Cheats
THIS ARTICLE NEEDS REVISION 29 Jan, 2010

First, there are some points you have to take into account:
 

• When reading this document check carefully if there is spacing after the main command;
• Variable fields are indicated between [] and separated by |;
• After the code there is (or will be) a description as specific detailed as possible of what the cheat does;
• A .pdf version is available as an attachment in the end of the post;
• To open the cheat box where the following codes are to be inserted, simply hit Ctrl+X ingame
• For many of the cheats, the [url="http://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/21118-extra-cheats-plugin-from-maxis/"]Extra Cheat Plugin[/url] is required and must be placed in the root Plugins folder, not a sub-folder.

--- Budget Related ---

weaknesspays - Gives you 1000 simoleans

riskymoney - adds 10.000§ to city treasures at a slight chance (1 in of an earthquake

Moolah [Number (1-1trillion)] - sets the current budget to the value you entered, easier than any other money cheat. if you enter a number which is too big for Moolah it will simply remove all your money and it becomes a - and you are told to run for Senator.

--- Game Info Editing Related ---

stopwatch - Stops / starts the 24 hour clock

ShowTime - opens a small window with the current system time, useful if you don't have a watch and want to keep track how many hours you spent in front of your PC again 

whattimeizit [number (1-24)] - Sets the time of day, where "number" is hour 1-24

SimDate [Value] - changes the in-game date to the value you entered, this is useful for testing seasonal props. Use a date after 12/31/1999 in the format SimDate 12 31 1999.

hellomynameis [name] - Changes your mayor name to "name"

SetMayorName [name] - Same as "HelloMyNameIs";

whererufrom [name] - Changes your city name to "name"

SetCityName [name] - Same as "WhereRUFrom";

dollyllama - Turns advisors into llamas

SetSeaLevel [number (1-200)] - Changes the sea level to height of "number".

--- Buildings, Lots and Zones Related ---

you don't deserve it - Unlocks all the rewards

zoneria [on|off] - Shows/Hides empty zones

BuildingPlop - opens window where you can select every building in the game for plopping, nice as plop cheat or for testing BATs

LotPlop - opens window for selecting every lot individually (similar to "BuildingPlop")

PlopAllBuildings - automatically plops all buildings in your city (caution, very resource intensive!)

PlopAllLots - automatically plops all lots in your city (caution, very resource intensive!)

Multiple Rewards - Right click on the reward and hold down, choose the location for the plop, and left click to place...repeat. I think there's a limit of 5 or so.

--- Requirements and Zooms Related ---

sizeof [number] - zooms the game to the value you entered, this allows "fractions" of zoom levels which might reveal more details

fightthepower - Causes buildings to no longer require power

howdryiam - Causes buildings to no longer require water

tastyzots - Toggles zots (zone "need" symbols: power, water, job, road)

--- Recording and photo Related ---

recorder - opens recorder window for capturing an image sequence, you can compile a movie or animation with those screenshots

animationRecorder - same as "recorder"

--- Debug and Help Related ---

terrainquery [on|off] - Adds terrain coordinates to cursor in query mode

renderprop [property name] [0|1] [true|false] - Activates/deactivates a prop or changes a property value

fps [number] - Sets ideal framerate to "number"

flora [off] - permanently removes flora from the city, and you can not enter "flora on" to get it back, save and exiting and going back into the city will not bring it back either.

GZWinMessageBox [text] [title] [options (0-??)] - where options is a number 0-5 indicating the buttons... for example 0 is ok button, 1 is ok+cancel, 2 is yes+no, etc.

ExecuteScript [scriptname.lua] - executes the lua script, if there is one.

ViewWebBrowser [web url] - opens the typed web page.

PlaceZone [zonetype, x1, y1, x2 ,y2] - Allows you to zone military, seaport, and a host of additional zones. 

