The Sims: Makin' Magic

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Cheat mode:
Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C during game play to display a prompt in the upper left corner of the screen. Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Enter [Exclamation point] at the prompt to repeat the last cheat entered. Enter a [Semi-colon] between codes to enter multiple codes at the same time. Additionally, most of the codes will only work with the unpatched version of the game.

Result	Code
1000 Simoleons (patched game version)	rosebud
Add new family history stat to the current family	hist_add
Appends the route destination list to AllRoutes.txt every time a route is found	write_destlist
Architecture tools automatically set the level as needed	auto_level
Automatically import and load indicated FAM file	import <FAM file>
Automatically load indicated house, no questions asked	house <house number>
Check and fix required lot objects	prepare_lot
Completely flush app to VM file when running Windows NT	flush
Crash game	crash
Create moat or streams	water_tool
Create shrunk_text_#.bmp files	shrink_text <font_size> <text>
Create-a-character mode	edit_char
Display personality and interests	interests
Draw all animation frames disabled	draw_all_frames off
Draw all animation frames enabled	draw_all_frames on
Draw colored dots at each person's origin	draw_origins
Dump entire memory to core_dump_[date:time].txt	core_dump
Dump selected person's most recent list of scored interactions to a file	dump_happy
Dump selected person's motive contribution curve to a file	dump_mc
Enable debug flag to show outcome choice dialogs for social interactions	debug_social
End sim logging	sim_log end
Execute "file.cht" file as a list of cheats	cht <filename>
Floorable grid disabled	draw_floorable off
Floorable grid enabled	draw_floorable on
Force an assert for testing	assert
Log animations in the event log window	log_animations
Map editor disabled	map_edit off
Map editor enabled	map_edit on
Move any object	move_objects on
No tutorial object generation when tutorial house is loaded	tutorial off
Prevent web browser crashes	browser_failsafe
Preview animations disabled	preview_anims off
Preview animations enabled	preview_anims on
Programmer stats	tile_info
Quit game	quit
Read in behavior tuning constants from Tuning.txt	#import
Rebuilds entire control panel/UCP from scratch	rebuild_cp
Refresh the BMP_ resources for all people whose IFF files are writable	refresh_faces
Rematch dependent textures and regenerate bitmaps for all user characters	refresh_textures
Restore tutorial	restore_tut
Rotate camera	rotation <0-3>
Routing debug balloons disabled	route_balloons off
Routing debug balloons enabled	route_balloons on
Run series of random operations on unhoused families	fam_test <opcount>
Save currently loaded house	save
Save family history file	history
Say "plugh"	plugh
Say "porntipsguzzardo"	porntipsguzzardo
Say "xyzzy"	xyzzy
Selected person's path displayed	draw_routes on
Selected person's path hidden	draw_routes off
Set event logging mask	log_mask
Set free thinking level	autonomy <1-100>
Set game speed	sim_speed <-1000-1000>
Set grass change value	edit_grass <number>:
Set grass growth	grow_grass <0-150>
Set lot size	lot_size <number>
Set maximum milliseconds to allow simulator	sim_limit <milliseconds>
Set time of day (unpatched game version)	set_hour <1-24>
Set z offset for thought bubbles	bubble_tweak <z offset value>
Sets the neighborhood directory to the path	<directory path>
Sets up the borders of the lot with non-editable flag. Requires rotation	lot_border <tl> <tr> <bl> <br>
Sets whether menu items appear for in use objects	allow_inuse
Show memory view window in debug builds of the game	memview
Start sim logging	sim_log begin
Swap the two house files and updates families	swap_houses <house number> <house number>
Ticks disabled	sweep off
Ticks enabled	sweep on
Tile information displayed	tile_info on
Tile information hidden	tile_info off
Toggle allowing visitors to be controlled using the keyboard	visitor_control
Toggle assets report	report_assets
Toggle automatic object reset feature	auto_reset
Toggle calls to PeekMessage within sim loop	sim_peek
Toggle camera mode	cam_mode
Toggle display of unavailable interactions in person control menus	all_menus
Toggle music	music
Toggle object compression in save file	obj_comp
Toggle quaternion transformations	quats
Toggle sound log window	sound_log
Toggle sounds	sound
Toggle web page creation	html
Total reload of people skeletons, animations, suits and skins	reload_people
Trigger sound event	soundevent
Write out an RTE file every time a route is found	write_routes
Write out behavior tuning constants to Tuning.txt	#export

Samuel01.

