Pip-Boy Hardware Expansion Suite

The Pip-Boy Hardware Expansion Suite adds a series of expansion modules that grant bonus effects as though they were armors, but don't take up an armor slot and can't be confiscated. It was inspired by this article I read on the wiki, about a feature found in J.E. Sawyer's pen and paper Fallout RPG.

There are three plugins available – one for Fallout: New Vegas only, one for Fallout: New Vegas with all its DLC, and one for Tale of Two Wastelands. Choose only one to enable.

• Latest Version: Version 2.2
• See: Changelog

The available modules are grouped into separate tiers by function. Only one module can be equipped at a time, and they cannot be hot-swapped. To change modules, you need to use the briefcase which can be found on a shelf in Doc Mitchell's house in Goodsprings, as well as in Craterside Supply in Megaton if using the TTW plugin.

• Boosts damage resistance, Strength and Endurance for 120 seconds when entering combat.
• FormID: ##BA0001

• Highlights enemies and allows you to target cloaked enemies in VATS.
• FormID: ##BA0006

• Slows down time for a few seconds when you're spotted by an enemy.
• FormID: ##BA000A

• Boosts Sneak and grants a stealth field when crouched.
• FormID: ##BA0004

• Unlocks non-quest terminals (grants no XP).
• FormID: ##BA0007

• When your Health drops below 25%, it will slowly regenerate your Health back up to 50%.
• FormID: ##BA0002

• When your Radiation absorbed dose exceeds 500, it will slowly reduce your Rads back down to 200.
• FormID: ##BA0003

• Randomly restores some of your weapon's condition when firing.
• FormID: ##BA0008

• Randomly recharges spent energy cells when firing an energy weapon.
• FormID: ##BA0009

• Boosts Charisma, Speech and Barter.
• FormID: ##BA0005

Modules can be found scattered around the Wasteland, purchased from select vendors, or looted from containers. The following vendors have a chance to sell expansion modules:

• Sarah Weintraub
• Old Lady Gibson
• Boomer Munitions Manager
• Knight Torres

• Sink Central Intelligence Unit (DLC and TTW plugins only)
• Commissary terminals (DLC and TTW plugins only)

• Karl (TTW plugin only)
• Knick Knack (TTW plugin only)
• Moira Brown (TTW plugin only)
• Seagrave Holmes (TTW plugin only)
• Crazy Wolfgang (TTW plugin only)

• Haley (TTW plugin only)

Pre-placed instances of each module can also be found at the following locations:

• On the weapons table in the Lucky 38 Basement
• On a shelf in the Vault 106 Science Labs

• On a shelf in the Vault 34 Armory
• On a table in Wheaton Armory

• On top of the Auto-Doc in the New Vegas Medical Clinic
• In the National Guard Depot, on a shelf in the armory

• On a desk in the Vault 19 Living Quarters
• In one of the bathrooms in the Vault-Tec Corporate Offices

• On top of the terminal in Sarah's room in Vault 21
• On top of one of the consoles in Braun's office in Vault 112

• On a bookshelf in Doc Mitchell's House
• On the medical cart in Dad's office in Vault 101

• On a desk in the Vault 3 Maintenance Wing
• On a table in the atrium of Vault 87's Living Quarters

• On a shelf in Old Lady Gibson's garage
• On a shelf in the Vault 108 Cloning Lab

• On a shelf in the Vault 22 Common Areas, near the electric reactors
• On a table in Fort Independence

• On a bedside table in the Vault 11 Living Quarters
• Under one of the beds in the Vault 92 Living Quarters

There are a number of global variables that can be changed using either the G.E.C.K., FNVEdit, or console commands, in order to tailor the experience to your personal preferences. When using console commands, the proper syntax is set aaaGLOBWhatever to #.