Readers Respond: The Sims 3 Hints and Tips

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If you type testingcheatsenabled true then have a child as ur active sim then type ageuptonpc then when he/she becomes a young adult, u cant interact with them
—Guest ash_98-x

Thanks for everyone who has said about getting them to have twins and triplets but does it definatly work ? my woman Kelly had four babies then she had triplets without me doing anything (watermelons or apples)sometimes you just have to let nature take its course
—Guest Chuba Sims Lover

If your tired of your child or teen waking up early to brush their teeth, use the bathroom, take showers and eat...Just go to "EDIT TOWN" and click the bull dozer. The bull dozer deletes any lot. You can delete school while you make your child or teen improve relationships to get married or to have a bf or gf! GOOD LUCK!
—Guest giselle

to bring your sims back to life first you need 2 sims that are close to each other then the first one to die will be a grave stone or ashes in a pot then get the sims thats alive and make them take the ashes the lab then a ghost should be at your house also the sim that died should have cooking skill maxed out and fishing skill about 7 - 8 and the make them read the book about how to catch the death fish and the book for the recipe for ambrosia, then catch the death fish from the grave yard and then buy the other ingredients needed to make ambrosia, have the ghost sim make it and eat it and the ghost will turn back into an elderly sim ! also in the grave yard there is a special flower on a bush ( can be planted if gardening skill is maxed out ) if your sim(s) have this when they die the grim reaper will take it and trade it for your sims life. p.s : im not sure how many times it works on the same sim.
—Guest Tazyi

In the neighborhood screen, enter "ctrl + shift + C". Afterwards, you'll see there's a cheat bar appears on top. Enter this cheat "freerealestate". Then choose a family you wish to move into the dream house - and there you go, a free house without using the motherlode cheat over and over again. :)
—Guest Perfectionist Gal

To max out your career, master the skill needed ex:logic for medical. Then join the career and your performance will skyrocket and all you have to do is little other things ex: being friends with teamates.
—Guest Tim55dafreak

you tired of a sim and want to kill it?You dont have to wait so long to die of age!tell the sim you want to kill to go to a safe spot where none of your sims are and build a room around it (not to big but not to small).then go to buy mode and put a fridge,conter,and a grill in the room your sim is in and tell the sim to cook hot dogs then when they start grilling,tell it to do somthing else,the fire will start when you give it time and you sim will get caugt on fire because it has no where to go.And there,instant death!
—Guest lila402305

To play as a ghost: kill a sim days later the lab will call if you have some of the dead sims remaines click yes and go there PS the sim will be an Ex. Ghost baby: well just play as the gost like i said then do the same the you would do with the regular sim.
—Guest Emma

go to pleasent rest graveyard n look for a little plant wiv seeds o near da entrance. pick up da seeds. plant it (gardening level 5!)wen a sim dies, u cn trade da pland wiv grim reaper 4 a life of a sim lost.
—Guest Emolex

To make a little extra cash without cheating (because cheating can cause glitches sometimes): Create a family (the more members the better). Move them into a house. Then have all but one of them move out. The ones moving out will be given money to buy a new house, plus a little extra. Once both families are situated in houses, have the new family move back in with the old family. Your family will now have several thousand more simoleons! (Differently aged sims get different amounts of money for moving out—I haven't experimented with this so I can't tell you who gets what, but I suspect adults get the most.) Repeat this as many times as you'd like, then get rid of any extra sims (if you want to). :)
—Guest blueshoelaces

To increase your chances of multiple babies, eg. twins or triplets, you can do many things: -Have one or both parents purchase the "Fertility Reward" from the lifetime Happiness Rewards. -Make mother eat 3 watermelons (girls) or 3 apples(boys). -Make the mother watch KidZone channel on TV or listen to Kidz Radio Station. To gurantee triplets, I do all of the above - works everytime. I have only ever had triplets of the all the same sex, has anyone had anything else? eg. 1 boy, 2 girls.
—Guest SIMMO

If you want your Sims to never have needs, just hold down Control, Shift, and ''C'' at the same time. Then, type in ''testingcheats enabled true'' Then, you shift click the mailbox and press ''Make Needs Static'' You will no longer have to worry about needs!
—Guest SimsExperience

have your pregnant mother eat apples to increase chances of getting boys, and eat watermelons to increase chances of girls. Also to get a big chance of getting multiples, have both parents have the fertility treatment lifetime reward
—Guest Princess Cheerleader

if you want to be rich under a minute on the sims three?if you do,read this cheat i just learned a few weeks ago.all you have to do is push ctrl-shift-c and a grey box should appear at the top of the screen.when it does,enter,motherlode,dont spell it diffrent and dont put a space between mother and lode.the best part is,you can do it as many times as you want!have fun!!!
—Guest westgategirl900

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