HUD problems

Hello Killing floor fans and hopefully someone from TWI.



In this thread we will take a look at some of the hud elements which we saw in the pcgamer videoes.

I will put everything within a spoiler tag, so that it takes up less space

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Ever spoiler tag from here on out will be named so that you know what each one contains



Dosh:

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Let me preface this by saying that I really like the overall look of the new HUD, there is however a few things that I would like to see changed.

Also please note that this is not a "I demand that you change every single little thing I don't like" thread



While watching the videoes on youtube, one thing annoyed me.

It was this animation with the "+Dosh" it drew my attention away from the action of the game to look at this cyan text.



Now I haven't played the game myself so I can't say how bad it is wile playing, but as a spectator it was quite an annoyance.



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Proposed idea for the "lite-HUD":

Remove the pop up, the simple animation on the total dosh is enough to show that it has changed.

It's okay for it to show up once the wave is completed so that we can see how much we earned for surviving the wave.

Radar

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let's quickly go over the new radar, it seems to be built for an objective game mode rather then the standard wave based survial.

It takes up a lot of space for the info it gives.



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Proposed idea for the "lite-HUD":

Decrease the lenght by around 30%

Also please move the wave and enemy counter up, either before or after the radar.

Status:

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Got lots of problems with this part, so lets start from the top.

The EXP bar:

As others have said it's kinda useless once you reach max level, however I would say that it doesn't really add any usefull infomation at any given point in time.

I don't care about how close I am to get a level up, so please either remove it completly from the HUD or move it so that it only shows up when you bring up the scoreboard.



Perk icon and level:

Another thing that takes up a lot of screen space without giving much useful infomation, I know what perk I'm playing and I also know the level up it.

Same solution as the EXP bar, either remove it from the HUD or move it to the scoreboard.



Syringe recharge: seems a bit "fat" if you know what I mean, could use a decrease in width.





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Proposed idea for the "lite-HUD":

Remove the EXP bar and perk icon + level.

Decrease the width of the syringe recharge, + decrease the overall size with about 25%

Ammo:

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This is mostly fine, however I don't really see the use of the battery recharge.

From the video I didn't see the battery ever getting used, I assume that it's because the battery is only intented for flashlights (and nightvision goggles?)

If that is indeed the idea, then it takes up a lot of screen space for a very limited function.



On another note, move the total ammo over to the left so that we can get rid of some of the empty space to the right of the ammo currently in the gun.



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Proposed idea for the "lite-HUD":

Remove the battery + decrease the size about 25% (the same as the status bar)

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English is not my first langauge so please bear with me, as I'm sure to make a lot of both gramar and spelling mistakes.

I only just saw the videoes the day before posting this.

I have see a few of the other topics concerning the HUD, but I think this deserves it's own topic.

The kf2 images are from a single screenshot, from the full gameplay video over at pcgamer

TL;DR

I have 2 suggestions, one does not exclude the other.

1. Give us a "lite-HUD" which removes some of the more useless elements and downsizes the others

2. Give us the option (in-game) to change the hud to our liking, this means the ability to change everything!

Change: position, size (in both x and y axel), pitch (in all 3 axles), remove unwanted elements, remove unwanted animations etc...