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Posted March 01, 2016
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Fenixp: It always needs to be minimalist tho. I love solution employed in Half-Life 2 - tiny bars for ammo and health along sides of your crosshair so that essential information is always visible, but it doesn't overdo it and display more than that.
I don't remember that at all, I thought it had the regular old info boxes at the bottom of the screen.
Posted March 01, 2016
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Fenixp: It always needs to be minimalist tho. I love solution employed in Half-Life 2 - tiny bars for ammo and health along sides of your crosshair so that essential information is always visible, but it doesn't overdo it and display more than that.
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Smannesman: I don't remember that at all, I thought it had the regular old info boxes at the bottom of the screen.
It had both, it wasn't all that obvious.

The tiny bars were quite tiny.
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Posted March 01, 2016
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Smannesman: I don't remember that at all, I thought it had the regular old info boxes at the bottom of the screen.
Entirely unrelated screenshot, but it's quite visible there. See the two semi-transparent bars next to the crosshair? The left one shows health, right one ammo IIRC. When your health/ammo drops too low, they become slightly less transparent and change color to red.
Posted March 01, 2016
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Fenixp: Entirely unrelated screenshot, but it's quite visible there. See the two semi-transparent bars next to the crosshair? The left one shows health, right one ammo IIRC. When your health/ammo drops too low, they become slightly less transparent and change color to red.
Interesting, I don't remember that at all.
Of course I don't really remember much from that game ;)
Posted March 01, 2016
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Smannesman: I don't remember that at all, I thought it had the regular old info boxes at the bottom of the screen.
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Fenixp: Entirely unrelated screenshot, but it's quite visible there. See the two semi-transparent bars next to the crosshair? The left one shows health, right one ammo IIRC. When your health/ammo drops too low, they become slightly less transparent and change color to red.
Perfect HUD. Nu bullshit info, only barebones what you need info, although the lower right menu could have been implented on weapons aswell (IDK how on crossbows, but on SMG-s and Pistols for example show ammo on some indicator on weapon or whatnot), but it would have been more work.
Posted March 01, 2016
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dewtech: Perfect HUD. Nu bullshit info, only barebones what you need info, although the lower right menu could have been implented on weapons aswell (IDK how on crossbows, but on SMG-s and Pistols for example show ammo on some indicator on weapon or whatnot), but it would have been more work.
It actually looks a bit different still, but yeah, even then - the displayed digits only have slightly dimmed background to ensure they're always visible, otherwise it's about as unobtrusive as possible. I don't think weapon displays are more work as much as they quite simply would not work well with the setting.

I'm still a fan of relaying as much information directly trough the game or only display hud when it's relevant - is what Far Cry 2 looks like most of the time. When you shoot, ammo counter gets briefly displayed - so does health when it drops. Otherwise... Well, let's just say that [url=http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/farcry/images/f/fc/Far-cry-2-map.png/revision/latest?cb=20111208064032]this is the map screen. Then Far Cry 3 added this monstrosity. *sigh*

Edit: Who the fuck needs a crouch indicator anyway?
Post edited March 01, 2016 by Fenixp
Posted March 01, 2016
C.H.U.D.'s are ugly and I hate them..
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Posted March 01, 2016
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Fenixp: Entirely unrelated screenshot, but it's quite visible there. See the two semi-transparent bars next to the crosshair? The left one shows health, right one ammo IIRC. When your health/ammo drops too low, they become slightly less transparent and change color to red.
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dewtech: Perfect HUD. Nu bullshit info, only barebones what you need info, although the lower right menu could have been implented on weapons aswell (IDK how on crossbows, but on SMG-s and Pistols for example show ammo on some indicator on weapon or whatnot), but it would have been more work.
IMO Dead Space has the prefect HUD. Useful, minimalistic, and organic.
Posted March 01, 2016
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Gonen32: Like in Deus Ex 2 and FEAR 2.

That's all. Have a nice day.
OMG I hated hud in deus ex 2. it was so horrible that I almost didn't want to play that game and I was a fan of the first one and when I finally did I didn't like it very much. Hud warned me..
Posted March 01, 2016
+1 hate the circular hud bullshit.
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