Pip-Boy

Last updated for version `1.8.0-BETA-7`

*Main article:* Horizon Wiki

The **Pip-Boy** 3000 Mk 4 is serving as a database for the wearers personal information and inventory.

## General

The Pip-Boy 3000 Mk 4 is claimed from the corpse of a Vault-Tec scientist in Vault 111 in order to unlock the main vault door entrance. The device allows to animate images and is capable of playing video games, such as Atomic Command and Red Menace. It has a built-in Geiger counter and can display the wearer's stats, area maps, inventory, and item properties. Its screen also acts as a flashlight in low visibility areas and it has a dial for tuning into radio frequencies.

## User Interface

Horizon allows to display a colored UI and uses a much better item sorting logic than vanilla. It is recommended to choose the following features during installation;

* Colored UI
* DEF\_UI
* DEF\_UI Config - Sub-Menus (Sorted)

These greatly enhance item management.

### Colored UI

*Main article:* INI Setting
A special INI file, which allows to have a colored UI is part of the Installation. Alternatively these can be can be changed in-game in the options menu or copied manually to the `Fallout4Custom.ini`:

```
[Display]
fPipboyScreenEmitIntensityPA=1
fPipboyScreenDiffuseIntensityPA=0

[Interface]
iHUDColorR=255
iHUDColorG=255
iHUDColorB=255

[Pipboy]
bPipboyDisableFX=1
fPAEffectColorR=1
fPAEffectColorG=1
fPAEffectColorB=1
fPipboyEffectColorR=1
fPipboyEffectColorG=1
fPipboyEffectColorB=1

```

### DEF\_UI

During installation it is recommend to install "DEF\_UI Config - Sub-Menus (Sorted)" which allows sub-menus for the following:

* Keys
* Holotapes
* Magazines
* Notes
* Passwords
* etc.

### Icon Library

A colored Icon Library (Iconlib) can be selected during installation to display various items in graphical interfaces such as the Pip-Boy. In order to help sorting items and to highlight various different items (and item categories) much better than vanilla FO4 ever did.

## Menu

The vanilla FO4 Pip-Boy menu has been left largely unchanged. However, "Sub-Menus (Sorted)" can be selected during installation to further simplify item management.

* SPECIAL
* Perks
* Apparel
* Aid
* Misc
* Junk
* Mods: Armor/Weapon
* Ammo
* Workshop
* Stats
* Far Harbor
* Nuka-World

With "Sub-Menus (Sorted)" installed one can see various sub-menus e.g. in the AID tab:

* Food And Water
* Beverages
* Cures, Chems, and Buffs

## MAXINE

*See: Tech Lab*

**M.A.X.I.N.E.** aka **Max** aka **M**ilitary **A**u**X**iliary **I**ntelligence and **N**avigation **E**ntity, adds an artificial intelligence voice system to the Pip-Boy. Used to warn the player of ambushes and other events. This system is unlocked at higher Workshop Technology from a consumable item crafted from the Tech Lab > Workshop Upgrades. This system can be disabled at any time using the Field Kit (Pip-Boy Options Menu).

The player character will respond to some of Max's dialog by default but this can disabled. For some dialog, there's a different set of responses for when the player character is in combat. Currently, the female character has a lot more random variation in dialog lines than the male. This system outputs dialog to the "voice" channel, thus its recommended to keep the voice volume setting loud enough to hear it. Max won't start a dialog if you're inside of a dialog scene.

## See Also

* Installation
* Icon Library
* Tech Lab
* Workshop Level
* Settlement
* Special:AllMaps