Debug Mode

Open the cheat menu by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C, then entering the following:
boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true

While in Create-a-Sim, press Shift + N before creating your first sim to enable skintones, clothes, and hairstles that
would normally be used only by NPCs. Press Shift + M to disable it.

While in Live mode, Shift + Click on a sim to bring up the debug menu.

Contributed By: Donbert Knottsfried

Misc. Codes
Press CTRL + SHIFT + C to access the cheat window, then enter the following:

Code Effect
motherlode 50,000 simoleans
boolprop constrainFloorElevation false Allows you to change elevation of floor tiles.

RoofSlopeAngle (15-75) Changes the slope angle of a roof

clear Clears all cheat codes on the screen, but codes are still in effect.

exit closes cheat window

boolprop constrainFloorElevation true Disables the ability to change elevation of floor tiles.

expand expands or contracts cheat window

kaching get 1000 cash

boolProp testingcheatsenabled true/false if set to true ALL other cheats work.

boolprop ShowLotPackageFilename In neighborhood, shows filename of house when lot is highlighted
(True/False)

vsync (on/off) increases game performance but lowers graphics

autopatch (on/off) lets you know if theres a patch

help -all list cheats

StretchSkeleton makes your sims larger or smaller

moveobjects (on/off) moves objects and deletes you couldnt before

slowmotion Puts the game in slow motion. Enter any number that 0 through 8
(0=fastest and 8=slowest)

boolprop lotTerrainLighting (True/False) Set to false and lots will not light up when highlighted in
neighborhood
boolprop locktiles (True/False) Set to false to place floor tiles outside lot

boolprop Set to false to remove bridges from neighborhood.

displayNeighborhoodRoadsWithModel
(True/False)
boolprop lotTerrainPaints (True/False) Set to false to remove floorpainting on lot

boolprop displayNeighborhoodProps Set to false to remove props like rocks and towers from
(True/False) neighborhood
boolprop objectShadows (True/False) Set to false to remove removes shadows on objects outside house

boolprop lotWater (True/False) Set to false to remove removes water (ponds) from lots
boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoads Set to false to remove roads from neighborhood
Code Effect
(True/False)

boolProp guob (True/False) Set to false to remove shadows on objects inside house
boolprop displayNeighborhoodWater Set to false to remove water from neighborhood
(True/False)

boolprop displayLotImposters (True/False) Set to false to removes house graphics from neighborhood
boolprop displayNeighborhoodFlora Set to false to removes trees/plants from neighborhood
(True/False)

boolprop displayLookAtBoxes (True/False) Set to true and blocks appear on Sims faces and on parts where
Sims look at
boolprop carsCompact (True/False) Set to true and cars will have more detail in neighborhood

boolprop renderSelectedSimLevel (True/False) Set to true and walls will no longer cut away from selected Sim
boolprop allObjectLightsOn (True/False) Set to true to light up objects continuously instead of only when
used

boolProp displayPaths (True/False) Set to true to see the path where the selected Sim walks to
boolprop lotInfoAdvancedMode (True/False) Set to true to show lot information

boolProp simShadows (True/False) Toggle shadows on/off for Sims

aging off turn off aging

aging on turn on aging

faceBlendLimits (on/off) turns off facial bounding limitations. It prevents the normal
corrections the game will make for two parents with very different
facial structures.

intProp maxNumOfVisitingSims 8 You can invite more people to your parties.

boolProp snapObjectsToGrid true/false You can place objects outside the grid.

social_debug You can tell what social reaction will happen before you do it
Contributed By: simcowking, Dargon Zeta Quell, banjo kazooie, Hydra1001, smartguy L649, ZodiacRose,
Swiftshark, Z3rr0, chocolatecraZ92, Ryajinor, Mr Bartuc, Scotty_C

More Codes
Press Ctrl + Shift + C to access the console.

Some cheats require you enter the Postprocessing cheat.

