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“IT FLIPS UP,” Fallout New Vegas modders yell after releasing a funky Pip-Boy based on cancelled entry Van Buren’s design docs
Modders working on Fallout: The New West have released a Pip-Boy for Fallout: New Vegas based on design documents for Van Buren, the cancelled third Fallout game. Its arrival adds a distinctive piece of Van Buren-inspired equipment to the game while showcasing work on the wider remake project.
The Lil Pip 3000 has a lid that flips open through custom animations, and is designed to work with several mods that add Pip-Boy features. The release also includes a Wattz Weapon Pack with five laser guns, including a burst pistol inspired by Van Buren; both mods require several New Vegas plugins, and the weapon pack also requires the Gun Runners’ Arsenal DLC.
In short
- A Van Buren-inspired Pip-Boy mod has arrived for New Vegas.
- Its lid flips open with custom animations.
- A separate pack adds five laser weapons.
Explained simply
Fallout is a series of role-playing games set in a ruined future, where people explore the wasteland and use weapons and equipment to survive. Fallout: New Vegas is one entry in the series, and players can add community-made modifications, or “mods”, to change or expand the game.
A Pip-Boy is a wrist-mounted computer that helps the player manage information and equipment. Van Buren was the working title for a planned Fallout game that was cancelled; its surviving design documents have since inspired fan projects. The New West is a community effort to bring ideas from that cancelled game into New Vegas, so its releases offer a way to see how those plans are being reinterpreted.