Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing The Sims 2 and its expansions with cheats and unlockables.
Enable Cheats
- PC: Press CTRL + SHIFT + C.
- Mac: Press CMD + SHIFT + C.
- PS2: Pause, then press L1, R1, UP, CROSS, X2.
- GC: Press L, R, UP, A, Z.
- Xbox: Press L, R, D-PAD UP, A, BLACK.
Money
Get 50,000 Simoleons
Cheat code:
motherlode
Get 1,000 Simoleons
Cheat code:
kaching
Sims
Block Faces On Sims
Cheat code:
boolProp displayLookAtBoxes (true/false)
Enable/Disable Aging
Cheat code:
aging (on/off)
Enable/Disable DNA Blending
Cheat code:
blendlimits (on/off)
Disable Facial Bounding Limits
Cheat code:
faceBlendLimits (on/off)
Disable Need Decay
Cheat code:
motivedecay off
Force Twin Birth
Cheat code:
forcetwins
Invite More People To Parties
Cheat code:
intProp maxNumOfVisitingSims 8
Make Sims Larger/Smaller
Cheat code:
StretchSkeleton (number)
Max Motives
Cheat code:
maxmotives
Move Sims Freely
Cheat code:
moveobjects (on/off)
View Walking Path
Cheat code:
boolProp displayPaths (true/false)
Walls No Longer Cut Away
Cheat code:
boolProp renderSelectedSimLevel (true/false)
Unlock Career Rewards
Cheat code:
unlockcareerrewards
UI
All Cheats Work
Cheat code:
boolProp testingcheatsenabled true/false
Change elevation of floor tiles
Cheat code:
boolProp constrainFloorElevation false
Change slope angle of roof
Cheat code:
RoofSlopeAngle (15-75)
Change Terrain
Note: Only usable in neighborhood view.
Cheat code:
terraintype (desert/temperate)
Check For Patches
Cheat code:
autopatch (on/off)
Clear on-screen cheat codes (effects remain)
Cheat code:
clear
Close Cheat Window
Cheat code:
exit
Delete Neighborhood
Cheat code:
deleteallcharacters
Detailed Cars
Cheat code:
boolProp carsCompact (true/false)
Disable Floor Elevation
Cheat code:
boolProp constrainFloorElevation true
Display Cheat Info
Cheat code:
help [cheat command]
Enable/Disable Neighborhood Lighting
Cheat code:
boolProp lotTerrainLighting (true/false)
Expand Cheat Window
Cheat code:
expand
Improve Game Performance / Lower Graphics
Cheat code:
vsync (on/off)
Light Up Objects Always
Cheat code:
boolProp allObjectLightsOn (true/false)
List Cheats
Cheat code:
help -all
Move Objects Freely
Cheat code:
moveobjects (on/off)
Place Floor Tiles Outside Lot
Cheat code:
boolPop locktiles (true/false)
Place Objects Outside Of Grid
Cheat code:
boolProp snapObjectsToGrid (true/false)
Remove Bridges From Neighborhood
Cheat code:
boolProp displayNeighborhoodRoadsWithModel (true/false)
Remove Floor Painting On Lot
Cheat code:
boolProp lotTerrainPaints (true/false)
Remove House Graphics From Neighborhood
Cheat code:
boolProp displayLotImposters (true/false)
Remove Props From Neighborhood
Cheat code:
boolProp displayNeighborhoodProps (true/false)
Remove Roads From Neighborhood
Cheat code:
boolProp displayNeighborhoodRoads (true/false)
Remove Shadows On Objects
Cheat code:
boolProp objectShadows (true/false)
Remove Trees/Plants From Neighborhood
Cheat code:
boolProp displayNeighborhoodFlora (true/false)
Remove Water From Lots
Cheat code:
boolProp lotWater (true/false)
Remove Water From Neighborhood
Cheat code:
boolProp displayNeighborhoodWater (true/false)
Show House File Name
Cheat code:
boolProp ShowLotPackageFilename (true/false)
Slow Motion
Cheat code:
slowmotion (0-8)
Console Codes
Advance Time by 6 Hours
- GC: X, B, L, UP, DOWN.
- PS2: CIRCLE, SQUARE, L1, UP, DOWN.
- Xbox: B, X, L, D-PAD UP, D-PAD DOWN.
All Clothing
- GC: B, Z, DOWN, RIGHT, B.
- PS2: SQUARE, R2, DOWN, RIGHT, SQUARE.
- Xbox: X, BLACK, D-PAD DOWN, D-PAD RIGHT, X.
All Lots
- GC: X, Z, LEFT, X, UP, X.
- PS2: CIRCLE, L2, LEFT, CIRCLE, UP, CIRCLE.
- Xbox: B, WHITE, LEFT, B, UP, B.
All Motives
- GC: UP, X, UP, RIGHT, Z.
- PS2: UP, CIRCLE, UP, RIGHT, L2.
- Xbox: D-PAD UP, B, D-PAD UP, D-PAD RIGHT, WHITE.
All Objects
- GC: Z, X, DOWN, LEFT, UP.
- PS2: L2, CIRCLE, DOWN, LEFT, UP.
- Xbox: WHITE, B, D-PAD DOWN, D-PAD LEFT, D-PAD UP.
All Recipes
- GC: Z, B, UP, DOWN, RIGHT, A.
- PS2: R2, SQUARE, UP, DOWN, RIGHT, CROSS.
- Xbox: BLACK, X, D-PAD UP, D-PAD DOWN, D-PAD RIGHT, A.
All Story Missions
- GC: N/A.
- PS2: N/A.
- Xbox: B, WHITE, D-PAD LEFT, B, D-PAD UP, B.
Get 9,999 Simoleons
- GC: R, L, Z, RIGHT, LEFT.
- PS2: R1, L1, R2, RIGHT, LEFT.
- Xbox: R, L, BLACK, D-PAD RIGHT, D-PAD LEFT.
Horn Audio
- GC: R, L, R, L, Y.
- PS2: R1, L1, R1, L1, TRIANGLE.
- Xbox: N/A.
Set Skill Level
- GC: Y, X, B, Z, LEFT.
- PS2: TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, SQUARE, R2, LEFT.
- Xbox: Y, B, X, BLACK, D-PAD LEFT.
The Sims 2 is a social life simulation game developed by Maxis Redwood Shores and initially released worldwide in 2004 on PC. It was later ported to Mac, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable in 2005.
