How to create a HUD toggle bind in Source engine games?
HUD is disabled with the cl_drawhud 0 command and enabled again with cl_drawhud 1. Additionally r_drawviewmodel 0 and r_drawviewmodel 1 can be used to toggle the viewmodel. Instead of pasting the commands into the console every time I want to capture a screenshot I'd prefer a hotkey to toggle (H would be sensible) which can be achieved by using alias, I believe.
Best Answer
You can use the following commands in your Source game (tested in Half-Life 2: Episode 2). Paste and enter one line at a time:
alias noHUD "HUD_toggle1"
alias HUD_toggle1 "cl_drawhud 0; r_drawviewmodel 0; alias noHUD HUD_toggle2"
alias HUD_toggle2 "cl_drawhud 1; r_drawviewmodel 1; alias noHUD HUD_toggle1"
bind "h" noHUD
The names of the functions eventually don't really matter.
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