Hogwarts HUD Toggler

Introduction

As someone who plays most games on Steam and captures his adventures in many screenshots, I found it very annoying that the game doesn't have a hotkey to toggle the entire HUD at once.

This is my first public mod. Please report issues and feedback in the comments or create a bug report.

Description

The primary function of the mod is to turn off the HUD with configurable key combinations (default: F9), allowing the player to take screenshots and instantly reactivate the HUD.

The mod only effect the Subtitles game settings, any adjustments you make to the HUD via the "User Interface" settings should be preserved while the HUD is toggled on.

Sometimes the game activates or deactivates the HUD by itself and you might have to toggle the HUD few times to get back to the desired state.

The Standalone version

Mod Manager Installation

Should be self-evident.

1. Navigate to the Files page of the mod.

2. Under "Main Files" press the button Mod Manager Download for the latest file version.

3. Done, see the Hotkey customization section below, if you want to change the hotkey (default F9).

Manual Installation

1. Find the root path of the game.

For example: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\

2. Navigate deeper into the directory: \Phoenix\Binaries\Win64\

3. Put the xinput1_3.dll, HogwartsHudToggler.dll and HogwartsHudToggler.ini in here

4. Done. After that you can start the game, load your save file (or start a new game) and toggle the in-game HUD on/off by pressing F9

How to keep subtiltes enabled

Since the mod was made for taking screenshots, it disables subtitles together with the HUD per default.

But, you can change it in the HogwartsHudToggler.ini

Simply open the HogwartsHudToggler.ini and change hideSubtitles=1 to hideSubtitles=0

Hotkey customization

You can change the default hotkey F9 to any input that Unreal Engine supports!

It is possible to change the hotkey or create a key combination to toggle the HUD in the HogwartsHudToggler.ini.

Editing the HogwartsHudToggler.ini

Under you will find following "key=value" pairs key, modifier_key1, modifier_key2 and modifier_key3.

- key: is the main hotkey, the combination has to end with this button

- modifier keys: are buttons that you have to hold down before finishing the combination with the "key" button

Here is a list of valid key names: List of