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This wikiHow teaches you how to fill up your Sims' needs. You can do so by using a cheat on both desktop and console versions.
Steps
Sims 4: Desktop
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1Open the cheat console. Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C on a Windows computer or ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+C on a Mac. You should see a text box appear at the top of the screen.
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2Enable cheats. Type in testingcheats on and press ↵ Enter to do so. You'll receive a "Cheats are enabled" confirmation message on the left side of the window.Advertisement
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3Go to a Sim. Find the Sim for whom you want to raise at least one need bar.
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4Review the Sim's needs. Select your Sim to view their needs and make a note of the ones which are low.
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5Fill up a Sim's needs. Once you've determined which needs have to be filled up, open the cheat console again, then type in fillmotive motive_need—making sure to replace need with a need's name—and press ↵ Enter.[1]
- For example, to fill you Sim's "Social" bar, you would enter fillmotive motive_social here.
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6Fill all of your Sim's needs at once. If you want to fill up more than one need at a time, you can use the "Make Happy" cheat:
- Hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking a Sim.
- Click Cheat Need... in the resulting pop-up options.
- Click Make Happy
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7Fill your whole world's needs. If you want to set every Sim's needs to maximum, you can do so by using your Sims' world's mailbox:[2]
- Go to the mailbox.
- Hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking the mailbox.
- Click Alter Needs
- Click Fill Needs (world)
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8Remember to refill your Sims' needs periodically. Your Sims will still consume their needs at a regular rate, meaning that you'll need to re-enter your chosen cheat every once in a while in order to ensure that your Sims' needs are still full.
Sims 4: Consoles
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1Open the cheat console. Press the A and B (Xbox One) or X and O (PlayStation 4) buttons at the same time to do so. A text box will appear.
- You may instead need to press RT, RB, LT, and LB (or R1, R2, L1, and L2 on a PS4) all together.
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2Enable cheats. Type in testingcheats true into the textbox, then press the confirmation button.
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3Select OK when prompted. This confirms your decision to enable cheats.
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4Go to a Sim. Find the Sim for whom you want to raise at least one need bar.
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5Open the cheat menu. Hover over the Sim to select them, then press A and B (Xbox One) or X and O (PS4) to open the cheat menu. You should see several options appear.
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6Select Cheat Need. It's in the menu.
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7Select Make Happy. This will increase all of the selected Sim's needs to 100 percent.
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8Fill your whole world's needs. If you want to set every Sim's needs to maximum, you can do so by using your Sims' world's mailbox:
- Go to the mailbox and hover over it.
- Press A and B or X and O
- Select Alter Needs
- Select Fill Needs (world)
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9Remember to refill your Sims' needs periodically. Your Sims will still consume their needs at a regular rate, meaning that you'll need to re-enter your chosen cheat every once in a while in order to ensure that your Sims' needs are still full.
Sims 2 and 3: Dragging Method
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1Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C. This will open the cheat menu.
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2Enable testingcheats. Depending on what game you have, you'll enable this with a different code:
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Sims 3:
testingcheatsenabled true -
Sims 2:
boolprop testingcheatsenabled true
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Sims 3:
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3Press ↵ Enter.
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4Go to the preferred Sim's Needs panel.
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5Drag the bar up until it is full. Done!
Sims 2: Maxmotives Cheat
This method requires the Nightlife or Open For Business expansion to work.
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1Open the cheat box with Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C.
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2Type in
maxmotives. Press ↵ Enter. -
3Check your Sim's motives. All of their motives (with the exception of Environment) should fill up immediately.
Community Q&A
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QuestionIs there a cheat to train my toddlers faster?
Community AnswerThere are no trustworthy cheats, however you could make it more interesting by finding the hidden tasks your Sim could learn, such as potty training, learning to read, and more! -
QuestionIs there a cheat to make my toddler max level at its skills in The Sims?
Community AnswerYes, use stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Communication 5 to max out communication, stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Potty 3, to potty train your toddler, stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Imagination 5 to max out imagination, stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Thinking 5 to max out thinking and stats.set_skill_level Skill_Toddler_Movement 5 to max out movement. -
QuestionI've seen people just click their Sims' needs and it will fill or lower. How do I do that?
AlexTop AnswererIt depends on the game you're playing. In Sims 4, you'll need to install the UI Cheats mod, which can only be used on the PC version of the game. In Sims 2 or Sims 3, you just need to enable testingcheats.
Warnings
- On consoles, cheats prevent you from being able to earn achievements in the selected world, even if you turn off the cheats later.⧼thumbs_response⧽
References
About This Article
To make your Sims’ need full, first open the cheat console by pressing control, shift, C on a Windows computer, or Command, Shift, C on a Mac. Then, type in “Testingcheats on” and press Enter, which will enable cheats. Once cheats are enabled, select a Sim and note which of their needs require filling up. After you’ve decided which need you want to fill up, type “fillmotive motive_” followed by the need into the cheat console. For example, enter “fillmotive motive_social” to fill up your Sim’s social bar. You can also fill up all of their needs by holding down Shift when you click on a Sim, selecting Cheat needs from the pop-up menu, and clicking on “Make happy.” Remember that you’ll have to re-enter your chosen cheat periodically, since your Sims will still use up their needs over time. For tips on how to fill your Sims’ needs on a games console, read on!
