Overriding A Map Level Hud

To override the hud in a zombies map level you must use a different file name as you can’t override FILES at a zone level, however, Lua itself makes this easy.

Preparing your hud

First, you must still be using our factory hud base LUI.createMenu.T7Hud_zm_factory as a root function. However, this time we’re gonna give the file a different name. Instead of t7hud_zm_factory.lua, lets name it t7hud_zm_custom.lua.

Changing your zone entry

Now that you renamed the hud, rename your zone entry:

rawfile,ui/uieditor/menus/hud/t7hud_zm_custom.lua

Loading our custom hud, overriding the giant hud

To load our custom hud we must open our mapname.csc, inside the main() function we must tell Lua to load our file:

function main()
{
          // Load our custom hud, at this point, the giant hud is already loaded, and we override the function!
          LuiLoad( "ui.uieditor.menus.hud.t7hud_zm_custom" );

	zm_usermap::main();

	include_weapons();
	util::waitforclient( 0 );
}

That is all you need to override the hud from a map. Mods, however, can override any lua file.