Enable cheat mode and enter rosebud;: as a code. Then hold [Enter] so that "No such cheat" begins to flash. Keep the key held to gain up to 99 million simolians. Note you can replace : with any invalid character in the cheat.
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Enable cheat mode and enter the rosebud code. Then, display the cheat prompt again and type !;!;!;!;: (a message stating that no such cheat will appear, but ignore it). Keep [Enter] held to increase your money to up to 99,999,999 simolians.
Sebeoz on the habbo.

Hint: Easy money:
Sell a Garden Gnome after it is enchanted with any charm for 100 Simoleons. Note: They first have to be solidified.
Julz P.

Hint: More money:
Make the charm called Rain Of Riches and cast the spell. A lot of gold will fall from the sky. You can collect the piles of gold and sell them for about 400 Simoleons each.
Kevin P.

Hint: Easy career advancement:
To easily advance in careers, just pick the military track. You do not need friends for the first four stages, and it pays the most money.
Brian Reilly.

A good way to get money is to make gnomes with full mechanical skills. Sell them for 100 Simoleons each. Sell each gnome quickly, or a Sim may kick the gnomes and destroy them.
FreePalestine786.

Hint: Getting Magic:
Create a Sim or a Sim family and have them move into a lot (or just use an existing family). After you have moved them in a lot, make or have a door to the outside to have the "Mystery Man" (an NPC) come to your house. He will drop off a box. Have one of your Sims open the MagiCo's Magical Starter Kit. A message will appear, describing what it is. Then, three objects will appear (A Hole In the Ground, The Start Here Spell Book, and a Truly Charming End Table with a Spellbound Wand Charger). Also, there will be objects in the box that you will have to add to your inventory (a Magic Wand, Butter, Toadstools, Toad Sweat, and 35 MagiCoins). These objects will help you start on you mission to become the greatest Wizard, or Witch in the Sim world.
Rob-The Spider-Man.

Hint: Using your Magic wisely:
Do not get caught using your Magic at home around more than one other Sim visitor or the Mystery Man will appear and fine you for exposing your magic. However, in Magic Town you do not have to worry about this, because almost everyone uses it.
Rob-The Spider-Man.

Hint: Have the best Magic:
To get the best Magic and impress the entire Magic Town, have your Sim get full Logic. Logic is the key to having the best Magic.
Rob-The Spider-Man.

Hint: Winning Magic duels:
After your Sim is worthy enough to face other Sim opponents to test their magic, have them go to Magic Town. Show off their skills by challenging another Sim to a Magic duel. To do this (if you have not edited the original Magic Town) is to go to Clowntastic Land or A Spooktacular Spot, where there is a Diametric Dueling Device. Have the Sim you want to battle, and click on it. The word "Duel" will appear. Click on it and it will show all the names of people on the lot for you to challenge. Note: You can face the vendors. When you choose the Sim that you want to battle, the dueling begins when they arrive at their post. You get MagiCoins for defeating any Sim. You get more coins the better you defeat them. The following is a list of weaknesses and strengths of the magical elements (White Lightning, Red Wave, Blue Tornado, Black Blizzard, Yellow Brimstone):

The same element against itself is a tie. Do not do this if you want to get MagiCoins from your opponent.
White defeats Blue and Red
Red defeats Blue and Black
Blue defeats Yellow and Black
Black defeats White and Yellow
Yellow defeats White and Red

Note: Facing some of the vendors will give you more MagiCoins than the normal Sims. The maximum number of MagiCoins you can get from dueling is 40 per duel, with a Sim opponent with full logic.
Rob-The Spider-Man.

When you are in a duel, immediately after the challenger chooses a spell, pause game play to give yourself time to think of what spell to use. Then, select the spell, resume the game, and watch what happens. Keep repeating this. Note: You only have a certain time to react; pause immediately after the challenger chooses the spell (unless you are down to the last spell), or your Sim will choose automatically (which is rarely correct). Also, be careful on what spells you choose. Use your strategy wisely and always keep track of what spells are available. The spells are: White Lightning (White), Red Wave (Red), Blue Tornado (Blue), Black Blizzard (Black), and Yellow Brimstone (Yellow). Getting into a tie (using the same elements/spells) is good, but only do this when it is absolutely necessary. You need to win the rounds to win MagiCoins. Even if you win one round and tied the rest, you will get MagiCoins (though not many).
Katie E..

