
Let the cheating begin!, a prompt is displayed asking if the player wants to save: If you save your game with cheats enabled, that game will no longer be able to complete Challenges or Trophies. When L1, L2, R1, & R2 (PS3) or LT, RT, RB, LB (Xbox 360) are pressed: If the player is about to use cheats, the game will warn them by displaying a message as seen below. Unlike preceding games of The Sims console games as well as The Sims 3, cheats will now cause a penalty as it disables Challenges and Trophies (PS3) or achievements (Xbox 360). Pause the game and hold L1, L2, R1 & R2 (PS3) or LT, RT, RB, LB (Xbox 360) Warning: This will disable Challenges and Trophies/Achievements, please make a backup save if you want to use cheats.

Some versions of Windows may have ^ Ctrl+ ⇧ Shift+ C set to another program or function, in which case ^ Ctrl+ ⇧ Shift+ ⊞ Win+ C may need to be used to open the cheat console instead.

Ending the code with ! will repeat the cheat indefinitely until the player either closes the cheat box or removes the semicolon.

Cheats can be repeated by adding ! after the code. The cheat can then be typed into the box and activated by pressing ↵ Enter. The cheat console is opened during game play by holding down ^ Ctrl and ⇧ Shift and pressing C. The cheat console is a text box that can be used to enter cheats, and to activate or deactivate cheats.
