Hello there everyone, i was watching some VODs of teamfortress.tv early today to catch up, and i thought about some changes to the HUD and general presentation of the stream, so i had a little bit of a play with Photoshop and this is what i came up with.
Mind you, i couldn't find the same font, so temporarily i used that one for the scoreboard
The changes are:
- Health (number) is now align with the player name
- Medigun information is now in the middle of the screen (making it easier to read while still being able to see both teams healths)
- Changed Scoreboard
Original - http://i.imgur.com/lwgeTUa.jpg
Modified - http://i.imgur.com/o5QEHcQ.jpg
The idea behind changing the Top right Scoreboard was that it does look quite dull by being completely black. I gave it a little bit of color and added the TeamFortress.tv logo.
The Health (number) was a basic change, something tells me that it might have just been a mistake as it doesn't make much sense for it to not be aligned with the player name.
As for the Medigun information, in my personal opinion it makes a lot of sense to have it in the middle as it's far easier to read while still being able to keep attention at both teams health.
What do you honestly think ? All opinions would be greatly appreciated, no need to be nasty as most likely none of this will be taken on board, it's just an idea.
Hello there everyone, i was watching some VODs of teamfortress.tv early today to catch up, and i thought about some changes to the HUD and general presentation of the stream, so i had a little bit of a play with Photoshop and this is what i came up with.
[b]Mind you, i couldn't find the same font, so temporarily i used that one for the scoreboard[/b]
The changes are:
- Health (number) is now align with the player name
- Medigun information is now in the middle of the screen (making it easier to read while still being able to see both teams healths)
- Changed Scoreboard
Original - http://i.imgur.com/lwgeTUa.jpg
Modified - http://i.imgur.com/o5QEHcQ.jpg
The idea behind changing the Top right Scoreboard was that it does look quite dull by being completely black. I gave it a little bit of color and added the TeamFortress.tv logo.
The Health (number) was a basic change, something tells me that it might have just been a mistake as it doesn't make much sense for it to not be aligned with the player name.
As for the Medigun information, in my personal opinion it makes a lot of sense to have it in the middle as it's far easier to read while still being able to keep attention at both teams health.
What do you honestly think ? All opinions would be greatly appreciated, no need to be nasty as most likely none of this will be taken on board, it's just an idea.
I think one of the reasons they changed the scoreboard to how it is now is so they could support showing the scores for a b03.
I think one of the reasons they changed the scoreboard to how it is now is so they could support showing the scores for a b03.
I think the uber advantadge being in between the teams is a good idea, I think what eXtv has been working on in terms of scoreboard is fine though, and that's not the scoreboard the eXtv has been using recently
I think the uber advantadge being in between the teams is a good idea, I think what eXtv has been working on in terms of scoreboard is fine though, and that's not the scoreboard the eXtv has been using recently
reilly that's a fair enough reason though it could be done in a different way where it's not so dull. The fact that it's quite literally a black rectangle does make it quite a distraction. Maybe a little bit of a mix between my change and the original one ?
reilly that's a fair enough reason though it could be done in a different way where it's not so dull. The fact that it's quite literally a black rectangle does make it quite a distraction. Maybe a little bit of a mix between my change and the original one ?
The health number is an error, it is supposed to look aligned with the name. (see my streams)
The medigun info on mid although it looks better is not a huge difference imo.
The new scoreboard is meant to match the killfeed and show the info of previous maps avoid having people on chat asking the results.
Also, the font is roboto condensed.
The health number is an error, it is supposed to look aligned with the name. (see my streams)
[s]The medigun info on mid although it looks better is not a huge difference imo.[/s]
The new scoreboard is meant to match the killfeed and show the info of previous maps avoid having people on chat asking the results.
Also, the font is roboto condensed.
That's great then, so one of the issues is sorted, and the medigun is an easy change as far as i can tell from what you said.
There is still the issue with the scoreboard though, at least in my personal opinion.
That's great then, so one of the issues is sorted, and the medigun is an easy change as far as i can tell from what you said.
There is still the issue with the scoreboard though, at least in my personal opinion.
I agree with the scoreboard looking weird, we are still messing around with that so what you see it's not the final version.
If enough people want the medic info on mid its an easy change that we can make.
I agree with the scoreboard looking weird, we are still messing around with that so what you see it's not the final version.
If enough people want the medic info on mid its an easy change that we can make.
Medic info in the middle makes it easier and faster to grasp imo
Medic info in the middle makes it easier and faster to grasp imo
Noted, since we are on the subject any more changes you would like to see?
Noted, since we are on the subject any more changes you would like to see?
Make the players background wider. Quite often the players names get cut.
Make the players background wider. Quite often the players names get cut.
The scoreboard is intended to match the killfeed, which your screenshot does not convey.
The scoreboard is intended to match the killfeed, which your screenshot does not convey.
I have been messing with the hud a litte bit, gimme feedback (please note this is very WIP.)
http://i.imgur.com/AjydhJy.png
EDIT: For some reason imgur messes up the colors really bad...
EDIT2: Viewmodel is now set at 70 and spectator targetid health value is now bigger.
I have been messing with the hud a litte bit, gimme feedback (please note this is very WIP.)
[img]http://i.imgur.com/AjydhJy.png[/img]
EDIT: For some reason imgur messes up the colors really bad...
EDIT2: Viewmodel is now set at 70 and spectator targetid health value is now bigger.
It looks absolutely fantastic now. Hopefully a new Scoreboard and new Overlay will be on the way too, here's me hoping. Thank you very much for the help Ducky
It looks absolutely fantastic now. Hopefully a new Scoreboard and new Overlay will be on the way too, here's me hoping. Thank you very much for the help Ducky
The spectator GUI is honestly really good, I only have two complaints:
[*] white health on light-gray background can be difficult to read at lower resolutions
[*] the spectator targetid health value could stand to be a bit bigger, which would help legibility at lower resolutions as well
My bigger concern with TeamfortressTV casts is why we don't use viewmodel_fov 70. It's used for most frag videos and the VanillaTV casts, and it's much more aesthetically pleasing (no long arms, significantly less visual glitches in the viewmodel).
The spectator GUI is honestly really good, I only have two complaints:
[*] white health on light-gray background can be difficult to read at lower resolutions
[*] the spectator targetid health value could stand to be a bit bigger, which would help legibility at lower resolutions as well
My bigger concern with TeamfortressTV casts is why we don't use viewmodel_fov 70. It's used for most frag videos and the VanillaTV casts, and it's much more aesthetically pleasing (no long arms, significantly less visual glitches in the viewmodel).
I really like the mediguns being in between the two teams, but now the numbers for medic charge are offset from player health - would it be possible to put icons for uber or kritz in front of the numbers? Maybe from the mvm canteens or something?
I really like the mediguns being in between the two teams, but now the numbers for medic charge are offset from player health - would it be possible to put icons for uber or kritz in front of the numbers? Maybe from the mvm canteens or something?