Loading a hud

[therfiles]

Alright. So I have this really cool idea, but I need to be able to change the hud, real-time. So I go in to the console and use "cg_hudfiles" plus my .txt containing the menu loader (default is ui/jahud.txt). This works fine, but It requires me to reload the map "re-devmap it" before it changes the hud. I need it to change as soon as cg_hudfiles changes. I tried a command I found, "loadhud", but it was a dud. Anyone know how to do this? I would be forever grateful!

[eezstreet]

vid_restart reloads the game. Not sure if that's what you're after.

[therfiles]

Hm...I don't think that would work. It needs to seamlessly change the hud, with no disruption to the gameplay. Thanks, though.

[Raz0r]

try ui_load? it doesn't say it's a command, but it's handled specifically. I use it to reload .menu changes, might work.

[therfiles]

Hmmm...interesting. Ui_load does in fact load all the menus again, but the hud suddenly becomes invisible. You have to type "loadhud" in for it to come back, but it's still the original one, not the new one I need loaded. Close, but no cigar.

[therfiles]

It's not to big a deal if we can't figure it out. We could use @eezstreet's hud-jailbreak plugin, if he lets us, when it comes out. But being able to change the hud via console would be so much easier.

[RancorSNP]

There actually is a command for toggling huds, you can find it in articles on my site www.jediacademy.cba.pl artykuły - komendy -> lista komend jk3.

Writing from phone so can't link directly.

The only problem is to figure out how to name your hud so ingame cmd finds it.

Search for something like nexthud

[therfiles]

Hmmm...nice and useful site, you have there!

 

I didn't see anything like 'nexthud'...all I can see that do anything hud-wise is "Cg_hudfiles" and "cf_hudcolor", the latter of which I have never heard of. I also saw a command called 'nextframe'. Does that have anything to do with it? Will run some tests today.

[afi]

"nextframe", "prevframe", "nextskin", and "prevskin" commands will change the
frame or skin of the testmodel.

 

I don't think that nexthud exists