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Cheats, Hints, Tips & Secrets - Last Updated: 06/07/2009

The Sims 3 Cheats for Macintosh

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The Sims 3 Cheat Codes

Cheat mode
Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C to display the console window. Enter one of the following codes:

Code:Result:
shazaam+2,500 lifetime happiness points to active Sim
kaching1,000 Simoleons
motherlode50,000 Simoleons
add to householdadd active Sim to current household
constrainFloorElevation <true or false>Allow terrain adjustments
force all eventsClick career building to display all events for the career consecutively
force eventClick career building you work at to force an event
force opportunityClick career building you work at to force an opportunity
helpDisplay console commands
testingCheatsenabled <true or false>enable testing cheats
testingCheatsenabled <true or false>Enable testing cheats
force service simForce a specific service Sim to appear
force visitorForces a neighbor to show up
fullscreen <on or off>Full screen
set careerGive selected Sim a career
freerealestateIgnore the cost when buying a lot
enablellamas <on or off>Llamas enabled message
make friends for meMake several random friends for selected Sim
fadeObjects <on or off>Objects fade when camera gets close to them
disableSnappingToSlotsOnAlt <on or off>Objects will not snap to slots while holding [Alt]
quitQuit game
jokePleaseRandom joke in console
resetSim <first name> <last name>Return Sims to safe and neutral state at home
make me know everyoneSelected Sim knows every other Sim
set ageSet age of the Sim
make motives <static or dynamic>Set motives static or dynamic for entire household
modify traitsSet or clear traits
make happySets all mood/moodlets for everyone in the house to perfect; removes negative moodlets
hideHeadlineEffects <on or off>Show talk/thought balloons above Sim's head
slowMotionViz <0-8>'''Slow motion visuals; 0 is normal, 8 is slowest
edit in casTake the Sim back to Create-a-Sim
fps <on or off>Toggle framerate display at top right
moveObjects <on or off>Toggle objects can be placed anywhere in Buy and Build modes
unlockOutfits <on or off>View career outfits and service uniforms



Testing cheats
Enable the testingCheatsenabled true code, then enter one of the following codes at the console window to activate the corresponding cheat function. You may now also hold [Shift] and click your mailbox to access the options: "Make All Happy", "Force Visitor", "Set Career", and "Set Level". You can hold [Shift] and click on Sims to access the options: "Add Sim To House", "Change Sim Traits", and "Force Aging". Finally, you can teleport a Sim in Ground View mode by holding [Shift] and clicking on a destination.

Code:Result:
familyfunds "<last name>" <number>Give Simoleons to indicated family
ageuptonpcMakes toddler that grows to child become an NPC
recordvideoRecord video with specified size and quality>
speed <0 to 4>Set game speed
playsounds <on or off>Toggle all audio
maptags <on or off>Toggle map tags



The Sims 3 Tips & Hints

Easy money
Start writing novels on your computer. Write fiction novels as they take the least amount of time. They will not bring you too much Simoleons. When you write, your skill will automatically advance. If your skill is high enough you will be able to write more novel types/genres. The most money can be made from "Romance Novels". You will get royalties for six weeks once you finish a book. With the "Writing" skill maxed out, you can make about 40,000 Simoleons every week, which is more than the 34,800 Simoleons you can get by purchasing all neighborhood businesses, and takes less time to achieve. In three game weeks you should have a very high speed writing, 9 or 10 novels as best sellers and 100,000 Simoleons.



Clothes
To get new clothes, you must first have to buy a dresser from "Buy Options". Once there click "Plan Outfit". You can put a total of three different clothes for each type (formal, every day, athletic, etc.)



Aging
Instead of using a cheat code to toggle "aging on" and "aging off" like in The Sims 2, you can de-activate the age in "Options", then "Game Options".



Making friends
Buy a guitar. Play it to learn how to play guitar. Keep playing until you reach 5/10 level, which gives you the ability to "Play For Tips". When you have that ability, go to the park with the guitar in your inventory. When you are in the park, click the guitar in your inventory and select "Play For Tips". People watching you will become your friends if you keep playing. The higher your guitar skill, the faster they will become friends with you.



Saving money
No matter how many times you use an object, if you sell it in the same day you can get all your money back. If your Sim is poor and needs body points or something else, buy a body machine and keep selling it back to get a refund of all your money.



Put your own music on the radio
Place the desired .MP3 files in the "/MyDocuments/EAGames/TheSims2/Music/<radio station> folder. Start the game, go to "Options" menu, select "Music Settings", then choose radio station. Select which songs you want the radio to play.



Put your own videos on the television
Use the following trick to watch your own videos on the Sim television. Place your video you want into the "/My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2/Movies/Broadcast/<television station>" folder. Turn on the television in the game and you can watch it. The video must be in .AVI format, with a resolution no larger than 128x128 pixels, and frame rate not greater than 15 frames per second.