Hint: Potions:
This is a list of the "side effects" to all the potions you make.
Katie E..

Blue: All motives are refreshed.
Orange: Drinker turns invisible.
Red: Random person falls in love with drinker.
Purple: Drinker turns into a monster.
Green: Creates an evil clone of drinker, or brings all motives down.
Yellow: Personality is reversed permanently.

Hint: Easy MagiCoins:
Go to Magic Town and perform on stage all Sim day until your Sim decides by himself or herself to stop. The maximum number of MagiCoins possible in one Sim day is 675, with full logic. Then go home immediately, go green up, and then you can do the whole thing over again to make a lot of MagiCoins.
Rob-The Spider-Man.

Duel Vicki Vampiress for the most MagiCoins. If you have 5 in Logic skills and you defeat her in all the rounds, you will get 36 MagiCoins. If you defeat her in three rounds, you will get 27 MagiCoins. If you end with a tie, you will get 18 MagiCoins.
Lei zhang.

Make a family and move them to an empty lot. Then, wait for the Mystery Man to appear and give you a box full of magic accessories. Collect the 36 MagiCoins from the box and save the game. Then, evict your family from the lot and repeat the steps using the same family until you have collected the desired amount of MagiCoins.
Meggierules410.

Have a Sim get the Starters Kit and make them open it. Make your Sim take the Wand and the Magicoins. Then make your Sim take something else out of the box (for example, Butter, Toadstools, Toadsweat) when they are reaching down for the item. Pause game play and delete your Sim. Resume the game and the box will be open and shut. Click your Sim at the bottom and make them open the box. There will be more Magicoins. Repeat this as many times as desired.
Jason Lambert.

Hint: Using Magic on people:
When casting a spell on a magical Sim that is offensive, be careful; it can backfire and hit you instead. Use extreme caution if using your Toadification. If it hits you and you hop away, you are are in trouble. Your Sim may never return.
Squall.

Hint: Toadification spell:
If you cast the Toadification spell onto a magical Sim, it may backfire and make you a toad instead. If you hop away, your Sim may not return. If you do not know the other Sim is magical or not, save the game first. If you turn into a toad and hop away, leave to the neighborhood screen without saving then go back to the house.
Katie E..

Hint: Easy Toad Swear, Toadstools, Butter, MagiCoins:
When you evict someone from a house then buy a new one, you get a parcel from the Mystery Man. He will give you some Toad Swear, Toadstools, Butter and 35 MagiCoins Save the game and evict the Sim/family from that house, Move in to get those items again. Keep doing this to move into Magic Town or to get unlimited Toad Swear, Toadstools, Butter, MagiCoins.
Liam Daly.

Hint: Charm Of House And Home:
The Charm Of House and Home does not really destroy the house. It summons Wally O Wisp if performed correctly, and he cleans your house.
Jessica Dyne.

Hint: Auntie Bones:
You can have a skeleton maid called Bonerella. If you have a child, put the baby crib by the door. Every time it cries, make your Sim knock on the skeleton's door. Soon it will sing, play, and cradle the baby.
brittany s..

Hint: Prince:
If you kiss enough Toads, a Prince that you can name will join your family. This works best if you get the toad plague from the Horn Of Plenty spell backfiring. Just run around and kiss a lot of toads.
Jennifer Lemm.

Hint: Ghostly Sim:
Make the Shed Your Skin charm and cast the spell. It will usually turn your Sim into a ghost, but sometimes it will backfire and make a large number of snakes in your home.
Kevin P.

Hint: Drunken Gnomes:
Make the spell Enchant and create a few Lawn Gnomes. Cast Enchant on them and they will usually turn into little slave-people and tend to your garden. Sometimes, if you have a Berry Nector Maker, the gnomes will climb in it like a bathtub and get drunk. Note: Sometimes when you cast Enchant, it will backfire and set a gnome on fire.
Kevin P.

Hint: Stupid clone:
Make the Clone Drone charm. The clone of your Sim will walk around, dumping water all over the place. Sometimes, he or she will spontaneously explode, creating a fire at that location.
Kevin P.

