Oblivion HUD for EM 2.X

onehand · Post by **onehand** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:09 am

After seeing the great HUD work in the 2013 film Oblivion I was inspired to make a new HUD mod.

Standard HUD Mode 2:

HUD Mode 1 ("space mode" in the film):

After making this HUD it really dawned on me how much work Vice has truly put into making the graphics for EM. The HUD alone took me ~2 months of tweaking and play testing. I can't imagine how long it must have taken to make the graphics for the full game.

This mod includes a new HUD gunsight, HUD menu icons with rollover, terrain walker HUD, targeting reticles, mouse cursors and the following extras:

Extras Included
- Maximilien's Cockpit (timeless!)
- 8rennus' SilicuMAX Menus (originals by Viper) (They are just too slick!)
- Custom target select/menu click sound

Download Links
>> Oblivion HUD <<
>> Optional hudtape mod with both 5 and 10 degree markers <<

Installation Instructions
- Extract the files from the zip into your main EM_installdir.
- To install the font, drag the included "SF Arborcrest Heavy.ttf" to your Windows/Fonts folder. This font is freeware.
- If you prefer more degree markers on the hudtape, you can overwrite the hudtape files with the second download link above.

Notes
- Landing/docking indicator bars are disabled with this mod. I just use the flashing beacons, but if you prefer the indicators, remove the landgreen.png, landred.png and landshadow.png files.
- The left and right angle brackets for the horizontal strafe text render a bit small with this font. I just use the strafe indicator on the radar, but if you prefer the standard font simply remove the included setfont.txt file.

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:33 pm

They look great! Thanks for sharing them

How do you put the ship's location into a HUD?

_-Caleb-_ · Post by **_-Caleb-_** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:02 pm

Hola.

Is cool, thanks for share

[Edited on 9-25-2013 by AdamSelene]

onehand · Post by **onehand** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 5:22 pm

Thanks! For the location information, it's the following lines in hudtext.dat:

ln9: activates (1=on, 0=off)
ln10: x-position
ln11: y-position

Post by **DaveK** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:09 am

Thanks onehand! Finally I know where I am when flying

Nigel_Strange · Post by **Nigel_Strange** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:39 pm

Looks great, indeed. I think this is the first HUD I might prefer to my own design. Simplicity, elegance, and minimalism: it gives you the info without the clutter. Nice work!

Busch · Post by **Busch** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:00 pm

Thanks Onehand! Good work! Am employing bits and pieces of your Oblivion mod. I like the 'quarter-moons' of the targeting reticle and the minimalist mode indicators.

RagingRascal · Post by **RagingRascal** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:28 pm

the one problem i have with this hud (and otherwise it looks really great) is that it completely disappears in the background when you are in a light area (e.g landing on a ice planet)

onehand · Post by **onehand** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:06 pm

True, well the main gunsight and hudtape are still visible because they are shaded, but I couldn't work out a decent compromise for the other images (MTDS mode, firing mode, IDS, altitude indicator, etc.) since the main overlay imagery changes depending on the current setting-- the shadows have to be static. Instead of putting dark blocks on the HUD to compensate, I decided to just leave out the shadows to keep it clean. I just use the displays on the cockpit panels when needed in those cases. I then make up a story in my head that the brightness of the planet/star/moon/etc is washing out some of the HUD. Ahhh, it's so bright!

Nigel_Strange · Post by **Nigel_Strange** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:58 pm

In the EL, I used an orange color for the HUD. I think that overall, the orange showed up best in most situations. Another option is to spread the shadow a little bit, so that it provides more edge coverage.

onehand · Post by **onehand** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:14 pm

Thanks Nigel! For this particular HUD I preferred having less shadows but I will keep this in mind!

By the by, your Hex gunsight is awesome

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:01 pm

From post: 164622, Topic: tid=11005, author=RagingRascal wrote:the one problem i have with this hud (and otherwise it looks really great) is that it completely disappears in the background when you are in a light area (e.g landing on a ice planet)

You may be able to turn that Hud into a shadow so that it shows when against a light background. Other items have that. I can't remember if you just create a negative of it and rename it or what. I believe the naming can be found in the Customizing kit.

onehand · Post by **onehand** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:26 am

It was just pointed out to me that I had MDTS spelled wrong in the mod.

The download link has been updated with the fix!