By my count a Pipboy NEEDS the following:Left & right triggers Scroll between the Stats / Items / Data menusup & down (control pad/cross) scroll up & down the lists of the Stats / Items / Dataleft & right (control pad/cross) scroll across the bottom trees associated w/ the 3 lighted Pipboy buttonsA, X, Y buttons ARE neededMaybe's:B activates & deactivates Pipboy (menu button)RB hot key (Mapping weapons to cross pad)Right stick for scrolling around map in fast travel modeMy step-by-step (initial) plan is:Buy 2 (likely 4 w/murphy's law) corded x-box controllers for use with my PC. Tear one open to get at the lovely electrical innards in true wasteland fashion. Label & mark EVERYTHING so I know which wire goes to which button, etc.Take careful measurements of my arm & the amount of room I'll need to accommodate both my arm in the bracer and the technical doohickies & gizmos that make the controller work.Using the above measurements plan out a bracer for my arm then plan out overall button & switch placement. Find or construct the bracer & the bottom box that will be the core of the new Pipboy.
Vault Tec Fallout 3 Pip boy figure toy doll figurine Wobble Bobble head Bethesda. Or Best Offer +AU $8.90 postage. Fallout Vault Pip Boy Collectors LE 2500 Xmas Ornament SPECIAL Perks 7 Pack Set. From United States. 10% GST will apply. Or Best Offer. I photoshopped the lock screen to have the Vault-Tec logo and name and I deleted the charging lockscreen and replaced it with the Mac Battery theme lock screen. Its epic win. 2009-08-02 08:03 PM Like. About this mod. The Pip-Boy 2500 was designed with a larger and wider screen than the 2000 model. The 2500, unlike the 3000, operates using a series of visible vacuum tubes and boasts a more traditional design. If you're having trouble with NVSE or just don't like animations in this version, try the Pip-Boy 2500A instead.
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Section off the areas that will accommodate the buttons/sticks that are being used for the Pipboy.Mark all areas according to their use. 'This area is corresponds to the left/right triggers & the 5 point switch on the Pipboy'Take already labeled parts out of their original controller & fit them into place within the Pipboy box. Carefully insure they all fit correctly. We've decided on the direction we're taking: we're going to useclay to create a new Pipboy model, cutting it and crafting it intoshape. Then we'll use that to create a mold and then we can producemultiple Pipboys accordingly, with the electrical being done by handafterwards. The top 'box' of the Pipbody, the electronics area, etc,will all be separate than the arm bracer and will attach via a universalplate for the arm bracer, allowing for universal 'boxes' ANDaccommodate different thickness arms. UPDATES and NEWS:Found an epic little old man who just became a newneighbor of mine do to city construction.
He lived in the world pre-3Dprinting where he did all the fabricating for plants, hotwheels cars,and board games by hand. Just an old engineer who seems to havespecialized in creating things for different uses, tools, toys, signs,and the like. He gave the suggestion that I try a heat gun and plastic,then bend the plastic into position. I'll be showing him the pipboyspec's once he returns from his vacation and he'll likely have a gooddeal more input on the fabrication. at 00:36. Having puzzled around at a cheap, non 3D printed way to make the Pipboy shell/facade/case I have come to a conclusion:I have no idea how to begin that part of the project. I have therefor contacted 'Momma', or 'She who can draw, ink, color, paint, etch, pot-tery, carve, mold, fire, sew, leatherwork and God only knows what else' for a hint at just which direction I need to go to take this project to its real world level.
She was intrigued by the idea of building a 'wrist mounted computer' ( a first for her but she used to read and draw comics as a child including Fantastic Four so sci-fi is not a problem) and agreed to take a look at the pictures she could find with Google and to hit me up with either suggestions or (hopefully) just agree to help ( 90-10%) make the Pipboy facade by hand. Very likely her son, an avid comic fan, aspiring artist, and Fallout 3 fan will happily help his mom find pictures and explain to her how it works, even potentially showing her the game.Meantime, back at my house and in my corner of the web, if anyone has any suggestions on how to make the Pipboy facade/shell/exterior that doesn't involve 3D printing let me knowMaterials, colors, paints, whatever, just drop a comment below. I need to make this thing rugged enough for real world wearing and playing so I'm open to suggestions. at 18:01.
