The way to remove HUD completely from Thief 2

[LotBlind]

So I wanted to remove the HUD completely to get better screenshots. Here's all you need to do:
-find dark.cfg in the T2 folder
-change these values like so:
vismeter_zoom 60 (change the 60 to -10)
and
hpbar_zoom 60 (change the 60 to 0)
-save the file and restart Thief 2

Ofc by setting different values you can just change their size too, within some allowed parameters.

Hope that helps someone else too!

[Gecko]

There is a much easier way.

Open cam.cfg with notepad and add the line: inv_status_height 0

That's it

[ZylonBane]

The correct way, under NewDark, add this to cam_ext.cfg:

d3d_disp_2d_overlay_alpha 0

[LotBlind]

Does inv_status_height leave the items display as it is? It looks a little bit easier, not "much" easier IMO.

I should have mentioned I'm running version 1.07 so yeah maybe it's different for NewDark.

[Yandros]

Why?

[jblanc03]

Hey! thanks for this thread! i have been looking for a way to remove the HUD for a long time.

IT forces you to become a true expert at this game!

now i Just need a way to bind this option to a key on the keyboard!

can anyone help!???????

that way i can toggle it on and off as needed

thanks!

[ZylonBane]

No.

[jblanc03]

No.

No you dont know? or No you definitely know without a shadow of a doubt that there is absolutely no way of accomplishing this?

[LotBlind]

Hey! thanks for this thread! i have been looking for a way to remove the HUD for a long time.

IT forces you to become a true expert at this game!

now i Just need a way to bind this option to a key on the keyboard!

can anyone help!???????

that way i can toggle it on and off as needed

thanks!

There really isn't a way because the game reads that stuff from the config file every time it starts up and you'd have to probably hack it to make it behave any differently. It doesn't even have a console you could use for restarting the graphics engine or anything like that. Still Zylon's reply is unnecessarily sardonic.

You're usually okay to mess around with external conf files (they're left visible for a reason) quite a bit without the game minding. The parameter names will sometimes give you a good idea about what they do.

[Yandros]

ZB meant no you can't toggle it at runtime, you have to exit, change the config var and restart the game. As LotBlind said, it's read only at startup.

[vfig]

Posting this here for future reference, cause it is possible to toggle the health bar and light gem mid game without much hassle:

1. Create a file called `hide_hud` in your Thief directory, and put these two lines into it:

set inv_status_height 0
objectives

2. Create another filed called `show_hud` in your Thief directory, and put these lines in it:

set inv_status_height 0.06
objectives

3. Edit `user.bnd` and add these lines to it. If there's already bindings for F9, or you prefer different keys, edit them accordingly:

bind f9 "run hide_hud"
bind f9+alt "run show_hud"

4. Play Thief! Press F9 followed by Esc to hide the HUD (sorry, the switch out
to objectives is necessary to make the config change take effect). Then
press Alt+F9 followed by Esc to show the HUD again.

5. Profit, I guess?

[bassoferrol]

How do I do to change the size of letters for weapons and inventory that you toggle on HUD while playing?
And to change the duration of a notice, for instance the one that you read at the start of Return to the Cathedral inviting you to leave the area.

[Fallen+Keeper]

What hud?

[ZylonBane]

The best one, of course.

[tlb]

So I wanted to remove the HUD completely to get better screenshots. Here's all you need to do:
-find dark.cfg in the T2 folder
-change these values like so:
vismeter_zoom 60 (change the 60 to -10)
and
hpbar_zoom 60 (change the 60 to 0)
-save the file and restart Thief 2

Ofc by setting different values you can just change their size too, within some allowed parameters.

Hope that helps someone else too!

Thanks so much! I can finally play Thief 2 with a clean screen, thanks to you.