CS 1.6 HUD / DHUD Generator

How HUD messages work

X and Y

Shares of the screen from 0.0 to 1.0, from the top-left corner: 0.02 / 0.20 is 2% from the left and 20% from the top. They mean the same place at every resolution.

-1.0 = center

-1.0 centres the text on that axis. Each line of a centred message is centred on its own.

HUD

set_hudmessage uses the game's small font, always the same size in pixels - so the bigger the screen, the smaller it looks: big on a stretched 1024x768, small on 2560x1440.

DHUD

set_dhudmessage (AMX Mod X 1.8.3 or newer) uses a bigger font that scales with the screen. Up to 8 at once, text up to 127 bytes.

Effects

0 shows the text normally, 1 makes it flicker, 2 types it out one letter at a time (the fade-in time is the time per letter).

Times

Hold time is how long the text stays, in seconds. Fade in and fade out make it appear and disappear smoothly. The effect time is used by the flicker and typewriter effects.

HUD channels

HUD has 4 channels; a new message on a channel replaces the old one. -1 picks a free one. Give messages that must stay on screen together different channels.

Good to know

Text that would run off the screen is pushed back in, as in the game. In the code, % becomes %% and quotes become ^" automatically.