Trying to make a new HUD but have lots of difficulties

[carlcyber]

Okay, the intention of asking this question is already mentioned on the topic. I'm trying to make a brand new HUD, but I have no idea at all.
I'd be appreciate if anyone could share you experience about this.

Here are my questions:
Can I get the armor points from the players?
Furthurmore, is it possible to make a function that can be triggered only when the player gets hurt? Because using a loop to refresh the health points in a short time looks to be a violent way. (It looks like this loop is raping the computer )

[Sir_Alien]

Okay, the intention of asking this question is already mentioned on the topic. I'm trying to make a brand new HUD, but I have no idea at all.
I'd be appreciate if anyone could share you experience about this.

Have a look through this tutorial if you haven't already.

Here are my questions:
Can I get the armor points from the players?

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CheckInventory("Armor");

[solarsnowfall]

(It looks like this loop is raping the computer )

That depends, is the loop merely checking the health, or is it checking the health and redrawing the hp display? One looping script shouldn't be that devastating.

[carlcyber]

Wow!!! Thanks for giving the tutorial link and the answer, Sir_Alien.

And to solar, thanks for your advice. I understand what you mean.

[Sir_Alien]

No problem. Good luck!

[Kaiser]

(It looks like this loop is raping the computer )

That depends, is the loop merely checking the health, or is it checking the health and redrawing the hp display? One looping script shouldn't be that devastating.

Heh, one simple hudmessage loop can be barely handled by zdoom without its fps getting raped.

[solarsnowfall]

I never, EVER loop hudmessages anymore. There's almost always a way to just update the HUD when it needs to be, rather than looping it constantly.