how does he get the pipboy?
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Doc Mitchell (guy that finds you dead and patches you up) gives it to you. He got it from a Vault Dweller, i suppose.
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Courier
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Courier
The Great Fondango
First time out of the vault
I thought they were rolling with the story of Mitchel being the ex-Overseer of 21, after getting the boot from House when he won it in a card game and turned it into a casino.
VivaNewVegas
First time out of the vault
Wait how does the boot buy him a pipboy? are these toxic res boots like from fallout 2, if so then i guess the barter values are decent.
The Great Fondango
First time out of the vault
VivaNewVegas said:
*slaps forehead*
...
Getting the Boot...it's a figure of speech meaning to get kicked out, thrown out, ejected, exiled, banned or otherwise removed from a place or position...
Big Danny K
First time out of the vault
In FO3 they said it is impossible to remove the Pip-Boy from the owner, either Doc Mitchell found a way to remove his own Pip boy or he gives the courier a "new" one that doesn't belong to anyone
*Please correct me if I have any grammar mistakes, I don't pay attention to it when I'm typing fast
*Please correct me if I have any grammar mistakes, I don't pay attention to it when I'm typing fast
Stanislao Moulinsky
Vault Fossil
IIRC he hasn't one on his arm so yeah.
And that the Pip-Boy can't be removed is so stupid...
And that the Pip-Boy can't be removed is so stupid...
Guiltyofbeingtrite
Vault Dweller
The Great Fondango said:
This was my favorite exchange in NMA history
KillerBee256
Still Mildly Glowing
They go back in forth about if the pipboy 3k can be removed or not, because even thought they say in dialog it can't, one can see in game that it seems fairly easy for the character to have the pip boy over the cuff of the clothes they're wearing.
Big Danny K
First time out of the vault
KillerBee256 said:
Bethesda still owes us an explanation about this...
Well, OBVIOUSLY the doctor is in with the Enclave and vertibirds over to DC, assassinates the Lone Wanderer, loots the Pipboy, and flies back to the outskirts of Vegas.
This will explain why the in-game model in NV will exactly match the one in FO3, especially with the scratches and wear in the exact same spots.
This will explain why the in-game model in NV will exactly match the one in FO3, especially with the scratches and wear in the exact same spots.
Big Danny K
First time out of the vault
Mapex said:
They took ALOT of textures, models, etc. from FO3
Faceless Stranger
Board Drifter
Of all the things they need to answer for, this is low on the list.Big Danny K said:
Regardless, I don't see why the don't just use the Pip-boy 200 again as a map/quest interface like in the first 2 games and integrate the inventory/stats into it. This way it will retain the style. but using a full screen UI instead of a crappy little wrist-mounted thing.
ii_am_Ghost
First time out of the vault
KillerBee256 said:
The pip boy doesn't go over any part of the clothes.
The pip boys are passed down from dead to young vault descendants. Does the Pip boy magically "unlock" when a vault dweller dies? Do they have to saw dead vault dwellers' arms off to get to it?
I think it was just a dumb excuse to tell the player "Oh, btw, you can't unequipt and lose this."
"Regardless, I don't see why the don't just use the Pip-boy 200 again as a map/quest interface like in the first 2 games and integrate the inventory/stats into it. This way it will retain the style. but using a full screen UI instead of a crappy little wrist-mounted thing."
Eh. this is a problem on a variety of standpoints. I'm all about bringing back stuff, but that would involve overhauling the interface by a massive degree. One, they would have to redesign/awkwardly force the functionality of the controls for gamepads (which the majority of FO:NV players will use). Another issue is the problem of dramatically changing conventions that FO3 players are used to. In reality, Bethesda made a working interface for their last title, so to completely throw out what works that took months to create is sort of silly.
Though, I think finding a easter egg pip boy or an unusable old pipboy in FO:NV would be nice fan service.
I think it was just a dumb excuse to tell the player "Oh, btw, you can't unequipt and lose this."
"Regardless, I don't see why the don't just use the Pip-boy 200 again as a map/quest interface like in the first 2 games and integrate the inventory/stats into it. This way it will retain the style. but using a full screen UI instead of a crappy little wrist-mounted thing."
Eh. this is a problem on a variety of standpoints. I'm all about bringing back stuff, but that would involve overhauling the interface by a massive degree. One, they would have to redesign/awkwardly force the functionality of the controls for gamepads (which the majority of FO:NV players will use). Another issue is the problem of dramatically changing conventions that FO3 players are used to. In reality, Bethesda made a working interface for their last title, so to completely throw out what works that took months to create is sort of silly.
Though, I think finding a easter egg pip boy or an unusable old pipboy in FO:NV would be nice fan service.
DirkGently
Still Mildly Glowing
Why would you have to change the controls? the B button could still open the pipboy the interface would just be different. Which would mostly be pointless since Bethesda spent a good deal of time making a nice looking interface and it'd be a shame to throw it out and start over.
DirkGently said:
Sorry, I meant that they would have to change how the pipboy functioned in relation to the physical controler (gamepad), not how it is to be brought up. Cause the old pipboy was meant to be used with a mouse and keyboard, introducing a gamepad to control that is sort of designing backwards.
DirkGently
Still Mildly Glowing
Except most menus can be adopted to console use without any real difficulty? It's not like it'd be particularly complicated to do, this happens all the time with ports.