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The HudLayout.res file, located under a Source game's /scripts directory, defines the general look and feel of the in-game HUD. From this file, you can change among other things the location, color, font and visibility of HUD elements.

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HudHealth: Player health readout
HudSuit: Player armor readout
HudAmmo: Player primary ammunition readout
HudAmmoSecondary: Player secondary ammunition readout
HudSuitPower: Player auxiliary power readout
HudFlashlight: Flashlight power readout
HudDamageIndicator: Damage direction indicator
HudZoom: Dimming and large crosshair
HudWeaponSelection: Player weapon selection menu
HudCrosshair: Crosshair
HudDeathNotice: Notification of player deaths in multiplayer
HudVehicle: Vehicle crosshair
ScorePanel: Scoreboard
HudTrain: Train controls from Half-Life: Source (exists in code but is stripped of functionality by default)
HudMOTD: Message Of The Day panel
HudMessage: Textual display typically used by game_text and env_message entities
HudMenu: Better known as the "Radio Menu"
HudCloseCaption: Displays close captions and subtitles; Newer games such as Portal 2 or later have anti-aliased subtitles text (which was later appeared in Left 4 Dead 2, and all first-party Source 2013 games (except ) since 2022).
HudChat: Chat text entry and display
HudHistoryResource: List of items/ammunition the player recently picked up
HudGeiger: Handles geiger counter sound effect
HudQuickInfo: Health and ammunition indicator (surrounds the crosshair)
HudWeapon: Handles crosshair drawing
HudAnimationInfo: Displays information about HUD elements, activated by the console command cl_animationinfo
HudPredictionDump: Displays information about a predicted entity's variables, activated by console variable cl_pdump
HudHintDisplay: Textual hint display
HudHintKeyDisplay: Display designed solely for showing localized key hints. Unlike HudHintDisplay, this display cannot be used to display unlocalized text
HudSquadStatus: Squad status indicator, shows the number and state of squad members
HudPoisonDamageIndicator
HudCredits: End game credits overlay panel
HUDAutoAim: Console crosshair with aim assistance (magnetism)
HudCommentary: Display showing the duration and progress of the currently active commentary node
HudHDRDemo: Lost Coast HDR Demonstration HUD element
TeamDisplay: Player team indicator
TargetID: Display that shows information about the target the player is looking at
HudVoiceSelfStatus: Indicates to the player that their microphone is active
HudVoiceStatus: Indicator for the players who are currently speaking through voice chat
HudLocator: Display showing the location of the player's Jalopy (EP2 only)
HudPosture: Display whether the player is crouching or not (Console only)
AchievementNotificationPanel: Notification panel indicating achievement progress on non-PC platforms and non-Steam mods