Delayed Forums response is due to afailure for the pics to develop (or get sent to me). Also, comingdown with something and had to troubleshoot some problems notassociated with Pipboy project.Here I am with the new MicroSoftauthorized GameStop controller cracked open, upside down so thebuttons don't fall out.Here's the next step:The rumble packs are both sitting offto the side, the only things with wires in the controller. What yousee there is my incredibly sexy assistant (part time Lingerie model)Buffy holding the two wires against the RIGHT arrow of the crosspad'sconnection.Each of the connection areas for thed-pad / control cross as well as the x,y,a,b buttons are all composedof those silver circles split in half down the middle. When the“button” is pressed in, it closing the contact between the twoand while the connection is split on the circuit board the buttonconnection doesn't appear to be split.Unfortunately the circuit board isreplete with circuitry which I must not damage or short when I solderthese wires to their respective button connection sites.
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I must finda way to hold the wire to the board or within the controller so thatthere is no stress or tension that tugs at the soldered connectionwhile at the same time putting together some sort of safety so thatif the controller get's dropped away from the Pipboy the wiringdoesn't take the tension or shock.My idea here is to wrap all the wiringwith a cord of shorter length so that the outer cord, just like withstore bought electronics, absorbs the shock and tension, leaving thewire inside uninjured. Also, I think having a breakaway connectorwould be wise as well, so that the controller can be used without thePipboy attached and so that the Pipboy can be worn (cosplay) withoutthe controller dragging along. This breakaway connection wouldpotentially solve both problems by insuring that a dropped controllerdoesn't tear out the soldering and allows for cosplay.
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Not that Icosplay. But who knows?
IF I build this maybe some more working partsand voila, costume. at 19:41. 7/21/15 updatePurchased a soldering kit (this will be my second timeever holding a hot soldering iron so.
W00t w00t) 4 buttons, 2 feet of8(?) strand copper wire and a Gamestop 'authorized' Xbox 360 controller.My intention for today is to solder the wires to the new buttons. I willopen the controller, bottom up, and stabilize it,then plug it into compin place of current troller.Once done with that I'll press thewires from new buttons to the circruit board and attempt to utilize thenew button, one at a time, to mimic the actual controller buttonsWITHOUT SOLDERING TO THE MOTHERBOARD. 07/16/15update on arduino vs raspberry vs justwires: the guy (at the electronics store) thinks the simplest way(not involving any programming) would be to simply wire twocontrollers together. He'd rather run with the arduino if I'm notalso building a screen (using a cell phone). The raspberry would beif I wanted the full experience because then I can get a raspberrytiny screen and fit that into the pipboy.Okay, so as I sat there thinking thisover I realized a couple things: a lot of folks are pushing for amore thinking machine for their suggestions whereas I last programmedusing BASIC on an Apple IIe 20+ years ago.
Tad rusty with softwaremanipulation.Also more electricity = more powersapped = more heat generatedIf I have to run a battery pack for thePip-troller in any way shape or form I don't want it to go dryimmediately. 'Do I physically WIRE the controllers together so that xyab on the Pip-troller are physically wired to xyab on the Play-troller?'
- sounds about right. If you don't want to go the extra mile and work with a teensy you should count your inputs and look for a gamepad or joystick with the same amount and wire each 'button' to a new one with your function. Adding wires to a bought gamepad pcb can be tricky though. There are many 'ifs' in your project, that I hope to see to be solved in project logs;) Buttons cost nothing, so grab a 5 bugs gamepad and some switches and try it out first, before you buy expensive stuff you might not need.Are you sure?.