The Sims 2: Pets Display frame rate
While playing the game, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + S to toggle the display of the current frame rate.
Testing cheats mode
While playing the game, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C to display the console window. Enter ” boolProp TestingCheatsEnabled true ” to activate testing cheats mode. This is a very powerful cheat that enables many new things. In Create A Sim, after enabling this code, go into debugmode by pressing [Shift] + N before making a Sim. You now have the following new things in Create A Sim: skin tones, clothing, and some other options such as viewing the skinfilenames. In the game itself, after enabling this code, hold [Shift] and left click on a Sim to have lots of options, such as changing clothes, make your Sim fat or thin, set their aspiration level, etc. This code also can spawn some interesting items, such as the tombstone of L(ife) and D(eath), and family members.
Enable the ” boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true ” code, then go onto a different family. A strange code will appear at the top right hand corner. If you go onto the Sims’ needs, you can click on each one and drag it up or down, whichever desired. You can also increase the skill points of your Sims in the same way. This is useful if you want a promotion, if your Sim is depressed, if you are teaching a toddler to walk, etc. You can also hold [Shift] and click on a Sim. Click on “More”, then “Spawn” and create the Tombstone of L and D. You can click on this, then “More” then “Make everyone here friends with me”, which helps if you need friends to get promoted, or to complete an aspiration task.
Enable the ” boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true ” code, then hold [Shift] and click on a mailbox. You will now have new options, such as forcing a burglar to rob, know all Sims in the neighborhood (including NPCs and special Sims), force everyone you know to be friends, force pregnancy relations, invite all neighbors over, and more.
Cheat Codes
While playing the game, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C to display the console window. Then, type one of the following case-sensitive codes and press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function:
| Result | Cheat Code |
| List most cheat codes | help |
| Display information about indicated cheat | help [cheat command] |
| 1,000 more Simoleons | Kaching |
| 50,000 more Simoleons | motherlode |
| Pets fully controllable, but cannot cancel actions from their queue | boolprop ControlPets [on or off] |
| Actions in a pet’s queue accessible | boolprop PetActionCancel [true or false] |
| Disable aging for kittens and puppies | boolprop DisablePuppyKittenAging [true or false] |
| Disable pet free will | boolprop PetsFreeWill [true or false] |
| View labels in detail for Buy and Build mode objects; shows which product they came from (EP or SP) | boolprop ShowCatalogePFlags [true or false] |
| Activate tool to change the roof slopes of individual roofs | IndividualRoofSlopeAngle [15-75] |
| Delete all indicated objects on lot | DeleteAllObjects [Doors or Windows or Stairs] |
| Delete all fences on lot | DeleteAllFences |
| Delete all half walls on lot | DeleteAllHalfWalls |
| Delete all walls on lot | DeleteAllWalls |
| No censor; set to 8 to return to normal | intprop censorgridsize 0 |
| Have twins when baby is born | twinzr2cute , twinsr2cute , or ForceTwins |
| Remove all Sims; use in neighborhood view | deleteAllCharacters |
| Toggle terrain types; use in neighborhood view | TerrainType [desert or temperate] |
| Objects can be placed anywhere in buy and build modes; hand tool can move any object | moveObjects [on or off] |
| Make Sims larger or smaller; 1.0 is normal | StretchSkeleton [number] |
| Prevent Sims from aging | aging [on or off] |
| Slow motion; 0 is normal, 8 is slowest | slowMotion [0-8] |
| Increase game performance with some graphics glitches | Vsync [on or off] |
| Turn off facial DNA blending in Create A Sim | faceBlendLimits [on or off] |
| Use in neighborhood screen to invite more guests to a party | intProp maxNumOfVisitingSims [number] |
