Base HUD Element List

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<title>Base HUD Element List</title>
This is a list of all the HUD elements that you can block with <page>GM:HUDShouldDraw</page>.

These elements are known to work in Garry's Mod. The hook will always be called for those elements unless stated otherwise.

Name | Description |
-----|------------|
| CHudAmmo | Primary ammo counter. |
| CHudBattery | The armor meter. This is only called if players armor is above 0. |
| CHudChat | The default chat box, escape menu, and console. |
| CHudCrosshair | The default SWEP and HL2 weapon crosshair, including <page>WEAPON:DoDrawCrosshair</page> |
| CHudCloseCaption | Close captions |
| CHudDamageIndicator | The damage indicator from Half-Life 2, active only when visible. |
| CHudDeathNotice | The death notice panel. This will not do anything in Garry's Mod because the kill feed is painted in Lua. |
| CHudGeiger | Geiger counter from Half-Life 2. Only active when the sound plays. Hiding this stops the sound. |
| CHudGMod | The <page>Global.GetHUDPanel</page>. Hiding this will hide anything rendered with <page>GM:HUDPaint</page>, <page>GM:HUDPaintBackground</page> and <page>GM:HUDDrawScoreBoard</page> |
| CHudHealth | The health meter. |
| CHudHintDisplay | The key hint display? Disabled in Garry's Mod by default |
| CHudMenu | A generic menu on the left side of the screen with simple 1/2/3/etc key inputs. Typically used in other Source games as map voting, etc. Unused in Garry's Mod. |
| CHudMessage | Possibly handles the `Half-Life 2` title on HUD on relevant maps, as well as the text from `game_text` entity. |
| CHudPoisonDamageIndicator | The "Neurotoxin Detected" HUD above Health when you get hit by a poison headcrab. |
| CHudSecondaryAmmo | Secondary ammo counter ( SMG1 grenades, AR2 energy balls ) |
| CHudSquadStatus | Citizen Squad status HUD from Half-Life 2. Only called if citizens follow you. |
| CHudTrain | Possibly the controls HUD for controllable func_tracktrain. |
| CHudVehicle | Crosshair for jeep and airboat when gun is mounted. |
| CHudWeapon | Handles creation/updating colors of `CHudCrosshair`. Does **not** control the visibility of the crosshair after it has been created. See <page>Player:CrosshairDisable</page>. |
| CHudWeaponSelection | The weapon selection panel. Hiding this will also disable capability to switch weapons for the client. |
| CHudZoom | Suit zoom from Half-Life 2. Only called if visible ( +zoom bind ). Hiding this **does not** prevent zooming. |
| NetGraph | The netgraph. Only works if **net_graph** convar is above 0 |
| CHUDQuickInfo | Health and ammo near crosshair. Only works if **hud_quickinfo** convar is above 0 |
| CHudSuitPower | HEV Suit power. |



These elements are confirmed to be not working in Garry's Mod. The hook will not be called for these elements.

Name | Description |
-----|------------|
| CTargetID | The text when you aim at a player. Disabled in Garry's Mod because this is painted in Lua; see <page>GM:HUDDrawTargetID</page> instead. |
| CHudHistoryResource | HL2 item pickup history. Disabled in Garry's Mod because this is painted in Lua; see <page>GM:HUDItemPickedUp</page> instead. This is still called when you pick up health/suit power/etc. |
| CHudLocator | Jalopy HUD radar/locator from Half-Life 2: Episode 2. |
| CHudFlashlight | Flashlight HUD from Half-Life 2: Episode 2. |



These elements are unknown whether they work or not in Garry's Mod.

Name | Description |
-----|------------|
| CAchievementNotificationPanel | Achievement notifications |
| CHudAnimationInfo | Displays information about HUD elements, activated by the console command cl_animationinfo. |
| CHUDAutoAim | |
| CHudBonusProgress | |
| CHudCapturePanel | |
| CHudCommentary | Developer commentary panel as seen in Half-Life 2 and other Source Engine games. |
| CHudControlPointIcons | |
| CHudCredits | Half-Life 2 credits overlay panel from the end of the game. This does work in Garry's Mod but will not be called with GM:HUDShouldDraw |
| CHudVguiScreenCursor | |
| CHudVoiceSelfStatus | Shows when the local player uses microphone voice chat. |
| CHudVoiceStatus | Shows when other players use microphone voice chat. Set mp_show_voice_icons 0 to disable icons |
| CHudVote | |
| CMapOverview | |
| CPDumpPanel | Panel that appears when using cl_pdump |
| CReplayReminderPanel | |
| CTeamPlayHud | |
| CHudFilmDemo | |
| CHudGameMessage | |
| CHudHDRDemo | Lost Coast HDR Demonstration HUD element |
| CHudHintKeyDisplay | |
| CHudPosture | |

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