Buydebug

Buydebug is a cheat code present in The Sims 3 and The Sims 4. It allows the player to access objects not normally visible in the buy mode (or build mode, in The Sims 4) catalog.

The Sims 3
To activate the cheat, the player must first enable testing cheats by opening the cheat box and typing in. They then must type. A box with a question mark will appear in the buy mode catalog that contains all of the game's debug objects. To turn it off, enter in the same cheat and instead of "on", add "off".

The Sims 4
Like The Sims 3, the player must enable testing cheats (using ) before activating a buydebug cheat.

There are two codes available,  and. The first one allows players to access hidden (yet functional) objects, such as fishing pond markers, collectables, and craftable objects. The second one, added in Patch 82, allows players to build using almost any decorative world object, such as plants that are not available in the catalog, full-sized cars, and building shells. There seems to be no way to manually turn off the cheats. However, they automatically turn off once the player moves to a different game mode and returns to build mode.

Some debug objects have names, allowing for easy searching, but most are just called "**DEBUG**". Debug objects also cannot be copied. It is recommended to place multiple objects before scrolling elsewhere in the catalog, in case multiple will be needed later.