LotBlind on 1/4/2015 at 16:43
So I wanted to remove the HUD completely to get better screenshots. Here's all you need to do:
-find dark.cfg in the T2 folder
-change these values like so:
vismeter_zoom 60 (change the 60 to -10)
and
hpbar_zoom 60 (change the 60 to 0)
-save the file and restart Thief 2
Ofc by setting different values you can just change their size too, within some allowed parameters.
Hope that helps someone else too!
Gecko on 1/4/2015 at 19:16
There is a much easier way.
Open cam.cfg with notepad and add the line: inv_status_height 0
That's it ;)
ZylonBane on 2/4/2015 at 00:05
The correct way, under NewDark, add this to cam_ext.cfg:
d3d_disp_2d_overlay_alpha 0
LotBlind on 2/4/2015 at 16:10
Does inv_status_height leave the items display as it is? It looks a little bit easier, not "much" easier IMO.
I should have mentioned I'm running version 1.07 so yeah maybe it's different for NewDark.
Yandros on 2/4/2015 at 19:38
Why?
jblanc03 on 4/4/2015 at 19:55
Hey! thanks for this thread! i have been looking for a way to remove the HUD for a long time.
IT forces you to become a true expert at this game!
now i Just need a way to bind this option to a key on the keyboard!
can anyone help!???????
that way i can toggle it on and off as needed
thanks!
ZylonBane on 4/4/2015 at 20:43
No.
jblanc03 on 4/4/2015 at 21:34
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
No.
No you dont know? or No you definitely know without a shadow of a doubt that there is absolutely no way of accomplishing this?
LotBlind on 5/4/2015 at 14:23
Quote Posted by jblanc03
Hey! thanks for this thread! i have been looking for a way to remove the HUD for a long time.
IT forces you to become a true expert at this game!
now i Just need a way to bind this option to a key on the keyboard!
can anyone help!???????
that way i can toggle it on and off as needed
thanks!
There really isn't a way because the game reads that stuff from the config file every time it starts up and you'd have to probably hack it to make it behave any differently. It doesn't even have a console you could use for restarting the graphics engine or anything like that. Still Zylon's reply is unnecessarily sardonic.
You're usually okay to mess around with external conf files (they're left visible for a reason) quite a bit without the game minding. The parameter names will sometimes give you a good idea about what they do.
Yandros on 5/4/2015 at 14:34
ZB meant no you can't toggle it at runtime, you have to exit, change the config var and restart the game. As LotBlind said, it's read only at startup.