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Elfie Apr 17, 2022 @ 9:30am
How to make HUD (hp, etc) always show in No Man Sky?
I hate games that do this "hide everything by default" thingy.

Any way to force HUD to always be shown? Both for flight and when onfoot. Can't find the toggle in settings - maybe im just looking in wrong places?
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Dirak2012 Apr 17, 2022 @ 9:44am 
I don't think that's a thing.
Last edited by Dirak2012; Apr 17, 2022 @ 9:44am
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Elfie Apr 17, 2022 @ 10:02am 
Originally posted by Dirak2012:
I don't think that's a thing.

well that's sad...I read so much in the reviews that they improved the game...but if they still didnt fix such simple things, I'm afraid to think how awful the game was before...
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SuperTech Apr 17, 2022 @ 10:05am 
You can change the views from first to third person in the quick menu. You can also bind a key to do it on the fly.
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tkwoods Apr 17, 2022 @ 10:07am 
Originally posted by Elfie:
Originally posted by Dirak2012:
I don't think that's a thing.

well that's sad...I read so much in the reviews that they improved the game...but if they still didnt fix such simple things, I'm afraid to think how awful the game was before...

Can't fix what isn't broke. The needed readouts in the hud turn on automatically when they change. If you don't see it you need not worry about it.
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Elfie Apr 17, 2022 @ 10:58am 
Can't fix what isn't broke. The needed readouts in the hud turn on automatically when they change. If you don't see it you need not worry about it.

That IS broken. Or, to put the other way - inconvenient and wrong. Wrong because for example health you can have low, but it still doesn't show if it hasn't been reduced in the last few seconds. Easy to forget.

Ugly because it is very inconvenient to have constantly press a button to see basic information. For example, when I overfly a planet I like to see the temperature changes as I reach different sectors of it. But I cant because of this clunky UI...

However I cannot believe that no one implemented a fix to this yet. There are an option to tweak files/do addons in this game, yes? Maybe someone know of a solution
Last edited by Elfie; Apr 17, 2022 @ 11:00am
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BurnedCoffee Apr 17, 2022 @ 11:16am 
Originally posted by Elfie:
Can't fix what isn't broke. The needed readouts in the hud turn on automatically when they change. If you don't see it you need not worry about it.

That IS broken. Or, to put the other way - inconvenient and wrong. Wrong because for example health you can have low, but it still doesn't show if it hasn't been reduced in the last few seconds. Easy to forget.

Ugly because it is very inconvenient to have constantly press a button to see basic information. For example, when I overfly a planet I like to see the temperature changes as I reach different sectors of it. But I cant because of this clunky UI...

However I cannot believe that no one implemented a fix to this yet. There are an option to tweak files/do addons in this game, yes? Maybe someone know of a solution

I never had issues with the health thing. But I can see how if it behaves like that, it is an issue.

But about checking the temperature changes and stuff like that. Have you noticed how to check the temperature where you are you need to pull out your phone? Like IRL? No even a counter to your point. It just seemed funny to me.

Cheers.
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Gaxel Apr 17, 2022 @ 11:19am 
Man, it is impossible to die in NMS, so there's no need to know how many health you have. And to replenish all, no matter how much remain, just shot an animal and eat one piece of meat...
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!@#$%^&*() Apr 17, 2022 @ 11:22am 
Not sure if you can have it up at all times but pressing H will bring the HUD back once it disappears.
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Elfie Apr 18, 2022 @ 11:23am 
Originally posted by BurnedCoffee:
But about checking the temperature changes and stuff like that. Have you noticed how to check the temperature where you are you need to pull out your phone? Like IRL? No even a counter to your point. It just seemed funny to me.
Cheers.

The thing is our "anomaly" MC is in bloody high-tech helmet in deep future. Obviously all indicators should be "on the screen" and easily visible, from that point of view. But they don't.

There is no point in implementing it like it is now, even from lore point of view.

I know that there are some casual people who play on lowest difficulty (normal) who don't really care about dying and such, who might not care about indicators and such.

But - as a programmer I know that to implement such option to "always have hud" as one tick in the settings menu is less than a day's work for one junior.
The fact that they haven't done it yet speaks volumes about them.
Last edited by Elfie; Apr 18, 2022 @ 11:23am
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Elfie Apr 18, 2022 @ 11:23am 
Originally posted by !@#$%^&*():
Not sure if you can have it up at all times but pressing H will bring the HUD back once it disappears.

You can't, and that is the point.
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Gaxel Apr 18, 2022 @ 11:45am 
You can, using a controllor just tap left arrow and shield, health, planet/syrtem name, race and even selected mission will appear.

All games should always have the option to remove all HUD because HUD is bad, always bad in any game... beside that, in NMS you can show your hud whenever you want by just pressing a button.
Last edited by Gaxel; Apr 18, 2022 @ 11:46am
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Orion Invictus Apr 18, 2022 @ 11:47am 
Originally posted by Elfie:
Originally posted by BurnedCoffee:
But about checking the temperature changes and stuff like that. Have you noticed how to check the temperature where you are you need to pull out your phone? Like IRL? No even a counter to your point. It just seemed funny to me.
Cheers.

The thing is our "anomaly" MC is in bloody high-tech helmet in deep future. Obviously all indicators should be "on the screen" and easily visible, from that point of view. But they don't.

There is no point in implementing it like it is now, even from lore point of view.

I know that there are some casual people who play on lowest difficulty (normal) who don't really care about dying and such, who might not care about indicators and such.

But - as a programmer I know that to implement such option to "always have hud" as one tick in the settings menu is less than a day's work for one junior.
The fact that they haven't done it yet speaks volumes about them.
They haven't done it yet because, to my knowledge, you're the first person on the forum to ask for it. Most people prefer a minimal HUD, so they can appreciate the environment.

Try sending in a request, maybe they'll do it.
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Nareth Erakian Sep 5, 2024 @ 8:34am 
Has there been any news to them adding this or there being a workaround?
I've been looking for an answer to it, but all I'm finding is other people that also wish it was a thing...
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Guyver8 Sep 5, 2024 @ 9:18am 
no news on a non-story
it's not a bug, so no workaround needed
you had to necro a 2 year old thread to ask your question and even then most of the posts in this thread weren't asking for this 'feature'...
to clarify you can bring up the health display at any time by pressing a button, howto for keyboard and controller are in posts above

but if you want it... post your suggestion in the 'new feature suggestions' sub forum
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