Rainbow HUD for CSGO

[Angzi3ty]

Helllo everyone, I am currently trying to put together a rainbow hud for csgo.
The idea is that when you hit movement keys the HUD colors will change in somewhat of a rainbow pattern.

This is what I have so far:

bind "w" "+forward; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10"
bind "s" "+back; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10"
bind "a" "+moveleft; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10"
bind "d" "+moveright; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10"
bind "mouse4" "+duck; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10"
bind "SPACE" "+jump; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10"
bind "MOUSE1" "+attack; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10"

I have run into one issue with this which I would love to get help in resolving.
Currently the bind toggle does work, but the HUD color only changes once you hit escape, is there a way to bypass this? and if not is there any possible way to make the Rainbow HUD a reality, if you have any suggestions or see something I could improve, or even something I did wrong, please feel free to comment so together we can do this! :)

Thanks everyone!

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no way to bypass that, need a game restart or press esc or something

[Sithis]

Hmmm, I don't remember for sure, but check through in-game console if there is a method that sounds vaguely like "ui_redraw" or something similar. If there is, you might want your binds to do that after changing the color. If not - well, yeah, guess re-drawing the hud is just hardcoded for [Esc] only.

[Angzi3ty]

Originally posted by Sithis:

Hmmm, I don't remember for sure, but check through in-game console if there is a method that sounds vaguely like "ui_redraw" or something similar. If there is, you might want your binds to do that after changing the color. If not - well, yeah, guess re-drawing the hud is just hardcoded for [Esc] only.

the only thing I see is ui_reloadscheme, as well as hud_reloadscheme

[Sithis]

Originally posted by Angzi3ty:

Originally posted by Sithis:

Hmmm, I don't remember for sure, but check through in-game console if there is a method that sounds vaguely like "ui_redraw" or something similar. If there is, you might want your binds to do that after changing the color. If not - well, yeah, guess re-drawing the hud is just hardcoded for [Esc] only.

the only thing I see is ui_reloadscheme, as well as hud_reloadscheme

You can try binding that last one, see if that helps.

[Angzi3ty]

Originally posted by Sithis:

Originally posted by Angzi3ty:

the only thing I see is ui_reloadscheme, as well as hud_reloadscheme

You can try binding that last one, see if that helps.

Nothing seems to change when I execute those commands.

[Sithis]

Originally posted by Angzi3ty:

Originally posted by Sithis:

You can try binding that last one, see if that helps.

they dont seem to change anything when I execute those commands

Well, then I guess that didn't work. Sorry, don't think I've got anything else on my mind atm.

[Angzi3ty]

Originally posted by Sithis:

Originally posted by Angzi3ty:

they dont seem to change anything when I execute those commands

Well, then I guess that didn't work. Sorry, don't think I've got anything else on my mind atm.

Thats alright, thank you for your help, ive posted this on reddit as well.

[Sithis]

Originally posted by Angzi3ty:

Originally posted by Sithis:

You can try binding that last one, see if that helps.

they dont seem to change anything when I execute those commands

Ok, the last thing I can suggest you to try is to turn r_drawvgui off and then on. Apparently, CS:GO uses a different interface setup with these things (think flash-like windows instead of "native" interface), that's why reloadscheme works in TF2/CS:S but not CS:GO. Again, I cannot guarantee that this'd work, but that's literally the only related workaround I can think of after reading through the developer.valvesoftware[developer.valvesoftware] updated command spreadsheet...

[Angzi3ty]

Originally posted by Sithis:

Originally posted by Angzi3ty:

they dont seem to change anything when I execute those commands

Ok, the last thing I can suggest you to try is to turn r_drawvgui off and then on. Apparently, CS:GO uses a different interface setup with these things (think flash-like windows instead of "native" interface), that's why reloadscheme works in TF2/CS:S but not CS:GO. Again, I cannot guarantee that this'd work, but that's literally the only related workaround I can think of after reading through the developer.valvesoftware[developer.valvesoftware] updated command spreadsheet...

Ill look into it, thank you!

[Xvalli]

keep us posted plz

[Sithis]

Originally posted by Angzi3ty:

Originally posted by Sithis:

Ok, the last thing I can suggest you to try is to turn r_drawvgui off and then on. Apparently, CS:GO uses a different interface setup with these things (think flash-like windows instead of "native" interface), that's why reloadscheme works in TF2/CS:S but not CS:GO. Again, I cannot guarantee that this'd work, but that's literally the only related workaround I can think of after reading through the developer.valvesoftware[developer.valvesoftware] updated command spreadsheet...

Ill look into it, thank you!

Also, there's a reddit post that implies that reloadscheme is sv_cheats 1 locked in CS:GO, bizarrely enough. Try binding r_drawvgui off/on for one button, reloadscheme on other, and turn on the sv_cheats before actually checking if those do work.

[Angzi3ty]

Originally posted by Fluffy >>DS<<:

keep us posted plz

Will do, thank you for being so interested!

[Clarity.am]

There is a interesting command in here, its says mouse4 where CTRL would be.

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bind "w" "+forward; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10; r_drawvgui 0; r_drawvgui 1"
bind "s" "+back; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10; r_drawvgui 0; r_drawvgui 1"
bind "a" "+moveleft; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10; r_drawvgui 0; r_drawvgui 1"
bind "d" "+moveright; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10; r_drawvgui 0; r_drawvgui 1"
bind "mouse4" "+duck; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10; r_drawvgui 0; r_drawvgui 1"
bind "SPACE" "+jump; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10; r_drawvgui 0; r_drawvgui 1"
bind "MOUSE1" "+attack; toggle cl_hud_color 5 6 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 10; r_drawvgui 0; r_drawvgui 1"

[Angzi3ty]

Originally posted by λτﾚλ5:

There is a interesting command in here, its says mouse4 where CTRL would be.

I know this is years late but the reason for that is I personally use mouse4 instead of ctrl for crouching.