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My HUD Suggestion

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XaverXN:
Hi,

I've always felt the UFO:AI HUD should as well bring back the old 'UFO feeling' as look modern and less blunt. I like the current HUD (the Alt-HUD is a nice idea, but not really usable in my opinion). but find it a bit too 'heavy' sometimes.
Thats why today I decided to do some GIMPing (instead of photoshopping ;-) ) to present my idea of a lighter, cleaner HUD. I don't consider myself a big graphic artist and this is especially "quick'n'dirty", but I think the idea is quite visible.
I'd like to put this to public discussion and am curious about your feedback.

My HUD:

The current HUD, for comparison:

Mattn:
we can integrate a new (alternative) hud into the game of course - but you have to implement the functionality, too (mostly in the base/ufos/menu_hud.ufo script file) - if you have questions about the script files, feel free to join the irc and ask.

best regards
martin

Mattn:
btw. you've seen the althud, don't you? we already have two huds implemented - see options menu

Winter:

--- Quote from: "XaverXN" ---Hi,

I've always felt the UFO:AI HUD should as well bring back the old 'UFO feeling' as look modern and less blunt. I like the current HUD (the Alt-HUD is a nice idea, but not really usable in my opinion). but find it a bit too 'heavy' sometimes.
Thats why today I decided to do some GIMPing (instead of photoshopping ;-) ) to present my idea of a lighter, cleaner HUD. I don't consider myself a big graphic artist and this is especially "quick'n'dirty", but I think the idea is quite visible.
I'd like to put this to public discussion and am curious about your feedback.

--- End quote ---


That layout is much nicer than either of the current HUDs -- indeed, my first thought was 'Bloody marvellous!' -- and most of us would be extremely happy to see the GUI overhauled, but as mattn said the scripting is the real bugger in doing that. All our (very valuable) coders are engaged with higher-priority tasks. You'd need to learn how to do it yourself or find someone outside the team who's willing to take on the scripting.

Regards,
Winter

Wanderer:
I really like the top version, especially from the concept of it'll allow for more then the current '8' member team HUD.  I can't say I'd complain at seeing that result.  Only problem with the top hud is it's hard to shoot from... XD

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