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HUD Changes & Ideas

Dec 15, 2004 gamejunky link
Create some more chat tabs. One for private messages so they appear seperate from the main chat. A guild chat tab, once again to keep the main chat cleaner.

Make a way to change the color of the hud. The current color seems bland, I personaly would like to change my hud color to green. (Hud options similar to Descent Freespace would be nice.)

The ability to change the font on the chat section of the HUD. I like to use the small scale HUD to keep my screen less cluttered looking, but I do not like having to strain my eyes trying to read the bold chat messages. Bold white is ok, but bold yellow and red are a little harder on the eyes when your sitting back in your chair rather than sitting one foot from the monitor.

A place in the configuration menu to change hud size. A slide bar so you can make it how you want it. Also a way to set scale one and two for use with F5.
Dec 15, 2004 Celebrim link
Ok, forum moderator, NOW see what you've done? ;)
Dec 15, 2004 gamejunky link
:P Sorry, That huge post was going bye bye fast :(
Dec 15, 2004 CrippledPidgeon link
I think that maybe HUD colors should be setable by the player (like many FPS now) via RGB settings for the various parts. That'd add a certain atmosphere for people who say like their HUD in various shades of red, people who want a yellow+green hud, but without crippling people who may be red-green colorblind.
Dec 16, 2004 gamejunky link
Kinda like Freespace :} Only you get 3 colors there.
Dec 16, 2004 johnhawl218 link
this should not be too hard to do, as you have all the elements aleady available for the HUD. I would love to be able to see small progression bars for licenses. Perhaps half the size of the progression bar for mining, off to the left or right of the screen in a vertical progression. Basically, 5 small bars with a letter signifying which one they are.

ex: http://www.holtgraphicarts.com/images_webjh/HUD_addition.jpg
Dec 16, 2004 johnhawl218 link
am I the only one that would like to have the licenses viewable more easily like my link shows?
Dec 16, 2004 Phaserlight link
"Create some more chat tabs."

Oh god please no... it's already a hassle switching back and forth between the current two.
Dec 16, 2004 doubled link
Bah, you can change your binds to exclude tabs you never use ya lazy bum.

Assuming of course they provide a way to configure where messages go ;).