HudLayout.res

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January 2024

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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Examples

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

Geiger counter (radiation indicator)

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 (usually Non-PC, except in Black Mesa (Mod version) and unofficial Android ports by nillerusr)

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