Way to force draw bar

[DarkStalker30]

Hi guys.

In 1.6 was added some new functions for HUD. I liked the idea to use it to draw my stamina bar in place, where is breath bar by default. But then I got a problem - until the player gets into the water, breath bar x, y = 0, 0. Is there a way to force draw that bar without going into water?

[IIYAMA]

I don't think there is a way to force it. 

If it did, then it should be defined here:

• https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/HUD_Components#Properties
• https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/SetPlayerHudComponentProperty

But as alternative you can draw a bar under it with:

• https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/DxDrawRectangle
• https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/DxSetAspectRatioAdjustmentEnabled
• https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/OnClientHUDRender

[DarkStalker30]

  On 05/04/2025 at 21:55, IIYAMA said:

But as alternative you can draw a bar under it with:

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That's something that I want to do. And if breath bar has its coords, then all ok. But if not, then stamina bar going to left top corner. I just can't upload images.

If character will be in water while player has black screen by fadeCamera() and HUD off, will it trigger breath bar?

 

[IIYAMA]

  On 06/04/2025 at 00:36, DarkStalker30 said:

If character will be in water while player has black screen by fadeCamera() and HUD off, will it trigger breath bar?

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It will probably be visible when the camera is fade out. So yes you need to add some more exceptions for unexpected situations.

This condition might catch some of the problems:

if getCameraTarget () ~= localPlayer then return end

 

[DarkStalker30]

  On 06/04/2025 at 09:24, IIYAMA said:

It will probably be visible when the camera is fade out. So yes you need to add some more exceptions for unexpected situations.

This condition might catch some of the problems:

if getCameraTarget () ~= localPlayer then return end

 

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I found another way. On start interface resource add and instant remove armor to localPlayer, it's turning on armor bar, then taking health bar coords, armorY + (healthY - armorY) / 2 = breathY. And it's working perfect.

UPDATE: for correct working of this method you need to let armor bar to be drawn for 1 frame at least. I used a timer, which checking armorX and armorY, until they became not 0, 0.

Edited April 6 by DarkStalker30