Every Sims 4 Hotkey You Need to Know [PC]

[@elishevafreely3206]

Great video! You missed one. If you hold enter down, the camera will follow your sim. Also when you were talking about speeding up time you don't have to use your number row, you can also use your number pad, and zero is pause as well.

[@CatchyCher]

Ouuuu, this is awesome!! Thank you for sharing this 💖🙌

[@elishevafreely3206]

@@CatchyCher No problem. Sadly, because I have a laptop with a backlit keyboard I can't use the F5 shortcut key :-(. F5 is used to turn the back light on and off.

[@elishevafreely3206]

@Karina Lopez if you're using a laptop, it could be just that your num pad doesn't work with games. Like on my laptop, I can't use the f2 key, because that is linked to a specific function. It it gets on my nerves sometimes. Example, if I'm using office I can't use F1 to create a text box while editing a PDF, because F1 is a function for brightness. It was just configured that way, but it's annoying.

[@monikaterzic9244]

@@elishevafreely3206 if you hold down the Fn key and the function key you want to use, it will adjust to the application you are currently in so that way you can use F1, F2 and so on for anything you need.

[@e-learn1589]

@@elishevafreely3206 you can set in bios setting to fn key function toggle it can allow to Direct pressed f1 function key.for supposed if you have been volume up function on F4 after toggle it pressed with fn key so in short it work like computer key . I Have hp laptop that i am using and testing this setting thorough bios

[@hfjireh]

Z and X are also hotkeys for zooming in/out!! And for laptop users such as myself, the Fn key + up/down arrow is for going up/down floors, and Fn key + right/left arrow is for changing the wall views!

[@CatchyCher]

Great tips, thank you!

[@anarodrigues6286]

Do you know how to escalate objects on the laptop? When I use the "right bracket/9" key it just elevates the object I'm holding

[@z.startedafire]

sge said that abour z and x

[@melanie_luv2_sew]

as soon as you said "all of the hotkeys for TS4" I put this vid into my Special Sims folder where only the most helpful vidz go. THX

[@CatchyCher]

No problem! Btw, I also have all of the hotkeys listed in the description box💖

[@KELA59]

I play the sims on and off and I've never knew that there's so much hot keys to use in the game so this is very helpful, thanks a lot great video!!!

[@CatchyCher]

Isn't it crazy how many hotkeys there are? I'm glad I could help! Thank you for watching and commenting 💖

[@Roesguard]

Always learning a new thing or two. Great, helpful vid. One thing is that if you right click whilst in 1st person mode, you can target behind an obstacle (such as a wall).

[@CatchyCher]

That's really neat! I'm going to have to try that next time I'm in game. Thank you! 💖

[@gemmabevan6341]

Literally was wondering if there were any hotkeys I didn't know about yesterday, and now I know. Thanks!

[@CatchyCher]

I'm happy I could help! 💖

[@cjhaedaten8711]

You can also hold shift + camera movement (w,a,s,d) to move the camera faster, it can be done the same with the zoom in and out...

[@CatchyCher]

I use this all the time! I can't believe I forgot about it!! Thank you for commenting this 💖💖

[@peachypandalove]

While In tab (camera mode) you can use “q “ and “e” to move up and down.

[@CatchyCher]

I knew I was forgetting something! Thank you for commenting this 💖💞

[@rosadestina7007]

Do you know any hot keys for rotating more better? I hate using the mouse for it

[@rosadestina7007]

And titling

[@reveluvonce_]

Thank you I've been looking for this for agesssssss

[@nikkicat254]

Oh this is going to be so useful, some of these I knew, but a lot of them I didn't know, oh and I always have used The Sims 3 camera, I remember trying the TS4 one, but hated it, so right away switched to TS3 camera and never looked back, lol!

[@CatchyCher]

There's a ton of hotkeys! I thought I was pretty good at remembering the ones I use, but there's so much more 🙉 TS4 camera does suck! lol

[@kirasavesmusic]

This video is such a life saver today. ❤❤❤

[@vivianz5469]

Pressing Y while in top down view mode you can view collision issues you might have. found this super helpful when you move a house and you start to lose random items in the wall or while building caves and routing issues occur, but im not sure which rock im grabbing.

[@Evamick]

you're such a life saver for this video, tysm!

[@CatchyCher]

Happy to help! Thank you for watching 💖

[@lulugamingchannel2613]

helpful video I did not know half the stuff in the video you learn something new everyday

[@CatchyCher]

Glad I could help! It's sort of crazy how many hotkeys are in TS4 🙉 I certainly didn't know all of them before making this video 😅

[@lulugamingchannel2613]

I know for a fact that if I don't write them down I will forget them.

[@celidominguez160]

When in build/buy mode you can hold shift + page up/down to move the grid in between floor levels while still be on the level you are in. So for example you're on the second level of the building and you hold shift + pg down, grid will be shown on the ground level instead of on the second level of the building.

[@celidominguez160]

Also just learned this recently, while placing wall trims, if you hold shift can control which side the trims will only show. Shift + control will also make you control which side of the trims will delete.

[@edit4191]

This is the most useful thing for me

[@CatchyCher]

Yay! I'm glad to hear it 💖

[@paige1273]

Does anyone know what hotkey saves your camera placement and how to remove it because everytime I click a certain button it jumps my camera miles away from my Sims house. It is supper annoying and I have heard lilsimsie mention it, but I don't remember in which video.

[@CatchyCher]

When you want to say a camera position you need to click Ctrl + *whatever number you want form 5-8* for example Ctrl + 5 or Ctrl + 7 Here's a website that explains how to reset them: pictureamoebae.tumblr.com/post/655797135194914816/extra-tip-if-you-ever-build-or-decorate-avoid

[@paige1273]

@@CatchyCher Thank you 🤗

[@panh6736]

the video is super useful for a beginner like me! thanks :3

[@CatchyCher]

I'm glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting 💖💖

[@Ӝ̵̨̄-р8с]

thank you this was really helpful for me because I'm going to start using my laptop to play sims rather than Xbox because of cc.

[@CatchyCher]

No problem! I'm happy I could help 💖

[@IMNICOSIE]

hey how do you rotate using a mouse

[@amaruaru276]

hi, my sims 4 can't be played with first person view. steam overlay pop out everytime I click shift + tab

[@CatchyCher]

That's frustrating! I don't launch TS4 using Steam, but apparently, you can bind the Steam overlay to another key. You can do this through Steam > Settings > In-game. You'll find options to switch the overlay to something else in there! Hopefully, this helped you out 💖

[@sc4rrrr]

on console you can hold B and press A on a Sim to access a menu with some cheats like Make Happy, Remove/Add to Family, and Disable Need Decay, how do u get to that on PC?

[@erica9600]

Thank you so much

[@willowcasner1216]

How do I move my camera view I can't figure out how to move my camera view I know holding right click and the keys but how to I spin around and stuff

[@RyanneMonique]

I just downloaded Sims 4 for the first time ever and this helps a lot! Can’t wait to try the POV mode!

[@CatchyCher]

Have fun!! 💖

[@Rekowcski]

i knew 90% of these but the 10% i didn't are game changing

[@CatchyCher]

They're so awesome and incredibly helpful! Now if I could only remember them all when I actually need them 😅😅

[@Rekowcski]

i still have never successfully gotten the hot key for going through swatches of an item to work -.-

[@juri_salem]

Thank you for this valuable information ❤💫

[@FreyaFromAsgard]

Is there any way to stop camera from "falling" while I paint outside walls or while putting windows? It's so annoying while I try to quicky put some windows on 5'th floor and I have to wait till my camera stops falling down slowly.

[@CatchyCher]

Unfortunately this sort of thing happens depending on the terrain/floor level/lot you're on. There's not really a way to stop it :(

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

How do you do first person mode and go where YOU want to go ONLY?

[@CatchyCher]

To go into first person mode you click shift and tab. Then to get them to walk where you want them to you left click a spot on the floor and select go here. If you right click they seem to go to random places 😅

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

@@CatchyCher I mean for instance, if you make a KZbin video and are exploring an entire house in first person mode. I see these types of KZbin videos every day and one day I'd like to join your ranks as a sims KZbinr❤ I have A LOT to learn - I'm autistic and bought my first Sims game only 4 months ago. (Also a brand new laptop after 11 years of not having one). Lots to learn lol

[@TataTendy]

Also if your num pad is disabled, clicking 9 and 3 will change the floor level on live and build mode. If it's on, the numbers will also count as pause/play and speed, except the pause button would be 0.

[@lazy_biscuits08]

Is there any way to tilt camera other than holding scroll wheel?? I'm on laptop so I can't do that :(

[@whos.emerie]

THANK YOU FOR THE UNDO!! I DELETED MY FLOOR AND DIDNT KNOW HOW TO GET IT BACK

[@ida6050]

How do i size objects up and down in build mode if im on laptop. To get the bracket keys i have to hold down ctrl+alt+8 or 9 but it doesnt work

[@kajacapi8520]

I'm visually impaired and for this reason Sims is the only game I play This was very helpful thank you❤

[@ajschwartz2012]

The only one I can think of is 9 and 0 to change the height of an item

[@corluz2029]

is there a way so i can control the action of my sim? because my sim doing so many action that is out of my control, please help me how i can control the action of my sim... by the way i am also using sims 4

[@saphfirewarrior4961]

My computers arrow keys and pg up and down keys are the same how do I use the pg up and down keys

[@GRAN_EME]

k but how can i fix the pause button? its suposed to be space but for somereason some idiot binded it to 0

[@perfectpinterestgarden]

early and nice video :D

[@CatchyCher]

Thank you! 😁🎉

tysm! i always had problems with the keys now thanks to you ik

[@CatchyCher]

Glad I could help!

[@myartalcove901]

With Sims Camera turned on, how would you rotate the screen? It's literally the only reason I haven't been using it :(

[@Odd_artist..]

Saved time stamp for me ---> 2:14

[@QuiannaRaniya]

For laptops what keys do I used to change the color of items in build mode

[@mckailajames5780]

Thanks Queen. Good looks gang

[@thatnooblyguy9751]

yo, sorry for interrupting, in my Sims 4. ESC key doesnt work and why?

[@CatchyCher]

Does your ESC key works for other programs? If you've tried restarting the game and that hasn't helped you should try to repair it. Here's a good article about how to repair the game from Carl's Sims Guides: bit.ly/3dsRQfH Hopefully that helps you out!

[@thatnooblyguy9751]

@@CatchyCher thank you

[@eeveescrown]

thank you so much for this video. i did not know a lot of this stuff and i will use it in the game. i do have one problem tho. the home, page up and page down doesn't work for me sadly. i already knew this before i saw this video. also f5 doesn't work for me too. i have a laptop so i think that is why it doesn't work for me but i wish it work for me tho. it would make it so much easier. but once again thank you for this video. i have learned so much

[@CatchyCher]

Do you have a non-English keyboard? I used to have a laptop that was similar to that. You might need to hold 'FN' at the same time as the hotkey. Hopefully, that helps out! Thank you for watching and commenting 💖💞

[@GamingwithLlamas]

... You can expand the thingamajig in the bottom right!???

[@blairmahoney9015]

VERY HELPFUL!! Thanks so much. 💖

[@CatchyCher]

No problem!! 💖

[@evrevr452]

i have been playing the sims 4 since it came out, and i only recently found out about the sims 3 camera option! can you believe i used to play like that? i literally couldn’t see what i was building 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@CatchyCher]

Oh nooooo, I am so sorry that happened to you! 😅😭 I couldn't imagine playing with the Sims 4 camera - it would be so hard to build!

[@Prutjeee]

I cannot move around with the arrows or w a s d, what am i supposed to do?

[@rotemrechtman3054]

I can see the ceiling?

[@CatchyCher]

Heck yeah! You can see the ceiling when you go into the camera mode, by clicking tab on your keyboard. It's weird though, all of the ceilings are white

[@rotemrechtman3054]

@@CatchyCher thank you! 💖

[@yucca8772]

You can use "~" to pause & continue the game

[@emelimadsen7039]

I have a laptop and the bracket keys are on 8 and 9, I can’t get it to work

[@CatchyCher]

Your [ and ] are on the 8 and 9? Or are they the ( ) ones? Are you by any chance using an Icelandic keyboard? I came across this thread: forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/845916/please-help-us that has some useful information if that's the case. Particularly the comment that says "For me the resize button is å (finnish keyboard), I'd check out ð if I was you. Those are in the same place as [ for other people." It might be worth trying all of the keys that would be in a similar spot where the bracket keys go on North American keyboards. I'm hoping that helps! I'm sorry if it doesn't! ❤️

[@emelimadsen7039]

@@CatchyCher Thank you so much, it was å on my keyboard.☺️

[@nonochuuu]

Thank you so much you helped me a lot🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧

[@MarshallSantini]

I know its been a while since this video was made. But is it possible to keep the interaction menu up while selecting interactions? Like talking to someone, I'm trying to add more than one interaction without having to go back through the menu each time. Or is there a mod that allows this?

[@CatchyCher]

There might be a mod for that, but I'm not too sure. If you want to select multiple interactions, unfortunately, you'll need to re-open the social menu for every single interaction.

[@marthacheesman1241]

what about for a mac?