| Enable postprocessing cheats; requires video card that supports pixel shaders | boolProp enablePostProcessing [true or false] |
| Set to false to place objects out of grid | boolProp snapObjectsToGrid [true or false] |
| Toggle automatic game updates | autoPatch [on or off] |
| Set to false to remove props like rocks and towers from neighborhood | boolprop displayNeighborhoodProps [true or false] |
| Set to false to remove roads from neighborhood | boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoads [true or false] |
| Set to false to removes trees/plants from neighborhood | boolprop displayNeighborhoodFlora [true or false] |
| Set to false to remove water from neighborhood | boolprop displayNeighborhoodWater [true or false] |
| Set to false to removes house graphics from neighborhood | boolprop displayLotImposters [true or false] |
| Set to false to remove bridges from neighborhood | boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoadsWithModel [true or false] |
| Set to false and lots will not light up when highlighted in neighborhood | boolprop lotTerrainLighting [true or false] |
| Set to false to remove removes water (ponds) from lots | boolprop lotWater [true or false] |
| Set to false to remove floorpainting on lot | boolprop lotTerrainPaints [true or false] |
| Set to true and cars will have more detail in neighborhood | boolprop carsCompact [true or false] |
| Set to trueto show lot information | boolprop lotInfoAdvancedMode [true or false] |
| Set to false to remove removes shadows on objects outside house | boolprop objectShadows [true or false] |
| Set to false to remove shadows on objects inside house | boolProp guob [true or false] |
| Set to true and walls will no longer cut away from selected Sim | boolprop renderSelectedSimLevel [true or false] |
| Set to true to see the path where the selected Sim walks to | boolProp displayPaths [true or false] |
| Set to true and blocks appear on Sims faces and on parts where Sims look at | boolprop displayLookAtBoxes [true or false] |
| Set to false to place floor tiles outside lot | boolprop locktiles [true or false] |
| Set to false to raise and lower floor even when covered with objects | boolprop constrainFloorElevation [true or false] |
| Set to true to light up objects continuously instead of only when used | boolprop allObjectLightsOn [true or false] |
| Toggle grid in build or buy mode | boolprop showFloorGrid [true or false] |
| Toggle shadows for Sims | boolProp simShadows [true or false] |
| In neighborhood, shows filename of house when lot is highlighted | boolprop ShowLotPackageFilename [true or false] |
| Create a new lighting file with specific lot lighting values | setLotLightingFile [filename] |
| After typing ” expand “, will you see the game version in the cheat box | gameVersion |
| Clear console window | clear |
| Expand or contract console window | expand |
| Close console window | exit |
| Unknown | boolprop lotTerrainCanvas [true or false] |
Postprocessing cheats
Use the following case-sensitive codes after enabling the Postprocessing cheats with the ” boolProp enablePostProcessing true “. Note: Do not enable or use the Postprocessing cheats unless your video card supports pixel shaders.
| Result | Cheat Code |
| Blur effect; red, green, blue value must be between 0 and 255, and x (bloom) between 0.0 and 1.0 | bloom [r g b x] |
| Centered blur effect; centerX and centerY are screen coordinates; x (vignette) must be between 0.0 and 1.0 | vignette [centerX centerY x] |
| Grainy screen effect | filmGrain [0.0-1.0] |
| Letterbox screen effect | letterBox [0.0-0.4] |
Command lines
Start the game with one of the following command line parameters to activate the corresponding cheat function:
| Result | Command Line Parameter |
| Full screen | -f |
| Set screen resolution | -r [width] x [height] |
| Windowed screen | -w |
| Disable sound | -nosound |
Bonuses
Enter a neighborhood, click the “Families” button, then click “Create A New Family”. Click the “Options” icon (“…”), then click the “Game Options” icon (blue cogs). Click the blue key icon which opens the “Sims Gift Code” dialog box. Click the “Enter A Code Key” icon, then enter one of the following codes and click the “Checkmark” icon.
