A fresh and sleek new HUD

[Pwnz0rz Man]

The updated version works, and I managed to get my custom song titles in without forcing it over the limit. Thanks a lot Shun.

 

[Mithost]

That's like an insult, almost...
Have you PLAYED Combat Arms?

I mean it would be good for nexon. Buying NX makes your account MORE vulnerable to being hacked.

 

[Jdaster64]

How's this looking?

 

[GamerGuy09]

How's this looking?

Looks good. How about instead of the brawl slash, It is the "M" in Project: M?

 

[iLink]

Not really a fan of the drop shadow

 

[Mr.Jackpot]

How's this looking?

I like it, the hearts and the Brawl slash look really good. The huge Brawl BP's kinda bug me after using Shun's diamond ones for a while though.

 

[uCooL]

How's this looking?

I think this would be absolutely beautiful if the BPs were completely removed. (also maybe make the drop shadows not as hard. cut how much the shadows stick out in half and maybe drop the shadows opacity by 50% as well? )

The vibrant color check mark is a clear indicator of which character has which stocks.

 

[crabsmack]

How's this looking?

Comparing this to Splat's mock-up, here are my thoughts.

• Would it be possible to move the heart stock icons over to the right? They look better when next to the portrait, not overlapping it.
• Could the portraits be shrunk a bit? Also, I think making them slightly more vertically narrow would look better
• The franchise icons are pretty unnecessary, given the colored Brawl swipes
• I think the font size might benefit from being upped a bit
• I think it would look considerably better with the shadows on the Brawl swipes removed

Very nice work, I just wanted to get my input out there while the HUD's still in the oven. With some of these adjustments it could look great.

 

[yogurtgun1245]

I like the way it looks with both the large swipe and series icon. However I think it might look better slightly more opaque.

 

[Jdaster64]

Addressing just about everything,

- I really don't want to mess with the BPs, as that's not even handled by the same file; furthermore, that slight change would require editing hundreds of extra files. Not worth it, in my opinion, and not having the BP there at all makes it look pretty bare. I guess I might release an entirely BP-less version if I can move the franchise icon considerably to the left.

- I will reduce the opacity of the swipe's shadow; I think it looks good with a shadow of some sort, but pure black is a bit of overkill.

- I'll put up versions with and without franchise icons. I like them, personally; they don't really take up much additional space.

- The font size is pretty much at a maximum at the moment, as I had to use an extra 3 pixels or so to get them to stand upright. I could manage at most one more pixel without cutoff, but that would make the borders a bit uneven, and come on, it's only one pixel. I've played with it in-game, and the space doesn't look noticeable (unless you were to have 111% or something).

- I will move the hearts over to the right a bit; it is a bit distracting having that much overlap (although no one uses 5 stocks anyway).

 

[#HBC | Joker]

you could scoop up Shun's BPs and try working around those? They're already shrunk.

 

[Jdaster64]

Meh, I guess I'll see how that looks as well; wasn't thinking about them. At any rate, I won't have time to work on them until at least tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Jdaster64]

The issue I'm going to have with Shun's is that he actually put the grey into the portraits, rather than changing the background, so it's going to be hell trying to get the swipe to neatly fit around it. The swipe is actually on the top layer (save for the damage font and non-existent names), so I had to cut a hole in it to make it look right. I'll work on a BP-less version for those that want it, but it's either going to be all or nothing.

EDIT: New version of the BP one. Keep in mind that unless you play with five stocks, there's only going to be a tiny amount of overlap.

EDIT again: Does anyone know how or if one can move the series icons?

 

[Shun_one]

JD, you can move the position of the BP's by moving the names Bone. I was going to try moving it myself for the next general HUD update, but looks like you could use it more.

You can move the series icons by editing the InfMark bone.

 

[Jdaster64]

I tried that and it didn't work, but vertex-editing moved it just fine:

I can clean up the linework on the swipe, but are there any changes that need to be made or other arrangement suggestions?

EDIT: Heck, I might just release this one after it's finished and nothing else. BP's are a pain to work with anyway.

 

[GHNeko]

If you're gonna exclude the BPs, re-add the names where the BP would be.

 

[Jdaster64]

I thought about that, actually. I don't really know that that's necessary, though; series icons and player color should really be identification enough. I'll see what it looks like, but it'll likely be optional at best.

 

[GHNeko]

The only reason why I say that is because you have that huge space where the Brawl slash is, that's just empty.

 

[crabsmack]

My thoughts on your most recent build:

• I personally think it looks better with the vBrawl BPs than with totally empty space. It looks very empty without them, and while the colored Brawl stripes do work for identification, I'd argue it takes longer to identify who is who.
• I still think it might look better without the franchise icons, but I'd much rather have BP + icon than just icon.
• Font size is fine if it's a pain to change, not a huge issue.
• Hearts look much better after you moved them over.
• I think the minimal shadow you have in your latest picture is the best so far.
• Brawl swipes look pretty jagged, but it seems you're aware of this.

