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The Sims 4 Tutorial: How to Resize Objects

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Sims 4 Resize Objects Guide

Make almost any object in the game bigger or smaller without any mods!

Sims 4 Resize Objects
The same bear at its smallest size, gradually increasing in scale

If you’ve ever wished you could make an object bigger or smaller while building, you’ll be happy to know that The Sims 4 resize objects ability exists in the game! The best part? It requires no mods, just one simple cheat that both PC and console players can use! We’ll teach you how to scale objects on both PC and console!

The Sims 4 Resize Objects: PC and Mac

If you’re a PC or Mac player, you can scale objects with just one cheat and a few keyboard shortcuts.

First, press CTRL+SHIFT+C to open up the cheat console. Then type in the cheat bb.moveobjects on and hit Enter to activate the cheat.

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Using the moveobjects cheat

Once moveobjects on (commonly referred to as MOO) is enabled, you’ll be able to scale objects! Make sure you’re in Build/Buy and select the object you want to resize. With the object selected, just use the square bracket keys on your keyboard to make the object larger or smaller. The [ key makes the object smaller. The ] key makes the object larger.

If you’re on a Mac and having trouble resizing objects using the square bracket keys, try pressing Command, Alt, or Shift at the same time. Some Mac users report that just the square bracket keys don’t work for them; however, different Mac users report different keys that need to be pressed at the same time. So see if Command, Alt, or Shift works for you when using the square bracket keys to resize objects.

Resize Objects: PS4 and PS5

Making objects bigger or smaller on PS4 and PS5 is also very easy! You will need to press all four back buttons on your controller at the same time to bring up the cheat console, then type in bb.moveobjects on and hit X to confirm the cheat. Don’t worry about disabling your trophies! The MOO cheat doesn’t require you to enable testingcheats to use, so your trophies are safe!

Once MOO is activated, you can make almost any object bigger or smaller. Make sure you’re in Build/Buy and select the object you want to scale. Then press L2+R2 at the same time and use the left and right directional buttons to scale the object up or down. The left directional button makes the object smaller. The right directional button makes the object larger.

Resize Objects: Xbox One and Xbox Series X

You can scale objects on Xbox One and Xbox Series X, too! You will need to press all four back triggers on your controller at the same time to bring up the cheat console, then type in bb.moveobjects on and hit A to confirm the cheat. Don’t worry about disabling your achievements! The MOO cheat doesn’t require you to enable testingcheats to use, so your achievements are safe!

Once MOO is activated, you can make almost any object bigger or smaller. Make sure you’re in Build/Buy and select the object you want to scale. Then press both back triggers at the same time and use the left and right directional buttons to scale the object up or down. The left directional button makes the object smaller. The right directional button makes the object larger.

How to Make the Most of Resizing Objects!

Sims 4 Resize Objects
Yep, you can make objects this big (and bigger)! Why? Who knows, but you can!

Now that you know how to scale objects, you might be wondering why you need to make an object larger or smaller in the first place! Of course, there are extreme examples. Theoretically, you could make the tiniest teddy bear ever and hide it somewhere in a build just for fun. You could also make a really massive teddy bear that takes up a whole lot just for the amusement of it, but there are definitely more practical uses for this cheat, too.

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Size comparison between toy car before and after resizing it to be full-size.

For example, if you didn’t feel like using the bb.showhiddenobjects and bb.showliveeditobjects cheats to find full-size cars to put in the garage or driveway, you could just grab a toy car from the kids’ décor section and size it up to a full-size vehicle! You’ll sacrifice some texture quality this way; the larger you make an object, the more stretched its texture becomes, but it’s definitely an option!

Sims 4 Resize Objects
This infant crib is still functional with a scaled down canopy over it

On the other hand, you could scale objects down to fit nicely as a decorative accent in a home. The more packs you own, the more options you’ll have when it comes to scaling objects in order to expand your decorating skills. For example, you can scale down the My Wedding Stories canopy to fit perfectly above an infant crib for a delicate and sweet touch to a nursery.

There are many more ways to implement the scale objects cheat into your builds so get creative with it and experiment with what you can achieve!


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thefishkebab
thefishkebab
10 years ago

does this work with sims?