Protection from Death
Go to Pleasant Rest Graveyard, and near the gate, there is a strange bush called a "Death Flower Bush" - Harvest the flower from it. Keep this flower in your sim's inventory, and if you die, you will automatically offer this flower to the Grim Reaper, who will ressurect you in exchange for it. This flower will not reappear, but there are Unknown Special Seeds (requires level 7 Gardening to plant) dotted about near the graveyard (and a few other places) which may grow another Death Flower (and sometimes more if your Sim has the Green Thumb trait to revive the plant.)



Getting Married
To get two Sims married, have your active Sim do tons of romantic interactions on them. Be sure to mix it up - Sims get bored if you use actions repetitively.

It takes a LOT more time for relationships to grow. Once past the first batch of interactions, you will find interactions to go steady. Then later, marriage. Your Sim can get married in a "Private Wedding" interaction with the other Sim, or at a Wedding Party.

Submitted By: aang_12


Play with a ghost
Hello there, About one week ago I was playing sims 3 and I found a way that you can play with a ghost, even during the day. With a young adult female with a kleptomaniac trait go to The Crumplebottom property and pick up "Erik Darling's grave". The grave will then be on your inventory and place it somewhere else. Buy your own home and place the grave anywhere in your yard. Daily at nights Erik Darling will come out "12:00am-5:00am."Be his friend and then best friend, and last but not least have a romantic Interest with the ghost. (Note)When I tried this my female young adult was already married and had a teenage daughter. I would flirt and try to have a romantic intrest with the ghost while her husband went to the gym at nights One you have a romantic interest with the ghost "Try for baby." Get pregnant by the ghost, and after the days of your pregnancy your baby will come out just fine.(No ghost baby). Before she had her baby she got a call on her cell phone from the science facility; offering an experiment to bring the remains or grave to try to revive the diseased person. (Note)She had her baby and then I took the grave to the facility, and the experiment did not work. After it did not work Erik darling shows up on my screen and now I can play with him. Also it says that next time you have to pay for that experiment to be done againYes! He is still a ghost.

Submitted By: Rivera-sims


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Easter Eggs

Electronic Arts game references
Have the video game system and have your Sims play it. Zoom in on the television to see that the games they are playing are various Electronic Arts titles.



Painting Spore and More
When your Sim finally reaches the top level in painting, they begin to paint masterpieces. Look at the paintings for some nice suprises. One is an image of a Spore creature.



Glitches

Hording pizza
Have a Sim call for pizza. When the pizza delivery man arrives, do not accept the pizza! The delivery man will eventually leave the pizza on the front porch, and it will never get stale. You can stack as many pizzas there as you want. If your Sims get hungry, just tell them to get a pizza from the front porch.



Strange faces
There is a glitch in Create-A-Sim mode that allows to you to make very strange faces. Go to the face designing area. 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. Return to the eyes. The sliders will have reset to the middle, but the eyes will still look the same. This works for all of the face adjusting tabs. You can then continue to max out the size of the eyes and repeat. You can make eyes the size of dinner plates, very long cheekbones, huge noses, and more.



Easy Cooking skill
This trick requires a television with a cooking channel and a video game system. Have a Sim sit down and watch television. Switch the television over to the cooking channel so that the Sim can start earning his or her skill point. Then have a second Sim go over and start playing video games. You notice that although the television is displaying video games, the first Sim still has the skill meter above their head. Allow this Sim to sit there for as long as they please until they decide to do another activity of their own. After that, the skill meter should stay above their head until you start another cooking skill activity. As an added bonus, you can train two skill points at once. For example, work out and both the Athletic and Cooking skills will continue to rise.



Free bookcase skills
Buy a bookcase, then have your Sim begin to study. Interrupt the action so that the book is placed on the ground. Sell the bookcase. The book can now do everything the bookcase could have done for free.



Cooking Skill Exploit
This glitch requires a TV with a cooking channel and a video game system. First, have one Sim sit down and watch TV. Switch the TV over to the cooking channel so that the Sim can start earning its skill point. Now, have a second Sim go over and start playing video games. You should now notice that although the TV is displaying video games, the first Sim still has the skill meter above its head! Simply allow this Sim to sit there until it decides to go do another activity on its own. After that, the skill meter should stay above its head until you start another cooking skill activity. As an added bonus, you can train two skill points at once! i.e., Go work out and both the athletic and cooking skills will continue to rise.

Addition: This also works with the Fishing Skill and the Gardening Skill provided you have a TV with those capabilities.



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The Sims 3

  • Published by: Electronic Arts
  • Developed by: EA Redwood Shores
  • Genre: Virtual Life
Release Date:

  • North America (US): 02/20/09
  • Europe: 02/20/09
  • Japan: Not Set
  • Australia: 02/19/09
* Author: ccadministrator

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