Hint: Unlimited maid:
Enable the move_objects on code. Buy Bonehilda's Closet and knock on the door. When she exits her closet, delete the closet. She will remain in your house and keep cleaning.
Buckwild07buck.

Hint: Quick friend:
Make the Relationship Boost spell and cast it on the person you are trying to convert to a friend. Alternately, make the Smiley Faces spell and cast it on someone. They will instantly become your friend.
Kevin P.

Hint: Full need bars:
Enable the move_objects on code and delete your Sim. If there is only one Sim in the family, then time will speed up. Go to live mode and the deleted Sim's picture at the bottom should have a circle with a cross in it. Click the picture of the Sim and the circle with the cross in it should go away. Your sim should appear in the place where it was when you deleted it. Note: The bars will not be completely filled, but you can use this trick if your Sim is very tired and you want them to keep doing a certain thing. This trick also works on pets.
Josh Chandler.

Hint: Items from Dragons:
Tickling Dragons with get you Dragon Tears. Brushing them will get you Dragon Scales. Make sure they have a Dragon Toy (obtained from Viki Vampress) and that they have enough garbage to eat. One way to get trash is to have your Sims eat snacks and not throw them away. Then, enable the move_objects on code an put the trash in the Dragon's room. Make sure you do not let the Dragon out of its room. Try making two rooms and put a Sim in one with everything they need. They will live in solitude with the Dragon until you have all the desired Dragon items. Make sure that the Dragon and Sim are trapped or the Dragon will burn everything.
SpardaKazama.

Hint: Dragon Egg:
You need 49 MagiCoins to buy a Dragon Egg.
michael brown.

Hint: Free ingredients:
When you accept a delivery mission for a vendor, the ingredient will appear in your inventory. Just leave the lot and you will have a free ingredient.
einarbear.

Hint: Ingredient list:
To get all the ingredients you need to make all spells and charms you are going to need 4 Butters, 13 Toadstools, 3 Toadsweats, 9 Beeswaxes, 6 Honeys, 4 Pixie Dusts, 5 Golden Threads, 4 Magic Beans, 2 Llama Spits, 1 Grapes, 1 Rubber Chicken, 1 Diamond Dust, 2 Sands Of Time, 2 Garlics, 1 Snake Venom, 2 Pegasus Feathers, 1 Four-Leaf Clover, 2 Glacial Glasses, 6 Dragon Tears, 2 Clown Confetties, 1 Wizard Eyelash, 5 Dragon Scales, and 7 Faerie Dusts (you can only get this ingredient when kids play with the Visions Of Sugarplums toy).
GameFreak0208.

Hint: Black Roses:
To get the Black Roses, you need The Sims Superstar. First, get 3.0 to 3.5 stars. When you get an obsessed fan, he will leave some Black Roses somewhere on your lot. However, if you have any type of maid (for example Bonchilda, a butler), they will clean it up.
FreePalestine786.

Hint: Unlimited Grapes and Elderberries:
Make sure you have the ingredients needed to make a Perfect Garden charm. Also, make sure you have at least five to ten Elderberry and Grape Sprigs. Go to "Build Mode" then "Plants" and find the plant called "As The Plot Thickens". Buy ten to twenty of them, and in half of them plant Grapes, and in the other half plant Elderberries. Make a "Perfect Garden" charm, then cast Perfect Garden. This will make your grapes and berries grow to full size, and you can harvest them. After the harvest, cast Perfect Garden again to be able to harvest them again. Repeat casting and harvesting until the charm runs out. To keep getting grapes and berries, just make another Perfect Garden charm. This saves a lot more time and money in tending to the plants and/or running to Magic Town lots to buy grapes and berries.
Kevin P.

Hint: Trick or Treat by Grim Reaper:
Buy six Jack-O-Lanterns and place them in front of your house. Then, just wait for awhile. Eventually, the Grim Reaper will appear, ring your doorbell, then run away and disappear.

Hint: Turn pet into human:
Note: This trick requires The Sims: Unleashed. Once you collect your wand, get these ingredients: Butter, Clown Confetti, and a bag of Pet Treats (in old Town). Mix the ingredients in the spells cauldron, to add 1 charge of "A Friend Indeed". Then, get a pet and cast it on him or her to change it into a human Sim. Note: This is permanent.
J L.

