QuakeLive Custom HUD Install Guide

So, you want to use a custom HUD in QuakeLive and aren’t sure how? This is an easy to follow guide on how to get and install a custom HUD. Finding and using a custom HUD in QuakeLive is simple!

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Renewed Quake Live config generator

Some things about the existing config generator could use some improvement (such as it being crammed into a small column) so I decided to renew it and at the same time make it even more userfriendly by adding a couple of features:

• Preview weapon style images (due long time)
• A keyboard that maps your bind layout and allows you to drag/drop to bind keys to input fields. Check it out!
• Expanded the rail options (also have a look at the Rail settings post I made.)
• Generate a subset of values like only controls or only graphical settings

Read the full changelog.

It’s still at the same location – http://www.holysh1t.net/quake-live-config-generator/ – so you don’t need to change any bookmarks or browser history to visit it. Also available via Resources in the menu or through the hotlink at the top of every page on this website.

Hope you like it!

Rail Settings

The Railgun is not just a very lethal, key weapon in Quake Live, it can also bring shiny color effects to the screen. Most players won’t care and use the default settings, but some like to tweak it just perfect to their likings.

There are two styles to the railgun, set using the cvar cg_railstyle. For the new style, which gives a very nice swirl effect around the beam, set it to 0. For the old style, a beam with disc elements in it, set it to 1.
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Platform for hosting and sharing custom Quake Live HUDs

The qlhud.core.ws website provides a free platform where anyone can download and share custom made HUD(s) for Quake Live.

You can:

• Find a HUD that suits your needs (search on description, author or the ID)
• Upload your own custom HUD together with a screenshot and get a permanent link to the preview/download page.
• and more…

Example: The default HUD provided by id Software.

If you need help installing or using a particular HUD, check out the Custom HUD install guide and the related posts listed below.

For more information, check the About Page or contact nico in the #holysh1t IRC channel. If you are new to IRC, please read this howto.

Enjoy and contribute your HUDs!

Unofficial Quake Live Config Generator by Yamanaka

After various posts on how to customize your Quake Live config, there is now a Quakelive config generator, created by Yamanaka. This config generator was already posted in our forum.

Work in progress

The unofficial Quake Live config generator is still updated on a regular basis with improvements. The latest version is beta 1.6.1

Some of the features are:

• Comes with 2 presets to get you started quickly. High Quality and Pro Gamer.
• Change player, team and enemy models and see a preview of how the models look.
• Change the color of your own default model to red or blue. No more standard default skin when playing non-team based games.
• Force a color for your teammates. Walk around in the red skin while on the blue team! *Change the size of the font used on screen.
• Easily enable or disable showing the fps, game timer or lagometer.
• Change a wide range of advanced video options.
• Ability to set a custom resolution.
• Personalize your railgun to your own taste.
• Bind a different sensitivity, zoom fov, crosshair, crosshair size and how the gun is drawn for each weapon.
• Edit the generated configuration with your own changes and then save it to a file.
• Reload previously used settings to continue where you left off.
• And many more.

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Installing a customized crosshair in Quake Live

update: It is now possible to change the crosshair colors by using the menu or console settings! This method is a lot easier than the method described below.

Building on EmSixTeen’s custom HUD installation guide we thought it would also be interesting to explain how to install a custom crosshair in Quake Live. A custom crosshair is a must, in my opinion. Standard Quake Live crosshairs have crosshairpulse which makes the crosshair expand in size each time an item is picked up. Moreover, the game Quake Live doesn’t allow you to change the crosshair colors yet. Only white is available. Continue reading…

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