Check the flags on the original vtf for the capture progress image, there is a 'loop' flag called Clamp S/T which need to be set so it doesn't start looping like that.

For the team colored time background you need to use a CTFImagePanel and teambg_1-3, check other huds who have it (mine in WietHUD), in your case the xpos might be wrong and move it out of the box and I would recommend using a proportionaltoparent 1 and/or a cs-0.5 for centering this element if you don't pin it.

Horizontal health bars are fun, shame they remove/kill off the 'low health' state because you have to set it as default:

http://i.imgur.com/LRDYVyj.png

HudObjectiveKothTimePanel.res for the King of the Hill timers

https://www.reddit.com/live/xatg2056flbi

Don't share pictures/videos of police movements, this might aid the attackers

Had some fun with Horizontal Health Bars in the spectator tournament mode I added

http://i.imgur.com/LRDYVyj.png

(shows transparency/overheal/respawn and various health percentages)

Clean and readable code, being consistent with your color & design choices and not mixing a lot of different things together because you can = good hud & allows for easier customization.

Using all the hud techniques that are available to you as a hud dev to make positioning stuff relative to each other easier, full panel boxes and removing hud elements or lines of code from your files that aren't used/hidden anyway and adding comments to your files so you know which things do what and are customized are good practices.

Will there be a scrap.tf fundraiser one for the Australians?

ehm.. I mentioned the file: HudMatchStatus.res where you find the section 'ObjectiveStatusTimePanel' which in turn contains TimePanelValue which is your timer element, used for the default timer, koth timer & stopwatch timer

HudMatchStatus.res > ObjectiveStatusTimePanel

Opening vgui_drawtree, navigating the tree and then 'find in files' for the element name in an extracted copy of the default hudfiles will in 99% of the cases result in the right file or point you in a direction you can work with.

@ face2face make sure vgui_cache_res_files is set to 0

It is still possible, but I would recommend against it, Valve regularly updates/changes that file so you'll have to reflect those changes too with every update, which is a pain!

The trick JarateKing found by adding lines to chat_english.txt instead (as I described earlier on this page) works really well if you want to customize some localization strings or add your own.

• Lobby Panel supports the new individual map selection for Casual Matchmaking
  
• Fixed 'Quickplay' button text in menu being broken because Valve removed localization file
  
• Added in custom Create Server button on top of Quickplay and hid the one in the 'Find a Game' selection
  
• Item Selection text moved back to the bottom, which for some reason moved up with the MM update

run 'extract_base_hudfiles.bat' in WietHUD folder after download to fix MainMenu issues!

Changelog on GitHub
Direct download

You're missing the Medic Shield/Heavy Rage chargebar (and the additional 'Combo' stuff they added with the MM update)

Also I would suggest changing your hudanimations to use the _manifest setup, so they don't crash your game or break every update.

Screenshot for proof? I'm so happy JarateKing found this tech! It allows for a whole new area of customization without having to modify regularly updated localization files

@ johnpb Copy chat_english.txt from Team Fortress 2\hl2\resource\chat_english.txt to your custom hud's resource folder.

Add and edit the following lines between Token { } together with the existing 'filter_' lines and make sure to save the file with the following encoding: UCS-2 Little Endian. This allows you to overrule any localization line from tf_english, without having to update that file every time Valve adds new items! (credit to JarateKing for figuring this out)

"TF_ItemPresetName0"	"A"
"TF_ItemPresetName1"	"B"
"TF_ItemPresetName2"	"C"
"TF_ItemPresetName3"	"D"

This should allow you to change the description on those buttons (and might completely screw you over in the +quickswitch menu (ItemQuickSwitch.res)