How do i increase the size of the HUD in Unreal Gold? it´s so tiny i can barely see the ammo and counters in the bottom right corner, the slider in the options menu only changes the layout.

Playing at 1080 reolution.

I know there's a menu option to increase the size of the menus. There might be one for the hud too.

I think F5 cycles hud options. + and - might also affect the hud (it does with a lot of older games).

I personally play without the hud.

I am both shocked and amazed that not only do you play without a HUD, but that you feel so strongly about this that you are using this as the basis for your online alias (well, on GOG at least), AND that you found this thread in the first place to comment on it. What are the odds!? It would almost be as crazy if my SN was IagreeWithHudfree (see below, I back you up on the f5 thing) and I wandered in here, the perfect thread to comment on. BTW, I commend you for your devotion to playstyle choice sir / madam. To OP, hudfree is right about the f5 thing (see I told you). It does in fact cycle through the various HUD setup options. However, due to the resolution increase with UG (I'm assuming you're running it in 1080p), some of them are completely unreadable (same goes for the readable data recorders with the universal translator). It's quite an oversight IMO not to include a HUD size adjustment given this fact. If the HUD is somehow being rendered along with the game and bound to the resolution that way then perhaps it may have been too difficult though. Who knows. Back to the f5 thing, give it a try. I know you said in your post that you messed with the slider found in option/HUD but doing it ingame will let you see how readable (or not) they are, which the slider and that laughably useless little thumbnail will not. Some of them are better than others, especially in regards to your health and ammo. Items seem like they'll still be problematic though. Good luck and let us know if anything works for you.

Choosing the alias was easy. Playing games hud-free is fun. Figuring out how to remove the hud from 90+ games was the hard part.

I can imagine. Not to hijack a thread, but while we wait for the OP to report back... what was the hardest game to get rid of the HUD when the option was not natively available? Also, what game did you find was the hardest to play hudless? I'm imagining something from the MechWarrior series or something like that.

Figuring out the Fear games took the longest.

Mafia 2 required the hud so much, I didn't even bother trying to disable it. Most real-time strategy games are unplayable without a hud (except for the Myth games). GTA IV lets you turn off the hud, but the games isn't really playable because the only way to know where to go is to turn the hud back on (and it requires a lot of menu diving to switch back and forth). So, it never felt worth while.

I'm not sure about Mechwarrior games. Based on videos I've seen, If it did work the games would be a lot more difficult.

The OldUnreal patch 227i adds a scaling option for the translator, both graphics and text, to the in-game menu. No scaling options for the HUD, though.

Is there a way to disable the HUD?

Yes. There are 2 ways to disable the hud.
1. In game press the F5 key on your keyboard. That will cycle to the next hud arrangement. Keep pressing it until the hud turns off.

2. There is a menu option where you can set the hud configuration. I think there is a slider. You move it until the preview picture shows no hud.

Though I imagine it would make the tiny hud text even harder to read if it was disabled :P

Thanks! Now, is there any way to disable the weapon(s) from showing on my screen?

It's a menu option.

When you see the main menu:
Click "Options"
select "Preferences"
Click the tab that says "Game"
Find the line that says "Weapon Hand"
click the drop down menu next to it and select "Hidden"

Done.

To disable the Crosshair:

There isn't a built in option to disable the crosshair. However, once you've set all of the options you want, exit the game and find your Unreal/System/User.ini file.

Open the User.ini file with a text editor (like notepad).

Find the section that says:


[Engine.HUD]
HudMode=5
Crosshair=5

(the numbers may be different)

Change it to:


[Engine.HUD]
HudMode=5
Crosshair=8

Since there aren't 8 crosshair options, Unreal just doesn't display a crosshair when that's set.

-Warning-
If you change any options in the menus after doing that, the crosshair will reset and you'll have to manually edit the file again. Alternatively you can make the file read-only (if you know how). Also, if you hide the weapon, exit the game, change the crosshair option in the User.ini file (and save the file), and then load a game, the weapon model might reappear temporarily. Just change to another weapon and it will be hidden again.

YES! That's it!
Thank you so much, very helpful information.
I want to record some videos from the game but I didn't want any HUD elements, weapons etc.

Oh, Hey! Cool, thanks! This 'll come very handy for future videos on my YouTube channel... Didn't noticed your name before but now it makes sense! :)