<function name="HUDShouldDraw" parent="GM" type="hook"> <ishook>yes</ishook> <description> Called when the Gamemode is about to draw a given element on the client's HUD (heads-up display). <note>This hook is called HUNDREDS of times per second (more than 5 times per frame on average). You shouldn't be performing any computationally intensive operations.</note> </description> <realm>Client</realm> <predicted>No</predicted> <args> <arg name="name" type="string">The name of the HUD element. You can find a full list of HUD elements for this hook [here](/gmod/HUD_Element_List).</arg> <arg name="name" type="string">The name of the HUD element. You can find a full list of HUD elements for this hook <page text="here">HUD_Element_List</page>.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="boolean">Return false to prevent the given element from being drawn on the client's screen.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Hides the default health and battery (armor) HUD elements, while still allowing the display of other elements to be controlled by other addons.</description> <code> local hide = { ["CHudHealth"] = true, ["CHudBattery"] = true } hook.Add( "HUDShouldDraw", "HideHUD", function( name ) if ( hide[ name ] ) then return false end -- Don't return anything here, it may break other addons that rely on this hook. end ) </code> </example>