Press [Shift] + [Ctrl] + C (Shift + Ctrl + Windows Key + C for Vista) and that will display the console window, where you can write the cheats and then press enter and that particular cheat will be activated.
Some of the common cheats are:
| Cheat Code Result | CODE |
| Display most cheats | help |
| 1,000 more Simoleons | Kaching |
| 50,000 more Simoleons | Motherlode |
| +2,500 lifetime happiness points to active Sim | shazaam |
| Ignore the cost when buying a lot | freerealestate |
| Set or clear traits | modify traits |
| Add active Sim to current household | add to household |
| Set age of the Sim | set age [number] |
| Take the Sim back to Create-a-Sim | edit in cas |
| Give selected Sim a career | set career [career/level] |
| Click career building you work at to force an opportunity | force opportunity |
| Click career building you work at to force an event | force event |
| Click career building to display all events for the career consecutively | force all events |
| Force a specific service Sim to appear | force service sim [name] |
| Forces a neighbor to show up | force visitor |
| Selected Sim knows every other Sim | make me know everyone |
| Make several random friends for selected Sim | make friends for me |
| Sets all mood/moodlets for everyone in the house to perfect; removes negative moodlets | make happy |
| Set motives static or dynamic for entire household | make motives [static or dynamic] |
| View career outfits and service uniforms [Note 1] | unlockOutfits [on or off] |
| No limitations for placing/moving objects | moveObjects [on or off] |
| Return Sims to safe and nuetral state at home | resetSim [first name] [last name] |
| Force terrain adjustments regardless of objects, Sims, and other structures | constrainFloorElevation [true or false] |
| Objects will not snap to slots while holding [Alt] | disableSnappingToSlotsOnAlt[on or off] |
| Objects fade when camera gets close to them | fadeObjects [on or off] |
| Toggle 45 degree angle object snap | snapObjectsToAngle [true or false] |
| Toggle snap to grid for placed objects | snapObjectsToGrid [true or false] |
| Show talk/thought balloons above Sim’s head | hideHeadlineEffects [on or off] |
| Print random joke to console | jokePlease |
| Llamas enabled message | enablellamas [on or off] |
| Slow motion visuals; 0 is normal, 8 is slowest | slowMotionViz [0-8] |
| Enable testing cheats | testingCheatsenabled [true or false] |
| Toggle framerate display at top right | fps [on or off] |
| Full screen | fullscreen [on or off] |
| Quit the game | quit |