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[[ | [[File:HUD-GTASA.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustrated example of a HUD as seen in GTA San Andreas.]] | ||
A ''' | 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 in GTA games may display the following information: | |||
*[[Money]] | * [[Money]]. | ||
*[[Weapons|Weapon]] selected and ammunition | * [[Weapons|Weapon]] selected and amount of ammunition. | ||
*[[ | * Amount of [[health]]. | ||
*[[ | * Amount of [[Body Armor|armor]]. | ||
*[[Lung | * [[Mission]] title (GTA III onwards) when starting a mission. | ||
*[[Respect]] ([[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| | * [[Respect|Gang respect]] ([[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]]). | ||
*[[ | * [[Statistics|Player character stats and skills]] (GTA San Andreas). | ||
* [[Wanted Level]]. Starting with GTA San Andreas (except GTA Advance), the wanted level interface does not appear until the player has a wanted level. | |||
* [[Time]] (GTA III and later, with the exception of [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]), indicated by a 24-hour clock. | |||
* 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]]es, 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. | ||
== 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 (PC version) (<small>[[:File:HUD-GTASA-iOS-Android.png|iOS/Android/Remastered version]]</small>).<br />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> | |||
=== GTA IV — GTA Chinatown Wars === | |||
<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="160"> | |||
File:HUD-GTAIV.png|GTA IV (upper right HUD) (<small>[[:File:Radar-GTAIV.png|Radar, with additional HUD elements]]</small>). | |||
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>) | |||
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>). | |||
File:HUD-GTACW.png|In the [[Nintendo 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]]. | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Terminology]] | [[Category:Terminology]] | ||
[[Category:Gameplay]] | |||
[[Category:Features]] |
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