Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C during game play to display a prompt in the upper left corner of the screen. Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Enter [Exclamation point] at the prompt to repeat the last cheat entered. Enter a [Semi-colon] between codes to enter multiple codes at the same time. Additionally, most of the codes will only work with the unpatched version of the game.
| Result | Code |
| 1000 Simoleons (patched game version) | rosebud |
| Add new family history stat to the current family | hist_add |
| Appends the route destination list to AllRoutes.txt every time a route is found | write_destlist |
| Architecture tools automatically set the level as needed | auto_level |
| Automatically import and load indicated FAM file | import <FAM file> |
| Automatically load indicated house, no questions asked | house <house number> |
| Check and fix required lot objects | prepare_lot |
| Completely flush app to VM file when running Windows NT | flush |
| Crash game | crash |
| Create moat or streams | water_tool |
| Create shrunk_text_#.bmp files | shrink_text <font_size> <text> |
| Create-a-character mode | edit_char |
| Display personality and interests | interests |
| Draw all animation frames disabled | draw_all_frames off |
| Draw all animation frames enabled | draw_all_frames on |
| Draw colored dots at each person's origin | draw_origins |
| Dump entire memory to core_dump_[date:time].txt | core_dump |
| Dump selected person's most recent list of scored interactions to a file | dump_happy |
| Dump selected person's motive contribution curve to a file | dump_mc |
| Enable debug flag to show outcome choice dialogs for social interactions | debug_social |
| End sim logging | sim_log end |
| Execute "file.cht" file as a list of cheats | cht <filename> |
| Floorable grid disabled | draw_floorable off |
| Floorable grid enabled | draw_floorable on |
| Force an assert for testing | assert |
| Log animations in the event log window | log_animations |
| Map editor disabled | map_edit off |
| Map editor enabled | map_edit on |
| Move any object | move_objects on |
| No tutorial object generation when tutorial house is loaded | tutorial off |
| Prevent web browser crashes | browser_failsafe |
| Preview animations disabled | preview_anims off |
| Preview animations enabled | preview_anims on |
| Programmer stats | tile_info |
| Quit game | quit |
| Read in behavior tuning constants from Tuning.txt | #import |
| Rebuilds entire control panel/UCP from scratch | rebuild_cp |
| Refresh the BMP_ resources for all people whose IFF files are writable | refresh_faces |
| Rematch dependent textures and regenerate bitmaps for all user characters | refresh_textures |
| Restore tutorial | restore_tut |
| Rotate camera | rotation <0-3> |
| Routing debug balloons disabled | route_balloons off |
| Routing debug balloons enabled | route_balloons on |
| Run series of random operations on unhoused families | fam_test <opcount> |
| Save currently loaded house | save |
| Save family history file | history |
| Say "plugh" | plugh |
| Say "porntipsguzzardo" | porntipsguzzardo |
| Say "xyzzy" | xyzzy |
| Selected person's path displayed | draw_routes on |
| Selected person's path hidden | draw_routes off |
| Set event logging mask | log_mask |
| Set free thinking level | autonomy <1-100> |
| Set game speed | sim_speed <-1000-1000> |
| Set grass change value | edit_grass <number>: |
| Set grass growth | grow_grass <0-150> |
| Set lot size | lot_size <number> |
| Set maximum milliseconds to allow simulator | sim_limit <milliseconds> |
| Set time of day (unpatched game version) | set_hour <1-24> |
| Set z offset for thought bubbles | bubble_tweak <z offset value> |
| Sets the neighborhood directory to the path | <directory path> |
| Sets up the borders of the lot with non-editable flag. Requires rotation | lot_border <tl> |
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| Sets whether menu items appear for in use objects | allow_inuse |
| Show memory view window in debug builds of the game | memview |
| Start sim logging | sim_log begin |
| Swap the two house files and updates families | swap_houses <house number> <house number> |
| Ticks disabled | sweep off |
| Ticks enabled | sweep on |
| Tile information displayed | tile_info on |
| Tile information hidden | tile_info off |
| Toggle allowing visitors to be controlled using the keyboard | visitor_control |
| Toggle assets report | report_assets |
| Toggle automatic object reset feature | auto_reset |
| Toggle calls to PeekMessage within sim loop | sim_peek |
| Toggle camera mode | cam_mode |
| Toggle display of unavailable interactions in person control menus | all_menus |
| Toggle music | music |
| Toggle object compression in save file | obj_comp |
| Toggle quaternion transformations | quats |
| Toggle sound log window | sound_log |
| Toggle sounds | sound |
| Toggle web page creation | html |
| Total reload of people skeletons, animations, suits and skins | reload_people |
| Trigger sound event | soundevent |
| Write out an RTE file every time a route is found | write_routes |
| Write out behavior tuning constants to Tuning.txt | #export |