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There are a wide variety of cheats that players can use in The Sims 2. However, you might be finding yourself wondering if there are any The Sims 2 UI cheats and if so, what exactly do they do, and how do they work?
Now, you could say in a way that these cheats are similar to the hugely popular and essential The Sims 4 UI Cheats Extension Mod from Weerbesu. However, back in the days of The Sims 2, we didn’t really have such a mod, so players relied on the use of cheats to manipulate different aspects that they needed to change.
These The Sims 2 UI Cheats as well as the shift clickable ones, were perfect back in the day and even now, in the Legacy re-releases, are perfect to use.
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How to activate cheats in TS2
Activating cheats in The Sims 2 is easy! In fact, it’s the same as how you do in The Sims 4, players just have a different starting cheat to allow the function to work.
- Hold down Ctrl + Shift +C.
- To activate cheats, type boolprop testingcheatsenabled true into the cheat bar and select Enter.
- Type in the cheat code you want to use and select Enter.
You may also hear players call the above as the TestingCheats cheat, as this is what it is commonly known as across The Sims franchise. For each iteration of the games, the cheat has similar debugging possibilities within each game.
The Sims 2 UI Cheats (Interaction)
Before we get into the shift-clickable The Sims 2 UI Cheats, let’s take a look at a few quick and easy UI cheats that you’ll also find useful in game.
These cheats can remove various aspects of the game, such as the iconic The Sims Plumbob and even the Sim’s thought bubbles!
| Cheat | Effect |
|---|---|
| plumbBobToggle | Toggle visibility of a Sim’s overhead mood Plumbob |
| showHeadlines [on/off] | Sets visibility of Sim speech bubbles and thought bubbles |
| boolProp enablePostProcessing true | Enable custom bloom, vignette, letterbox, and film grain settings (below) |
| bloom [R G B #] | Sets custom color and bloom filter with values 0-1. For example “bloom 0.1 0.3 0.8 0” for a bluish hue with low distortion |
| vignette [X Y #] | For example “vignette 0.5 0.5 0.9” to get a strong blurry aura centered on screen |
| filmGrain [#] | Set film grain level between 0-1, for example “filmGrain 0.5” |
| letterBox [#] | Set letterbox effect for values from 0 to 0.4 |
Shift Click UI Interaction Cheats
Now, onto the good ones!
These Sims 2 UI Cheats were where you could easily change a Sim’s aspiration, birthday, spawn NPC’s and random objects (including the Magic Lamp and Voodoo Doll), give your Sim a handheld games console, spawn a Cat or Dog and more!
| Target | Cheat | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Sim | Set aspiration | Change lifetime aspiration goal |
| Sim | Change suit | Change into outfits, including making a Sim naked |
| Sim | Change fit | Makes chosen Sim Fit |
| Sim | Set birthday | Moves Sim’s age meter up to 1 day remaining in current life stage |
| Sim | Spawn | Generates all sorts of debugging test objects and can also spawn a magic lamp and voodoo doll |
| Sim | Set Age | Must use console cheat “ageSimsCheat on” first, then pick a life stage to change Sim to |
| Sim | Display > Show sims gender pref | Gives a popup showing the Sim’s autonomous romantic attraction |
| Sim | Give cellphone | Adds the NOYIN 2680 phone to sim’s inventory |
| Sim | Give MP3 player | Adds the Cozmo MP3 player to Sim’s inventory |
| Sim | Give game | Adds the LeTournament Decahedron XS handheld game system to Sim’s inventory |
| Sim | Make vampire / Cure vampire | Turn Sim into vampire or back into human |
| Sim | Kill > Give dead token / die by flies | Kill the selected Sim |
| Unselected Sim | More > Make furious with this sim | Makes the selected Sim furious with other Sim, shown in relationship panel |
| Non-Household Sim | Make Sim my contact | Adds neighbour to selected sim’s relationships panel |
| Non-Household Sim | More > More > Add to family | Adds neighbour to current household, requires “addNeighborToFamilyCheat on” first |
| Sink/Shower/Toilet/etc | Set cleanliness state | Set clean level, maintenance, clogged, and other states for plumbing objects |
| Mailbox | Make NPC | Spawns a specified NPC including burglar, skunk, random passerby, and many more |
| Mailbox | Make pet > Dog/Cat/Kitten/Puppy | Spawns the specified pet type |
| Mailbox | Neighborhood > Make me know everyone | Adds all Sims and animals in neighbourhood to Sim’s relationship panel |
| Mailbox | Neighborhood > Make friends for me | Adds “best friend” status to Sims in relationship panel |
| Mailbox | Neighborhood > Invite all neighbors | All Sims living in lots in the current neighbourhood spawn on the lot |
| Mailbox | House > Make all happy | Max out needs for all Sims in the household |
| Mailbox | House > Make all needs static | Disable Sim needs from changing |
| Mailbox | House > Make all needs dynamic | Re-enable Sim needs changes |
How Do The Interaction Cheats Look In Game
If you’ve activated any of the standard The Sims 2 UI Cheats, you’ll notice the changes as soon as you have pressed enter. The same goes for the shift click Sims 2 UI Cheats, and you’ll see the results instantly.
Additionally, there are two pages of shift-click cheats when you start to explore them.
This image showcase the first page of the shift click debug cheats. Upon clicking on your chosen cheat, there are additionally options that allow players to choose more specific options that they are looking for. This goes into different NPC outfits, choosing aspirations, social debug and more.
The Spawn shift click cheat is incredibly interesting to explore as it can add a lot of different NPC’s, objects, different objects and more. With two pages to explore, there is certainly a lot to discover just in Spawn alone.
Likewise, the above image shows the second page of the shift click debug cheats that are available. This includes giving your Sim a cellphone, MP3 player or handheld game as well as making them a Vampire, planning an outfit and more. Yes, you can also join the Secret Society!
How about the Sims 2 UI cheats, you can activate by shift clicking on the mailbox?
Again, much like the Sim based shift click cheats, you have plenty of sub-menus you can explore to truly make use of the debug UI cheats.
The Advance UI Cheat for The Sims 2
Do you truly want to manipulate all the Skills, Careers, Relationships and more with just a click on the user interface? There’s an integrated Sims 2 UI Cheat that lets you manipulate all the elements and features within the game’s UI.
To activate advance UI Cheats for The Sims 2, you simply need to activate the following cheat while in Neighborhood Mode: boolprop testingcheatsenabled true.
Remember, this cheat activation needs to be done in Neighborhood view mode before loading up a Sims household.
How to Use
After loading up any Household, you can use your left click okn the user interface elements to manipulate them. For example, dragging the Needs bar to any point you want!
For Relationships, you can manipulate both meters by dragging the relationship bar left or right. Remember that this relationship manipulation will only work one-way!
Skill Sims 2 UI Cheats let you drag all the Skills and Max them out immediately.
In the Simology Panel, you’ll be able to manipulate Personality, Politics and Hobby Enthusiasm. Simply by dragging the bar left and right!
With that being said, this is everything you need to know about The Sims 2 UI Cheats, how to activate them and what they look like. They are good fun to explore as well as handy for storytelling in The Sims 2 as well.
Are you looking for more cheats? We’ve got you covered with the essential cheats you need for The Sims 2 right here!