Jovan
Admin
10 years ago
Reply to  thefishkebab

Nope xD

thefishkebab
thefishkebab
10 years ago
Reply to  Jovan

*sadface* well, I know what i’ll be doing over the next couple of weeks then…

ViV101
ViV101
7 years ago
Reply to  thefishkebab

Didn’t work for me

Unknown
Unknown
5 years ago
Reply to  ViV101

you have to press ] Shift

Aesthxetic
Aesthxetic
5 years ago
Reply to  ViV101

Same

Taylor Dodson
Taylor Dodson
7 years ago
Reply to  thefishkebab

Are you a fucking idiot

Michelle Majors
Michelle Majors
6 years ago
Reply to  Taylor Dodson

Hey thats rude

Zeth
Zeth
5 years ago
Reply to  Taylor Dodson

do you have an US keyboard or a EU/scandinavian?
I found that a few of my hot keys were slightly different due to me having a scandinavian keyboard. Then all I had to do was change the keyboard language on my computer to ‘stadard english’ and then figure it out where the needed keys were using word or pages :>

If you have an US one then maybe you have to look at your general/game settings??

I hope that was of some help ^^”

eva
eva
4 years ago
Reply to  Zeth

click å on scandinavian keyboard

Hannah
Hannah
5 years ago
Reply to  Taylor Dodson

What is wrong with you she/he did nothing to you!

Unknown
Unknown
4 years ago
Reply to  Taylor Dodson

NO Cause It WORKED FOR ME

Sjefsgeita
Sjefsgeita
10 years ago

It does not seem to work in my game.. Any suggestion on what I could do? :-((

deathangel
deathangel
10 years ago
Reply to  Sjefsgeita

ur using a keyboard with æøå Å is bigger and æ is smaler i think

Susanne
Susanne
7 years ago
Reply to  deathangel

THANK YOU

Silje
Silje
7 years ago
Reply to  deathangel

Thank You!!!

Lolaxp243
Lolaxp243
6 years ago
Reply to  deathangel

It doesent work for me with that either

Andrea
Andrea
6 years ago
Reply to  Lolaxp243

Å worked for making things bigger, but Æ didn’t make things smaller, but the key next to the backspace worked for me in that regard.

Victoria
Victoria
6 years ago
Reply to  Andrea

Then making things smaller might work with the ´key should be above å to the right

hello
hello
5 years ago
Reply to  Andrea

tack tack

julia
julia
5 years ago
Reply to  Lolaxp243

just do shift ] it should work to enlarge the shift[ to make smaller

Rora
Rora
5 years ago
Reply to  julia

Oh my god. Finally. Thank youuu

Zam
Zam
5 years ago
Reply to  julia

Interesting, maybe people are having problems because I don’t have to use the shift key? I just use [ or ] Hope this helps

Felicia
Felicia
5 years ago
Reply to  deathangel

Yessss! Thank u i’ve been looking for this answer for so long!

Ellie
Ellie
4 years ago
Reply to  Felicia

me too

Theonlyoneme
Theonlyoneme
5 years ago
Reply to  deathangel

THANK YOU!!!!!
Though Å is smaller and ¨^ is bigger.

Scandinavian keyboard
Scandinavian keyboard
4 years ago
Reply to  deathangel

Å > bigger
*@ > smaller

Me
Me
5 years ago
Reply to  Sjefsgeita

Press cntrl shift and c then type in TestingCheats true then press enter, then try again!

Ellie
Ellie
4 years ago
Reply to  Me

what does it do

Dorothy Fee
Dorothy Fee
10 years ago

you have to turn testingcheats true first

quendo
quendo
10 years ago

Somehow it does not work in my game even with testingcheats true

what can I do?!?
thx for replys

JG
JG
10 years ago
Reply to  quendo

Maybe click on shift and (» « )

Sílvia
Sílvia
5 years ago
Reply to  JG

Omg thanks! The only thing that worked for me! <3

Audrée
Audrée
5 years ago
Reply to  quendo

hi, i am super late, but put your keyboard in american english, mine is french canadian and i could not make it work. the [ touch is the one right next to the p, the ] is next to the [, so 2 keys right from the p.

hope it helps someone.

