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HUD CONECPT
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I know it looks a bit silly but it is just a HUD concept/outline of what were trying to make it look like. None of the colors are going to be what they are here. It is going to be a transparent blue with everything else added.. When I start testing out how it will look I will change it if I need to. Comment on what you think and any idea i'll take in consideration.
in the blank space, like stim packs or something, you know useful tools and stuff
Any ideas? Hm, a map over the battlefield? Mission objects? Other weapons, or specials?
The mission Objectives would be a hotkey. Other weapons do not show unless you select them (I'll post the weapon HUD when I get the TTF file edited. Not sure what kind of specials your referring too.
maybe the lifebars of youre allys in the middle...
Special abilities, items, actions to be performed for the blank area. Good concept for the sides
Minimap?
Yeah we decided to add a nice minimap either on the bottom or top right.
mini map, Radio hud, ammo counter, health, armor (armor is powered by a nuclear reactor i believe) so when the count reaches too high for the armor it may explode (thats why the characters in SC kinda blow up and dont just fall dead)
Please at least read the comments before you post your own. And most of that stuff is already add and will be added later.
You could add a minimap as a compass style to fill up the bottom space.
put a hud panel on top then it makes u think ur a starcraft marine.
I know it would be a redesign of the whole thing, but I think a HUD overlay would look way better than a traditional bottom HUD. Like maybe put a floating semi-transparent compass up top, wireframe model on the left that gets more red the more you get hit, maybe a wireframe of the gun on the right with ammo count below it...you know, like holographic and stuff. Look up metroid prime HUD in google images and you'll know what I mean. Just a suggestion of course! :)
i like the idea of stim packs / special functions/abilities.
I think a compass bar (like from COD4) to show objectives/waypoints would go well in the center. something like this:
[--S-----SW----] and the insides slides left/right as you turn
The stipmpack could go there and other SC stuff
Compass, Armor to the right of Health, while showing the icon as green when you have alot of Health, red when you have low health, etc.