The hud could use some work.

The looks of it will be perfect when finished , it looks very promising.

I know I was using that shield from my old topic for my halo SP thread :\ but I'll get into it :) but let me ask you this once I finish the whole HUD should I release the visor, shield meter, and weapons hud tags? So people can enjoy and have fun with it?

Yes please do that :D. Please. For the sake of halo CE, release them. More custom content, more maps with custom content :D

They'll rip if you dont , and you'll be frustrated , but if you release , then people wall appreciate it.
So i say release.

Release FTW.

lol well I geuss I should release it then whenever it done and I'ma make a custom Grenade icon but if I made it then It might look like H3MT but once I figure something I'll draw and show you guy and hopefully you will like it

Maybe you'll want a shield meter more like this:

You mean health meter.

Fix the angle on the top flap, the part with the corner sticking out,

Yes, it is in ODST, but he is using a shield meter instead of a health meter.

Just starting work on getting it in-game.
Will be releasing all tags when I finish.
Edited by avp DRAGON on Jun 27, 2009 at 01:37 PM

Ok guy be honest which nade icon do you like best? sorry about the ugly draw...I tried my best



and here the shield meter i got...



is it good?

Make sure to place the bitmaps, HUD interface files, etc. in there own custom directory (EX: tags/halo3/ui) That way when you release people wont have to overwrite default halo1 files.

@ Bankhead: #6

@ Grunt: of course.

I'll remember that :) so anybody decide which nade icon ya like?

2

Six,6,

just so you guys know, when you make an hud, for the x and y offsets, pretend your halo screen is a 640x480 canvas. that has always worked for me. and for appearance sake, you should make your bitmaps 2x the size they should be, then scale them down by half in gurilla. it just makes stuff look better

Number six please. It looks wicked. You should make even more HUDS after you are done with this one.

I like #6. It makes it seem more original.
Lol at 9. It looks like an apple wearing a fez hat and a tennis ball. You draw better than I can.
Edited by Bloody Jabs on Jun 27, 2009 at 02:32 PM

Yup that what I tried to tell them which should explain why my ODST visor is at 1024x1024 and I'ma do it with the nade once if my nade beta icon is complete

ok which 1 is better? Sorry for bad frag and plasma icon
#6

#2

Edited by lil_bankhead on Jun 27, 2009 at 02:47 PM

Finished visor.

waaaay to opaque. It needs just a tint of sky blue color in the fills. Other than that, its on top 10 huds :D
BTW, does anyone know where I can find a decent HUD tutorial? I've downloaded 3 already but they are in parts, and they never released the different parts.
Edited by CorruptedHalo on Jun 27, 2009 at 04:55 PM

I can help you with it add me on xfire bankheadmoney I'll tell you all about it when ever I get on it cuz I'm using bro laptop on window but I'm not ganna be on long
Edited by lil_bankhead on Jun 27, 2009 at 05:39 PM

it's totally not scaled correctly, but if we leave that out, it still needs:

1 a gradient on the shield meter

2 gradient on the plasma meter

3 bullet counter instead of plasma

4 halo 3 score meter, you merely used an edited h2 meter, not even angled

5 a halo 3 weapon icon, that one is ugly/not correct, good thing dragon just made some

6 a drawn in 0 or other number for the plasma grenade, in halo 3 the numbers are always there

7 it's still a major issue, it's totally off scale


i like the AR texture though, but even on that the compass is cut off...

good thing it's in a wip page =D


and bankhead, odst is gonna need lots of work =( but the grenade concept looks good, keep that up


i'll add mine too



weapon part is STILL not done, and the overlay needs to be less opaque, still figuring how much though
Edited by BeachParty clan on Jun 27, 2009 at 06:32 PM

Ya thank I'll just use number 6 instead and yes I need to work on the bottom visor I'll get to it. I'll post an update in 20 min and beach get on xfire
Edited by lil_bankhead on Jun 27, 2009 at 06:43 PM

Should be much less opaque, beach.

Stole the HUD positioning idea:

nice it look great keep doing a good job :)

Made my final H3 shield meter :D
Look at the high res version of the pic. Right click on the pic and select "view image" and click the photo to zoom in.




Edited by jesse on Jun 27, 2009 at 08:16 PM

BP, #6 in your list is impossible to correctly do. why would you make it show a 0 when sometimes people have more than 0 of the off grenade

Does this do any better now? I just recreate this and took me 5 min to do this :) Damn I gatta own it to Donut for teaching me alot about HUD and lucky known alot about gimp to have skill for visoring lol.

I hope you like like the HUD for visor, indicator, nade and icon, and the radar
Edited by lil_bankhead on Jun 27, 2009 at 08:47 PM
Edited by lil_bankhead on Jun 27, 2009 at 09:24 PM

It looks good bankhead, as for mine well, i took a pic with my h3 visor on.

Thx :) but here an update I just forgot to update it so does this look good now? no more blocking the view anymore?


Lol Jesse I can't tell you my power of my secret for my ODST
Edited by lil_bankhead on Jun 27, 2009 at 09:35 PM

Curve the grenades in. the damage indicators look strange. otherwise good job (at least in my opinion.

Damage indicators are way too thick, and grenade indicator doesn't really fit. It just doesn't flow with the ODST style, and it's also too thick IMO. It's like trying to sort a box inside a container for spheres only.

I would recommend R: 233 G: 188 B: 64 over that yellow that you are using.
Here's how that color looks in-game: