Killfeed / Quake Sounds

[CraigTBoone]

The problem I have with being a sniper is sometimes I don't know what the hell I just killed sometimes. Can't tell if it's a robrain or a raider or merc. What would be nice, is like an Unreal-style kill feed. Just: "Craig (Anti-Material Rifle) Raider (Headshot)" or something along those lines. Or, maybe we could use pictures like TF2 does, or something. Depends on how coustimizable the HUD drawing engine is.

I don't have much experience with Fallout New Vegas scripting, and the GECK is very fustrating to use. I'd be willing to do most of the scripting/coding if someone is willing to teach me the basics. (How to capture kill events, how to draw on the screen, etc etc).

I was thinking to keep it along the lines of Fallout, to just have it either be a thing in your PipBoy that shows up, like a book or something, and not something that's on the HUD. Maybe have it like a Journal. "Today I killed 12 raiders, 2 robrains, 3 fire ants and some dickweed in a red suit who I didn't like the way he looked at me." We could make it interactive, and have the player enter a blurb about why they shot someone important like Tenpenny.

Let me know what you guys think, I'd love to hear some feedback on this.

[JaxFirehart]

Its a great idea, but also very difficult. I think it would be possible though. I dont know much about editing the HUD, so I couldnt help.

[CraigTBoone]

[quote=JaxFirehart]

Its a great idea, but also very difficult. I think it would be possible though. I dont know much about editing the HUD, so I couldnt help.

[/quote]

Yeah, that's just my one problem. I don't how to draw on the screen. I could do this in C++ with a D3D hook, but then I'd have to interface with the scripting engine via C++ which would be a nightmare. There might be a way for them to talk to eachother, but it would have to be via disk method. I don't think I could setup anything in the RAM the C++ program could read.

[JaxFirehart]

The hud is modified through a combination of xml files and scripting within a plugin, but beyond that, no clue. If you are any good at reverse engineering, look at a mod like grenade hotkey for FalloutNV and see how it does its thing.