Code Effect
letterBox # Adds a letterbox effect to the view. (# = 0.0 to 0.4) (require postprocessing
on)
vignette # # # Blurry bits at the edge of the screen. (# = 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing
on)

slowMotion # Make you set the game speed. (# = 0 to 8, 0 is normal)

filmGrain # Makes the screen grainy. (# = 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing on)

bloom rgb # Sitcom flashback blur effect (# = 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing on)
boolProp enablePostProcessing Turns Postprocessing off.
false

boolProp enablePostProcessing true Turns Postprocessing on.

Contributed By: Hercules6

Neighborhood Only Cheats

Bring up cheat window by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C

Code Effect
deleteAllCharacters At neighborhood view only, removes every Sim from the neighborhood.
TerrainType (desert/temperate) Only for use in neighborhood view, toggles between the two terrain types.

Contributed By: anm4ever1984

Other Parameters
Add these to the shortcut's parameters for other helpful things. Some have code counterparts.

Code Effect
-nosound Disables sound
-f Fullscreen Mode

-r[width]x[height] Start with desired resolution (in pixels).

-w Windowed Mode

Contributed By: Junkie

Glitches
Disgusting Faces
There is a glitch in character creation mode where you can make absolutely disgusting faces. The trick is that if
you go to the face designing area and you select a face part such as the eyes and max out all the sliders one way
or the other, then go to a different face part and select one of the PREDESIGNED parts, and then come back to
the eyes, the sliders will have reset in the middle, but the eyes will still look the same. This works for all of the face
adjusting tabs. Exploiting this, you can make eyes the size of dinner plates, cheekbones 4 feet long, and a
HUMUNGOUS nose, to name a few.

Contributed By: ev1hmr

free bookcase skills

Buy a bookcase, then have your sim start to study. Interrupt the action so that the book it placed on the ground,
then simply sell the bookcase. The book can then do everything the bookcase could have done for free.

Contributed By: gh0st3000

Secrets
Custom Painting
To decorate your house with custom artwork, first your sim must have a creativity level of 5 and be able to paint a
still life.

Have your sim paint and a frame will appear that you can center on whatever you want to paint. If you want to paint
a picture of something outside the Sims 2 game, just press C anywhere at this time. This will pause the game.

Use Alt + Tab to exit the game, then open a picture program such as Paint and open the snapshot you just took, it
will usually be in the folder: C:\My Documents\EA\Sims2\Storytelling\Snapshot.bmp

Then, you also have to open the picture you want to have in your game. If your picture is too large resize it so it will
fit in the original snapshot from the game.

Copy your custom picture on to your snapshot from the game, then save the picture. Use Alt + Tab to get back to
your game and your sim will start painting your own custom picture.

Using this trick you can put pictures of your friends or family, web pictures, or anything else in your Sims 2 game.

Contributed By: gsgreg

For Poor Families
The trick is that no matter how many times you use an object, if you sell it in the same day, you can get all your
money back. So if your Sim is poor and needs body points or something, buy a body machine and keep selling it
back to refund all your money.

Contributed By: sftblchic002

Listen To Mp3's On Sim Radio

First get whatever Mp3's you want to put on the game, then open up
MyDocuments/EAGames/TheSims2/Music/(whatever RadioStation you want your song on). Then, Drag your MP3
into the folder. Now, start Sims 2 then go to options menu, then music settings, then the Radio Station, then pick
witch songs you want the radio to play. You can now listen to your favorite songs in your Sims game.

Contributed By: Brado

Listen to music included with game

First, open your The Sims 2/TSData/Res/Sound directory. The names of radio stations, plus a few more including
Build mode and Neighborhood music should be here in *.package files. Copy and paste the file corresponding to
whatever you want to listen to into another folder. Rename it from [File].package to [File].mp3. You can now listen
to the sound/songs included in the file.

Contributed By: BloodMachine

Saving Pizza
Have a sim call for pizza. When the pizza delivery guy comes DON'T accept the pizza! The pizza delivery guy will
eventually leave the pizza on the front porch, and the pizza will never get stale. You can stack as many pizzas as
you want, so if your sims get hungry, just tell them to get a pizza from the front porch.

