The Sims 4: How To Get Debug Items

The Sims 4: How To Get Debug Items
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Kiera Mills

Published 

7th Sep 2022 17:11

Debug items in The Sims 4 are decorative items used to fill worlds, which are usually hidden from the build and buy menus. With cheats in The Sims 4, we can access these items and use them to decorate lots. Debug items are also an easy way to access all the collectables in the game, such as the MySimsGo! Trophies and frogs, elements etc. To get the cheat for yourself and expand the decorative items available to you, read on.

The Sims 4: How To Enable Cheats

How To Enable Cheats in The Sims 4
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To bring up the cheat box follow the instructions below according to the platform you are playing on.

  • PC - press CTRL + Shift +C
  • Mac – Command + Shift +C
  • Console – press in all four triggers.

Once the cheat box has popped up, type the following command in to enable cheats in the game (this must be performed before any other cheat codes).

testingcheats on

 

The Sims 4: Debug Items Cheat

The Sims 4 debug items
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Enter build and buy mode, enable cheats in your game following the steps above and then type in the following codes individually and in the order presented to get the debug items.

bb.showhiddenobjects

bb.showliveeditobjects

Now, you can access the debug items. To so do enter 'debug' into the search bar in the build and buy mode and scroll through the items available. Unfortunately, the categories do not apply to debug items, they won't be automatically sorted into categories for you, so you'll have to scroll through the items to find what you want.

 


Kiera Mills
About the author
Kiera Mills
Kiera is a former GGRecon Guides Writer.
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