Keyboard Commands

If you lost all the documentation that came with the game, here is a list of keyboard shortcuts/commands you can use:

Camera Controls

• Rotate Left/Right: [<] / [>]
• Tile Camera: [Control] + Right Click or Middle Click (hold)
• Zoom In/Out: [+] / [-] or [Z] / [X] or Mouse Wheel (up and down)
• Move Camera: Right Click (Hold and Drag)
• Move Left/ Right: Left Arrow / Right Arrow or [A] / [D] (Adding [Shift] goes faster)
• Move Forward/Back: Up Arrow / Down Arrow or [W] / [S] (Adding [Shift] goes faster)

• Save Camera Positions 0-5: [Control] + [4] through [Control] + [9]
• Scroll To Camera Positions 0 through 5: [4] through [9]
• Switch To Camera Positions 0 through 5: [Shift] + [4] through [Shift] + [9]
• Toggle Cameraman Mode: [Tab]
• Lower/Raise Camera Height: [Q] / [E]

Universal Control Panel

• Hide UCP: [F10]
• Quit Game: [Q]
• Center on Active Sim: [Return]
• Hand Tool (Buy/Build Mode): [H]
• Eyedropper tool (Buy/Build Mode): [E]
• Design Tool (Buy/Build Mode): [R]
• Toggle Day/Night (Buy/Build Mode): [L]
• Top Down View (Buy/Build Mode): [T]
• Cancel: [Esc]
• Remove (Buy/Build Mode): [Control] (hold) + Left Click (hold and drag)

Video Capture and Snapshots

• Start/End Video Capture: [V]
• Pause Resume Video Capture: [ B ]
• Take Snapshot: [C]

Main Toolbar

• Open Close Live Mode Panel: [F1]
• Show Buy Mode Panel: [F2]
• Show Build Mode Panel: [F3]
• Show Story Mode Panel: [F4]
• Show Options Mode Panel: [F5]
• Normal/High/Ultra Speed: [1] / [2] / [3]
• Select Next Sim: [Spacebar] or [N]
• Go Up/Down One Floor: [Page Up] / [Page Down]
• Next Wall Mode: [Home]
• Previous Wall Mode: [End]

Neighborhood Toolbar

• Show/Hide Families Panel: [F1]
• Show Lots and Houses Panel: [F2]
• Show Decorations Panel: [F3]
• Show Neiborhood Story: [F4]
• Show Options Panel: [F5]

Object Placement Tools and Platform Rotate

• Rotate Object/Sims Clockwise: [>]
• Rotate Object/Sims Anti-Clockwise: [<]
• Delete Object: [Del]

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Contributor Credits

Thanks, Dreamishness for typing this up for us!