[EvolDay]

Hi i was wondering if someone could explain hud channels to me, I was wondering how many are supported is it unlimited? can u like have a 100 different hud channels and would it do anything to the server. Thank you for anyone whom helps.

[Arkshine]

AFAIK, 4 channels.

[EvolDay]

Thankyou arkshine

[allenwr]

I don't know if this will help, but think of the channels as Television channels, you broadcast on separate channels. You can have 4 different messages being displayed, but if you put two different messages on one channel, the first message is over-written by the second.

[EvolDay]

So, the cs hud can display 4 channels at once, but the channel can be any number you want? one more thing what would happen if you tried to display 5 channels at once?

[YamiKaitou]

There are only 4 channels, 1-4. If you put in a different number (-1 does next free channel) you won't get anything. If you send something to a channel that is already displaying something, the old thing disappears and the new one displays.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by YamiKaitou If you put in a different number (-1 does next free channel) you won't get anything.

Not true.

	bool aut = (g_hudset.channel == -1) ? true : false;
	int channel = -1;
	if (!aut)
	{
		/**
		 * guarantee this to be between 0-4
		 * if it's not auto, we don't care
		 */
		channel = abs(g_hudset.channel % 5);
	}

This code also suggests that there are five channels (contradicting the FuncWiki).

[allenwr]

Um, 5 = 4 channels (plus) the "-1" channel.

Just my opinion, 5 different channel options might be the best way to describe it?

[Lee]

*sigh* -1 is not a channel.

                if (aut)
                {
                    channel = pPlayer->NextHUDChannel();
                    pPlayer->channels[channel] = gpGlobals->time;
                    g_hudset.channel = channel;
                }

0-4 is five numbers.

[BAILOPAN]

There are four. Looks like that cut-off is a bug.