Installation

Preface

Installation of the hud remains the same regardless of what you intend on using (stream/players hud, etc).

NEW: HUD Installer / Customizer

CriticalFlaw and Revan are currently developing TF2HUD.Editor, which will allow you to install and customize budhud (and other huds) quickly and easily.

Click here to see the latest release, and feel free to join CriticalFlaw's Discord here if you'd like to make suggestions!

Video Explanation

A video explaining how to install the HUD can be viewed below:

Updated January 1st, 2021

Download

Click this link to download the latest version of the hud.

Alternatively, you can navigate to <> Code in the navbar above, click Code, and then press Download ZIP.

Installation

1. Ensure that you have a custom folder in your TF2 directory. The default Team Fortress 2 directory is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\. If you do not have a custom folder in this directory, create one.

• The easiest way to find your Team Fortress 2 directory is through Steam.
  • Open up Steam
  • Click on Games and go to View Game Library
  • Right click Team Fortress 2 and click on Properties...
  • Navigate to the LOCAL FILES tab on the left
  • Click Browse...

2. Extract the hud with your preferred extraction program (I personally use 7zip). Once extracted, you should have a folder called budhud-master.

3. Move budhud-master into your custom folder.

Your file directory should now look similar to this picture:

IMPORTANT: The installation path for any TF2 HUD is ..\tf\custom\<HUD_NAME>\<HUD_FILES>, where <HUD_FILES> are the typical folders/files you would see in a hud:

• cfg*
• materials*
• resource
• scripts
• sound*
• info.vdf

*Your HUD may not always have all of these folders

Having these files/folders anywhere else such as ..\tf\custom\budhud-master\budhud-master) will result in them not loading.

For budhud:

• Incorrect: ..\tf\custom\budhud-master\budhud-master
• Incorrect: ..\tf\custom\_budhud
• Correct: ..\tf\custom\budhud-master

Troubleshooting

Check out HUD Troubleshooting.

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