Cheat codes

The Standard Cheat codes come shipped with the game. The Extra Cheats are activated by installing the SC4 Extra Cheats.dll. SC4 Cheats are case sensitive. The cheat box can be shown by pressing Ctrl-X.

Standard Cheat Codes

Some cheats in this list require the SC4 Extra Cheats.dll. If you have this dll you can right click the cheat box for a list of cheats, or as usual manually type them in.

Cheat Code	Result
Adv	Unknown
Barstuck	Unknown
BuildingPlop	opens window where you can select every building in the game for plopping, nice as plop cheat or for testing BATs
Casper	ghosts appear on the cemetery lots
Controllers	unknown
CreateException	crashes the game immediately (caution!)
DollyLlama	changes the faces of the advisors to llamas
DrawPaths	shows automata paths on network items, useful for NAM debugging
Effect	Unknown
FPS [number]	sets the frames per second, the game will get as close to the number as possible
FightThePower	the city doesn't need power anymore
off]	Hides all the flora in the city
ForceIdle	unknown, maybe for letting the game running in idle mode?
GOL	game of life, green splotches appear and "dance" in your city (probably a graphics performance test)
GP	Unknown
HeapCheck	Unknown
HelloMyNameIs "[name]"	changes the Mayor's name
HidePaths	disable paths that have been activated by "DrawPaths" cheat
HowDryIAm	the city doesn't need any water anymore
LotPlop	opens window for selecting every lot individually (similar to "BuildingPlop")
Moolah [number]	sets the current budget to the value you entered, easier than any other money cheat (going over ~a trillion will cause bankrupcy
NoCSI	unknown, apparently crime-related
PlopAllBuildings	automatically plops all buildings in your city (caution, very resource intensive!)
PlopAllLots	automatically plops all lots in your city (caution, very resource intensive!)
RP	Unknown (possibly the same as "RenderProp")
Recorder	opens recorder window for capturing an image sequence, you can compile a movie or animation with those screenshots
1] [true|false]	Activates/deactivates a prop or changes a property value
RiskyMoney	Adds §10000 to the treasury, or a 1 in 8 chance of causing an earthquake
SimDate [value]	changes the in-game date to the value you entered, this is useful for testing seasonal props
SizeOf [value]	zooms the game to the value you entered, this allows "fractions" of zoom levels which might reveal more details (not limited to 1-5, can go up to 255 however this is pointless as you can only see a couple of pixels)
Snow	snow appears on the mountains (like with the Christmas easteregg)
Stopwatch	apparently stops the internal clock
TastyZots	hides the zots for "no road access", "no water" etc.
TerrainQuery	adds coordinate values (X,Y,Z)to the cursor
Tutorial	unknown, apparently tutorial-related
WatchMeMove (arguments unknown)	allows you to calibrate various things about My Sims (arguments unknown)
WeaknessPays	adds §1000 to your city coffers
whattimeizit [number]	changes the in-game clock to the value you entered, this is useful for testing timed props
WhereRUFrom	changes the name of your city
You don't deserve it	unlocks all rewards, use this either as cheat or for testing the visual appearance of reward lots
Zoneria	hides undeveloped zones(makes them colourless), this is useful if you have undeveloped zones, but don't want to show them in your major diary
csitrigger	unknown, apparently crime-related
toll	Lets you plop a square (presumably a toll booth) on to any network, effect of which is unknown
udriveit	allows you to click any automata (vehicle) on the screen at the time the cheat is entered andyou can then drive it around tthe city in UDI mode