Ok so basically I have a few HUD ideas like a new shield system, health-bar, etc all made up. I just don't know how to get it into a tag and put it into a map. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Here's what I've got:
http://s1079.photobucket.com/albums/w517/CRXxSkillzxXRC/?action=view¤t=HudConceptHCE.jpg
Sorry about the quality, I saved as JPG instead of PNG

You might've wanted to put your picture in tags, first (surround the address to your picture with tags)...
But that aside, are you sure you meant a new shield/health SYSTEM, not just a new HUD?

Either way, I think your design is hard to read, especially with the unusual textures... Plus, health and shields should go together, and seeing them completely separate from each other will probably confuse anyone who tries to read it.

Before I focus on how awesome something looks, I would make sure that I can actually use it, first... But that's just me.

Do you have a working guerilla and sapien, if not than you can make the hud into a texmod and mod the player hud through that. Either way you do get to see your hud in game.
Edited by Caboose 14 on Jul 1, 2012 at 03:56 PM

Yeah I did mean new Hud (oops) kinda in a rush right now, girlfriend won't stop texting me and it's really hot outside so I'm sorry if I make no sense at points.
I'm going to put the health and shields together obviously, I just wanted them so that people can see them



Ummm... kinda. Guerilla works fine, sapien loads and closes and has done on every computer that I've had over the past 2 years. But texmod seems like a good idea, a lot simpler too
Edited by CRXxSkillzxXRC on Jul 1, 2012 at 04:05 PM

Argggghhhh my eyes. It's like I've been taken back to 1975. o_0

lol alright. (I know right... the heat is killing me, too, and I haven't even went outside yet)

But that aside, yeah... If your map's going to be in like a 3D version of Pacman or something, then this is great. Otherwise, ... I'm gonna be a bit skeptical about where your HUD's going to go from here, no offense.

(Not to say it's bad -I can imagine a few ways you could pull it off, though :P)

Yeah give it a try it works great. It never gives me trouble when i remake textures in halo

Edited by Caboose 14 on Jul 1, 2012 at 04:15 PM

Hmmm... well I've been using basic programs since my photoshop won't install like Photoscape so I get it if it seems a bit... Tacky, unprofessional and weird. This is a Work in progress though and I've been wanting to do something like this for a while now. My brother added this HUD to a screenshot and made it blue, I'll find his memory stick
Edit: Found the memory stick, I'm uploading the picture now. Also, you know how on Halo 3 ODST that you find Graffiti Sprayed randomly around new mombassa? Should I do something like that on a mission like Truth and Reconciliation where there is writing on the wall but in human blood?
Edited by CRXxSkillzxXRC on Jul 1, 2012 at 04:21 PM
Edit 2: Here's the pic http://s1079.photobucket.com/albums/w517/CRXxSkillzxXRC/?action=view¤t=CEPicture1pngformat.png (Can't post pics, have to wait 4 days)
The shot was taken by my brother on Zanzibar or Valhalla. He put the hud on top and edited it. I don't like the look of the flashlight or the Radar though, although it might look different in-game
Edited by CRXxSkillzxXRC on Jul 1, 2012 at 04:34 PM
Edited by CRXxSkillzxXRC on Jul 1, 2012 at 04:35 PM
Also there's this

Now that I remember I got texmod quite a while back when I seen SorrySoldOut's Texmod thing he's working on. That's what made me want to start doing thing like that. I just don't know how to use it, is there a thread on this or a youtube tutorial?

Edited by CRXxSkillzxXRC on Jul 1, 2012 at 05:11 PM

Edited by Echo77 on Jul 1, 2012 at 05:16 PM

tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8p2f3EXmuY

There are others if you scroll through, but this should help.
Edited by Caboose 14 on Jul 1, 2012 at 05:17 PM

Thank you. This is great, although I'm not really getting the whole robot voice thing but whatever. Thanks a bunch
Edit: I regret ever putting that smile in, it looks terrible. A frown would've suited better than that... thing!
Edited by CRXxSkillzxXRC on Jul 1, 2012 at 06:25 PM
Edit 2: I watched it, got it and tried it. Can't use it. I can't select a texture. I know how, it just won't let me.
Edited by CRXxSkillzxXRC on Jul 1, 2012 at 06:47 PM

Would you prefer it if i made the tutorial specifically for Halo pc.

Thanks but I got it working now, it's different for laptops than computers and netbooks. Instead of fn and - or + to select its fn and ; or /

You know what to do right. When you extract the shield and health bitmaps make sure that yours is in the exact same position that the original was in or it won't appear on the HUD. It should work if you do that.

Lost all of my HUD files, started working on a full Halo PC/CE (Works in trial too) Revamp with Caboose 14 using Texmod. Going to start over with the HUD :)
Edited by CRXxSkillzxXRC on Aug 4, 2012 at 05:17 AM