How to get a satellite dish in Sims 4 cheat

A satellite dish was entered into the game with The Sims 4: Get to Work and the active scientist career that came along with it. This satellite dish has a number of really fun abilities including the neighbourhood hivemind that can be extremely powerful.

In this article, we’ll discuss how to get a satellite dish in the sims 4 as well as what a satellite dish can do!

How to Get a Satellite Dish in The Sims 4

The only way for your sim to get a satellite dish without cheating is by entering into the scientist career from The Sims 4: Get to Work. This is an active career, so it can be extremely time consuming to get your sim to level 4, and have their 7th breakthrough to be able to unlock it.

You’ll need to get 3 common metals as well as 3 common crystals for you to be able to create a satellite dish on the invention constructor.

How to Get a Satellite Dish With Cheats

You can also obtain a satellite dish by using the buy debug cheat which is the easier way to get it, but not as rewarding. To use this cheat you need to open up the cheat box by hitting ctrl + shift + c and typing in testingcheats true to make sure that cheats are enabled.

Then you’ll type bb.showhiddenobjects into the cheat bar and this should unlock a lot of hidden objects in the game. You can search satellite using the search bar in buy mode and it should appear.

Satellite Dish Abilities

When you have a satellite dish on your lot you’re going to unlock a new television channel that is focused on aliens, which will give your sims something new and interesting to watch. Not the most exciting ability, but still a cool feature.

You can also use the satellite dish to detect aliens and see how many aliens are around. You can also use the satellite dish to totally prevent your sims from being abducted for 24 hours. However, you can also use it to talk to aliens which can make it more likely that your sim will be abducted.

Satellite Dish Hiveminds

One of the most fun parts of the satellite dish from The Sims 4: Get to Work is that you can use it to start a hivemind, making every sim in their neighbourhood do a certain thing. There are 5 available hiveminds that you can choose from:

Name Outcome
Knockout Everyone in the neighbourhood will fall over and fall asleep and will get a +10,000 sleep moodlet that says “Knocked Out”
Bladder Epidemic Will lower everyone in the neighbourhood’s bladder so they will all search for a bathroom at once
Dance Party Will cause the entire neighbourhood to start dancing
Angry Town Will give the entire neighbourhood a +3 angry moodlet
Happy Town Will give the entire neighbourhood a +2 happy moodlet

Final Thoughts

Small things like the satellite dish are what make the game really worth it for me, this small addition to The Sims 4 makes for a really cool alien contact system and the hiveminds are hilarious. How do you feel about the satellite dish? Let me know in the comments!

I really want to avoid the abduction, and aliens too. Both things are reallyyy not my cup of tea.
Sadly, the devs thought that getting sims kidnapped and knocked up by aliens was fun for everyone and force it on players : no aliens OFF option.

I heard about the satellite but I read it's an invention from the scientist career, which is not a career I'm interested in at all. Is there any way to get it with cheats? I can't find it in Build Mode.

If someone knows, please tell me how I'd be really grateful.

Thanks !

This guide will let you know how to be abducted by aliens in The Sims 4. You have to follow the step-by-step instructions in this guide to do so. 

The abduction only happens at night time from 10 pm to 4 am, and there are two objects in the game: satellite dishes and the desktop computer that you can use to increase the chance of abduction. You can unlock both objects through the scientist’s career. If you want to unlock the satellite dish, you need to progress, and when you are at level 4 in your career, you have to create it on the invention constructor, as shown in the image below.  

How to get a satellite dish in Sims 4 cheat

You can unlock out of the world desktop computers by reaching level 10 of the scientist career. For the satellite dish, you need to press Ctrl + Shift + C and then type testingcheats true, press enter, and then type bb.showhiddenobjects

After that, you have to go to buy mode, and from there, you can find and buy the satellite dish in the miscellaneous electronics section in buy mode, as shown in the image below. 

How to get a satellite dish in Sims 4 cheat

If you want the Out of the world desktop computer, then you will get the career rewards while building community lots or building a home before moving a Sim in. You can also use bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement cheat which will make career rewards. From there, you can purchase it with fifteen thousand simoleons, as shown in the image below. 

How to get a satellite dish in Sims 4 cheat

You can use both of these objects to contact aliens, and there will be a good chance of abduction. There will be a 24 hours cooldown time on each interaction, and after 24 hours, you can again contact aliens. You have to contact the aliens every day, and after a few days, they will come to you and whisk you away. 

How to get a satellite dish in Sims 4 cheat

If you need aliens to come to you regularly, you have to type in the cheat bar “interaction. push AlienAbduction_BbAbducted ”, and you will see that your Sim will be abducted instantly will be a cooldown time on each abduction. If you want to make your mail Sim pregnant, you must enter a cheat “stats.set_stat community_aliensbduction_cooldown 0” between each abduction. 

How to get a satellite dish in Sims 4 cheat

How do you debug items in Sims 4?

How to enable The Sims 4 debug cheat.
The Sims 4 PC cheats: Hold Ctrl and Shift, then press c..
The Sims 4 Mac cheats: Hold Command (⌘) and Shift, then press c..
The Sims 4 PS4 cheats: Hold down all the four shoulder buttons at once..
The Sims 4 Xbox One cheats: Hold down all four shoulder buttons at once..

How do you make an alien on Sims 4 cheat?

Currently, there are three methods to create an Alien; in CAS, get abducted by Aliens, and have children with one. The first one is the easiest. Simmers can click on the + icon in Create A Sim (CAS) to add another Sim to the Household. There is an option to add Occults and one of them is Aliens.

How do I show debug items?

Now you'll need to enter the cheat to show the debug and hidden items:.
Type in “bb. showhiddenobjects” and press enter..
For the second code, type “bb. showliveeditobjects” and press enter again..
Now you can exit the cheats menu..

What is a diamond agent Sims 4?

Diamond Agent Branch The Diamond Agent's Ideal Mood is Focused. They get a mid-range Computer, and the chair/computer both put off a Confident Aura that helps a little with Romance and Friendly Interactions, and can help them build Charisma. The rest is Decor, but you do also get the nice tuxedo that is featured above.