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What are the console controls for Sims 4?

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If you’re playing the Sims 4 on an Xbox or PlayStation console, use the controls below to manage your Sim’s life.

To enjoy a better gaming experience when playing The Sims 4 on a console, connect a keyboard and mouse to your device. You can play the same way you play on a computer.

Simply plug your keyboard and mouse into your console and you should be good to go.

List of Sims 4 console controls for Xbox

CAS controls

  • Back: Press B
  • Catalog options: A/X
  • Cycle outfit categories: Press LB/RB
  • Edit body: Hold A and press L
  • Pause game: Press the Menu button
  • Redo: RT
  • Toggle menu: Press the View button
  • Undo: Press LT

Build Mode controls

  • Select: A
  • Back: B
  • Search: LT
  • Right: D-Pad right
  • Down: D-Pad down
  • Left: D-Pad left
  • Up: D-Pad up
  • Quick Eyedropper tool: Y
  • Quick Design tool: X
  • Move cursor: L
  • Zoom: R
  • Rotate camera: R
  • Redo: RT
  • Undo: LT

Live Mode controls

  • Select: A
  • Back: B
  • Increase game speed: RB
  • Decrease game speed: LB
  • Toggle menu: Press the View button
  • Pause: Press the Menu button
  • Pan camera: Hold A and press L
  • Cancel current action: Y
  • Drag item: X
  • Move cursor: L
  • Rotate: R
  • Snap to Sim left: LT
  • Snap to Sim right: RT
  • Select next Sim: D-pad right
  • Lower floor: D-pad down
  • Cycle wall cutaway view: D-pad left
  • Go to the upper floor: D-pad up

How to open the Sims 4 cheat console on Xbox

  1. Press the left and right triggers and bumpers simultaneously
  2. Then type in testingcheats true
  3. Press A
  4. Type in the cheat you want to use
  5. Press A again

Additional Xbox controls for Sims 4

Show cheat options when clicking on Sims or objects: Press and hold B, then press A while holding B. This is the equivalent of Shift and Click on PC.

Rotate objects to any angle while having an object selected: Press LB/RB and then use the right stick to rotate the object.

Rotate floor tile: Press Y while using the single floor tile tool.

Toggle full room and one wall when painting: Press either one of the bumpers when using the painting tool.

Change object size while having an object selected: Press both triggers and left/right.

Change object elevation after enabling the “bb.moveobjects on” cheat: Hold both triggers, and then press up/down.


List of Sims 4 console controls for PlayStation

CAS controls

  • Catalog options: Press X and the Square button
  • Edit body: Hold X and press the left stick
  • Back: Press the Circle button
  • Cycle outfit categories: L1/ R1
  • Undo: L2
  • Redo: R2
  • View controls: L3
  • Toggle menus: Touchpad
  • Pause menu: Press the Options button

Build Mode controls

  • Confirm: X button
  • Back: Circle button
  • Search: L2
  • View controls: L3
  • Toggle menus: Touchpad
  • Pause menu: Options button
  • Pan camera: Hold the Circle button and press the left stick
  • Quick Eyedropper tool: Triangle button
  • Quick Design tool: Square button
  • Move cursor: Left stick
  • Rotate camera: Right stick
  • Zoom: Right stick
  • Undo: L2
  • Redo: R2
  • View controls: L3
  • Toggle grid: R3
  • Top-down view: D-pad right
  • Lower floor: D-pad down
  • Wall cutaway view: D-pad left
  • Upper floor: D-pad up

Live Mode controls

  • Confirm: X
  • Back: Circle button
  • View controls: L3
  • Decrease game speed: L1
  • Increase game speed: R1
  • Toggle menus: Touchpad button
  • Pause: Options button
  • Pan camera: Hold the Circle button and press the left stick
  • Cancel current action: Triangle button
  • Drag item: Square button
  • Move cursor: Left stick
  • Rotate: Right stick
  • Snap to Sim left: L2
  • Snap to Sim right: R2
  • View controls: L3
  • Toggle follow camera: R3
  • Select next Sim: D-pad right
  • Lower floor: D-pad down
  • Wall cutaway view: D-pad left
  • Upper floor: D-pad up
  • Toggle menus: Touchpad
  • Pause menu: Press the Options button

Steps to enable Sims 4 cheats on PlayStation

  1. Press the left and right triggers and bumpers at the same time
  2. Type in testingcheats true
  3. Press the Circle button
  4. Type in the cheat you want to use
  5. Press the Circle button again

Additional PlayStations controls for Sims 4

Show cheat options when clicking on Sims or objects: Press O, and then press X while holding O.

Rotate objects to any angle while having an object selected: Press L1/R1 and then use the right stick to rotate the object.

Rotate floor tile: Press the Triangle button while using the single floor tile tool.

Toggle full room and one wall when painting: R1 or L1 while using the painting tool.

Change object size while having an object selected: Press L2 and R2, and then press left/right.

Change object elevation after enabling bb.moveobjects on: Press and hold L2 and R2, and then press the up/down arrows.

⇒ Important Notes

The Sims 4 for console is a completely separate version of the game. You can’t transfer your progress on a PC or Mac.

Additionally, many game features such as mod support and live events are not available on the console version of The Sims 4.

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