HUD over other units

[alleycat 28]

I would like to know if the ingame HUD display on other units is accessible for modding or wether it is hardcoded. If it is moddable (by cloning bis functions?) can someone point me to where I can find it?

By HUD I mean the data that is displayed in 3d over friendly units showing distance and type of unit.

[iceman77 18]

Hey. Use the config viewer function. It will give you info on anything you need. UI elements included.

[] Call Bis_Fnc_ConfigViewer

[alleycat 28]

Thanks, but how is that relating to the ingame HUD on other people? (am I using it wrong?)

[cuel 25]

Are you talking about the green squares you have over units in your group? As far as I know they're hard coded.

[alleycat 28]

Not the squares, the unit name and distance. Shows without selecting units in command menu when aiming at someone.

[iceman77 18]

Hmm. I gues I'm not understanding. I thought you were wanting to know how to reproduce said HUD elements. Hence, why I referred you to the config viewer, as it would tell you everything you needed to know about any ui/hud elements. Then you could "recreate" them for personal hud or something.

[alleycat 28]

It's me probably not getting what to do with the config viewer. I used it ingame and I had no clue what to do with it.

[iceman77 18]

Yeah haha, finding what you're looking for, wouldn't be too far from looking for a needle in a hay stack. In any case, all of the UI elements/properties etc are in there.

[alleycat 28]

Still thanks for helping out.

In any case I think cutRSC might be useful for slapping stuff on the screen. Investigating that.

Anyone else HATE coding gui stuff?

[iceman77 18]

I actually prefer it. I've a knack for making guis. I picked it up very quickly, unlike scripting in general. Unless any element would involve some very complex scripting, it's very easy to me.

[alleycat 28]

		if ( cursorTarget isKindOf "Man") then
	{
		_ctrl ctrlSetText 	format["%1", _ent getvariable "kills"];

This actually worked.

I have some questions

1. If I wanted to make a variable publically accessible like this (one player's local HUD script reporting a variable from another player), how would I do that?

Would this work (init.sqf)

player setvariable ["kills", "some value", TRUE];

Would this work on MP? I cant verify this locally on AI players.

2. Is it possible to detect wether a player is scoped/using binocs? Or at least hack it by detecting the FOV?

[A-SUICIDAL 11]

I'm just curious. At first I thought you just wanted to force the game to show the player's name and distance all the time, without having to aim at the player, but you said you wanted to mod that stuff. What did you want to change about it?