Sims 4 Beginner Must Knows – Chaos' Adventures in Gameland

Index

Key Commands
Cheat Codes

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

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

Pan Camera Left

Pan Camera Right

Pan Camera Forward

Pan Camera Back

Shift

Pan Camera Faster

ctrl

Rotate Camera
Clockwise

ctrl

Rotate Camera
Counter-Clockwise

ctrl

Tilt Camera Up

ctrl

Tilt Camera Down

Same works with arrow keys except rotate.

Zoom Out

Zoom In

ctrl

Save Camera Position 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

Take Screenshot

Start/End Video Recording

Find Screen and Video Capture settings in Game Options.

Pan Camera

Tilt/Rotate Camera

Zoom In/Out

Live Mode

Play Speeds

Pause

Play

Fast

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

Next Sim

First Person Camera Mode

Shift

tab

Enter First Person Camera

Interact with
Objects and Sims

Shift

(Hold) Allows interaction
with the interface.

“Move Here”

tab

Removes Interface

ctrl

Re-center Camera
on Sim’s View

Adjust FOV
(Zoom in/out)

Other Live Mode Key Commands

Aspiration

Career

Skills

Relationships

Sim Inventory

Simology
(Traits, Age, ect.)

Needs

Social
Groups

Map View/Fast Travel

F5

Manage Worlds

Build/Buy Mode

General

Toggle Grid

Cycle Time of
Day Lighting

Top Down

Move entire lot

Move Block Cluster

F5

Quarter Tile
Placement Toggle

esc

Cancel

ctrl

Undo

ctrl

Redo

ctrl

Shift

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

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

Move Object Down

Move Object Upper

Wall Tool

Shift

(Hold)
Toggles Wall/Room

ctrl

(Hold)
Delete Walls

Other Tools

Hand/Selection Tool

Eyedropper Tool
(Copies Clicked Object)

Design Tool

Sledgehammer
(Deletes Many Objects)

Wallpaper and Flooring

ctrl

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

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.