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Oct 4, 2003, 3:45pm

it would be nice to have something like a HUD for avatars.

It could be an optional additional line or two in the avatars.dat file.

If provided, it would name a texture and a mask with an update= type update
rate for fetching new images.

Avatars that have a specific tag would have this texture mapped to them. If
you are using first person view, and if you have HUD enabled in your
settings, this texture would be painted full window size in the foreground.
Perhaps there are two textures named.. one that other people see (and you
see in third person view), and another that only you see from first person
view.

This would be useful even if the images were static. You could use it to
'clone' avatars and give them different textures within limitations without
having to create a copy of the avatar model as well.

Where it would really be useful is in conjunction with object server
applications that could provide dynamic information in a game style heads up
view.

Perhaps the SDK could also have a method added to allow bots to change the
image.

Oct 5, 2003, 7:18am

Already confirmed on the 4.0 features list I believe... just about 100 times
more advanced than what your thinking...?

- Mark

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