Hint: Bees attack Claire the Bear:
If you have a Bee Nest Harvest and Claire the Bear appears, he will sometimes take honey from it and get attacked.
MilesManglos.

Hint: Clown confetti:
Go to Apothecary Todd and talk to him. He will ask you to do a task. Once you have done the task, he should give you a rare ingredient. Apothecary Todd usually gives you Wizard Eyelashes. Mara usually gives you Pegasus' Feather. Vicky Vampiress usually gives you Wizards Eyelashes.
Felicity Ramsay.

Hint: Getting rid of pedestrians:
Go to buy mode and enable the move_objects on code. Then, move your pointer over to the very ends of the sidewalks and click. There should be a picture of an end table. It is called the "*Portal-pedestrian". To delete it, press [Delete] or click at the bottom of screen.
gab13.

Hint: Get magic ingredients for children:
Children cannot get MagiCoins. To use their Magic Charger, you have to get the ingredients using items. Note: You can also use these things to get items for adults. Except for Pixie Dust, Adults can make them and then have kids pick it up.
Matt Remis.

Toadstool: Sit on them a lot and mushrooms will grow. Harvest them to get Toadstools.

Dragon: Brush him a lot to get Dragon Scales and tickle him a lot to get Dragon Tears.

Visions Of Sugar Plums (pink butterfly toy chest): Have a child play will this a lot and he or she will get Pixie Dust.

A simple way to get Toadstools, Dragon Tears, and Dragon Scales for your kids without going through all the hassle is to simply have your magic adults buy the ingredients and put them in the Magic Bookshelf (downloadable from Thesims.com). You can then have the kids go up to the bookshelf and pick it up. Note: The kids have to fend for themselves to get Fairie Dust.
Jake.

Hint: Get food for dragon:
An easy way to get food for a dragon is to buy flowers. Dragons will eat them and it is a lot easier than making garbage.
vincriedavid.

Hint: Recipes:
These recipes are not listed in the cookbook, but will be added when you try them for the first time.
PonchoElDiablo.

Magic Tart: Pixie Dust, Butter, Baking Mix
Magic Nectar: Two Grapes and a Toad Sweat in the Nectar Press.

Hint: Second story:
Instead of placing a number of pillars to make a second story, just build a normal first floor with nothing in it, then build a second floor and delete the walls on the first floor.
Alx89.

Hint: Max Cooking skill level:
Get the ingredients for the last spell in the family spellbook and use it on a dog you own, if you have The Sims Unleashed. After it is cast, look at the human animal's skill section. The Cooking skill should be maxed out.
Squall.

Hint: Abilities:
If your Sim is very good at using magic, after awhile "Crystal Clear Ability" rocks will appear around your lot. And each one contains a special ability (Teleport, Spook, Extinguish). To get this effect quickly, use the Enchant Charm a lot or invite people to your house (that cannot use magic). Then, just banish or toadify them.
Brady X.

Hint: Burglar proof house:
To cheaply burglar proof your home, grow a Pink Crystal. Harvest the crystal, remove all the doors from your home, and use teleport to enter and exit. Note: The Pink Crystal gives you the teleport ability. Growing crystals works best in a Creepy Hollow lot. Also, there are many fan-created teleporter objects.
mir chong.

Hint: Naked Sim:
Get the Chrome Concept Shower. Enable the move_objects on code. Put a Sim in the shower, then delete the shower. Then, put a Space Miser Shower in its place. Go back to living mode and your Sim will be walking around naked.
PurpleWaffles3.

Glitch: Cockroaches labeled as SRS Virtual Reality Set:
Enable the move_objects on code and sell cockroaches to get 445 Simoleons. Note: This only works sometimes.
TigerLilly1067.

Glitch: Stool labeled as Doll House:
Have a child in your family. Get them to use the sink and they will get on top of a stool. Pause game play and enable the move_objects on code. Pick up the stool, and it will read "Doll House".
cookies.

Glitch: Swim in a puddle:
If you have a puddle on your lot, make one of your Sims start swimming in the swimming pool. Then, enable the move_objects on code. Pick up your Sim and put them in the puddle. It will appear as if your Sim is swimming in a puddle.
cookies.