The Sims 2: University(PC)
Hints & cheats
- Reviewed by: Scott Osborne
- Review date: 02/28/05
- Release date: 02/28/05
Glitchs
| Play as the NPC's your teen Sims bring home from school | |
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| Since those NPC's that they bring home are teens, you'll never be able to have them move in with you, but if you go to the Neighborhood screen and go to where the Sim bin is, you'll see an option that says 'Send Sims to college' under that menu is all of the teen Sim NPC's. Send them to college and play them there until they Graduate or once at college just have them drop out to send them back to the Neighborhood and in the Sim bin where you can have them move into a lot and play them there. | |
| The Mysterious Friend | |
| Whenever, you use your portable gaming system, after finishing playing it, a relationship point gain will appear over your head. After playing with the game many times, your Sim will even develop a crush on it. The strange part is though, no new Sims are added to your friends list. | |
| Easy aspiration | |
| This works best in a dorm where there are a lot of students.Wait until your sim gets the "do assignment" want.Wait for a NPC to start doing theirs,and when they are nearly finished,issue a social command to the NPC.He/she will leave the work on the desk.click on it and finish it,but you get the points even tough it isn't your work! |
Codes
| Have a maximum of 255 floors! | |
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| Open up the cheat box ( Ctrl, Shift and C) the type in sethighestallowedlevel 255. This will make it so you can build a maximum of 255 floors. NOTE: Some peoples games have crashed because they have built to many floors then their computer can handle. So beware. | |
| Code | Result |
| Open up the cheat box ( Ctrl, Shift and C) the type in sethighestallowedlevel 255. This will make it so you can build a maximum of 255 floors. NOTE: Some peoples games have crashed because they have built to many floors then their computer can handle. So beware. | Have a maximum of 255 floors! |
| Misc. Codes | |
| Press Ctrl + Shift + C and then enter the following: | |
| Code | Result |
| move objects on | You gain the ability to move objects you aren't supposed to. NOTE: Don't delete your sims! This gets rid of them perminently unless you don't save! |
| Kaching | $1000 |
| intprop censorgridsize 0 | removes the blur |
| boolprop carsCompact true | adds more details to the cars in the neighborhoods |
| motherlode | 50,000 simoleans |
| boolProp allow45DegreeAngleOfRotation true/false | Allows you to rotate objects at a 45 Degree Angle (use < and >) |
| debug mode | |
| Hold ctrl+shift and press C at the neighborhood veiw to enter this code. Them, enter a house, hold shift and click on something and get option you normaly wouldn't! Ex: get abducted, set to birthday | |
| Code | Result |
| boolProp TestingCheatsEnabled false | turns off debug mode |
| boolProp TestingCheatsEnabled true | turns on debug mode |
| Change existing lot into a dormitory | |
| Whilst in property you wish to make a dormitory, hold down control, shift and c. Then type it into there. | |
| Code | Result |
| changelotzoning dorm | Makes an existing lot a dormitory. |
| Cheat Codes | |
| Press [Ctrl]+[Shift]+C during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following codes : codes are case-sensitive: | |
| Code | Result |
| boolProp simShadows (true or false) | Toggle shadows for Sims |
| intProp | Use in neighborhood screen to invite guests with a party |
| Vsync | Increase game performance with some graphics glitches |
| faceBlendLimits | Turn off facial DNA blending in Create A Sim |
| slowMotion (0-8) | Slow motion; 0 is normal, 8 is slowest |
| StretchSkeleton (number) | Make Sims larger or smaller; 1.0 is normal |
| aging (on or off) | Prevent Sims from aging |
| autoPatch (on or off) | Toggle automatic game updates |
| deleteAllCharacters | Remove all Sims; use in neighborhood view |
| expand | Expand or contract console window |
| exit | Close console window |
| help | List most cheat codes |
| help (cheat command) | Display information about indicated cheat |
| boolprop displayLookAtBoxes (True/False) | Set to true and blocks appear on Sims faces and on parts where Sims look at |
| boolprop displayNeighborhoodFlora (True/False) | Set to false to removes trees/plants from neighborhood |
| social_debug | You can tell what social reaction will happen before you do it |
| boolProp snapObjectsToGrid true/false | You can place objects outside the grid. |
| intProp maxNumOfVisitingSims # | You can invite more people to your parties. |
| boolprop lotInfoAdvancedMode (True/False) | Set to true to show lot information |
| boolProp displayPaths (True/False) | Set to true to see the path where the selected Sim walks to |
| boolprop allObjectLightsOn (True/False) | Set to true to light up objects continuously instead of only when used |
| boolprop renderSelectedSimLevel (True/False) | Set to true and walls will no longer cut away from selected Sim |
| boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoads (True/False) | (True/False)Set to false to remove roads from neighborhood |
| boolprop displayLotImposters (True/False) | Set to false to removes house graphics from neighborhood |
| boolprop displayNeighborhoodWater (True/False) | Set to false to remove water from neighborhood |
| boolProp guob (True/False) | Set to false to remove shadows on objects inside house |
| boolprop lotWater (True/False) | Set to false to remove removes water (ponds) from lots |
| boolprop displayNeighborhoodProps (True/False) | Set to false to remove props like rocks and towers from neighborhood |
| boolprop lotTerrainPaints (True/False) | Set to false to remove floorpainting on lot |
| boolprop displayNeighborhoodRoadsWithModel (True/False) | Set to false to remove bridges from neighborhood. |
| boolprop locktiles (True/False) | Set to false to place floor tiles outside lot |
| boolprop lotTerrainLighting (True/False) | Set to false and lots will not light up when highlighted in neighborhood |
| autopatch (on/off) | lets you know if theres a patch |
| boolprop ShowLotPackageFilename (True/False) | In neighborhood, shows filename of house when lot is highlighted |
| boolProp testingcheatsenabled true/false | if set to true ALL other cheats work. |
| boolprop constrainFloorElevation true | Disables the ability to change elevation of floor tiles. |
| clear | Clears all cheat codes on the screen, but codes are still in effect. |
| RoofSlopeAngle (15-75) | Changes the slope angle of a roof |
| boolprop constrainFloorElevation false | Allows you to change elevation of floor tiles. |
| letterBox # | Adds a letterbox effect to the view. (# = 0.0 to 0.4) (require postprocessing on) |
| vignette # # # | Blurry bits at the edge of the screen. (# = 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing on) |
| filmGrain # | Makes the screen grainy. (# = 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing on) |
| bloom rgb # | Sitcom flashback blur effect (# = 0.0 to 1.0) (require postprocessing on) |
| boolProp enablePostProcessing false | Turns Postprocessing off. |
| boolProp enablePostProcessing true | Turns Postprocessing on. |
| TerrainType (desert/temperate) | Only for use in neighborhood view, toggles between the two terrain types. |
Unlockables
| Secret Society Abilities | |
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| Once you are a secret society member, you can do the following: | |
| Code | Result |
| Be a Secret Society Member | Secret Handshake |
Passwords
| Dorm Cheat | |
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| Enter code wile in live mode in a dorm to acces all of build mode! Remember (ctrl+shift+c) to enter code window. (The capitalization of certain letters varies from computer to computer sometimes.) | |
| Code | Result |
| boolprop dormspecifictoolsdisabled false | Enables all building mode tools |
| boolprop dormspecifictoolsdisabled true | Disables some building mode tools |
Easter Eggs
| Will Wright's Guest Appearence | |
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| When you go to the Create-A-Sim menu there is a room with a mirror and window, for designing your sim. In the left hand corner (beside the mirror) there is a mysterious potrait. This is Will Wright as a sim! |
Secrets
| Change TV Volume | |
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| The cheat command floatProp tvVolume X will change the volume of the TV in The Sims 2 University.The default value for X is 0.5. Lowering this to 0.0 mutes the TV. Subsequently, raising it to 1.0 raises the volume. | |
| Easy Free Items in Dorms | |
| In order for this trick to work, you'll either have to have a computer that has no problem loading the TS2U lots, or patience. Either one will work. ;)First of all, create a large household - eight, if the loading times won't be too bad. This is to insure that you have a family with the maximum amount of starting money possible. Next, move them into whichever dorm you want to have a lot of objects/wallpapers that don't come with the dorm. Go into buy mode and buy whatever you wish with that household's spending money. Now move them out. If you happen to enter the lot after you've moved them out, you'll notice that the objects and/or aspiration rewards they have purchased do NOT go with them (the objects/rewards are still there). You can do this as many times as you want to get as many free objects/changes in the dorms as you want! Have fun! | |
| ??20,000 the Easy Way | |
| Make sure that you have at least one family in the Family Bin in your neiborhood. When you are in the Neiborhood View, pick one of the families in the Family Bin and highlight the house that you want to have instant cash. Merge the households like normal. When you go into the house that you merged, you will be §20,000 richer. If you want, you can move the new resident or residents out like normal. You can repeat this as much as you like to be as rich as you want! |
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