Bring Chat forward In-front of HUD

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28 Oct 2018, 14:46 UTC #1

I am developing a HUD but i have found that the chat is always behind the HUD.

I have used PANEL:MoveToBack() and i have also tried setting the ZPos of the panel but it doesn't work. I think i need to get target the chat panel and use PANEL:MoveToFront() but i dont know how to get that panel.

Does anyone have any solutions?

Thanks

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28 Oct 2018, 15:39 UTC #2

how to lua????

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28 Oct 2018, 15:54 UTC #3

I was asking for any ideas, i wasn't asking for alot.

Im not quite sure what the issue is tbh, if i have put it in the wrong section then my bad... -.-

28 Oct 2018, 16:21 UTC #4

Yeah, asking for help here is a bad idea for some reason. I advise you visit facepunch, they usually help.

28 Oct 2018, 17:05 UTC #5

I have bud but i haven't had a reply so i thought that the GMS community would be helpful. Shame because it looks like using the forum is more toxic than i thought.

28 Oct 2018, 20:42 UTC #6

Both these forums and facepunch can be toxic as each other I am afraid to say.

28 Oct 2018, 22:09 UTC #7

Yeahh well, i wish i could close this because it aint going anywhere so far but ahh well. If a mod would do that for me, that would be great. I will figure it out and ask some friends, see if they have any ideas instead. Thanks anyway guys.

28 Oct 2018, 23:07 UTC #8

Try using this to draw the hud https://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/GM/HUDPaintBackground

29 Oct 2018, 13:38 UTC #9

Hi thanks,

yeah i did try that and it did work well but i found that creating tiles and dividing by 3 gives numbers that are inconsistent when changing resolution. Instead i used DFrames and use docking instead which gave me much more reliability.

I think i will take that and write another version of it using that again and seeing if i can make it work. Thanks!

29 Oct 2018, 14:40 UTC #10

You should use ScreenScale() when setting positions to match resolutions.

29 Oct 2018, 16:04 UTC #11

I heard that using that can be an issue when people use widescreen resolutions / multiple monitors so using ScrH() is a better bet and dividing it my 480 or something. I have tried alot to make it easier to create my HUD but its proving more difficult. The current panel method works the best but the chat is hidden behind. Unless i create my own chat replacement, i wont be able to fix it will i ?