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Sims 2 cheats: Full list of PC cheat codes for Legacy Collection and how to use them
Every cheat you need to know for The Sims 2 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the social simulation series.
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- Matt Poskitt
Published: Tuesday, 4 February 2025 at 11:39 am
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The Sims is a powerhouse like few others in the video games space, with players not only able to control the lives of their characters from birth to death but utilise a variety of cheats to cause chaos.
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This continues with The Sims 2: Legacy Collection.
As part of The Sims' 25th anniversary, EA has re-released the social simulator sequel with a bunch of new updates and performance improvements so the game runs well on modern computers.
Likewise, the majority of cheats have returned. Everything from getting rich quickly to going slow-motion to keeping your furry friends around forever and beyond can be accessed.
Also, if you want to read up on The Sims, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 cheats, we have them covered, too.
With that in mind, here's everything you need to know about cheats in The Sims 2: Legacy Collection as well as how to access the cheats menu in the first place.
How to use cheats in The Sims 2: Legacy Collection
The Sims 2. EA
Accessing the cheats menu in The Sims 2 and The Sims 2: Legacy Collection can be done by entering the commands Control + Shift + C.
This then prompts the cheat console to appear. From this, you can type a code before pressing the enter button to set it live.
Certain cheats require you to be in specific areas of the map to be enabled. If not done correctly, the console will report back an error.
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The Sims 2: Legacy Collection cheat codes
EA has made a variety of cheat codes available, though it's worth noting that these are specifically for The Sims 2: Legacy Collection.
The cheat codes are slightly different or in some cases do not work for the modern re-release. See below for the list:
- ageing on/off - Sims don't age and pauses pregnancy
- Autopatch on/off - Toggles notifications of game patches available
- boolprop controlpets on/off - Makes pets fully controllable
- boolprop disablepuppykittenaging true/false - Enable or disable aging for puppies and kittens
- boolprop displayneighborhoodflora true/false - Toggles trees and plants display
- boolprop displayneighborhoodprops true/false - Toggles decorations display
- boolprop displayneighborhoodroads true/false - Toggles road displays
- boolprop displayneighborhoodroadswithmodel true/false - Toggles bridge display
- boolprop displayneighborhoodwater true/false - toggles display of water
- boolprop petactioncancel true/false - Cancels pet's actoions in in the pet action queue
- boolprop petsfreewill true/false - Toggles free will for pets
- Exit - Close cheat window
- Expand - Expands cheat window
- familyFunds [FamilyName] [+/-] [#] - Household funds receive specified amount
- filmgrain[#] - Adds a film grain effect
- Forcetwins - The pregnant Sim will have twins
- Help - List available cheats
- Karching - Household receives 1,000 simoleons (cash)
- lockaspiration on/off - Locks aspirations of Sims on the lot
- Motherlode - Household receives 50,000 simoleons (cash)
- Slowmotion [0-8] - Enable slow motion with 8 being slowest
- StretchSkeleton [#] - Adjust a Sim's height with 1 being the default height
- unlockCareerRewards - Unlocks all career rewards
- Vsync on/off - Increases game performance, lowers graphics
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Matt PoskittFreelance Writer
Matt Poskitt is a freelance journalist who specialises in arts and culture – be that movies, TV, video games, tech or otherwise. Matt headed up the games and entertainment section at T3 (Future Publishing), alongside being found across The Guardian, CNET, PC Gamer Mag, GamesIndustry.biz, Insider, iNews, IGN, TechRadar, PC Gamer Mag, NME and many more.
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