| Result | Code |
| Collars | |
| Black Dot Cats | ZZZ11ZZZ9Q11Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQQ1IQ9QHA64 |
| Black Dot Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQHZ11Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZZ1IQ9QHA64 |
| Black Smiley Cats | ZZZ11ZZQ9Z1AQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQZ1RQ9QHA64 |
| Black Smiley Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZ9QAAQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQQARQ9QHA64 |
| Blue Bones Cats | ZZZ11ZZQHZAAQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZZARQ9QHA64 |
| Blue Bones Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZHZ11Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZZ1IZ9QHA64 |
| Blue Camouflage Cats | ZZZ11ZZZHQ11Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZQ1IQ9QHA64 |
| Blue Camouflage Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZHZ1AQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZZ1RQ9QHA64 |
| Blue Star Cats | ZZZ11ZZQ9Z11Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQZ1IZ9QHA64 |
| Blue Star Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQHQ11Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZQ1IQ9QHA64 |
| Green Flower Cats | ZZZ11ZZZ9ZA1Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQZAIQ9QHA64 |
| Green Flower Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQHZ1AQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZZ1RQ9QHA64 |
| Navy Hearts Cats | ZZZ11ZZZ9Z11Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQZ1IQ9QHA64 |
| Navy Hearts Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQ9Z11Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQZ1IQ9QHA64 |
| Orange Diagonal Cats | ZZZ11ZZQ9ZA1Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQZAIQ9QHA64 |
| Orange Diagonal Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZ9Z11Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQZ1IZ9QHA64 |
| Pink Vertical Strip Cats | ZZZ11ZZQ9QAAQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQQARQ9QHA6 |
| Pink Vertical Strip Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZHZA1Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZZAIQ9QHA64 |
| White Paws Cats | ZZZ11ZZQ9Q1AQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQQ1RQ9QHA64 |
| White Paws Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZ9Q11Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQQ1IZ9QHA64 |
| White Zebra Stripe Cats | ZZZ11ZZZHQ11Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZQ1IZ9QHA6 |
| White Zebra Stripe Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZHZ11Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZZ1IQ9QHA64 |
| Fur colors | |
| Blue Cats | ZZZ11ZZQHZA1Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZZAIQ9QHA64 |
| Blue Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQ9Q11Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQQ1IZ9QHA64 |
| Deep Red Cats | ZZZ11ZZQ9QA1Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQQAIQ9QHA64 ° |
| Deep Red Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQHQ1AQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZQ1RQ9QHA64 |
| Goofy Cats | ZZZ11ZZQHQ11Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZQ1IZ9QHA64 |
| Goofy Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZHZAAQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZZARQ9QHA64 |
| Green Cats | ZZZ11ZZZ9QA1Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQQAIZ9QHA64 |
| Green Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQHQA1Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZQAIQ9QHA64 |
| Light Green Cats | ZZZ11ZZZHQ1AQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZQ1RQ9QHA64 |
| Light Green Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZ9Q1AQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQQ1RQ9QHA64 |
| Neon Green Cats | ZZZ11ZZZHQA1Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZQAIQ9QHA64 |
| Neon Green Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZ9QA1Q91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQQAIQ9QHA64 |
| Neon Yellow Cats | ZZZ11ZZZHQAAQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZQARQ9QHA64 |
| Neon Yellow Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQ9QA1Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQQAIZ9QHA64 |
| Pink Cats | ZZZ11ZZQHZ11Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZZ1IZ9QHA64 |
| Pink Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZ9Z1AQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQZ1RQ9QHA64 |
| Purple Cats | ZZZ11ZZQ9ZAAQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQZARQ9QHA64 |
| Purple Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQ9ZA1Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQQZAIZ9QHA64 |
| Fur patterns | |
| Bandit Mask Cats | ZZZ11ZZQHZA1Z91ZB1A , TB6IPB1IAFDMRIQT6DG , or EEGJ2YRQZZAIZ9QHA64 |
| Bandit Mask Dogs | ZZZ11ZZQHQAAQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZQARQ9QHA64 |
| Panda Cats | ZZZ11ZZQHQA1Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRQZQAIZ9QHA6 |
| Star Cats | ZZZ11ZZZ9ZAAQ91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQZARQ9QHA6 |
| Star Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZ9ZA1Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZQZAIZ9QHA64 |
| Zebra Stripes Dogs | ZZZ11ZZZHQA1Z91ZB1A or EEGJ2YRZZQAIZ9QHA64 |
Make all Sims happy in your house
Enable the ” boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true ” code, then hold [Shift] and click on the mailbox. Click on “Home”, then click on “Make All Happy”. All Sims on the lot should now have all needs filled except for “Environment”.
Becoming a vampire
Get a coffin as a bed. Once the Sim wakes up, they should be a vampire. If you hug or kiss someone, they will also become vampires. The only way to cure the vampire is to find a potion lady somewhere in every town. Note: It may take a long time to cure because the lady is rarely in the same place.
Becoming a werewolf
Sometimes in the middle of the night a black wolf-looking dog with glowing yellow eyes will come to your house and bark at the front door. If your Sim builds up a good relationship with it the dog will nibble on your Sim’s hand. In a bright orange flash, your Sim will turn into a werewolf. Every morning at 6 a.m. your Sim will turn back into a person and at night at 8 p.m. your Sim will turn back into a werewolf. To cure the werewolf curse call the pet trainer, or the fortune teller if you have The Sims 2: Nightlife .
Delete homework
Use the sledgehammer tool in Build or Buy mode to delete your Sim’s homework.
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