Questions tagged [hud]
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How to implement an auto scaling feature for an HUD?
I have a question about UI scaling for a game. I'm using as engine Zandronum (zdoom based) and his ACS scripts to draw an HUD, I've wrote a simple library to make drawing easier and implemented a user ...
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Add a controls instruction overlay to game HUD
I was wondering how I could make an instruction panel for the users of my game in Unity. I will add a photo to this post that shows an instruction panel. Any explanations would be much appreciated!
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Problem with progress bar visibility
I have a code with several elements. One of these elements I would like you to initiate hidden. So I did, set for the progress bar to start hidden. It started to go wrong when and I was calling its ...
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libgdx - creating static HUD/widgets on screen
I'm having problems with creating static HUD/buttons on the game screen. Currently my game has a character moving on the tiled map, with OrthographicCamera put on, everything works fine. I wanted to ...
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What is the difference between a HUD and a GUI in a game?
Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that ...
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2D HUD overlay drawing based on 3D coordinates and camera azimuth and elevation
Assume you have the 3d coordinates of the player and another unit N as well as the azimuth and elevation of a camera always looking at the player. In the following ...
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How to draw HUD in DirectX12?
I would like to draw reference frame to see how my camera moves around scene. I want these arrows to always be on the top of other geometry. How can I achieve it? I think I need to disable depth test ...
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How do I render a 2D overlay with DirectX 9?
I'm working in C++ with DirectX 9 on a 3D game, but I want a 2D overlay for rendering a HUD. I've heard that I could use D3DXMatrixOrthoLH, but I'm very confused ...
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