The Sims 3
Cheat mode:
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Once your family is in a house or location, pause the game, hold L1 + L2
+ R1 + R2, and it will say that Spoot is now available under "Decor
Miscellaneous". Place him on your lot, and all cheats will become
available. *Note:* Using cheats will disable challenges and trophies.
However, you will be given the option to save your neighborhood before
enabling cheats so you can resume the game later without cheats enabled.
Easy money:
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Start writing novels on your computer. Write fiction novels as they take
the least amount of time. They will not bring you too much Simoleons.
When you write, your skill will automatically advance. If your skill is
high enough, you will be able to write more novel types/genres. The most
money can be made from "Romance Novels". You will get royalties for six
weeks once you finish a book. With the "Writing" skill maxed out, you
can make approximately 40,000 Simoleons every week, which is more than
the 34,800 Simoleons you can get by purchasing all neighborhood
businesses, and takes less time to achieve. In three game weeks you
should have a very high speed writing, 9 or 10 novels as best sellers,
and 100,000 Simoleons.
Saving money:
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No matter how many times you use an object, if you sell it the same day
you got it you can get all your money back. If your Sim is poor and
needs body points or something else, buy a body machine and keep selling
it back to get a refund of all your money.
Easy Cooking, Fishing, and Gardening skills:
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This trick requires a TV with a Cooking, Fishing, or Gardening channel
and a video game system. Have a Sim sit down and watch television.
Switch the TV over to one of the previously mentioned channels so that
the Sim can start earning his or her skill point. Then, have a second
Sim go over and start playing video games. Notice that although the TV
is displaying video games, the first Sim still has the skill meter above
their head. Allow this Sim to sit there for as long as they please until
they decide to do another activity of their own. After that, the skill
meter should stay above their head until you start another Cooking,
Fishing, or Gardening skill activity. As an added bonus, you can train
two skill points at once. For example, work out and both the Athletic
and Cooking skills will continue to rise. If you keep repeating the
steps until each skill channel has been viewed, the Sim will keep
learning the three skills as he or she goes on about their daily life,
and four when doing skill activities.
Free bookcase skills:
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Buy a bookcase, then have your Sim begin to study. Interrupt the action
so that the book is placed on the ground. Sell the bookcase. The book
can now do everything the bookcase could have done for free.
Increasing chance to have baby boys:
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Have a pregnant female Sim eat apples to increase the chance of having a
boy.
Increasing chance to have baby girls:
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Have a pregnant female Sim eat watermelons to increase the chance of
having a girl.
