This addon for Garry's Mod mimicks the Heads Up Display feature from Valve's 2004 game Half-Life 2, adding a deep customization layer to it.
- Go to the addon's Steam Workshop page and subscribe to it.
- Go to your Garry's Mod
addonsfolder. - Open a terminal.
git clone git@github.com:DyaMetR/hl2hud.git
- Download the latest release.
- Go to your Garry's Mod
addonsfolder. - Unzip the downloaded
.zipfile there.
Once installed you can find the options at:
Build menu (Q by default) -> Utilities -> Half-Life 2 HUD
Here you can find the following options:
Enabledtoggles the HUD entirely.Draw without suitwill draw the HUD even if the player is not wearing their HEV suit.Keep CHud elements hiddenwill hide default HUD elements even if their Lua counter parts are disabled.Minimal hintswill only display map hints. Weapon and vehicle hints will be disabled.- The
Schemeslist lets you to quickly swap between registered schemes. Edit current schemewill open the scheme customization menu.Reset scheme to defaultwill reset your current scheme to the default one. Losing any unsaved changes.
The scheme customization menu allows you to change numerous aspects of your HUD, which are divided in different categories:
ClientSchemechanges colours and fonts.HudLayoutchanges HUD elements' properties.HudAnimationschanges how the HUD reacts to certain events.HudTextureschanges the different icons for weapons, ammunition and items.
In case you're playing on a server that has sv_allowcslua enabled, you can initialize this HUD with the console command: lua_openscript_cl hl2hud.lua
BEWARE: The following features will NOT work on a server that does not have this addon installed.
- Poison damage indicator
- FULL ammunition pickup message
- Vehicle crosshairs
- Squad status indicator