"According to Stanley Armstrong, biometric seals prevent the device from being removed, and Gary 23 in the Outcast outpost had his arm cut off because the Outcasts needed his Pip-Boy to unlock a weapons vault in the add-on Operation: Anchorage. However, this portrayal is notoriously inconsistent (not to mention illogical), as clothing in Fallout 3 is depicted as fitting under the Pip-Boy, with sleeves coming out on the other sides, while in New Vegas this issue is not mentioned at all. The Courier receives Doc Mitchell's old Pip-Boy and can freely switch between the regular and the Pimp-Boy 3 Billion version; the 3 Billion also appears loose on the player's arm. Ricky in Honest Hearts wears a Pip-Boy he claims to have found, though he doesn't mention the biometric lock. This could indicate that the Pip-Boy can only be taken off by its wearer and no one else. "
Fallout 3 Isn't cannon, Obsidian discredited a lot of it's views, PIP-Boys in all fallouts have been just like watches, it's only fallout 3 that included the biometric seal.
Hope I didn't come off snarky or anything, just wanted to offer my 2 cents :o
@NeosEX That is incorrect, as much as you may dislike it, Bethesda says that Fo3 is cannon, and as they own the franchise, they are the only ones who get to make that decision. That means that even if you, Obsidian, or Chris Avellone himself disagrees, it doesn't matter.
@Panda102 no, Ender is right. Just look at what Disney did, they bought Star Wars and they discredited everything in the expanded universe, leaving only the movies as canon. If they own the IP then they get to decide what's canon and what's not.
dude the pipboy seal is onyl for long term in vault experiements any ones that will open early or not require being underground perminently the models in new vegas are f models the one shown in 3 are d models with built in biolocks. the clothing is slid underneath its not physically locked onto the arm but more it cant be opened until the viability of the subject is comprimised enough that death occurs hence ipening the lock.
Fallout 3 wasn't even consistent with itself regarding the removability of the Pipboy, so we're just gonna be ignoring the whole nonsensical biometric seal thing, as the game itself and its own sequels did. Don't like it? That's fine, you're free to come up with your own headcanon for why you have a computer grafted to your arm that you can still tuck your sleeves under. Canon isn't actually very important.
That is incorrect, as much as you may dislike it, Bethesda says that Fo3 is cannon, and as they own the franchise, they are the only ones who get to make that decision. That means that even if you, Obsidian, or Chris Avellone himself disagrees, it doesn't matter.
The player decides what's canon or not, it's an RPG.
Uhm ... Doc Mitchell doesn't and shouldn't have a pipboy because he gave his pipboy to you at the start of the game. your character was never in a vault so your character doesn't have one initially. so the doc gives his pip and vault suit to you because he doesn't need them anymore.
One has to wonder whether the pipboys were stolen. Chris probably traveled alone, and could have had his pipboy stolen by raiders who just kicked him around and laughed at him.
I doubt common rangers would have the medical and technical know-how to take somebody's Pip-Boy off safely
Oh, fair enough. Biometric scans et cetera. I dunno, maybe he sold it.
One has to wonder whether the pipboys were stolen. Chris probably traveled alone, and could have had his pipboy stolen by raiders who just kicked him around and laughed at him.
I doubt common rangers would have the medical and technical know-how to take somebody's Pip-Boy off safely
One has to wonder whether the pipboys were stolen. Chris probably traveled alone, and could have had his pipboy stolen by raiders who just kicked him around and laughed at him.
Doc Mitchell still has a pipboy to give the courier and he still has his wife's vaultsuit, so I would say yeah he has a spare pipboy. But would he still have it to give to the player? He seems like a charitable guy, so I don't see why he wouldn't have given the spare to one of the townspeople who had lived in Goodsprings before you arrived. Sunny seems to be the designated hunter who keeps gecko bloatfly populations from moving in, so maybe she should have the spare since she's out there every day hunting geckos (not that this is reflected in her daily routine).
...Why did Benny take the courier's clothes?? Forget the preorder dlc, Doc feels he has to give the courier a vault suit for the sake of modesty, implying that the courier didn't have any clothes with them. If we put the preorder dlc into lore, they could reasonably be left in the grave, and Victor would have carried the player naked to Doc. The fact that Benny decided you shouldn't have any clothes when he killed the courier implies some things about him or the Khans that I don't wanna think too much about.
You really should add a version for Doc Mitchell where he doesn't wear the pip-boy as optional. Sure, if you played as female he will give his wife's but, if you're playing as male he will give his. Hell, if you played as male he never mentioned anything about his wife unless you asked.
Yes, but doesn't he mention something about it not being quit his style anyway? Indicates he doesn't wear it anymore. Please add a file that removes the Doc.
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Hope I didn't come off snarky or anything, just wanted to offer my 2 cents :o
1. The own the franchise, and the cannon of the universe - not the same things.
2.. Many things in FO3 not cannon and lore friendly. It's only the part of the game, not part of the universe cannon.
3. Some things from FO3 really the new part of the cannon. But, not all.
P.S. sorry for my bad english.
By the way, his wife's dead.
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65980
How can I circumvent this?
Oh, fair enough. Biometric scans et cetera. I dunno, maybe he sold it.
I doubt common rangers would have the medical and technical know-how to take somebody's Pip-Boy off safely
Doc Mitchell still has a pipboy to give the courier and he still has his wife's vaultsuit, so I would say yeah he has a spare pipboy. But would he still have it to give to the player? He seems like a charitable guy, so I don't see why he wouldn't have given the spare to one of the townspeople who had lived in Goodsprings before you arrived. Sunny seems to be the designated hunter who keeps gecko bloatfly populations from moving in, so maybe she should have the spare since she's out there every day hunting geckos (not that this is reflected in her daily routine).
...Why did Benny take the courier's clothes?? Forget the preorder dlc, Doc feels he has to give the courier a vault suit for the sake of modesty, implying that the courier didn't have any clothes with them. If we put the preorder dlc into lore, they could reasonably be left in the grave, and Victor would have carried the player naked to Doc. The fact that Benny decided you shouldn't have any clothes when he killed the courier implies some things about him or the Khans that I don't wanna think too much about.
Sorry, big tangent there.