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-The '''HudLayout.res''' file, located under a Source game's <code>/scripts</code> directory, defines the general look & feel of the ingame [[HUD Elements|HUD]]. From this file you can change among other things the location, color, font and visibility of HUD elements.
+{{Underlinked|date=January 2024}}
+{{lang|$title=HUDLayout.res|HudLayout.res}}
+The {{ent|HudLayout.res}} file, located under a Source game's <code>/scripts</code> directory, defines the general look and feel of the in-game [[HUD Elements|HUD]]. From this file, you can change among other things the location, color, font and visibility of HUD elements.
-==Default HUD elements==
+== Format ==
-{{TODO|Explain the rest of the default HUD elements}}
+{{Empty section|date=January 2024}}
+== Examples ==
 ;HudHealth
 :Player health readout
-[[File:HudHealth.png]]
+:[[File:HudHealth.png]]
 ;HudSuit
 :Player armor readout
-[[File:HudSuit.png]]
+:[[File:HudSuit.png]]
 ;HudAmmo
 :Player primary ammunition readout
-[[File:HudAmmo.png]]
+:[[File:HudAmmo.png]]
 ;HudAmmoSecondary
 :Player secondary ammunition readout
-[[File:HudAmmoSecondary.png]]
+:[[File:HudAmmoSecondary.png]]
 ;HudSuitPower
 :Player auxiliary power readout
-[[File:HudSuitPower.png]]
+:[[File:HudSuitPower.png]]
 ;HudFlashlight
 :Flashlight power readout
-[[File:HudFlashlight.png]]
+:[[File:HudFlashlight.png]]
 ;HudDamageIndicator
 :Damage direction indicator
-[[File:HudDamageIndicator.png]]
+:[[File:HudDamageIndicator.png]]
 ;HudZoom
 :Dimming and large crosshair
 ;HudWeaponSelection
 :Player weapon selection menu
-[[File:HudWeaponSelection.png]]
+:[[File:HudWeaponSelection.png]]
 ;HudCrosshair
 :Crosshair
-[[File:HudCrosshair.png]]
+:[[File:HudCrosshair.png]]
 ;HudDeathNotice
 :Notification of player deaths in multiplayer
-[[File:HudDeathNotice.png]]
+:[[File:HudDeathNotice.png]]
 ;HudVehicle
-:{{TODO|??}}
+:Vehicle crosshair
+:[[File:HudVehicle.png|800px]]
 ;ScorePanel
 :Scoreboard
-[[File:ScorePanel.png]]
+:[[File:ScorePanel.png]]
 ;HudTrain
-:{{TODO|??}}
+:Train controls from {{hls|4}} (exists in code but is stripped of functionality by default)
+:[[File:HudTrain.png]]
 ;HudMOTD
 :Message Of The Day panel
-[[File:HudMOTD.jpg]]
+:[[File:HudMOTD.jpg]]
 ;HudMessage
 :Textual display typically used by game_text and env_message entities
-[[File:HudMessage.png]]
+:[[File:HudMessage.png]]
 ;HudMenu
 :Better known as the "Radio Menu"
+:[[File:HudMenu.png]]
 ;HudCloseCaption
 :Displays close captions and subtitles
-[[File:HudCloseCaption.png]]
+:Newer games such as {{p2|4}} or later have anti-aliased subtitles text (which was later appeared in {{l4d2|4}}, and all first-party {{src13|4}} games (except {{hls}}) since 2022).
+:[[File:HudCloseCaption.png]]
 ;HudChat
 :Chat text entry and display
 ;HudHistoryResource
 :List of items/ammunition the player recently picked up
-[[File:HudHistoryResource.png]]
+:[[File:HudHistoryResource.png]]
 ;HudGeiger
-:Geiger counter (radiation indicator)
+:Handles geiger counter sound effect
 ;HudQuickInfo
 :Health and ammunition indicator (surrounds the crosshair)
-[[File:HudQuickInfo.png]]
+:[[File:HudQuickInfo.png]]
 ;HudWeapon
-:{{TODO|??}}
+:Handles crosshair drawing
 ;HudAnimationInfo
-:{{TODO|??}}
+:Displays information about HUD elements, activated by the console command <code>cl_animationinfo</code>
+:[[File:HudAnimationInfo.png]]
 ;HudPredictionDump
-:{{TODO|??}}
+:Displays information about a predicted entity's variables, activated by console variable <code>[[cl_pdump]]</code>
+:[[File:HudPredictionDump.png]]
 ;HudHintDisplay
 :Textual hint display
+:[[File:HudHintDisplay.png]]
 ;HudHintKeyDisplay
-:{{TODO|Used in EP2, difference between this and HudHintDisplay?}}
+:Display designed solely for showing localized key hints. Unlike <code>HudHintDisplay</code>, this display cannot be used to display unlocalized text
+:[[File:HudHintKeyDisplay.png]]
 ;HudSquadStatus
 :Squad status indicator, shows the number and state of squad members
-[[File:HudSquadStatus.png]]
+:[[File:HudSquadStatus.png]]
 ;HudPoisonDamageIndicator
-[[File:HudPoisonDamageIndicator.png]]
+:[[File:HudPoisonDamageIndicator.png]]
 ;HudCredits
-:{{TODO|??}}
+:End game credits overlay panel
 ;HUDAutoAim
-:{{TODO|??}}
+:Console crosshair with aim assistance (magnetism)
+:[[File:HUDAutoAim.png|800px]]
 ;HudCommentary
-:{{TODO|??}}
+:Display showing the duration and progress of the currently active commentary node
+:[[File:HudCommentary.png]]
 ;HudHDRDemo
-:
+:Lost Coast HDR Demonstration HUD element
+:[[File:HudHDRDemo.jpg|950px]]
 ;TeamDisplay
 :Player team indicator
-[[File:TeamDisplay.png]]
+:[[File:TeamDisplay.png]]
 ;TargetID
-:
+:Display that shows information about the target the player is looking at
+:[[File:TargetID.png]]
 ;HudVoiceSelfStatus
 :Indicates to the player that their microphone is active
-[[File:HudVoiceSelfStatus.png]]
+:[[File:HudVoiceSelfStatus.png]]
 ;HudVoiceStatus
 :Indicator for the players who are currently speaking through voice chat
-[[File:HudVoiceStatus.png]]
+:[[File:HudVoiceStatus.png]]
+;HudLocator
+:Display showing the location of the player's Jalopy (EP2 only)
+:[[File:HudLocator.png]]
+;HudPosture
+:Display whether the player is crouching or not (Console only)
+:[[File:Crouching.png]]
+;AchievementNotificationPanel
+:Notification panel indicating [[achievement]] progress on non-PC platforms and non-Steam mods
+:[[File:AchievementProgressNotification.png]]
 [[Category:HUD]]
+[[Category:Plain text files]]
+[[Category:Plain text formats]]
+{{stub|section=1}}

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