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A '''Heads-Up Display''', often abbreviated as '''HUD''', is a set of indicators used in most games to show the player's current status in a game, such as the score, health and the like. A HUD can be used to convey many different types of information, such as time, score, money, health, armor, weaponry, ammunition, warnings (eg "wrong way" in a race) maps with blips and subtitles of conversations.
[[File:HUD-GTASA.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustrated example of a HUD as seen in GTA San Andreas.]]
A '''heads-up display''', often abbreviated as '''HUD''', is a set of indicators used in most games to show the player's current status in a game, such as the score, health and the like.


The HUD in the current [[GTA III Era]] games display the following information:
== Description ==
A HUD can be used to convey many different types of information, such as time, score, money, health, armor, weaponry, ammunition, warnings (eg "wrong way" in a race) maps with blips and subtitles of conversations.


*[[Radar]] - a small map of the player's current location
The HUD GTA games may display the following information:
*[[Money]] - always in US Dollars
 
*[[Weapons|Weapon]] selected and ammunition
* [[Money]].
*[[Health]]
* [[Weapons|Weapon]] selected and amount of ammunition.
*[[Armor]]
* Amount of [[health]].
*[[Lung Capacity]] ([[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA SA]])
* Amount of [[Body Armor|armor]].
*[[Stamina]] ([[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories|GTA VCS]])
* [[Mission]] title (GTA III onwards) when starting a mission.
*[[Respect]] ([[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]])
* [[Lung Capacity|Oxygen remaining]] ([[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]]) or [[Statistics|stamina]] ([[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories|GTA Vice City Stories]]) when in water.
*[[Statistics|Stats and skills]] (GTA SA)
* [[Respect|Gang respect]] ([[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]]).
*[[Wanted level]]
* [[Statistics|Player character stats and skills]] (GTA San Andreas).
*The vehicle the player enters
* [[Wanted level]]. Starting with GTA San Andreas (except GTA Advance), the wanted level interface does not appear until the player has a wanted level.
*The district the player is enters
* [[Time]] (GTA III and later, with the exception of [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]), indicated by a 24-hour clock.
*The street the player enters ([[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]])
* Vehicle speed (GTA Advance), in kilometers per hour.
* The vehicle the player enters.
* The district the player enters.
* The street the player enters ([[Grand Theft Auto IV]]).
* [[Location Compass|Location compasses]], compass points to key locations ([[Grand Theft Auto 1|GTA 1]] to [[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]]).
* A [[radar]], a small map of the player's current location ([[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]] onwards). Altitude meters are also integrated into the radar for GTA San Andreas and The Ballad of Gay Tony.


Other elements appear on the HUD in other situations, such as a dialogue subtitles, help messages, and a "[[Busted]]" or "[[Wasted]]" sign if the player gets arrested or killed respectively.
Other elements appear on the HUD in other situations, such as a dialogue subtitles, help messages, and a "[[Busted]]" or "[[Wasted]]" sign if the player gets arrested or killed respectively.


Floating [[pickups]], such as a police bribe are not considered to be a part of the HUD even though only the player can see them. This is also true for floating markers which indicate where to park or walk into.
==Gallery==
=== GTA 1 — GTA 2 ===
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="160">
File:HUD-GTA1.png|GTA 1.
File:HUD-GTAL.png|GTA London 1969 and London 1961.
File:HUD-GTA2.png|GTA 2.
</gallery>
 
=== GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories ===
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="160">
File:HUD-GTAIII.jpg|GTA III (PC/Xbox version) (<small>[[:File:HUD-GTAIII-PS2.png|PS2 version]], [[:File:HUD-GTAIII-iOS-Android.png|iOS/Android version]]</small>).
File:HUD-GTAVC.jpg|GTA Vice City (PC version) (<small>[[:File:HUD-GTAVC-iOS-Android.png|iOS/Android version]]</small>).
File:HUD-GTASA.png|GTA San Andreas. The bottom money counter shows the player is in debt as a result of [[gambling]].
File:HUD-GTAA.jpg|GTA Advance.
File:HUD-GTALCS-PS2.jpg|GTA Liberty City Stories (PS2 version) (<small>[[:File:HUD-GTALCS-PSP.jpg|PSP version]]</small>).
File:HUD-GTAVCS-PS2.jpg|GTA Vice City Stories (PS2 version).
</gallery>


==Gallery==
=== GTA IV — GTA Chinatown Wars ===
<center>
<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="160">
<gallery>
File:HUD-GTAIV.png|GTA IV (upper right HUD) (<small>[[:File:Radar-GTAIV.png|Radar, with additional HUD elements]]</small>).
HUD (GTA1).png|GTA 1.
File:HUD-TLAD.png|The Lost and Damned. In the theme of the biker gang image, the HUD is faded and grittier (<small>[[:File:Radar-GTAIV.png|Radar]]</small>)
HUD (GTAL).png|GTA London 1969 and London 1961.
File:HUD-TBOGT.png|The Ballad of Gay Tony. In the theme of the colorful nightclub image, the HUD is now both white and purple (<small>[[:File:Radar-GTAIV.png|Radar]]</small>).
HUD (GTA2).png|GTA 2.
File:HUD-GTACW.png|In the [[Nintendo DS|DS]] version of GTA Chinatown Wars, the information that would have been on the HUD in earlier games (except for the [[Wanted Level in GTA Chinatown Wars|Wanted Level]] and place/car names) are moved to the bottom screen as part of the [[PDA]].
HUD (GTA3).jpg|GTA III.
HUD (GTAVC).jpg|GTA Vice City.
San Andreas HUD.jpg|GTA San Andreas
HUD (GTALCS) (PSP).jpg|GTA Liberty City Stories (PSP version).
</gallery>
</gallery>
</center>


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Revision as of 08:14, 10 November 2014

Illustrated example of a HUD as seen in GTA San Andreas.

A heads-up display, often abbreviated as HUD, is a set of indicators used in most games to show the player's current status in a game, such as the score, health and the like.

Description

A HUD can be used to convey many different types of information, such as time, score, money, health, armor, weaponry, ammunition, warnings (eg "wrong way" in a race) maps with blips and subtitles of conversations.

The HUD GTA games may display the following information:

Other elements appear on the HUD in other situations, such as a dialogue subtitles, help messages, and a "Busted" or "Wasted" sign if the player gets arrested or killed respectively.

Gallery

GTA 1 — GTA 2

  • GTA 1.

    GTA 1.

  • GTA London 1969 and London 1961.

    GTA London 1969 and London 1961.

  • GTA 2.

    GTA 2.

GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories

GTA IV — GTA Chinatown Wars

  • GTA IV (upper right HUD) (Radar, with additional HUD elements).

    GTA IV (upper right HUD) (Radar, with additional HUD elements).

  • The Lost and Damned. In the theme of the biker gang image, the HUD is faded and grittier (Radar)

    The Lost and Damned. In the theme of the biker gang image, the HUD is faded and grittier (Radar)

  • The Ballad of Gay Tony. In the theme of the colorful nightclub image, the HUD is now both white and purple (Radar).

    The Ballad of Gay Tony. In the theme of the colorful nightclub image, the HUD is now both white and purple (Radar).

  • In the DS version of GTA Chinatown Wars, the information that would have been on the HUD in earlier games (except for the Wanted Level and place/car names) are moved to the bottom screen as part of the PDA.

    In the DS version of GTA Chinatown Wars, the information that would have been on the HUD in earlier games (except for the Wanted Level and place/car names) are moved to the bottom screen as part of the PDA.

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