Sims 4 Beginner Must Knows

Index

Key Commands + Some Mouse Controls

Important notes for Mac users:

For most of the key commands that use the ctrl key simply use the ⌘ key instead. A few excepts to this are the following:

  • ⌘Y Does not “redo” instead activates “Move Lot”
  • ⌘W Does not Rotate Camera instead Closes the window/quits the game

Live Mode and Build/Buy Mode

General
esc

Open Menu

ctrl

+

Shift

+

C

Open Cheat Console

F1

Live Mode

F2

Buy Mode

F3

Build Mode

F4

Gallery

Camera Controls
tab

Enter Free Cam Mode

,

Rotate Camera Clockwise

.

Rotate Camera Counter-Clockwise

A

Pan Camera Left

D

Pan Camera Right

W

Pan Camera Forward

S

Pan Camera Back

Shift

+

W

OR

S

OR

A

OR

D

Pan Camera Faster

ctrl

+

A

Rotate Camera
Clockwise

ctrl

+

D

Rotate Camera
Counter-Clockwise

ctrl

+

W

Tilt Camera Up

ctrl

+

S

Tilt Camera Down

Same works with arrow keys except rotate.

Z

OR

-

Zoom Out

X

OR

+

Zoom In

ctrl

+

4

Save Camera Position 4

4

Restore Camera Position 4

Same for Keys 5 through 9

home

Walls Up

end

Walls Down

PgUp

Go up a floor

PgDn

Go down a floor

Shift

+

Enter

Center on Active Lot

C

Take Screenshot

V

Start/End Video Recording

Find Screen and Video Capture settings in Game Options.

Right Click

Pan Camera

Tilt/Rotate Camera

Zoom In/Out

Live Mode

Play Speeds
`

OR

0

OR

P

Pause

1

Play

2

Fast

3

Faster

Sim Selection

On Sim Portrait
Make Active Sim

On Active Sim Portrait
Center on Active Sim

On Sim Portrait
Follow Sim

On Sim
Make Active Sim

Enter

Center on Active Sim

Space

OR

N

Next Sim

First Person Camera Mode
Shift

+

tab

Enter First Person Camera

Mouse Left Click

Interact with
Objects and Sims

Shift

(Hold) Allows interaction
with the interface.

Mouse Right Click

“Move Here”

tab

Removes Interface

ctrl

Re-center Camera
on Sim’s View

Mouse Scroll Wheel

Adjust FOV
(Zoom in/out)

Other Live Mode Key Commands
G

Aspiration

J

Career

L

Skills

R

Relationships

I

Sim Inventory

Y

Simology
(Traits, Age, ect.)

O

Needs

U

Social
Groups

M

Map View/Fast Travel

F5

Manage Worlds

Build/Buy Mode

General
G

Toggle Grid

L

Cycle Time of
Day Lighting

T

Top Down

U

Move entire lot

Y

Move Block Cluster

F5

Quarter Tile
Placement Toggle

esc

Cancel

ctrl

+

Z

Undo

ctrl

+

Y

Redo

ctrl

+

Shift

+

Z

Redo

Object Placement

While holding an object

del

Delete/Sell Object

backspace

Send Object to
Household Inventory

alt

Off Grid Placement

alt

+

Off Grid Rotate

,

Rotate Object Clockwise

.

Rotate Object Counter-Clockwise

M

Move Slot

Shift

+

Place Multiple

+

(Numpad)
Cycle Swatches

The rest of these require the move objects cheat described here.

[

Make Object Smaller

]

Make Object Bigger

9

Move Object Down

0

Move Object Upper

Wall Tool
B

Wall Tool

Shift

(Hold)
Toggles Wall/Room

ctrl

(Hold)
Delete Walls

Other Tools
H

Hand/Selection Tool

E

Eyedropper Tool
(Copies Clicked Object)

R

Design Tool

K

Sledgehammer
(Deletes Many Objects)

Wallpaper and Flooring
ctrl

+

F

Toggle Diagonal
Flooring

Shift

(Hold)
Fills Room

alt

Fill Straight Wall

Terrain Paint
ctrl

(Hold)
Erase

[

Make Brush Smaller

]

Make Brush Bigger

;

Make Brush Softer

'

Make Brush Harder

Must Know Cheat Codes

Important note about entering cheat codes:

Everything within [] or {} are arguments, {} are optional, while [] are not. Do not input the brackets/braces only what is inside and only one per set of brackets/braces.

help

Lists all available cheats

rosebud

OR

kaching

Add 1,000 Simoleons to the household funds.

motherlode

Add 50,000 Simoleons to the household funds.

FreeRealEstate {on/off}

Input in neighborhood view to toggle all lots free.

ResetSim [SimFirstName] [SimLastName]

Input in neighborhood view to toggle all lots free.

headlineeffects [on/off]

Hides plumbob, tooltips, thought/speech bubbles and other such effects.

bb.moveobjects {on/off}

Allows placing objects where they normally can’t be.

bb.showhiddenobjects {true/false}

Unlocks hidden debug objects.

bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement {true/false}

Unlocks career objects.