). The Sims 4 Horse Ranch expansion will awaken the horse girl in all of us, so get ready to cheat. This is a multi-part post so that we can bring you ALL of the Sims 4 cheats currently available.
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How to Turn Cheat Codes On In Sims 4
You can enable cheats in Sims 4 by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C while in-game. Type your chosen cheat codes into the text field that opens and hit enter.
In order to unlock some Shift-Click menu options on Sims, objects, or the ground, you must first type “testingCheats true” into your cheat menu.
In addition to moving Sims between families, filling up their needs and happiness bars, cleaning up dirty objects, and teleporting Sims to anywhere in the game, testingCheats allows you to perform several other functions.
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The Sims 4 Money Cheat Codes
When all your Sims do is spend all their money on groceries and bills, it’s way more fun to become wealthy. Enter any one of these Sims 4 money cheat keywords into the cheat console to begin earning cash right away.
- kaching: get 1,000 simoleons
- rosebud: get 1,000 simoleons (for The Sims veterans who remember it)
- motherlode: get 50,000 simoleons
- Money [#]: convert household simoleons to an exact amount
- FreeRealEstate [on/off]: select this in the neighborhood or world view to make all lots free
- household.autopay_bills [true/false]: Enable or disable household bills.
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The Sims 4 UI (User Interface) Cheat Codes
To remove game elements from your view or add extra utilities to The Sims 4, use these handy UI cheats:
- headlineeffects [on/off]: Activates or deactivates headline effects such as plumbobs and speech bubbles.
- hovereffects [on/off]: Turns off hover effect for Sims when you hover over them.
- FullscreenToggle: Switches between fullscreen and windowed modes.
- fps [on/off]: Displays the frame rate.