I call them IBots btw. :) http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sim_memroy/null/000/216/069/31/original.jpg1. Create a Plumbot2. Select the Plumbot3. Click on the Plumbot again. Now choose nraas -> MasterController -> advanced options -> Add Occult -> add the time traveler occult4. Click on the Plumbot again. Now choose nraas -> MasterController -> pro options -> Edit in CAS5. Edit the Plumbot as you like but do NOT CHANGE THE AGE OR THE GENDER! If you disdain this your Plumbot will get malformed beyond recognition!6. Once you are satisfied with the looks of your Plumbot, save it as template. DO NOT SKIP THIS PART!7. Leave CAS8. Click on the Plumbot and choose nraas -> MasterController -> advanced options -> Remove Occult -> remove the time traveler occult.9. Now look, your Plumbot is totally malformed but that doesn't matter. All we did until here was to create the template. Select another Sim (I mean make another Sim active).10. Click on the malformed Plumbot and choose nraas -> MasterController -> pro options -> complete destruction -> agree to the warning message. The Plumbot should now be gone for good.11. Now we come to the real thing! :) Create a Plumbot in the usual way with the bot making station and just choose from the template you have saved before. Oddly enough this template is a pure Plumbot (means no additional time traveller occult) but that's good for our purpose.12. Done! Now you have a genuine human looking Plumbot without any corrupt data.If you don't want to fiddle with it you can download an IBot couple (1 male, 1 female) here:http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7932767

Cyron43 wrote:Maximizing the quality level before saving her as template didn't help.I suspect the time traveler occult. That's supposed to be for male Sims only.I'm going to try it with a different occult type now - hmm - I guess I take fairy this time.EDIT: I tried everything I could think of but I don't get it fixed.So either don't travel with female IBots or forget the whole thing.OK, guys, bad news. These humanoid bots, even the male ones, are not benign. I just found out, with only a male humanoid bot in a two person sim family, that I cannot buy bots in the bot store. The option to buy a bot is greyed out, and the blurb says that I cannot buy a bot because there are too many sims in my sim family. I could buy a bot just before that, because I bought the one that I turned into the humanoid bot by modifying it with the existing template, in the store egg. Before I bought that bot, I had only two sims in the family. After I bought the bot, I had two sims and a normal bot. I could still buy another normal bot, if I wished. The option was live. But after I customized the existing bot and turned it into the humanoid male bot in the store egg, the option to buy another normal bot was no longer available.So going through this process seems to work for males, but it is actively messing with code and causing glitches in game play. Sigh. Such a disappointment.BTW, when I made the male bot, and got to that step where things got malformed, I did see the malformation. I did not with the female, but I did with the male. And the male was able to travel back and forth without apparent harm. I sooooo thought I had a working bot for DV. I could cry.I can't risk game corruption, though. So, I will say goodbye to this lovely dream.But thank you, Cyron for sharing your discovery. It almost worked. (hugs)

You can skip point 8. This is just to show you why we need to take this detour. You destroy that Plumbot/Time Traveller hybrid at point 10 anyway.BTW part of this guide was taken from the MTS forum. However none of the procedures worked 100% for me so I did some trial and error until I found the right solution.

Hah! I knew someone would find a way. :thumbup: I'm doing a factory reset just to add NRAAS mods so I can experiment with this. Too much fun to resist! :D

Thank you Cyron43! I read the MTS forum that you linked to and thought it sounded odd, but I'm glad that I waited to try this. Your instructions make more sense to me. I will try it out later when I get into the game again.Mylita

Tutorial: HOW TO create a humanoid looking PlumBot

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SamiKat2
12 years ago
Bookmarking. This is wonderful and I really want to try it; but I'll wait until the glitches in the process are ironed out as much as possible.

Thank you Cyron for your genius in figuring this out; and thank you Amjoie for testing it! I am excited by this!

I would really like to make a humanoid wife for my current sim.
amjoie
Rising Ace
12 years ago
Cyron43 wrote:
I traveled to OL with Adam, Eve and their creator (John Retset). While Eve had regular Sim traits, Adam was okay.
Then I created a second couple in OL and traveled back to the present.
Both Adams are okay but both Eves are not. That's strange. The only thing different is that I didn't maximize the quality level before I saved her as template.
I'm going to create Eve from scratch now with quality level maxed out before saving her as template. I'll report back.
BTW that's the model I used for the IBots:
http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/599/554/016/00/screenshot_original.jpg

My sim was female. I didn't make a male. Hmmmm. When I get a chance, here, I should try a male ....
Cyron43
12 years ago
Maximizing the quality level before saving her as template didn't help.
I suspect the time traveler occult. That's supposed to be for male Sims only.
I'm going to try it with a different occult type now - hmm - I guess I take fairy this time.

EDIT: I tried everything I could think of but I don't get it fixed.
So either don't travel with female IBots or forget the whole thing.
SamiKat2
12 years ago
Well, it's still better than nothing. At least we can make male humanoid plumbots that can travel; and humanoid plumbots of any gender that can stay in one place after creation. I wonder how this affects traveling to WA worlds, too.

I really DO appreciate your efforts, Cyron, and I will still try this. Thank you! :D
amjoie
Rising Ace
12 years ago
Cyron43 wrote:
Maximizing the quality level before saving her as template didn't help.
I suspect the time traveler occult. That's supposed to be for male Sims only.
I'm going to try it with a different occult type now - hmm - I guess I take fairy this time.

EDIT: I tried everything I could think of but I don't get it fixed.
So either don't travel with female IBots or forget the whole thing.

OK, guys, bad news. These humanoid bots, even the male ones, are not benign. I just found out, with only a male humanoid bot in a two person sim family, that I cannot buy bots in the bot store. The option to buy a bot is greyed out, and the blurb says that I cannot buy a bot because there are too many sims in my sim family.

I could buy a bot just before that, because I bought the one that I turned into the humanoid bot by modifying it with the existing template, in the store egg. Before I bought that bot, I had only two sims in the family. After I bought the bot, I had two sims and a normal bot. I could still buy another normal bot, if I wished. The option was live.

But after I customized the existing bot and turned it into the humanoid male bot in the store egg, the option to buy another normal bot was no longer available.

So going through this process seems to work for males, but it is actively messing with code and causing glitches in game play. Sigh. Such a disappointment.

BTW, when I made the male bot, and got to that step where things got malformed, I did see the malformation. I did not with the female, but I did with the male. And the male was able to travel back and forth without apparent harm. I sooooo thought I had a working bot for DV. I could cry.

I can't risk game corruption, though. So, I will say goodbye to this lovely dream.

But thank you, Cyron for sharing your discovery. It almost worked. (hugs)
Cyron43
12 years ago
Thank you samiam662, that means a lot to me. *Hugs*

Amjoie, I have just successfully bought Plumbots for my tester household which consists of 1 regular Sim and 2 IBots. So your experience cannot be generalized.
EDIT: I've just read another thread and that reminded me of a bug I have forgotten in the meantime because I use Twallan's mods and I don't face it anymore: Plumbots tend to change their appearance after going through the time portal. Remember? So are you testing with or w/o mods?
Cyron43
11 years ago
Up with you, thread.
TaikaJamppa
Seasoned Traveler
6 years ago
I find it easier to have a p-bot love a sim, then visit Oasis Landing and find the descendant. ? Got one by accident, looks like human but definitely is a robot! Now if only I could change his clothes... ?
EA_Rtas
Community Manager
6 years ago
Hey there! It's awesome to hear your opinion on this, unfortunately this thread has been inactive since 2014 so I'm going to close it off. If you have any questions about necroposting you can read this thread here : Necroposting

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