Toids 'Я' Us: [v6 UPDATE] HUDBall v2a (MM8BDM v6a) & Bonus MMV Music

[Gumballtoid]

HUDBall
Disclaimer: not an actual ball

I wanted to make a custom HUD, and this is the result.

This HUD is incompatible with classes and it always will be. Sue me.

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So what's this thing all about?
• Health and ammo bars, weapon icons, and inventory items now occupy a stylized window in the top left corner.
• Bars are accompanied by numbers that indicate exactly how much health or ammo remains. Fancy!
• Weapon names are printed underneath the ammo bar. Now Air Shooter and Dive Missile don't feel so same-y!
• Features a color-changing mugshot that reflects the currently-equipped weapon (yes, charge weapons work too).
• Improved weapon ammo overlays: things like Centaur Flash now visibly go on cooldown, etc.
• Rush Jet and Rush Marine are represented by meters, while Beat Support embellishes your crosshair while active.

What's new in the latest version? (11.15.2020)
• Support for MM8BDM v6! This includes MM10 and MMV weapons, plus changes to pre-existing content.
• Support for two additional colors! This will allow those extra-detailed mugshots to be adapted much more easily. Details in the spoiler below.
• A slightly streamlined frame! A bit of unnecessary garnish was trimmed to cut down on clutter.
• Color overhaul! Every weapon has been glossed over and given a (hopefully) much prettier palette.
• Font changes! The font is now much more authentic, being drawn from the pause menus of MM4, MM5, and MM6.
• A new Beat Support indicator! Tiny crosshair feathers will now indicate the presence (or lack thereof) of your winged companion.
• Team game changes! Your allegiance is now represented by a small banner, rather than a colorized frame.
• Full campaign support! Play through the entire campaign with your beautiful new HUD (albeit without boss mugshots, for the time being).
• ...and other small, quality-of-life changes that are too numerous for me to list!

Download link, please!
Current version: v2a
• HUDBall
This is the basic, multiplayer version. It may be placed inside your MM8BDM pk3, allowing you to join servers with your shiny new HUD!
v2 UPDATE: Now fully campaign-compatible! HUDBall SP deprecated until further notice.

How do I install this thing?
• To play offline, you need only load it as an add-on using the MM8BDM launcher.
• To join multiplayer servers, follow these instructions:

◘ Download a Doom editor, such as Slade.
◘ Launch your editor of choice and open MM8BDM-v6a.pk3. If you're worried about messing this part up, make a backup copy.
◘ Import hudball-v2a.wad using the "Import Files" button (NOT the "Import" button--you'll overwrite other files that way!) and place it in the root directory (next to all of the map wads).
◘ Save your changes, close the editor and launch MM8BDM. If you did everything right, you should be able to join servers with your new HUD!
◘ Remember that HUDBall will not work on servers whose wads modify SBARINFO, such as those running classes mods or custom weapon packs. This is simply the nature of clientside mods.

IMPORTANT: If using Doomseeker, be sure that "Check the integrity of local WADs" (under Options > Configure > File Paths) is unchecked. Otherwise, you won't be able to join servers with a modified MM8BDM pk3.


How do I add my own custom mugshot?

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• Mugshots translate seven different colors, so you'll want to draw from this palette:



• Three shades of blue, used for the primary weapon color: 197, 198, 199
• Three shades of cyan, used for the secondary weapon color: 192, 194, 77
• A solid black, used for outlines and other details: 0

• To insert your mugshot, simply crack open hudball-v2a.wad in Slade and replace HBFACE.png with one of your own. I left handy markers inside, if you're having trouble finding it.
• I strongly recommend making the extra black space in your mugshot transparent. This makes charge weapons easier on the eyes.

Anyone who's artistically inclined will know exactly what they're getting into with this. For everyone else, I'll walk you through mugshot adaption here, and give you an idea of things to keep in mind.
Since I'm adapting mugshots of Robot Masters that also have usable skins, I'll be referring to those for guidance, but you absolutely don't have to.

Our four examples are laid out here: Flame Man, Tengu Man, Galaxy Man, and Enker. I'll go over each of them.



Flame Man has it pretty easy. His headlight, earpieces, and facial covering all use cyan, while the rest of him uses blue.
Since his turban won't be changing colors with him, I left it alone, but you could just as easily give it a blue or cyan tinge, if it strikes your fancy.



Tengu Man is simple in concept: his mask is blue, his neck is cyan. However, his mask has an awful lot of colors. The blue swatch is enough to account for the reds, but not the tan, and so I colored those cyan.
It might look a bit strange in execution, so you could just as easily color it white, or leave it as is, if you prefer.