[@CatchyCher]

It should all be the same except you'd click the ⌘ key rather than Ctrl. I don't use Mac, so I can't 100% confirm that though

[@maxezzy1282]

Lol I will have to try first person mode!

[@CatchyCher]

Yeah!! Do it! 🙌🙌

[@El-ll6vp]

Hi! I have a question, what key do youtubers press when they're into live mode and they zoom(usually) on their sim? It makes everything else on the screen disappear

[@CatchyCher]

Sorry for such a late reply! It's the tab key 💖

[@El-ll6vp]

@@CatchyCher Thank you so much

[@horsegirlb7120]

I'm on a laptop and I can't rotate the camera to view sims/buildings/objects from different angles.

[@iaradel84]

thank you, that was very useful.

[@katelynnhorne1608]

LOVE IT!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!

[@TheFrigidEmber]

Shift Tab is Lyfe changing!

[@chelsealanter5322]

How do You drag Your sims around with your mouse?

[@_LIXZCHANNEL]

Cathy hope you notice me.I have some question. How to make a sim

[@lalipopz90]

Thank you so much for this video + all the tips in the comments too cause I be ready to throw my damn mouse out the window lmao 😅

[@Sofia_Jones]

Thank you VERY VERY MUCH!

[@GamingwithLlamas]

Can you do a video for the Mac hot keys? Ex: I don't have an 'end' button.

[@Averageglammetalenjoyer]

How do you get 6, 7,8,9 Keys Off?

[@CatchyCher]

It's a little tricky to explain. I mean you could just reset it to a new camera spot, but if you truly want to reset it you'll have to go into the game's files. Here is a website that explains it: pictureamoebae.tumblr.com/post/655797135194914816/extra-tip-if-you-ever-build-or-decorate-avoid

[@serajsalem200]

Thanks very much I appreciate your help

[@CatchyCher]

Glad it helped 💖

[@aiadot]

I already the camera button way too well i press it on accident all the freakin time LOL

[@loststar344]

Which world is it that you're showing?

[@CatchyCher]

That's Henford-on-Bagley! It came with Cottage Living

[@slingo234]

Shift left click mailbox or Sim fill needs

[@adicreates]

Thank u so much !!

[@niinaajokatzenborn8445]

You. Are. A. Hero.

[@CatchyCher]

💖💖💖

[@gumballwatterson3733]

Thank u so much

[@CatchyCher]

No problem! 💖

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

The backspace is the one in here for

[@lore_xiaa]

Curseforge really showed me an advertisment for the sims before this video started.

[@bellasszz2555]

Idk how to rotate things

[@Jaysonnn_PH]

Ive been playing this game for ages and ive only known that there was a goddamn FIRST PERSON MODE 😭

[@nott_qwerty]

Alt + f4 to scroll trough the gamemodes 🙂

[@sakuvrai]

Plus sign just zooms in.

[@Ӝ̵̨̄-р8с]

i use 0 to pause time because its easier for my brain lol

[@CatchyCher]

That makes sense! For some reason, I *always* try to pause it with the spacebar because that's how you'd pause a YT video or a video playing in an editing software 😅

[@z.startedafire]

life saver

[@microwavedmetal]

Thanks…I’m using my Xbox as more of a gaming pc😂

[@yuuri3295]

This is good, but I have a 60% keyboard 😞

[@77daveg]

👍

[@CatchyCher]

🙌🙌🙌

[@vivianz5469]

kinda of a mess had to write them all down just to make sense of them all

[@CatchyCher]

I hear ya. Maybe one day I'll have a blog or website with this sort of info

[@LeoValdez132]

Wrettuiiihhv

[@the.pale.dragon]

Hello! Your video was great. Very detailed and sped up not to consume a trillion years. I have a serious issue with my Italian keyboard. I was a pro builder on PS4 and I always used to scale objects, but on PC my "[" and "]" buttons just zoom in and zoom out, respectively. This probably happens because they also are alternative buttons for "+" and "-", but even trying some other button combo I seem to be unable to get around this. Have you had any experience with foreigner keyboards such as mine? I searched a button list in game, like, to keep next to my builds, but i couldn't find it.

[@CatchyCher]

Hi there! Thank you for your kind words! I don't have experience with foreign keyboards, but I did look into it a bit. Apparently you might be able to use an AutoHotKey program to remap some hotkeys. I don't have any experience with something like this so I can't help you out with it. It might be worth looking into though. I saw that people mentioned it in this forum: modthesims.info/t/533114 Hopefully that helps!