Parenting the Hud

[Leeesaw]

I want the hud follow the player (or to follow the view which is following the player).

but I want to player to be able to pass behind objects/walls (game objects)... yet have the hud still stay on top.
Parenting doesnt allow this.

Please help.

[skydereign]

Instead of parenting the player, have the hud parent a new actor and in its draw event, set its x and y equal to the player actors. In its create set the zdepth to some high number and change its visibility state.

parentActor -> Draw Actor -> Script Editor

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x=player.x;
y=player.y;

parentActor -> Create Actor -> Script Editor

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VisibilityState("Event Actor", DONT_DRAW_ONLY);
ChangeZDepth("Event Actor", 50);

[Leeesaw]

Thanks for the quick reply and the feedback. The problem now, is that the hud jitters when my player is colliding. :S

[skydereign]

Yeah, it works depending on your collisions, this is probably more stable a method. Instead of a new actor for parent, have the hud parent the view, and set it with this.
view -> Draw Actor -> Script Editor

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x=max(player.x-width/2-2,min(x,player.x-width/2+2));
y=max(player.y-width/2-2,min(y,player.y-width/2+2));

[Leeesaw]

BRILLIANT! Thanks so much! It works perfectly!