Christinewho
Christinewho
5 years ago
Reply to  Audrée

😀 Someone else, 😀 I just figured out myself before seeing your comments. xD Also, for those reading this you may not have to use the shift key. 😉

Mojca
Mojca
5 years ago
Reply to  Christinewho

Thank youu 🙂

BECKY
BECKY
5 years ago
Reply to  Audrée

This really helped me, thank you so much

Vero
Vero
5 years ago
Reply to  Audrée

Oh mon doux merci!!!

Audrey
Audrey
5 years ago
Reply to  Audrée

I have a French Canadian keyboard too. Is it shift ^ and shift ç? Parce que je suis pas capable de le faire fonctionner.

Stéfany
Stéfany
5 years ago
Reply to  Audrée

Omg thank you lol

madiesel
madiesel
10 years ago

it’s shift + [ to make things bigger
and shift + – to make things smaller again. At least on mij pc this works.

Nadine
Nadine
5 years ago
Reply to  madiesel

THANK YOU!! This is how it works at my game as well, I just figured it out thanks to you!

Riya
Riya
10 years ago

How do you do it on mac?

Gabi
Gabi
9 years ago

I don’t know how to do it on mac, it doesn’t work for me… But trying it i’ve found another cheat! I don’t know do you have to write “testingcheats true” because playing I have already wrotten it.. But you can make SHIFT + ( for up and SHIFT + ) for down. Try it ! For me it worked. There was a sofa flying in the air :D.

Gabi
Gabi
9 years ago
Reply to  Gabi

Or maybe you need to write “bb.movingobjects” … I’ve written this too :> I’m sorry I don’t know which one you may need to write, but I found this “flying cheat” 5 minutes ago… And the “testingcheats true” and “bb.movingobjects” today in the morning 🙂

Sally
Sally
6 years ago
Reply to  Gabi

Learn your English mate

Dew
Dew
8 years ago

If you want to resize things on mac use shift + command + }

lauren
lauren
7 years ago

i tried it and it didn’t work i am doing the right thing i think

Jodie Rivet
Jodie Rivet
7 years ago

I cannot get this to work. Sims4. Whenever I hit shift and + it zooms out or in…

Rachel
Rachel
7 years ago
Reply to  Jodie Rivet

Shift and the square brackets at the same time
so shift and { [ is smaller
Shift and ] } is larger

Hpithelpd
Hpithelpd
7 years ago

if you have an european keyboard try “SHIFT + »” to scale up and “SHIFT+?” to scale down

Skyler
Skyler
5 years ago
Reply to  Hpithelpd

It dose it with “SHIFT” + “ß” for smaller and “SHIFT” + ‘ for me
(Germany)

Lvc1e
Lvc1e
4 years ago
Reply to  Skyler

Shift + ß zooms in very near for me i use *`‚ * to make it smaller but idk how to make it bigger again *+* doesnt work for me tho

Sofia
Sofia
5 years ago
Reply to  Hpithelpd

Finally omg

Katrina Hanson
Katrina Hanson
6 years ago

I finally watched a video on this. I’m sure I’m late to answering questions, but I’ll put the answer out there anyway. When they say “Shift + [” or “Shift + ]” you aren’t pressing the “+” key! Just hit shift AND [ or ].

Rose
Rose
6 years ago
Reply to  Katrina Hanson

Ohhhhhhh, LMAO thanks!

Hannah
Hannah
6 years ago

This doesn’t work anymore

Audrée
Audrée
5 years ago
Reply to  Hannah

well, it does now…

Christinewho
Christinewho
5 years ago
Reply to  Hannah

not need to press the + they should’ve said or and so but for me, just the brack [] like this did it, watch kind of keyboard to you have.

miy
miy
6 years ago

MY MOUTH IS GAPING HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS I AM NOT A NOOOOB

León
León
6 years ago

I own an ESP keyboard and I don’t use shift, I press ‘ to scale down and ¿ to scale up, my game is v1.45.62.1020, hope it helps somebody.

Mar
Mar
5 years ago
Reply to  León

This worked after I had lost all hope lol THANK YOU!!!!

Berte Bøeg
Berte Bøeg
6 years ago

It isn’t working for me either, and I’ve literally tried everything, anyone with new ideas?

Bee
Bee
6 years ago

Hi all, I have a Spanish keyboard and discover that objects become bigger if I press Ctrl + ! and then Ctrl + +. Haven’t discover yet how to make it smaller, but I can always delete the object and start again.

