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Bite-Sized Build Tips for The Sims 4

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Wait, is the chair floating or standing?

Have you ever wanted to know how builders do things such as make objects larger or smaller, rotate and move objects freely outside of the grid, and elevate items to place them on surfaces that normally don’t have object slots, like the tops of fridges and microwaves?

We’re going to show you how on both PC and consoles!

Resize Objects

Bite-Sized Build Tips for The Sims 4
PC
  1. Enter the cheat bb.moveobjects on
  2. With an object selected, use the [ and ] keys to scale the object larger or smaller.
Console
  1. Enter the cheat bb.moveobjects on. This cheat won’t disable your trophies/achievements.
  2. With an object selected, use the left/right directional buttons to scale the object larger or smaller.

Move Objects Outside the Grid

Bite-Sized Build Tips for The Sims 4
PC
  1. With an object selected, hold the Alt key to freely place objects.
  2. To rotate freely, drag the mouse in the direction you wish to rotate while holding Alt.
Console
  1. With an object selected, press L2 (PS4) or LT (Xbox) twice to toggle to free placement. This button toggles between full, half, and free tile placement.
  2. To rotate freely, press L1+R1 (PS4) or LB+RB (Xbox) with an object selected, then use the right analog stick to rotate.

Elevate Objects

Bite-Sized Build Tips for The Sims 4
PC
  1. Enter the cheat bb.moveobjects on
  2. With an object selected, use the 0 and 9 keys to raise or lower the height of an object.
Console
  1. Enter the cheat bb.moveobjects on. This cheat won’t disable your trophies/achievements.
  2. With an object selected, press L2+R2 (PS4) or LT+RT (Xbox) and use the up/down directional buttons to raise or lower the height of an object.

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Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
2 years ago

Just to add, for Scandinavian players, you use the å and ´ keys to scale the object larger or smaller.

Lucas Hearsay
Lucas Hearsay
2 years ago
Reply to  Bibi Andersson

And for Dutch players?

Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
2 years ago
Reply to  Lucas Hearsay

I don’t know. Sorry, but I’m Swedish and am only used to Scandinavian keyboards. We have more letters than other languages, so the layout of our keyboards are different.

Lucas Hearsay
Lucas Hearsay
2 years ago
Reply to  Bibi Andersson

Yeah I just was asking cuz I’m Dutch. I once Googled what a Scandinavian computer keyboard looks like, but I didn’t get any results! I Googled it because I’m sort of a (computer) geek. I play the game in US English by the way. Even though there is a Dutch setting. I just prefer English.

Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
2 years ago
Reply to  Lucas Hearsay

Here’s an image of my keyboard…

Rizky Muzakir
Rizky Muzakir
2 years ago

everybody should already know this by now tbh

GÖKÇE
GÖKÇE
2 years ago

Just to add, for TURKİSH players use ğ and ü keys to scale the object larger or smaller.
Türk kullanıcılar yeniden boyutlandırma için ğ ve ü tuşları işe yarıyor.