CreateException - crashes the game immediately (caution!)

gol - Shows random "Game of Life" algoritm on map. Green splotches appear and "dance" in your city (probably a graphics performance test)

Tutorial - can at least be used to reset the tutorial of the city you are playing in (don't do this cheat if you are in a city that doesn't have a tutorial it will crash your game.) by typing "Tutorial reset", it won't reset any changes you've made to the city though.

WatchMeMove - unknown, apparently, it encourages more sims to move into your city

csitrigger [LUA IID] - Triggers a UDI pop up, the value being the id of the mission.so if you type "csitrigger 8c0ad6a8" a the UDI mission accept/decline box (like an adviser pop up but green) appears allowing you to accept or decline the School Bus Mission - Study for Profit (evil/Dr Vu), the 8c0ad6a8 is the id of the mission as defined in LUA scripts.

A complete list of all the LUA scripts from SC4 can be found here (It is a SC4Devotion link. You have to create an account and/or login).

--- Automata and transit Related ---

DrawPaths - shows automata paths on network items, useful for NAM debugging

HidePaths - disable paths that have been activated by "DrawPaths" cheat

udriveit - after entering it you can click on a vehicle and then you can drive it around. (It's a single use cheat, so its not like drawpaths which stays on till you turn it off)

--- Game Menus ‘Shortcut’ ---

SimSpeed[Pause|Slow|Medium|Fast] - Pauses game, Turtle speed, Rhino speed and Cheetah speed respectively.

PlaceNetwork [type(0-11)] [x1] [y1] [x2] [y2] - Draws network of type (0-11)
from x1,y1 to x2,y2

Zoom[Number (0-5)] - Sets zoom where x is from 0-5 (ie Zoom4)

Zoom[Out|In] - 

NoSCI - Hides the bubbles that appear over automata letting you know that automata is a UDI mission.

[Demolish|Toggle]SignsAndLabels - 

Label|Sign|Pipes|PowerLines|Subway|LightRail|Rail|Avenue|Highway|Street|Road|
TrafficQuery|Query]Tool - 

Open[ObliterateCity|CheatCode|Snapshot|PhotoAlbum||AudioOptions|GraphicOptions|
PlayOptions]Dialog - 

Toggle[Options|MySim|Mayor|God]Panel - 

ToggleTerrainContourDisplay - 

Toggle[UI|Grid]Visibility - 

SaveCity - 

QuitCity - 

SaveCityQuick - 

Enable[DayAndNight|NightOnly|DayOnly] - 

Place[Lot|FerryTerminal|College|HighSchool|ElementarySchool|Hospital|Clinic|
LargeFireStation|SmallFireStation|Jail|PoliceKiosk|LargePoliceStation|
SmallPoliceStation|SubwayStation|LightRailStation|FreightDepot|PassengerDepot|
BusStop]Tool - 

Dispatch[Police|Fire]Tool – 

DemolishTool - 

DeZoneTool - 

Zone[Landfill||HighIndustrial||MediumIndustrial|Agricultural|HighCommercial|
MediumCommercial|LowCommercial|HighResidential|MediumResidential|LowResidential]Tool
- 

CenterOnCursor – 

Scroll[Up|Down|Right|Left] - 

Scroll[Up|Down|Right|Left]Stop - 

Scroll[Up|Down|Right|Left]Once - 

RotateLot[CCW|CW] - 

Rotate[CCW|CW] - 

--- Others ---

Adv - unknown

Barstuck - unknown, maybe related to the RCI bars

Casper - ghosts appear on the cemetery lots

Snow - snow appears on the mountains (like with the Christmas easteregg)

Controllers - unknown

Effect - unknown

ForceIdle - unknown, maybe for letting the game running in idle mode?

HeapCheck - unknown

RP - unknown

toll - some sort of invisible toll booth you can plop on any network though I have never seen any income from this

StepAnimation - unknown

PauseAnimation - unknown

FullScreenRefresh – unknown


Compiled by Maxwell Black (FlyHigh for the community) from numerous threads from Simtropolis, SC4Devotion and from basic web research. Thank you all.

January 2010.

Original thread and followup comments at Simtropolis: Complete List of Cheats