Hud Color

Chrono

<div class="IPBDescription">how do i change it</div> i was wondeirng if anyone could give me the console command to change the hud color

Stanley_txp

ha!!! you have to edit the sprites, no ifs ands or buts about it, the hud sprites are a fixed color, so you would have to edit them your self, or i could do them if you tell me what color you want.

Chrono

can you make me the TSA green? you know the one that brig used on his guns?

Shazbot

Yea, please make that tsa color green hud... I never thought about it before. I'd definitally use it if it's done well

Verthandi

You can change the top part of the HUD, along with all the upgrade icons and building indicators, but you can't change the health, armor, and ammo indicators without messing up the Aliens'. This is because they share the same sprites for those few things, and changing the color for one faction would change the color for the other faction as well.

I'll have a shot at this. I'll try to be finished within the day.

Drfuzzy

Hmm i thought those sprites were gray scaled and could be changed ingame. Must be another mod >_<
/hint to dev team!!!

1219am

i will do it later <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

Fox_One

Here's a prototype, tell me if it works, or what doesn't work. (When I try to run NS through Steam, it just loads Steam HL, and normal HL crashes when I try to open it)

brute_force

I believe most of the hud's colors are hardcoded, so you wouldn't be able to change them. (unless you're Flayra or something)

Dark_Soul

^ indeed, hard coded, if you can change them somehow, it'll be detected as a cheat i believe, at least that's what someone told me <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

Fox_One

It won't be detected as a cheat. What I expect is the greener areas will remain green while the whiter areas will fade towards blue. Try it out yourself. It's hardcoded as well in TFC, yet it only took a retint and intensity increase to change those colors. As I said, try out what I provided and tell me what to do.

Align

<!--QuoteBegin--Revolver+Dec 2 2003, 07:12 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Revolver @ Dec 2 2003, 07:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> (When I try to run NS through Steam, it just loads Steam HL, and normal HL crashes when I try to open it) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
In an attempt to fix this problem: does your Steam HL have anything in "advanced options"? No mods will work if you have anything in there. It'll presumably get fixed, but as it is, just check all games in My Games and see which have anything in right-click=>Properties=>Advanced options, and clear that.

Chrono

<!--QuoteBegin--Verthandi+Dec 2 2003, 07:07 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Verthandi @ Dec 2 2003, 07:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You can change the top part of the HUD, along with all the upgrade icons and building indicators, but you can't change the health, armor, and ammo indicators without messing up the Aliens'. This is because they share the same sprites for those few things, and changing the color for one faction would change the color for the other faction as well.

I'll have a shot at this. I'll try to be finished within the day. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
ok whats the command to change that top part?

Thief

well, you can change text color also, the text from chat and kills, that is

con_color # # #

i believe

Verthandi

Changing the HUD is not a command, but rather, it's a recolouring of the sprites.

The command for changing the chat messages and death messages is: con_color "x x x" (replace the x's with 0-255 of the RGB scale; you NEED to keep the quotation marks).

Verthandi

Right, here it is, fresh from the oven of Sprite Wizard.

<i>~35KB image</i>
<img src='http://greenandwhite.net/~verthandi/green_hud.jpeg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

10 point bonus for pinpointing the location of the screenshot <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

Too bright? Too dark? Want another color?

Mr_Headcrab

very cool, i uses somthing simmilar on my pack,



Plus, your on veil looking into one of the rooms off the Marine Spawn

Bijiy

Is it possible to make my health and armor icons the lower case "d" and "h" of the webdings font my Icons...?

Chrono

hey Verthandi can you make a little lighter its a bit to dark of a green

Verthandi

That's nearly as bright as it can be, before it becomes too vibrant, and loses most of its detail (such as the Frontiersmen insignia).

Besides, it's only like that because of the background. If I took the screenshot in, for example, Uplink Command in Tanith, the green would be quite bright.

Clashen

Is the health meter and the other stuff green to?

Verthandi

No way to change that without affecting the Kharaa HUD. Or if a dev comes along and decides to change the code to accomodate for this.

Fox_One

<!--QuoteBegin--Verthandi+Dec 3 2003, 09:49 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Verthandi @ Dec 3 2003, 09:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> No way to change that without affecting the Kharaa HUD. Or if a dev comes along and decides to change the code to accomodate for this. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Shared sprites...*shudders*...sprite artists' hell...

Fox_One

<!--QuoteBegin--Align+Dec 2 2003, 02:56 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Align @ Dec 2 2003, 02:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Revolver+Dec 2 2003, 07:12 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Revolver @ Dec 2 2003, 07:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> (When I try to run NS through Steam, it just loads Steam HL, and normal HL crashes when I try to open it) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
In an attempt to fix this problem: does your Steam HL have anything in "advanced options"? No mods will work if you have anything in there. It'll presumably get fixed, but as it is, just check all games in My Games and see which have anything in right-click=>Properties=>Advanced options, and clear that. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Man I love you and paranoia now...thanks to you guys I get to play NS again! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Chrono

alright thanks for the sprite
revolver next time just edit your post instead of making another

Shazbot

Could you make the green less bright?

*Off topic*
Also, is it possible to make a sprite for the aliens, that's similiar to Maus's upgrade sprites for the marines... one that shows you a number for the upgrade?

Chrono

i dont think thats possible i think it takes one sprite and shows it a certain number of times but im not sure

Verthandi

Somebody wants a brighter green, somebody wants a darker green. So what do I do? Make both.

<b>This is the bright green one; notice that it stands out on a dark background, but loses detail on a bright background (notice the insignia):</b>
<img src='http://greenandwhite.net/~verthandi/lightgreen_hud.jpeg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <span style='font-size:7pt;line-height:100%'>(dead link)</span>

<b>This is the dark green one. It mixes in with a cluttered background (such as on the right), making it hard to see in certain situations, but is fairly visible the rest of the time.</b>
<img src='http://greenandwhite.net/~verthandi/darkgreen_hud.jpeg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <span style='font-size:7pt;line-height:100%'>(link dead)</span>

Both modified versions are available inside this pack:

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how do you make it

Fox_One

Re-tint and increase the intensity.

watch_me_die

<!--QuoteBegin--Bijiy+Dec 3 2003, 08:06 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Bijiy @ Dec 3 2003, 08:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Is it possible to make my health and armor icons the lower case "d" and "h" of the webdings font my Icons...? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Haven't tested it but it should work...