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HUD Commands

The radar is a part of the HUD that shows our position as well as that of our teammates in the map. It is important to configure the map such that all of the map is visible so that we know what each teammate is covering as well as which play you can do as a team given your positioning.

What is the HUD

Customize the CSGO HUD

Available Commands

This is the console command used to change and customize the color of your HUD
Default
1
Arguments
HUD Color
Changes the display of players alive on each team from showing each of their Steam avatars to just showing a number for how many of each team is alive.
Default
0
Arguments
0 / 1
This command produces a simple FPS (frames per second) count in the top left corner of your screen.
Default
0
Arguments
0 / 1
Use a 1 to move the player count and score counter to the bottom of your screen, and a 0 to put it at the top of your screen. The command is set to 0 by default.
Default
0
Arguments
0 / 1
Use a 1 to only show a number value for your health and armor rating, and use a 0 to show a number and a bar that is filled in depending on how much health and armor you have.
Default
0
Arguments
0 / 1
This console command adjusts how transparent some areas of your HUD (heads up display) appear on your screen. Set this higher to increase the visibility of shading on the HUD, and set this lower to make shading less visible.
Default
0.5
Arguments
Alpha Value
This command is used in competitive games, and you can set it so that players on your team have different colors on the radar and scoreboard (default) or you can turn it off. 0 = no color; 1 = colored dot; 2 = colored dot with letter
Default
0
Arguments
0 / 1
This command can be used to scale the size of the HUD
Default
0.85
Arguments
0.5 - 0.95

Useful Commands

Show player count

This command will allow the player count to only display the number of players who are alive on each team, instead of showing all the avatars. This makes the player count menu much more compact as it takes up less space, minimizing distractions when you are playing and is preferred by many players.

Player Count No Avatar

It makes sure that you can quickly understand how many players are left instead of counting how many avatars are showing which is very convenient when you have to focus on the round.

cl_hud_playercount_showcount 1

The disadvantage is that you will have to open the scoreboard to see which players are alive. Keeping avatars on can help you identify players, for example seeing if their top fragger is alive, or a specific player always plays B site only.

Hide health bars

This command will make the health and armor section much simpler, taking up less space. This can be useful for most players as they usually only look at the “number” part of their health instead of the “bar” itself. The ammo section is also changed, making it take up less space as well.

cl_hud_healthammo_style 1

Hide health bars

Show team equipment

This command allows you to see the name and equipment of your teammates. It will be displayed on top of their heads and will last through the whole round.

+cl_show_team_equipment

Show team equipment

How to change the HUD from the menu

This method of changing the HUD has limited options for HUD customization, but is fairly simple to do. Here is how you can change your HUD settings through the CSGO client.

  1. Launch CSGO and open Settings
  2. Click Game
  3. Press HUD

Show team equipment