Galaxy Man is pretty much solid blue, with cyan highlights. His green eyes offer you quite a bit of creative freedom, however.
Since his skin colors them white, I followed suit, but gave them a cyan tinge for a little color variety.



Enker has it the hardest, and he was one of the biggest reasons I decided to add a third shade to each color.
His gold trim is all cyan and covered with white highlights, so I delicately colored those appropriately using the three colors available. Shiny bastard.
His head and eyes, meanwhile, required only one shade of blue.



The last step is to trim the excess black background from the mugshot. Technically, this step is optional, but it makes charge weapons much easier on the eyes.
While I was at it, I made sure the black used was no. 0 on the 8BDM palette: this will make absolutely sure it translates properly.



And we're done! At this point, just plug your mugshot into hudball-v2a.wad as HBFACE.png, and you're good to go.

Technically, there's no wrong way to do this, but if you want some other advice:
• For the best results, try to make sure the base blue and cyan (198 and 192) are the dominant colors. The other colors are mostly there to account for shading and highlights, respectively.
• Try to avoid having large amounts of similar shades mixing together (that is, 197 and 192, or 199 and 77, for example). Things will really start to bleed together with certain weapons.

Have fun! Feedback and bug reports are welcome and encouraged.

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(Diet) Mega Man V 2A03 Music Pack

MM8BDM v6 included most of IsabelleChiming's Mega Man V 2A03 album, but 8 songs were omitted, and one was slightly altered. These are available here.

As with all music packs, simply drop it into your skins folder and you're good to go.

Download Link

Code: [Select]

MMVINTRO .. Prologue
MMVPASS ... Password
MMVLIGHT .. Light Lab 1
MMVSTAGE .. Stage Select
NEPMUS2 ... Neptune (lower tempo)
MMVSHOP ... Light Lab 2
MMVWEAP ... Weapon Get
MMVBOSS2 .. Wily Star Boss
MMVGO ..... Game Over

[JohnVyttalRay]

I can't test it yet, but by what I can see, I can tell this is neat and a good idea. The only weird thing I saw here is that the Silver Tommahawk's HUD is shown as green in the pictures.

[TheDoc]

As much as I love classic Megaman-style, I prefer having specific information displayed to me if I can help it, so I'll definitely try this out when I have time. Looks neat!

[Gumballtoid]

I can't test it yet, but by what I can see, I can tell this is neat and a good idea. The only weird thing I saw here is that the Silver Tommahawk's HUD is shown as green in the pictures.

This is deliberate. You'll notice in the given screenshot that it is a team game, and the player is on the Cossack team, represented by the green mugshot.

[A. Mann]

If someone wanted to make this classes compatable, would you be willing to give them permission?

[Gumballtoid]

I would prefer if that didn't happen. I've had issues with a million different versions of my work floating around (without my permission) after the community felt the need to modify it and it just kind of lost its identity as a result.

Put simply: no, I would not.

[Max]

i like this a lot but
i'm wondering if you could make a 'minimalist' version with the mugshot removed and the weapon/item icons shoved up there
cuz while it's cute and all it's pretty big and a mugshot doesn't really give me any more information considering the weapon name, bar, icon, and buster itself already show me what weapon i'm using

if not i'll just be 'inspired' to make a personal smaller hud for myself i guess

[Gumballtoid]

I'll definitely do that once Zandronum SBARINFO supports IfCVarInt, so as to avoid maintaining several permutations of the HUD at once, but if there's enough demand for it, I'll do it sooner.

[Raymond]

I got the files in the MM8BDM folder but when I load the game with a horizontal bar it won't appear what do I do

[Gumballtoid]

Simply having hudball.wad in your MM8BDM directory is not enough. You will need to load it as an extra parameter using the MM8BDM launcher. To use this HUD online, you'll need place hudball.wad inside MM8BDM-v5b.pk3 using Slade. For details, see the first post.

Hope this helps.

[Alexworld]

I can't seem to find out how to change the mugshot.

[Gumballtoid]

After almost a full year, HUDBall has received an update! Check the front post for details.

[Gumballtoid]

...and shortly thereafter, I had to put out a hotfix that hopefully solves the occasional crashes I experienced online. If you downloaded HUDBall before, I ask that you do so again.

Also, the screenshots have been updated! Have a look.

[Gumballtoid]

And just like that, there's another update!

This one is pretty meaty so I don't feel bad about that sick triple post. Be sure to read the updated front post!

[Gumballtoid]

Quadruple post, fellas?! Unheard of!

The MMV 2A03 Remake music pack is now available! See the front post for details.