Readers Respond: The Sims 3 Hints and Tips

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AFTER YOU WRITE TESTING CHEATS ENABLED (ON) YOU HAVE TO HOLD SHIFT THE CLICK ON IT AND CLICK OBJECT (DELET IT )YOU CAN ALSO BUILD\BUY A LOT THAT IS NOT YOURS !
—Guest KAMEL

Well I don't really think this is a cheat but here I go. (Might not work) Before you get pregnant, go to the store and buy some apples if you want a boy, or watermelons if you want a girl. After done shopping, Go eat it by going in your inventory.
—Guest Cheats

Open the cheat menu by pressing and holding Shift+ctrl+c. Type in Testingcheatsenabled true and enter it. Shift click the mailbox and select make needs static something like that. Also your sim will not fatigue when working out.
—Guest Cheats

While your sim is pregnant, have her listen to Kids Music and watch the KidZone on the T.V. at the same time all through-put the pregnancy. It increases the chance for twins and triplets. Make sure it's all she watches/listens to :)
—Guest SJEchoS

Want lights in your house but you're too lazy to pay money for them? Simple. Open the cheat box with CTRL+SHIFT+C, then type in testingcheatsenabled true. Once the box closes, open it again and type in buydebug. Go into buy mode. Click the second tab on the left. There should be the box with the ? on it again. Click that. Then you should see 6 tabs on top. Click the 6th tab. In the top row of items is a bunch of boxes that look "blank." These are actually lights that don't show up in live mode. When you go over them, they should say "Ceiling Area Light..." and sizes. Now just place them in your house, and you've got free lighting! It doesn't cost anything, $0! I hope you understand, good luck! c:
—Guest Becca

This is a simple cheat. Press "CTRL+SHIFT+C", and type in "testingcheatsenabled true" Open up the cheat box AGAIN, and type in "buydebug" Now, go into buy mode. There should be three tabs on the left. A room with a chair and a lamp in it, just a chair and a lamp, and a box. Click the tab with JUST the chair and a lamp. You should see that there is a box with a ? on it. Click that. From there, you can get tomb objects/insect spawners/fish spawners/plant spawners/gem spawners/misc. objects. I hope I helped c:
—Guest Becca

This is simple. When you have a pregnant sim, go to the "Options" and put the Freewill "Off." Now, plant a radio near the TV. Turn the radio on to "Kids." Now, watch the "KidZ Zone" channel on TV. Keep your sim doing this. Your sim should actually give birth earlier, and will almost always have triplets. If not, twins. Hope I'm helping!
—Guest Becca

It is NOT a false statement. You don't need to use fertility treatment to make it work. Each fruit you eat gives you a 33% chance at each sex. So. Eat 3 watermelons, and you have a 99% chance at a girl. Eat 3 apples, and you get a 99% chance at a boy. I'm not kidding when I say that I always eat watermelons, and I always get girls.
—Guest Becca

Go to your main menu, then select a household. Before going into the game, press "CTRL+SHIFT+C", and type in "testingcheatsenabled true" After doing this, go into your game. Go to the Lifetime Happiness panel. Now, hold down shift and click around the treasure chest. You should get 500 LTHP for each click! Hope this helps c':
—Guest CDI

All that you need to do is have your lover, or your husband move in with you. Once you have done that you need to use the lifetime rewards cheat code [testingcheatsenabled on] then, [hold ctrl and click] to get enough lifetime rewards to buy fertility treatment. You both have to have it. Then when you get pregnant and give birth you will have either 3 girls, or 3 boys.
—Guest MrzSims

Press ctrl + shift + c to open the cheat window. Then type in help. It should show you all of the cheats that you can use. I found this by randomly putting in cheats from The Sims 2, so you can use it on that one as well.
—Guest EpicBeast

@Guestnamaewa jami desu type "testingcheatsenabled true" (no quotes) Shift+Click on the sim and the option should come up. It really comes in handy when your sim falls in love with a mutant. lol
—Guest Simfae

In the main menu (where you pick which family you want to play) type in the testingCheats cheat then choose your family once it loads go to the lifetime rewards and hold ctrl and click above the treasure chest this raises your lifetime rewards 500 points a click
—Guest mkz

The way the familyfunds cheat works is that you tell it what you want the total money in your household to be, not what you want to add on to the current value. I have have made that mistake before. So, if you want the maximum amount of money, have 'testingcheatsenabled' on, then type in 'familyfunds ' blah blah, but make the number at the end 99999999. This is the most money you can possibly have, and its pretty much impossible to run out. also, wasnt there a cheat that was something like 'make_Objects' that made it so that when you shift and clicked there would be an option that was 'object>delete it'?
—Guest Runningwild

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