Help Creating A Custom Hud

[yvrchris]

Hi there. Thanks to the happy advent of PT for Mac, I am switching from HEM to PT. I would like to keep my same HUD, but it's not real simple and will require creating some custom stats and whatnot. I have neither the aptitude nor the desire to do this particular job, so wondering if there is somebody out there who I can hire to do it for me? Ideally somebody who has HEM too, so I can just send you my HEM hud, but I'm sure it could work for me just to write out what I need in the PT hud.

If that's you, or if you know where I can find someone who does this, please let me know. Thanks!

[kraada]

If you'd be willing to elaborate here, I'd be happy to help you learn what you need to get the job done.

[yvrchris]

Thank you! I might hit you up for that, but I haven't given up finding someone I can just pay to do it. Honestly I make all this stuff so much harder than it has to be, it's best just to employ somebody. But if I have to, I'll slog through it

Quick question for now. If somebody designs a HUD on their PC, can I import it onto my Mac, or do I need it to be designed on a Mac?

[kraada]

Our .pt3hud files are cross platform; if you export the HUD from a PC you can import it on a Mac just fine (and vice versa).

[yvrchris]

Our .pt3hud files are cross platform; if you export the HUD from a PC you can import it on a Mac just fine (and vice versa).

Cool, that surprises me actually! Do the custom stats work the same as well (can I just copy them over from PC)?

[WhiteRider]

Yes, the custom stats work too.
The new backup/restore mechanism in Beta 30.1 makes copying all this sort of stuff across really easy.

You can also export/import individual stats, layouts, etc. and copy them between computers that way.
Stats, reports and layouts from the Repository should also work fine on either type of operating system.

[yvrchris]

Thanks for the help guys. I've almost got my HUD the way I want it, I think. Except I can't get it to show up on the table! I click the PT icon, click change profile, my new profile is listed. I select it, but nothing happens. Any ideas?

[WhiteRider]

What kind of "nothing happens"?
Does the HUD disappear and not show again, or does it not even disappear?
If it disappears, does the PT-icon re-appear? If you mouse-over the PT-icon what profile name does it say?

[yvrchris]

What kind of "nothing happens"?
Does the HUD disappear and not show again, or does it not even disappear?
If it disappears, does the PT-icon re-appear? If you mouse-over the PT-icon what profile name does it say?

I just checked and it does say the profile name of the HUD I want. Which is weird. I checked my HUD config for anything obvious I'm missing, and it all looks correct to me there. Yet it shows up on the table as only this:

Name/HDS
VP/PR/AFq

My actual HUD is six lines of five or six stats per line. I'm very confused!

[kraada]

Did you set the group that you want displayed on the table to be displayed on the table in your HUD? See this post for more on HUD groups.