Bee
Bee
6 years ago
Reply to  Bee

By ! I meant the “¿ ¡” key next to “Retroceso”.

Melii
Melii
5 years ago
Reply to  Bee

OMG THANK YOU! i could only size down but didn’t know how to size up. Size down for me is
Shift }
I use a mac with spanish qwerty keyboard

ohfdoudsfuh
ohfdoudsfuh
6 years ago

I have a Mac and what works for me is
shift*] or/and shift*[

Joanna
Joanna
5 years ago

I have a laptop and when I hit Shift + all it does is zoom. When I played Sims 3 on desktop I remember it working. How can I make it work on my laptop?

K
K
5 years ago
Reply to  Joanna

It’s shift[ for smaller, shift] for larger. It’s the brackets you need, not the + sign

Jake Nash
Jake Nash
5 years ago

Thank you! <3

Willa
Willa
5 years ago

It works you have to add the [, ]s at the end of the + or –

Dulcie
Dulcie
5 years ago

This doesn’t work

Lia
Lia
5 years ago

For all confused It’s not shift +
it’s Shift plus ] or [
shift ] or shift [
Clicking + or – zooms in and out

Jane
Jane
5 years ago

For German users: it’s Shift + ü to decrease objects!

Mcelens
Mcelens
5 years ago

Size up= shift + )
Suze down= shift + [
For windows
Hope i helped

Christinewho
Christinewho
5 years ago
Reply to  Mcelens

no need to use the shift key for me. 😉

KimmyJa
KimmyJa
5 years ago

It works

Luke
Luke
5 years ago

What about xbox one?

Elise
Elise
5 years ago

I have a Norwegian Mac keyboard, the small one, this has been a struggle for me foreverrrr! But I finally figured out I have to use shift + cmd + *, then it works!

Maybe someone is looking for this, so I’ll leave this here

Josefine
Josefine
5 years ago
Reply to  Elise

I use a Swedish keyboard and shift + å makes it bigger and shift + ‘ makes it smaller

Jessica Rollins
Jessica Rollins
5 years ago

What about on console?

Aki
Aki
5 years ago

For me on my Norwegian keyboard it’s Å for smaller and ^ for larger.

Jewels
Jewels
5 years ago

It worked, thanks for this.

Paul
Paul
5 years ago

I went to resize a window, frame gets bigger but the glass stays the same size, why is this please?

cemre
cemre
4 years ago

mac için aylardır bir onuç bulamıyorum bilen varsa lütfen yazabilir mi eşyalar nasıl küçültüp büyüyor macte??

Zeynep
Zeynep
4 years ago
Reply to  cemre

mac’de sistem tercihleri > klavye > giriş kaynakları > ABD uluslararası PC ekle (ekranın sağ üst köşesinde tarihin saatin vb. yazdığı yerde hangi kalvyeyi kullandığın görünüyor oyunu oynarken amerikan klavyeyi kullanmak lazım) oyunda ben BB.MOVEOBJECTS on ve TestingCheats true yaptım ( bir fark yaratır mı emin değilim ama ) shift ve ğ ye basınca cisimler küçülüyor, shift ve ü basınca ise büyüyor, umarım yardımcı olur

Cemre (english version)
Cemre (english version)
4 years ago

ughhh sorry i translated the whole website so i can understand better whatewer ım on mac and ım trying to find how to resize objects on mac can someone pleasee help me ??? how do we resize objects on mac??

sniper
sniper
4 years ago

for some reason this does not work for me

Cola23
Cola23
4 years ago

How does this work for xbox one?

Marianne
Marianne
4 years ago

My keyboard is EST and I use the õ key and – key. Õ sizes it down and – sizes the object up.

sims master
sims master
4 years ago

you have to put in ”testingcheats true” first

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fior29
fior29
4 years ago

heyy, in my pc (Spanish keyboard) didn’t work, so after playing around with the keyboard I found out that
? smaller
¿ bigger
hope it helps

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Hazza
Hazza
4 years ago

If you use TR Q keyboard and couldn’t figure out how to do it; You only have to press Ctrl and Ü or Ctrl and Ğ at the same time. First one is for making things bigger and the other one is for making things smaller. Take care x

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