[WIP] Pip-Boy 2500 : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:44 am

Very cool, check your PM

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:13 pm

Looking very good, I'm impressed.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:39 am

Hah, that's fantastic! I can't wait to see this in game!

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:00 pm

Oh my god! This is coming along better than I expected! Words cannot express how much I need this! When do you think we could expect a release?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:15 am

Oh my god! This is coming along better than I expected! Words cannot express how much I need this! When do you think we could expect a release?

I'm hoping fix up the skin and modify the vacuum tubes a bit. Once that's done, I'll try to replace the Pip-Boy Readius model with this one. I can see myself doing this over the weekend. Keep an eye out for it

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:01 am

I'm hoping fix up the skin and modify the vacuum tubes a bit. Once that's done, I'll try to replace the Pip-Boy Readius model with this one. I can see myself doing this over the weekend. Keep an eye out for it

That's great news! And I've been keeping my eye on this for a while now, so you bet I'll be waiting eagerly!

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:59 am

your a mind reader,i was thinking about exactly the same 5 mins. ago-fallout 2 pip boy skin for nv...

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:27 am

Well, I've managed to model a grate. The skin is pretty much done, I may add some more wear and tear to it later -- But I'm more concerned about getting it to replace the Pip-Boy Readius right now. I've been messing around in Nifscope, but I think this new model may require quite a bit of rigging for the buttons and what not. Is there anyone out there who can help me out?

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9014/finishz.jpg

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:04 pm

Well, I've managed to model a grate. The skin is pretty much done, I may add some more wear and tear to it later -- But I'm more concerned about getting it to replace the Pip-Boy Readius right now. I've been messing around in Nifscope, but I think this new model may require quite a bit of rigging for the buttons and what not. Is there anyone out there who can help me out?

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9014/finishz.jpg

Shoot, there goes my pants. Good thing its night time, I can take these off and use a blanket to cover myself or something.

Seriously, words cannot express how awesome that it, and I would help you out if I could. Not enough experience at the moment.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:48 am

I just can't wait til this becomes available. Between the Good-Ol-Pipboy, the Pipboy 3500 for the Readius, and this? Gonna be hard to decide which one to wear, but I'll be leaning towards the classic. Amazing job so far!

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:38 am

Looking good so far. :thumbsup:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:54 pm

sorry dude,i had no experience with skining/moding whatsoever :sadvaultboy:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:52 am

So...how's it coming along? Hopefully will be done soon.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:14 am

Looking good. Hoping for a wristband version though, my reasoning as usual being the very first thing I saw after purchasing Fallout. The manual, clearly stating that the Pip-Boy is wrist-mounted. ^_^

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:36 pm

Oh wow! It's perfect! Unfortionately I never figured out how to get meshes into the game either. Maybe you should make a thread asking for tips on how to do it, surely someone who knows will stumble accross it.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:58 pm

I'd be willing to try my hand at rigging it.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:59 am

Well, I've been having some trouble on rigging this thing. But I'll eventually figure it out with some help/tutorials. I'm sorry to say that I have to delay the release for a bit -- at least until December. I have 3 essays to write. Once those are done, back to working on the Pip-Boy

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:38 pm

if you need help on the texturing you should contact this guy he has a great pipboy readius reskin, it's called the pipboy 3500 lol http://newvegasnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=449755

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:32 am

if you need help on the texturing you should contact this guy he has a great pipboy readius reskin, it's called the pipboy 3500 lol http://newvegasnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=449755

I dunno if you looked through the thread (or even the first post, actually) -- but I've already finished the skin.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:42 am

I don't suppose you'd consider releasing the NIF for people to play with.

I was looking through the Readius nif yesterday and I'd love to see if I actually understand how it works by applying it to your model.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:25 am

Oh, my bad :blush2: anyways really looking forward to seeing this released!

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:21 am

I don't suppose you'd consider releasing the NIF for people to play with.

I was looking through the Readius nif yesterday and I'd love to see if I actually understand how it works by applying it to your model.

I would prefer keep the model private until release. But if you know what you're doing, PM me and I might send you the model or something.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:48 am

Yeah, I'd probably do the same. Had to ask, though.

I was just examining the Readius version yesterday and noticed that the buttons all seem to have specific names for their nodes. I was curious as to whether the naming was what controlled their functions.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:04 am

Yeah, I'd probably do the same. Had to ask, though.

I was just examining the Readius version yesterday and noticed that the buttons all seem to have specific names for their nodes. I was curious as to whether the naming was what controlled their functions.

From what I've figured out, some of the duplicates are for things like alpha and light maps -- The duplicates of buttons, for example, are so that they'll light up when selected and so on. It's likely that everything is attached to seperate bones of a skeleton.

It's difficult to know for sure though. It's interesting how you can click the buttons with your mouse on the Readius despite them being in a different location than on the original Pip-Boy 3000.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:10 am

Well, the buttons in both the original and the Readius version share the same name....like: PipBoyButton03

In Oblivion the name of a node often seemed to designate how that node was treated in the game, so I was going to see if your buttons and such could be made into individual nodes and then given matching names and see what resulted.

I originally thought it must be using an XML overlay, but it does appear that the model itself contains the triggers.

edit: I wonder if it will be a problem that your model doesn't have a rad needle?