Sims 3 Visa Points Cheat

[Jenelle Centeno]

Sunny_Rio The forum has two categories because that's about as much as is needed given the overall traffic. And since Sims 3 is out of development and has been for almost a decade, there's no point in reporting bugs or requesting new features.

Anyway, if you'd like to get around the requirement, you can use one of three mods. NRaas Traveler has the option to pause the trip's timer, and it's a good idea to use Traveler anyway in any save when sims will be traveling at all. To see the option, click the base camp lot tag and select NRaas > Traveler > Pause Travel > True. Your sims won't be forced to return home until you unpause or send them back manually.

Another option is to set your sim's visa level to 3, or whatever you want, with NRaas DebugEnabler. Click on the sim and select NRaas > DE > Options: Smartphone > Add/Set Visa Level > [world] > [the level you want]. Keep in mind this may wipe the record of any adventures your sim has completed in that vacation world.

Note that that will drive up the cost of the vacation proportional to the number of days: 100 per day in China, 200 in Egypt, 300 in France. This can be tuned as well, under kCostOfTravelingPerDay in the same path in Retuner. You could also make yourself a standalone tuning mod to reflect these changes.

Thanks, I'll try that if the max visa doesn't end up long enough. I'll just work my way up for now or it seems like cheating. Maybe France doesn't like America and my Sim is assumed to be American. I'm from the UK, maybe they like us, although I was told to always say I'm Scottish not English, I think there was a small war which never got anywhere involving big ships with cannons.

Yes, I admit I like the idea of earning the vacation days, which is why I won't install the workaround you helpfully suggested unless it annoys me. But there must be a more realistic implementation. Maybe if he's on a work visa it would make sense, after all he is exploring and finding relics (and stealing them from the country!). Do you eventually earn an infinite stay visa if you get enough visa points?

@Sunny_Rio The maximum vacation length is 18 days. Visa 3 grants 12 days total, and the Prepared Traveler lifetime reward and the Certificate of Partnership you can buy from the special merchant each grant 3 extra days. You could of course use Retuner to set one of these to 100 days or whatever you like.

There's not much traffic on this forum, and I'm the only regular helper, although others come by here and there. The forum does have a few repeat customers, so to speak, and lots of users asking one-off questions.

Do you get seasons on vacation? I've gone from home to France and been surprised it's gone from winter to summer. Assuming home is in the USA or some other northern hemisphere country, and so is France, it suggests seasons switches off for vacation.

@Sunny_Rio I believe seasons are present in WA worlds by default, but the in-game time may start from scratch there. Just like it's always Sunday on the first day your first sim is in a WA world, it may also be summer on that first day because that's where the game always starts.

To access the Sims 3 Command Console, press Control + Shift + C. You should see a box appear in the top left of the screen - that is where you type the Cheats, then press Enter. If you're using Windows Vista and for some reason the console won't come up, press Control, Windows and the Shift button along with 'C'. When you're done cheating, press the escape key to close the console.

How to use Testing Cheats:

As listed above you must type the console command testingcheatsenabled true. This will allow you to press shift and click various locations and items to bring up special commands. I'll list some of them here. You can use these as Skills Cheats. Follow that link to learn how you might use testinghceats to raise skills in The Sims 3.

How to Teleport

This cheat will really take some travel time off your Sim's commute! Shift-click any open patch of ground with testing cheats enabled, and your Sim can instantly teleport, star trek style, to that location. Use it for collecting, to get to your favorite fishing spot, or any number of other ways. Get creative! With World Adventures you can zip to and fro without cheating, although not as quickly, by using Zeneport and Tranquil Transference. This cheat can also be used to access areas you can't go on foot.

Changing Other Lots - Build or Buy Mode outside the Household

Shift-clicking the ground on a lot you do not own will allow you to build/buy on that lot. This will allow you to make changes to buildings and add features, such as extra skill objects or amenities you'd like to use while visiting. Using this Cheat uses your own household's funds to buy/build, so you are investing in that lot by either improving it, or taking some things away and raising your family funds.

Cheat to Make Friends in The Sims 3: Make Your Sim Know Everyone

Yep, you can shift-click the magic mailbox to allow your Sim to know every other Sim in the town you're playing. Realize that it must add all the townsfolk to your list of known Sims, so it may take a while for the cheat to finish processing.

Make All Happy

Activating this Cheat makes all active household Sims happy by filling their needs instantly. It is a one-time boost unlike Make Needs Static, below. It does not, however, affect guests at parties or other NPCs on the lot - that means Sims who have been affected by ageuptonpc will not be affected either. Thanks to Neveryon for confirming how this one works - I originally thought it would affect all on the lot. Make All Happy is

Unlimited Needs Cheat: Make Needs Static

When you use this, your Sim's needs will be locked. Your Sim's needs bar will fill up, and they will never decrease while it's enabled. To disable this, go back to the mailbox and click make needs dynamic.!

The Make Me Friends Cheat

Clicking this throws you a few random friends. Again, not that important but it could be useful as a cheat if you want to raise your charisma by reading or using the mirror, but don't want to have to satisfy the friend requirements of the skill. It'll also help with the Super Popular Lifetime Wish and the Charisma Challenges.

Career Promotion Cheat

You can change your Sim's current job and even give them a promotion to the top level in that career track. Check out the different special abilities your Sim earns for reaching the top spot. Look to the Career Guide for information on the perks your Sims gain as they climb to the top of each career ladder.

Chat to Change Your Sim's Looks: Edit in Create-A-Sim

You can now edit a Sim in create-a-sim with testingcheats enabled. This allows you to completely redesign the Sim, and as such is quite powerful for customization of a Townie or changes to a Sim you created.

Spawning Jobs and Work Events

You can trigger career events by shift-clicking a place of work. If your Sim has one of the new professions with Ambitions, you can shift-click an inhabited lot to spawn jobs. This works for jobs like firefighter. The job types available for spawn are limited by your level in the profession, of course. It's a good way to cheat and fill those lifetime wishes. It also works for rabbit hole jobs if you click the appropriate public lots.

Modify Traits:

Clicking this will bring up the traits list for your Sim. You can then clear them all out, and have a mid-life crisis without paying all those lifetime reward points. This is very cool if you have a super Sim you want to be able to try different traits with. It's excellent for experimentation.

Age Up Cheat: Trigger Age Transition

This can make a Sim age to the next life cycle, which follows this pattern: Baby, Toddler, Child, Teen, Young Adult, Adult, Elder. You can't go backward. The only way to Age Sims down is to use Young Again, a lifetime reward or chemistry potion from The Sims 3 Generations expansion. Otherwise, the closest you can come to saving an elder Sim is to feed them ambrosia or disable aging (see above).

Cheating to Force a Sim to Move In

If you Shift-click a Sim who's not in your house with the testing cheats on, you can take control of them and immediately have them join your household. Use this for devious reasons, or to avoid editing families. It's a fast and seamless way to add to your family.

Clicking a Work Site

Force Events and Opportunities

If you shift-click your Sim's place of work, you can force events to occur. These vary from job to job. What you're triggering is one of the random events that may happen while a Sim is at work. Additionally, you can trigger job opportunities this way. Use it to help your Sim get promotions faster by forcing the opportunities that help them advance. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any way to force skill and special events. Sorry, no way to cheat to get the ability to grow the omni plant, you'll have to work for it a bit!

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