 

[uCooL]

The only reason why I say that is because you have that huge space where the Brawl slash is, that's just empty.

that's a good thing, more visual space for the match.

 

[uCooL]

I tried that and it didn't work, but vertex-editing moved it just fine:

I can clean up the linework on the swipe, but are there any changes that need to be made or other arrangement suggestions?

EDIT: Heck, I might just release this one after it's finished and nothing else. BP's are a pain to work with anyway.

this is absolutely the best HUD I have seen anywhere. If the jaggies were fixed on the checks it would be perfect. I dont see how people are getting confused on whos stocks are who's.

There's the identifying player color on the CSS, which is the same color as the players shield and its also the same color as their check mark and icon logo. Not to mention the player tags. (If you use those)

 

[Spoon~]

Melee HUD best HUD

 

[GamerGuy09]

I tried that and it didn't work, but vertex-editing moved it just fine:

I can clean up the linework on the swipe, but are there any changes that need to be made or other arrangement suggestions?

EDIT: Heck, I might just release this one after it's finished and nothing else. BP's are a pain to work with anyway.

Please keep the portraits.

 

[uCooL]

Please keep the portraits.

maybe a BP version and a no BP version???

 

[MVP]

how's the melee HUD coming along

 

[Kati]

It's already perfect. What more can they do to it? Melee styled numbers are available on brawlvault I believe.

 

[NightTide]

Tried out the Melee HUD and it's simply awesome. It took me a moment to realize that the real difference is that the stock icons are now shapes instead of mini character heads. But it only takes moment to determine who is who in a match anyways, so I wouldn't think it's an issue...

 

[Shun_one]

Melee HUD was recently updated with Melee numbers.

As for the player recognition thing, it really bugs me that there's nothing aside from player color, but I suppose it'll do...for now.

 

[B.W.]

Any progress on the stock icon? I still think moving the stocks over a little so 5 stocks can fit next to a portrait would be fine. You guys stated you were worried about the face icon looking too much like it was part of the stock list. If you're really worried about that why use some tricks?

Put the left most stock underneath the face icon so it would look like you have 3 bubbles then a face. I honestly don't think it would look bad just having the stock icon and the stocks though.

Also, for the Melee HUD, the emblem should be lower so that the numbers are over it.

 

[GHNeko]

so when are these huds going to be mirroed to training mode.

 

[Jdaster64]

The thing I really hate about the version of my HUD with the BPs is that the swipe doesn't fade to trasnparent when someone gets too low on the screen like the portrait does, so you can see a massive hole there. Vertex editing doesn't move the BP to the front either. I'll try a couple more things to move them to the front, but if it doesn't work, I'll have to leave it like that when I release it, which looks really ugly. If I can move them to the front, though, then the HUD should be compatible with just about any set of BPs, and I'll just release one version that everyone's free to add their own BPs to (They're in a different folder anyway).

 

[GamerGuy09]

While looking around for Project M videos. I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqxaAH42eEo Looks pretty good.

 

[Jdaster64]

Finally finished the new version, complete with two sets of BPs (thanks, Shun_One!)
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Brawl Vault - Direct Link (Dropbox) - YouTube preview (excuse the gimmicky Brawl- stuff)[/collapse]

 

[hamyojo]

Finally finished the new version, complete with two sets of BPs (thanks, Shun_One!)
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Brawl Vault - Direct Link (Dropbox) - YouTube preview (excuse the gimmicky Brawl- stuff)[/collapse]

Love it!
Updated the OP with it, and made a few more things look prettier there.

 

[MaxThunder]

Is it possible to get a version with character names?...



Edit: of this: http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/9270/hudw.png ...

 

[GP&B]

Ok, stock faces are perfect. Downloading that.

 

[B.W.]

I like that HUD, though I'm still not a fan of the checkmark.

I'd love to see that HUD but with the series logo under the damage numbers and player colored hearts. I actually very much like the hearts.

 

[fatman667]

It's already perfect. What more can they do to it? Melee styled numbers are available on brawlvault I believe.

Actually IMO the HUD can move the franchise icon a bit lower and then it'll be ALMOST perfect.

 

[Shun_one]

I like that HUD, though I'm still not a fan of the checkmark.

I'd love to see that HUD but with the series logo under the damage numbers and player colored hearts. I actually very much like the hearts.

Which is the current plan. Though, I won't label it as a "Melee HUD" since it's a cheap solution for the moment, I do think it'll suffice.

But before I get to work on that, I must upload a version of the HUD with names for those who are asking for it.

 

[B.W.]

I took Jdaster's HUD, swapped the all red hearts for team colored hearts and took out the checkmark.

I dunno how to move the series logo, but I very much enjoy it without the checkmark. Hearts are awesome stock counters.

My heart coloring job is awful though so I'd love if someone else did it lol.