Remove names from above people's heads

[poltomb]

Hi,
I was wondering if it is at all possible to remove the names of enemies from above their heads. Instead of displaying thier names, maybe just a string of symbols to denote another player. Also, the showing of the name in green in the middle of the screen when a player is targetted for a few seconds, would need to be removed.

I am hoping that someone could just point me in the right direction (which classes to extend/override) so I could make an attempt to create the mutator myself.

[shadow21]

have you tried turning off "Team Beacons" under the Game Settings tab? Hope that helps ya. Peace

[porkmanii]

Is this for UT2004? If so, what about the "Show Enemy Names" option in Settings -> HUD? The description says "Display enemies' names above their heads"... but it actually shows that green text in the center of the screen when you target them.

Huh, I would've thought there was a "Team Beacons" option, but I can't seem to find it. Didn't see it in the Game Rules (TDM, TAM or CTF) or HUD settings...

There are a bunch of settings in the user.ini under [Engine.PlayerController], though:

TeamBeaconMaxDist=4000.000000
TeamBeaconPlayerInfoMaxDist=1200.000000
TeamBeaconTexture=TeamSymbols.TeamBeaconT
TeamBeaconTeamColors[0]=(B=0,G=0,R=180,A=255)
TeamBeaconTeamColors[1]=(B=200,G=80,R=80,A=255)
TeamBeaconCustomColor=(B=0,G=255,R=255,A=255)
TeamBeaconUseCustomColor=True

If you set TeamBeaconMaxDist to 0, that disables team beacons.

If you really want to change the team beacons, this function (in Pawn) may be of interest:

simulated event PostRender2D(Canvas C, float ScreenLocX, float ScreenLocY)
  // called if bScriptPostRender is true, overrides native team beacon drawing code
{
	local PlayerController PC;

	PC = Level.GetLocalPlayerController();

	if ( (PC != None) && (PC.myHUD != None) )
		PC.myHUD.DrawCustomBeacon(C,self, ScreenLocX, ScreenLocY);
}

And in HUD:

function DrawCustomBeacon(Canvas C, Pawn P, float ScreenLocX, float ScreenLocY)
...

To do it from a mutator/interaction, you could disable the default team beacons (PlayerController.TeamBeaconMaxDist=0) and then draw your own.

[jackrabbit]

I am wondering if there is a way to remove the same "Team Beacon" for bot teammates. I tried setting TeamBeaconMaxDist=0, but that doesn't seem to do anything at all really. I also tried creating a subclass of XPawn and setting bScriptPostRender to true, but I'm not sure where to assign the Boolean. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Skred]

I am wondering if there is a way to remove the same "Team Beacon" for bot teammates. I tried setting TeamBeaconMaxDist=0, but that doesn't seem to do anything at all really. I also tried creating a subclass of XPawn and setting bScriptPostRender to true, but I'm not sure where to assign the Boolean. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Try 1....0=null

[meowcat]

Try toggling the bNoTeamBeacon variable in the Pawn class.