Some of the console commands in description are not working, or are not documented.

So I copied them from console:

l4d2hud_style
(NOT l4d2_style!)

0 is default, gritty looking HUD, 1 is clean view. 1 is much better readable.


l4d2_teamhud

opens a menu that shows all players on the server. A double click on the player will add him to the hud, another double click removes them. (This will also play sounds in case of events like when player goes down.)

The switches in this menu are:
- Enable overhead nicknames (Shows the name of the player above his head.)
This setting can also be changed via the console command:

l4d2teamhud_overhead 0/1


- Enable Players Halo (Shows outline of player when not directly visible.)
This setting can also be changed via the console command:

l4d2teamhud_halos 0/1


- Enable Weapon Panel (Shows what weapon your team members are using.)
This setting can also be changed via the console command:

l4d2teamhud_weaponpanels 0/1


- Enable Players Offscreen Indicators. Show a little icon on the side of screen. Bit confusing.
This setting can also be changed via the console command:

l4d2teamhud_offscreen_indicators 0/1


I suggest to leave the first two (the ones on top) in this menu on, and the second two off.


l4d2_settings

opens a menu with one switch and two faders. The switch toggles the health and amor display as additional number. The number is tiny, tiny.
This setting can also be changed via the console command:

l4d2hud_healthnum 0/1


The fader seem to be dysfunc, they always reset to zero and nothing changes when you move them. Did I miss anything?

Here is what I added to my autoexec.cfg:

l4d2hud_style 1
l4d2teamhud_overhead 1
l4d2teamhud_halos 1
l4d2teamhud_weaponpanels 0
l4d2hud_healthnum 0

It is really great how this HUD in combination with the MW revive addons can change a PvE session.


Sadly not all is pure sunshine. ;-)

One problem is, that you have to add your friends again manually after each map change , quite annoying for playing campaigns. I wish the addon could remember this setting.

Or maybe a cvar which just automatically adds all players (in team) to this list. Logic possible fully serverside, so no player interaction is needed.

Another problem I ran into is, that the way the addon displays weapon and ammo is much worse to read in fight than the original HUD. I understand that the screen space is needed, but when playing with a modern screen resolution, the text is so small, that you basically want to mount a magnifying on your screen. It is also missing such crucial info like: How many secondary fire grens do I have left..

The fact that some icons from stock HL2 weapons are missing does not help as well.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3469214167



A convar switch to disable the weapon info would be great, then one could fill the gap with one of the many modular HUD´s available.