Env hudhint

Entity Description

An entity to control the display of HUD hints. HUD hints are used to show the player what key is bound to a particular command.

WARNING

If an unlocalized string (ex. "%+USE to use") is typed directly in editor, then Hammer will become confused the next time that VMF is loaded, and freeze during the process! See the Keyvalue "message".

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv Targetname
• message

<string> This should be set to match the desired HUD hint entry in the hl2\resource\valve_english.txt file packed within the Steam/SteamApps/source engine.gcf file.

Inputs

• ShowHudHint

Shows the hint message.

• Template:Ep1 add

Hides the hint message.

See Also

• env_message - A similar entity that displays other predefined messages on the screen.