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Consoles are available from the Deepspace HUD, Deeper Space HUD, Fighter HUD, Isis HUD, MegaWalnut Dash, NovaLux, Steampunk, Trek, Venom, Plagiarism & Z-GrOovY MiLHUD. See [[HUD images here]] for more information. | Consoles are available from the Deepspace HUD, Deeper Space HUD, Fighter HUD, Isis HUD, MegaWalnut Dash, NovaLux, Steampunk, Trek, Venom, Plagiarism & Z-GrOovY MiLHUD. See [[HUD images here]] for more information. | ||
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| + | === Size === | ||
| + | There are two considerations here. | ||
| + | :1) The size of your ship. Oolite defines a smaller HUD for a small ship such as an [[adder]], but only a handful of HUD OXPs include these small sizes. | ||
| + | :2) The size of your monitor. Some HUDs allow for a rather larger computer screen. | ||
=== Large Scanners === | === Large Scanners === | ||
Revision as of 10:14, 4 June 2026
Contents
Considerations for choosing a HUD
The most sophisticated HUDs seem to be CB-HUD Mark III, Dangerous HUD, Vimana, Vimana-X, Xenon & Z-GrOovY MiLHUD.
Clutter
Do you want a good view of everything in space around you? Or do you want lots of dials/MFDs giving you information about the space around you?
Viewscreens vs Windows, Consoles
Do you envisage yourself as looking out a window with a HUD projected onto it? Or as gazing at a viewscreen?
And do you want to see a control console in front of you?
If you prefer windows, the Dangerous HUD is the most extreme example. If you prefer viewscreens, try the Plagiarism HUD.
Consoles are available from the Deepspace HUD, Deeper Space HUD, Fighter HUD, Isis HUD, MegaWalnut Dash, NovaLux, Steampunk, Trek, Venom, Plagiarism & Z-GrOovY MiLHUD. See HUD images here for more information.
Size
There are two considerations here.
- 1) The size of your ship. Oolite defines a smaller HUD for a small ship such as an adder, but only a handful of HUD OXPs include these small sizes.
- 2) The size of your monitor. Some HUDs allow for a rather larger computer screen.
Large Scanners
Do you want a large scanner? See HUD images here for options.
Cheating
Do you think that the HUD is a cheat? Gnievmir's original Vimana HUD also improves your ship (adds speed, energy, missile slots & cargo capacity, and allows purchase of a super-laser), Deeperspace HUD warns about danger based on the ratio of pirates/Thargoids to police in the entire solar system.
HUDs
The following table is optimized for a horizontal screen resolution of at least 1280px so that all OXP descriptions fit on one line.
Appendices
Key to Table
Aut OXP Author
indicates one or more additional authors of the .oxp
Date Date of latest version of OX - this helps date the generation of the HUD
2010 - Dynamic HUDs appear, switching between Green, Yellow, Red Alert and docked HUDs
2014 - MFDs appear
Big GUI This allows more information to appear on mission screens or Docked screens ("GUIs")
Hull The state of the ship (how urgent is maintenance?)
Reticle A targeting reticle showing when you are on target? (usually needs the purchase of an STE)
MFDs How many MFDs does the HUD support?
Speed Is the speed also given numerically?
Distance Is the distance to the Compass target given numerically?
Joystick Is there an indicator for precision flying with a joystick/controller?
HUD Selector Is this OXP compatible with the HUD Selector OXP?
List of HUDs
- 1 Aad HUD
- 2 Another HUD
- 3 CB-HUD Mark II
- 4 CB-HUD Mark III
- 5 ChupacabraHUD
- 6 Coluber HUD CH01
- 7 CombatHUD
- 8 Compact HUD
- 9 CRR-HUD
- 10 Dangerous HUD
- 11 DeeperSpace HUD
- 12 Deepspace HUD
- 13 Deepspace Retro HUD
- 14 Dr HUD
- 15 ExtraLarge HUD
- 16 Fighter HUD
- 17 G-HUD
- 18 Isis HUD
- 19 KeeperHUD
- 20 Klepto HUD
- 21 Large HUD
- 22 Medusa HUD
- 23 Mega Walnut Dash HUD
- 24 MilHUD 4000
- 25 MilHUD (Military Specification HUD)
- 26 MillHUD Refit
- 27 Mod HUD
- 28 Nova Lux HUD
- 29 Numeric Style HUDs
- 30 OrangED HUD
- 31 Pie Chart Style HUDs
- 32 Small HUD
- 33 Smart HUD
- 35 Sniper Camera System HUD
- 36 Steampunk HUD
- 37 SW (CAI/DAI) HUD
- 38 Trek HUD
- 39 Venom Cockpit HUD
- 40 Vimana HUD
- 41 Vimana-X HUD
- 42 Wide-Screen HUD
- 43 Wolfwood HUD
- 44 Xenon HUD
- 45 Yet Another HUD
- 46 Z-GrOovY MiLHUD
Considerations/Still to sort out for this wiki page
- Date (and explanation of importance re Vanilla Game Code development <-> HUD development)
- Different HUDs for different green/yellow/red conditions/alerts? / Range of alerts shown / Docked HUD?
- Cargo Hold indicator?
- Extras? (eg Vimana HUD's cornucopia of goodies, DeeperSpace's Risk Assessment, Xenon HUD's sights, Dangerous HUD's noises).
- Current Location Display & Current Risk Notifier (Deeper Space HUD)
- Weapons Bay Missile identifier? (ChupacabraHUD)
- Extra reticles for other lasers (Xenon)
- Glare filter? / Glare contrast? (for reading HUD in Glare - cf Xenon HUD)
- Explicit warnings: missile approach/temp/altitude/shields/energy banks?
- Equipment Lights?
- Vanilla Optional Equipment lights?
- OXP Equipment lights?
- Customisation:
- Choice of Colours? (Dangerous HUD & Xenon HUD)
- Choice of Cockpits? (Dangerous HUD)
- Natural materials? (Mega Walnut Dash)
- Large screen variant?
- Large Scanner? - see image!
