Make HUD really nice

Troubleshooting graphics
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hello bos… i want to ask, how to make HUD in game so the game look so interesting??

please help me… thanks

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erm, employ an artist ??

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for the college. i'm working on thesis. help me bos… thanks

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You need to make a judgement for your project based on whats available.


  1. Fenggui
  2. JMEDesktop
  3. GBui
  4. Swing ( using canvas for jme )
  5. Javafx ( using canvas for jme )



    Sorry if I have missed someone off the list
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@theprism I think the only thing you could've added would've been using LWJGL/JOGL directly:)



I agree with using what's available.  We've got a lot of frameworks that provide very nice HUDs, and even more customization.  I would suppose that it might help to give your representation of what is an interesting game HUD then we could probably answer.

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i want to make hud like this…

http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hudan2.jpg



can i make a class like this?



public Hud(final float width, final float heigth, final PlayerShip player) {

        screenHeight = heigth;

        this.player = player;



        hudNode = new Node("HUD");



        setupFps();

        setupPlayerInfos();



        LightState ls = display.getRenderer().createLightState();

        ls.setEnabled(false);

        hudNode.setLightCombineMode(LightCombineMode.Replace);

        hudNode.setRenderState(ls);



        hudNode.setRenderQueueMode(Renderer.QUEUE_ORTHO);

        hudNode.updateRenderState();

    }


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short answer: yes!



Long answer: you will need to do some custom GUI implementations; and I believe ANY of the options listed would be capable of such a task.  As far as difficulty you will find each GUI option will have its pros and cons; best to do some forum searching and check out the wiki to make an informed decision.  (although it appears that only GBUI as a current jME 2.0 tutorial, so if that's important…) (but don't be scared to tackle a 1.0 tutorial, you will find it very similar to jME 2.0).

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thanks for the solution boss…



whether there is a tutorial to make an example HUD?

I see in the example jme2 not have to make a HUD.

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agreeing with basixs.  This is a doable HUD.  I am sure that any of the implementations will work.  I KNOW that GBUI will work.



There are several wiki pages here and on the GBUI project pages that have tutorials on various things



I don't quite understand the second sentence.  GBUI doesn't require jme 2 unless you check it out from the trunk tip.



I can't speak for the other frameworks on how to accomplish this type of HUD.