How To Fix Sims 4 Show Hidden Objects/Debug Cheat Not Working Issue

Many players complained that they tried using bb.showhiddenobjects in the Sims 4 but nothing happened. The Debug item doesn’t appear even filter it out.

Although players use “testingcheats true” before entering the Sims 4 cheats to unlock all items still nothing shows up. Instead, a debug dropdown list appears most users encounter a command failed message on their console.

There are solutions that you can find to fix the Sims 4 debug cheat not working on forums. Here in this article, we have mentioned those fixes that have helped many players.

How To Fix Sims 4 Debug Cheat Not Working

Try these fixes.

Fix 1. Restart your Console

In most cases, the Sims 4 shows hidden objects not working issue is fixed when you restart your console.

Also, you need to use a different save file and activate cheats from the beginning.

Fix 2. First Enable Testingcheats

Did you enable testingcheats before you entered bb.showhiddenobjects in the cheat console? If not then follow these steps.

Open the Cheat Console type testingcheats true and hit enter
Then type bb.showhiddenobjects and hit enter
Exit the Cheat Console

Now that you have activated debug cheats, go to the Search Bar in Buy Mode on the bottom left. Type debug and from the results click on **DEBUG** to bring up all the unlocked items.

Fix 3. Turn off testingcheats

If the Sims 4 debug cheat is still not working then try to turn off testingcheats and enter it again to turn it on.

There are two boxes Cheat and Search, make sure you are typing them in the cheat box. The search box has a character limit.

Fix 4. Search Remote in Debug Menu

A Redditor has fixed the Sims 4 debug cheat not working issue by searching the remote.

Then click on the debug item “remoteTV_EP01GENsatellite placeholder name” not the word “remote” and then it takes you to the entire list of debug objects.