Contributed By: VinsMousseux

Use your own videos for the TV

It's possible to watch your own videos on the Sim-TV. You must put the video you want into My Documents\EA
Games\The Sims 2\Movies\Broadcast (the TV sender you want). If you then turn on the TV in the game you can
watch it! The video must be .avi-clips and the clips shouldn't be larger then 128x128 pixel also it shouldn't have
more then 15 frames per second.

Contributed By: Ganondorf13

Sims 2 Secrets
Custom Painting
To decorate your house with custom artwork, first your sim must have a creativity level of 5 and be able to
paint a still life.

Have your sim paint and a frame will appear that you can center on whatever you want to paint. If you want
to paint a picture of something outside the Sims 2 game, just press C anywhere at this time. This will pause
the game.

Use Alt + Tab to exit the game, then open a picture program such as Paint and open the snapshot you just
took, it will usually be in the folder: C:\My Documents\EA\Sims2\Storytelling\Snapshot.bmp

Then, you also have to open the picture you want to have in your game. If your picture is too large resize it
so it will fit in the original snapshot from the game.

Copy your custom picture on to your snapshot from the game, then save the picture. Use Alt + Tab to get
back to your game and your sim will start painting your own custom picture.

Using this trick you can put pictures of your friends or family, web pictures, or anything else in your Sims 2
game.

Listen To Mp3's On Sim Radio

First get whatever Mp3's you want to put on the game, then open up
MyDocuments/EAGames/TheSims2/Music/(whatever RadioStation you want your song on). Then, Drag
your MP3 into the folder. Now, start Sims 2 then go to options menu, then music settings, then the Radio
Station, then pick witch songs you want the radio to play. You can now listen to your favorite songs in your
Sims game.
Use your own videos for the TV
It's possible to watch your own videos on the Sim-TV. You must put the video you want into My
Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Movies\Broadcast (the TV sender you want). If you then turn on the TV
in the game you can watch it! The video must be .avi-clips and the clips shouldn't be larger then 128x128
pixel also it shouldn't have more then 15 frames per second.
Listen to music included with game
First, open your The Sims 2/TSData/Res/Sound directory. The names of radio stations, plus a few more
including Build mode and Neighborhood music should be here in *.package files. Copy and paste the file
corresponding to whatever you want to listen to into another folder. Rename it from [File].package to
[File].mp3. You can now listen to the sound/songs included in the file.
For Poor Families
The trick is that no matter how many times you use an object, if you sell it in the same day, you can get all
your money back. So if your Sim is poor and needs body points or something, buy a body machine and keep
selling it back to refund all your money.
Saving Pizza
Have a sim call for pizza. When the pizza delivery guy comes DON'T accept the pizza! The pizza delivery
guy will eventually leave the pizza on the front porch, and the pizza will never get stale. You can stack as
many pizzas as you want, so if your sims get hungry, just tell them to get a pizza from the front porch.

Sims 2 Cheat Codes

Misc. Codes
Press CTRL + SHIFT + C to access the cheat window, then enter the following:
Cheat Effect

Set to true and walls will no

boolprop renderSelectedSimLevel (True/False) longer cut away from selected
Sim

Set to true and cars will have

boolprop carsCompact (True/False)
more detail in neighborhood

Set to false to remove props like

boolprop displayNeighborhoodProps (True/False) rocks and towers from
neighborhood

Set to false to remove roads from

boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoads (True/False)
neighborhood

Set to false to remove shadows

boolProp guob (True/False)
on objects inside house

Set to false to removes

boolprop displayNeighborhoodFlora (True/False)
trees/plants from neighborhood

Set to false to remove water from

boolprop displayNeighborhoodWater (True/False)
neighborhood

Set to false to place floor tiles

boolprop locktiles (True/False)
outside lot

Set to true to light up objects

boolprop allObjectLightsOn (True/False) continuously instead of only when
used

Set to false to remove

boolprop lotTerrainPaints (True/False)
floorpainting on lot

Set to false to remove removes

boolprop lotWater (True/False)
water (ponds) from lots

Set to false and lots will not light

boolprop lotTerrainLighting (True/False) up when highlighted in
neighborhood

boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoadsWithModel Set to false to remove bridges

(True/False) from neighborhood.

