Customizing Gamepad UI

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Screenshot of the Gamepad UI from Half-Life 2.

Result after customizing Gamepad UI (New Game/Select chapters). Some fonts has been changed to Verdana and Trebuchet MS.

This page details how to customize the controller-oriented UI, referred as Gamepad UI in Half-Life 2 and/or Portal.

Scheme resource files

All of these .res files are located in <mod>\gamepadui folder. Open these files with any text editors (such as Windows Notepad, Notepad++) to edit them.

• schemeachievement.res - Achievement page.
• schemechapterbutton.res - New game/select chapters.
• schemeextras.res - Extras ( 20th anniversary update only)
• schememainmenu.res - Game menu (basically GameMenu.res but for Gamepad UI)
• schemepanel.res - Title, navigation buttons, and message.
• schemesavebutton.res - Save/load menu UI.
• schemetab.res - Tabs, used in options menu.

Options menu

• schemeoptions_checkybox.res - Checkbox
• schemeoptions_sectiontitle.res - Section header (used in Options > Keyboard)
• schemeoptions_skillyskill.res - Difficulty options
• schemeoptions_slideyslide.res - Slider (used in Options)
• schemeoptions_wheelywheel.res - Toggle (used in Options)

Colors

All color values are RGBA.

Fonts

Fonts can be also changed. By default in Half-Life 2 (since 20th anniversary), it uses the GorDIN font, while Portal (and HL2 steam_legacy/previous version), uses the DIN1451Alt and Deja Vu Sans/Noto Sans font.

Todo: Document more and make this page better.