Game guide:Changing names

Changing names

City Hall, a place where you can change your sim name in The Sims 3.

Many times in The Sims series, players will end up wanting to change their Sims names. Maybe they spelled it wrong, maybe they changed their mind, maybe they married someone with a weird name. Here is a tutorial on how to change an unwanted name.

The Sims 2

By cheating

1. Open the console menu by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + C.
2. Type in "boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true" without the quotes.
3. Hold SHIFT and click a Sim. A menu will appear.
4. Choose "Spawn" and select "Tombstone of L and D."
5. After it appears, click on the tombstone and another menu will appear.
6. Choose "Rename Sim" and a text box will appear.
7. Type in the new name of the Sim.

Without cheating

• This way of changing names requires SimPE.

1. Open SimPE.
2. Click "Neighborhood Browser," and choose the neighborhood your Sim lives in.
3. After the files open up, click on "Sim Browser," and look for your Sim.
4. After the Sim files open up, look at the two text boxes in the plugin view. The first one is the Sim's first name, and the second is their last name.
5. Click on either text box and change it to the name preferred.

Notes

• If you are not familiar with TestingCheatsEnabled or SimPE, you are advised to not try changing names.

The Sims 3

City Hall

City hall allows Sims to change their names. The option is available between 8 AM and 6 PM. To change Sims' names, simply choose "Change Name..." option on the city hall. Sims will enter the city hall, and a text box will appear prompting the players to insert Sims' new names. It will take a while inside the city hall.

Note: To change a baby, toddler, or child's name, select the parental guardian instead of the baby, toddler, or child.

Brain Enhancing Machine

This method requires University Life. A level 3 brain enhancing machine or the pro brain enhancing machine has the ability to change Sim's personality. This will allow Sims to change their traits as well as their names. Be careful though, as personality programming can fail and randomize Sim's traits and possibly burn them if they're singed.

By cheating

As of patch 1.22, players can use testingCheatsEnabled true cheat and shift+click the target Sim to access the CAS menu by using the "Edit in CAS" option. This will send Sims to CAS, and the players are able to modify Sims. This method might cause some glitches, however. It might reset Sim's age. Also, be wary not to be tempted to make any drastic changes like Sim's supernatural type, as it will not properly change the Sim's state.