Set to false to removes house

boolprop displayLotImposters (True/False)
graphics from neighborhood

boolProp simShadows (True/False) Toggle shadows on/off for Sims

In neighborhood, shows filename

boolprop ShowLotPackageFilename (True/False)
of house when lot is highlighted
 Set to true to see the path where
boolProp displayPaths (True/False)
the selected Sim walks to

Set to true and blocks appear on

boolprop displayLookAtBoxes (True/False) Sims faces and on parts where
Sims look at

Set to false to remove removes

boolprop objectShadows (True/False) shadows on objects outside
house

boolprop lotInfoAdvancedMode (True/False) Set to true to show lot information

increases game performance but

vsync (on/off)
lowers graphics

moves objects and deletes you

moveobjects (on/off)
couldnt before

autopatch (on/off) lets you know if theres a patch

help -all list cheats

expands or contracts cheat

expand
window

kaching get 1000 cash

exit closes cheat window

Puts the game in slow motion.

slowmotion Enter any number that 0 through
8 (0=fastest and 8=slowest)

StretchSkeleton makes your sims larger or smaller

aging off turn off aging

aging on turn on aging

Allows you to change elevation of

boolprop constrainFloorElevation false
floor tiles.

Disables the ability to change

boolprop constrainFloorElevation true
elevation of floor tiles.

motherlode 50,000 simoleans

turns off facial bounding

limitations. It prevents the normal
faceBlendLimits (on/off) corrections the game will make
for two parents with very different
facial structures.
 You can place objects outside the
boolProp snapObjectsToGrid true/false
grid.

You can invite more people to

intProp maxNumOfVisitingSims 8
your parties.

Clears all cheat codes on the

clear screen, but codes are still in
effect.

You can tell what social reaction

social_debug
will happen before you do it

RoofSlopeAngle (15-75) Changes the slope angle of a roof

if set to true ALL other cheats

boolProp testingcheatsenabled true/false
work.

Neighborhood Only Cheats

Bring up cheat window by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C
Cheat Effect

At neighborhood view only, removes

deleteAllCharacters
every Sim from the neighborhood.

Only for use in neighborhood view,

TerrainType (desert/temperate)
toggles between the two terrain types.

More Codes
Press Ctrl + Shift + C to access the console.

Some cheats require you enter the Postprocessing cheat.

Cheat Effect

Make you set the game speed. (# = 0 to

slowMotion #
8, 0 is normal)

boolProp enablePostProcessing true Turns Postprocessing on.

boolProp enablePostProcessing false Turns Postprocessing off.

Sitcom flashback blur effect (# = 0.0 to

bloom rgb #
1.0) (require postprocessing on)

Blurry bits at the edge of the screen. (#

vignette # # #
= 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing on)

Makes the screen grainy. (# = 0.0 to

filmGrain #
1.0) (require postprocessing on)

Adds a letterbox effect to the view. (# =

letterBox #
0.0 to 0.4) (require postprocessing on)
Other Parameters
Add these to the shortcut's parameters for other helpful things. Some have code counterparts.
Cheat Effect

-f Fullscreen Mode

-nosound Disables sound

-r[width]x[height] Start with desired resolution (in pixels).

-w Windowed Mode

Debug Mode
Open the cheat menu by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C, then entering the following:
boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true

While in Create-a-Sim, press Shift + N before creating your first sim to enable skintones, clothes, and
hairstles that would normally be used only by NPCs. Press Shift + M to disable it.

While in Live mode, Shift + Click on a sim to bring up the debug menu.

Cheat Effect