Replaces the normal hud with this custom one made by me.
My own personal hud that I spent far too much time making, and here it is. I've got no clue what to write for a hud mod so yeah:
Replaces squadmate icons, healthbars, ammo counters, and backgrounds with new textures.
Re-positions the player marine's portrait and health to the top right corner. Also repositioned the -LOW AMMO- warning over the character's portrait.
Ammo, grenade, and clips icons replaced and resized.
Fast-reload bar size increased, for quick and easy viewing
Minimap size has also increased, allowing the player to actually see anything on it and is easier to look at
Health Counter cvar compatible! With custom positioning
Comes packed with 6 different hud layouts: The regular (16:9 resolution compatibility, 4 players), eight players (16:9 resolution compatibility, 8 players), 4by3 hud (4:3 resolution compatibility, 4 players), 16by10 hud (16:10 resolution compatibility, 4 players), no fast reload (removes the fast reload bar (useful for if you have another reload bar under your marine or a challenge disables fast reload), 16:9 resolution compatibility, 4 players), Old ASC_HUD (16:9 resolution compatibility, 4 players, only useful if you delete the materials folder)
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Feel free to edit this hud as you see fit with a creative commons mindset. I'm done messing around with hudlayout.res files for a long while, heh... Maybe.
P.S. This was tested on every resolution and aspect ratio that was available to me (1600x900 on down, with 4:3, 16:9, and 16:10 being tested.) With the exception of two resolutions, this hud will work on every one of those, assuming you have the correct version. Using the 16:9 resolution (default) on a 4:3 monitor will work, for example, but a few hud elements will be missing! Be sure to swap to the correct one.
NOTE: I only plan on having the default and eight player versions be kept up-to-date, but may edit the others if any huge problems or changes arise.
CREDITS:
Black Cat Games: Several vgui textures for marine portraits from the mod, Alien Swarm, for Unreal Tournament 2004
To install: Unzip "ASC_HUD" into your Alien Swarm addons folder.
To change the hudlayout to another version follow these instructions:
1. Go to the following directory, which should look something like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\swarm\addons
2. Open the ASC_HUD.vpk with GCFScape and right click "root" and extract it to your desktop
3. Open the new root file on your desktop and navigate to the scripts folder
4. Find the relevant version and rename it to "hudlayout.res". Be sure to delete the normal version first.
4a. If you also don't like some hud element, like the ammo counter, then you can also navigate through materials and delete the related files. Just keep in mind that the HUD was made with those files in mind. If you really dislike the new elements then try the "hudlayout_removethismessageforoldASC_HUD" file after deleting the materials folder.
5. Now you need to go to this directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin and find vpk.exe (if it's not there, then you didn't download the SDK. Right now would be a good time to do so.) Drag the root folder over the vpk.exe. If it worked correctly, you should have a "root.vpk" on your desktop.
5a. Remember that you can rename root back to ASC_HUD or something more convenient.
6. Now drop that .vpk file into your addons folder here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\swarm\addons
7. You should have a working alternate version! Yippee!
Please extract other steam user's mods responsibly.