How to Paint

[Explosive Addict]

I’ve been so confused about how to paint the Pip-Boy ever since I heard you could. How do you paint it? In Fallout 4 and 76, since I really want to in both. Apparently, it’s supposed to be done in the armor workbench, but I don’t see anything about a Pip-Boy.

Also, how do I make outfits in 76? Yes, I know this is a Fallout 4 discussion, but I might as well ask about both.

Lastly, I want to know how to paint armor in both games. I see all of the combat armor paint jobs in the shops, but I don’t know how to apply paint to anything but power armor. It’s REALLY confusing.

[ƎϽ∀ƎԀ]

You need to download a mod from Nexus or the CC club.

[Explosive Addict]

Umm...

Care to explain? I’m still confused.

[Explosive Addict]

And how do I do it for 76?

[Ilja]

There is no vanilla paint system for Pip-boy. You can download texture replacement for PB for free from Nexus or buy (rather grab as an occasional freebie) it from Creation Club.

[Explosive Addict]

Wait, so when you buy it from the Creation Club/Atomic Shop, it automatically changes the paint?

[Ilja]

If you aquire a texture replacement from Creation Club, then it will automatically replace the skin.

Same thing, if you download a texture replacement from Nexus and set it active in your mod manager. Skin will get automatically replaced.

These sort of things are just texture replacements. There is nothing complex in them.

I do not know about Atom Shop. I do not play Fallout 76. Seeing that FO76 was built from FO4 and uses the same engine, I would believe that it works exactly the same way. The purchased skin that was selected active will change the PB texture automatically.

[Explosive Addict]

Thanks for answering my biggest question, but what about the others? How do I make outfits? And is it the same with armor paint as it is with the Pip-Boy paint jobs?

[Explosive Addict]

And also, how do I change weapon skins? Do I just go to an armor workbench, select a weapon, press the Modify key, and select a paint job like with power armor?

[Ilja]

There is no vanilla painting system in place for Fallout 4. There are mod frameworks for that, but those are not actually being initialized yet. Exceptions are Power Armor and Combat Armor, which already had better systems in place to begin with.

Most "paint" systems are actually just texture replacements in FO4. Like PB, you download the texture replacement mod you want and set it active in game. It will automatically replace the armor/clothing texture. Same applies to ground and building textures.

I do not know if FO76 has included different system. In principle, they should just be texture replacements, but BGS might have added workshop system to replace them for immersion. Someone playing FO76 has to reply to that.

[porter21287]

Originally posted by Ilja:

If you aquire a texture replacement from Creation Club, then it will automatically replace the skin.

Same thing, if you download a texture replacement from Nexus and set it active in your mod manager. Skin will get automatically replaced.

These sort of things are just texture replacements. There is nothing complex in them.

I do not know about Atom Shop. I do not play Fallout 76. Seeing that FO76 was built from FO4 and uses the same engine, I would believe that it works exactly the same way. The purchased skin that was selected active will change the PB texture automatically.

No, it must be change at Armor workbench.

[Ilja]

Originally posted by porter21287:

No, it must be change at Armor workbench.

Not in Fallout 4. Are you talking about FO76?

[Chef]

Originally posted by Explosive Addict:

And also, how do I change weapon skins? Do I just go to an armor workbench, select a weapon, press the Modify key, and select a paint job like with power armor?

In FO76, yes. That is basically how it works.

[Chef]

Originally posted by porter21287:

Originally posted by Ilja:

If you aquire a texture replacement from Creation Club, then it will automatically replace the skin.

Same thing, if you download a texture replacement from Nexus and set it active in your mod manager. Skin will get automatically replaced.

These sort of things are just texture replacements. There is nothing complex in them.

I do not know about Atom Shop. I do not play Fallout 76. Seeing that FO76 was built from FO4 and uses the same engine, I would believe that it works exactly the same way. The purchased skin that was selected active will change the PB texture automatically.

No, it must be change at Armor workbench.

This is something that changed recently. There is a texture selection spot for your pipboy at armor workbenches in vanilla FO4 now.

[Ilja]

Originally posted by Chef:

This is something that changed recently. There is a texture selection spot for your pipboy at armor workbenches in vanilla FO4 now.

Really? That must be very recent. I believe my previous game was just one update away from current runtime. Previously workbench didn't even detect PB.

I need to get back to the game and see what they have changed.

[porter21287]

Originally posted by Chef:

Originally posted by porter21287:

No, it must be change at Armor workbench.

This is something that changed recently. There is a texture selection spot for your pipboy at armor workbenches in vanilla FO4 now.

Yeah, that's what i meant.