The Sims 2: Seasons Display frame rate
While playing the game, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + S to toggle the display of the current frame rate.
Always same season and weather
If you have enough Aspiration Points and the Weather Machine is available, you can prolong any season and weather as long as desired.
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 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 |
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 concrete] |
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 |
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