Game guide:Restoring an invisible plumbot


 * This tutorial is for The Sims 3: Into the Future only.

Plumbots cannot normally age as they are immortal/ageless, just like the SimBots and servos. However, a glitch can occur that can cause a birthday message to appear for the Plumbot, causing them to age up, and can be forcibly aged up by activating the  cheat, shift-clicking the plumbot that you wish to age up, and choosing "Trigger Age Transition". Allowing a Plumbot to age up will cause them to become invisible. Although this is potentially harmless for the game, it is probably not recommended to let them be glitched.

This tutorial will help you on how to restore the invisible plumbot.

Customize the plumbot with the bot workshop. It can customize itself or let another Sim do it for the plumbot. Wait until the CAB (Create-a-Bot for short) loading screen appears.
 * Step 1. Click Customize Plumbot



Method 1
Note that it's not possible to re-customize the plumbot yet, as the buttons are grayed out. Click the "Pre-made Plumbots" icon.
 * Step 2. Click the Pre-made Plumbots icon



Once you click the icon, you will see pre-made male and female plumbots. This includes your customized plumbots that have been saved in the plumbot bin. In this method, if you don't like your plumbot, you can pick one of the pre-made plumbots you prefer.
 * Step 3. Find a Pre-made Plumbot



After you choose a pre-made plumbot, the thumbnail will refresh. You can customize the plumbot to your liking.

Before leaving CAB, name your plumbot and select its voice first. Once you are done, click the accept button and exit the CAB.
 * Step 4. Exit the CAB



Method 2
Note that it's not possible to re-customize the plumbot yet, as the buttons are grayed out. Click the "Pre-made Plumbots" icon.
 * Step 2. Click the Pre-made Plumbots icon



Once you click the icon, you will see pre-made male and female plumbots. This includes your customized plumbots that have been saved in the plumbot bin. This method requires you to have saved your plumbots in the plumbot bin beforehand, by clicking the ellipsis button at the corner of the plumbot's thumbnail and clicking "Save to Plumbot Bin".
 * Step 3. Find your CAB Plumbot



Your customized plumbots will appear along with the pre-made plumbots on the list. Saved customized plumbots have a folder icon on the lower right corner of their thumbnail.



For easy finding, you can filter the pre-made plumbots by clicking the custom content symbol on the upper right corner of the window.



Before leaving CAB, name your plumbot and select its voice first. Once you are done, click the accept button and exit the CAB.
 * Step 4. Exit the CAB