[Feature Request] Multiple Status Bars or Allow LUA to draw HUD

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[Feature Request] Multiple Status Bars or Allow LUA to draw HUD

by BrandonReese » Post

I think it would be great to be able to register multiple status bars in lua. We only have a health bar now, but I know people are working on a hunger mod and such. If we had the option to register a status bar, and use lua to update the status bar that could open up a lot of new options. We could have a combination of health bar, hunger bar, stamina bar, air bar (for when your under water), or any other bar people can think of.

Or the other option I thought would be to hand over the entire drawing of the HUD to Lua, that way mods could change the look or position of the HUD, as well as add new items to the HUD (compass, clock, armor slots). I wonder how many mods could be improved by drawing on the player screen (drowning, hunger, and compass come to mind).

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by jmf » Post

That would be epic.
Thousands of mods could be integrated with a nice look.
I just think of magic powers with mana and stuff.
Nice idea, should be implemented.
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by Zeg9 » Post

That would be great. Shouldn't become a way to flood the hud and crash clients, though... But yeah that'd be great!
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Zeg9 wrote:That would be great. Shouldn't become a way to flood the hud and crash clients, though... But yeah that'd be great!
It's so easy to crash clients using a mod already... :P

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by kaeza » Post

+100 I've been thinking of having at least a GUI "canvas" item for some time now.
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by rarkenin » Post

Or forcing a formspec-like form to appear without right-clicking a node.
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I'm working on something similar: https://github.com/sfan5/minetest/tree/customhud
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by dannydark » Post

sfan5 wrote:I'm working on something similar: https://github.com/sfan5/minetest/tree/customhud
Oh nice :D have you done anything else with it recently?

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dannydark wrote:
sfan5 wrote:I'm working on something similar: https://github.com/sfan5/minetest/tree/customhud
Oh nice :D have you done anything else with it recently?
Not much, I need help implementing it into the Lua API
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by 0gb.us » Post

Calinou wrote:It's so easy to crash clients using a mod already... :P
Define a node that is solid, but has a liquid draw-type. Clients will crash every time they log in, but the server won't even flinch.

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by rarkenin » Post

0gb.us wrote:
Calinou wrote:It's so easy to crash clients using a mod already... :P
Define a node that is solid, but has a liquid draw-type. Clients will crash every time they log in, but the server won't even flinch.
This shou;d be fixed ASAP/
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by 4aiman » Post

sfan5 wrote:I'm working on something similar: https://github.com/sfan5/minetest/tree/customhud
That's great! I think that should be pushed to the master branch! :)

Could you possibly look into not only adding ability to draw smth, but also the ability to "textout" smth?
It would be great to output realworld time that way for example.

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