Help with adding a HUD element

#1

insomnia

0 Frags – +

I want to add a HUD element that displays my current weapon/slot like in the highlighted area in this screenshot

I want to add a HUD element that displays my current weapon/slot like in the highlighted area in this screenshot
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#2

nowah

7 Frags – +

You forgot to post the screenshot.
I would also like to know how to do this!

#3

turbochad69

4 Frags – +

I'm pretty sure that most people who do this aren't adding a hud element but instead using the crosshair to do it.

Essentially, for each weapon you make a large image that has a normal crosshair in the middle and a weapon picture/name somewhere off to the bottom, and then you set that as the crosshair in the weapon script (scripts/tf_weapon_whatever.txt) for that weapon. The VTF crosshair tutorial thread walks through how to do that if you're unsure. The weapon scripts are encrypted and can be decrypted using a tool called VICE with the key E2NcUkG2.

There might also be a way to achieve this by adding a new hud element, but I can't think of one.

I'm pretty sure that most people who do this aren't adding a hud element but instead using the crosshair to do it.

Essentially, for each weapon you make a large image that has a normal crosshair in the middle and a weapon picture/name somewhere off to the bottom, and then you set that as the crosshair in the weapon script (scripts/tf_weapon_whatever.txt) for that weapon. The VTF crosshair tutorial thread walks through how to do that if you're unsure. The weapon scripts are encrypted and can be decrypted using a tool called [url=https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/VICE]VICE[/url] with the key E2NcUkG2.

There might also be a way to achieve this by adding a new hud element, but I can't think of one.