floating health bar

Adds a floating health bar to any actor engaged in combat.

Requires SKSE64 2.0.16 or higher

Please note that this is obviously not an immersive mod.

What does it do?

Adds a floating health bar to any actor involved in combat (not real, just an illusion).

How does it work?

The SKSE plugin injects an extra layer into the HUD and internally registers a special HUD component for that layer. This layer is updated on a per-frame basis and converts the Actor's head position to screen position and scales accordingly based on depth (Quest markers follow the same concept). These bars also have line of sight checks to ensure you can actually see the Actor to see the health bar.

How to change bar color?

This can be done in the text file "Data\Interface\Exported\hud_extension_config.txt", the bars follow the gradient scheme. Leaving the secondary color at "-1" will automatically calculate the gradient end color.

How do I uninstall it?

Delete files contained in the archive:

data\interfaces\exports\hud_extension.swf

data\interfaces\exports\hud_extension_config.txt

data\interfaces\exports\meter.swf

data\skse\plugins\hudextension.dll

Known issues

If you load a save game that is currently involved in a battle, the actor's health bar will disappear during the battle

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Requires SKSE64 2.0.16 or greater

Note that this is obviously not an immersive mod.

What does it do?

Adds floating healthbars in the world (Not really, just an illusion) to any Actor engaged in combat.

How does it work?

The SKSE plugin injects an additional layer into the HUD and registers a special HUD component internally for this layer. The layer is updated on a per frame-basis and converts the Actor's head position to Screen position and is scaled accordingly by depth (Quest markers follow the same concept). The bars also make a line-of-sight check to ensure you can actually see the Actor to see the healthbar.

How do I change the bar colors?

This can be done in the text file "Data\Interface\Exported\hud_extension_config.txt" the bars follow a gradient scheme. Leaving the secondary color as "-1" will automatically compute the end-of-gradient color.

How do I uninstall it?

Remove the files included in the archive:

Data\Interface\Exported\hud_extension.swf

Data\Interface\Exported\hud_extension_config.txt

Data\Interface\Exported\meter.swf

Data\SKSE\Plugins\hudextension.dll

Known Issues

Healthbars of Actors in combat will disappear if you load a save game where you are currently already engaged in combat