Game guide:Restoring an invisible plumbot

Stages of Plumbot Aging Glitch

A glitch that shows from celebrating plumbot's birthday to the glitch transformation

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

Plumbots cannot age as they are immortal/ageless, just like the SimBots and servos. But they can be aged up either by activating the testingCheatsEnabled true cheat, shift-clicking the plumbot that you wish to age up, and choosing "Trigger Age Transition"; or when a message shows that it's their birthday, which is a glitch. Once they age up, they will 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.

Step 1. Click Customize 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.

Method 1

Step 2. Click the Pre-made Plumbots icon

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 3. Find a Pre-made Plumbot

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.

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

Step 4. Exit the CAB

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

Method 2

Step 2. Click the Pre-made Plumbots icon

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 3. Find your CAB Plumbot

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".

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.

Step 4. Exit the CAB

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