Hide minimap HUD

The game was not designed for no-hud walkthrough, so this mod breaks the lockpicking minigame (you wonth be albe to steal the stamps from OPA). I include the script that restores HUD back in one click. Feel free to use it anytime, especially in this mission

INSTALLATION

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1. Copy these 3 files into the game's  "Mafia II\pc"  folder

(the folder that contains Mafia2.exe):

ingame_gui_nohud.sds

HUD_OFF.bat

2. Run  HUD_OFF.bat

- On the FIRST run it asks for your game language

(en / ru / de / fr / it / cz / pl / spa) and creates a backup

of your original file:  ingame_gui_backup_<lang>.sds

- Then it replaces the game file with the NoHUD version.

3. Play. The game must be restarted for a change to take effect

if it was running.

TURNING THE HUD BACK ON

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Run  HUD_ON.bat  - it restores your original backed-up file.

Some missions are hard or impossible to complete without the HUD

(timers, chase indicators) - switch the HUD on for those, then

switch it off again. After the first run everything is one click:

no questions asked, the language is remembered in the backup name.

UNINSTALLING

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Run HUD_ON.bat once, then delete ingame_gui_nohud.sds, HUD_OFF.bat,

HUD_ON.bat and ingame_gui_backup_<lang>.sds from the "pc" folder.

REQUIREMENTS

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Mafia II Classic (2010) with DLC installed (the mod replaces a

file of the "Renegade" DLC pack, present in Steam / GOG /

Definitive-upgrade installs of the classic game) with Update 5

HOW IT WORKS (for the curious)

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The file  dlcs\cnt_renegade\sds_<lang>\gui\ingame_gui.sds  overrides

the base in-game GUI. Inside it:

config/gui/Config      - radar block zeroed (range, diameters,

blip sizes) so the radar is never drawn

config/gui/HudWidgets  - the police recognition glow widget is

offset via its Pivot into the screen corner

hud2.dds              - alpha channel cleared for the sprites

of the radar dome/glass, the radial bar filler strips (the ring

around the minimap) and every speedometer part

Everything else is untouched, so menus, the big map, minigames and

all other HUD elements keep working.

WHAT IT DOES

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Removes the most intrusive parts of the in-game interface:

Minimap / radar - completely gone (map, frame, glass dome,

north marker, all blips and marker icons on it)

The ring gauges around the minimap (health arc, police

recognition arc, yellow GPS route arc) - gone

Car speedometer - completely gone (dial, needles, fuel and

temperature hands, low-fuel lamp, speed-limit sign)

Police recognition glow - moved into the bottom-right corner,

only a quarter of the circle peeks out as a subtle hint

NOT touched (still work as usual):

The big city map (Tab), including all its markers

Crosshair, hit markers

Weapon selector (Tab/wheel) with weapon icons

Lockpicking minigame, mission stopwatch/timer

* Wanted level indicators and the current-weapon icon

(these are drawn by the game engine at fixed positions and

cannot be moved or removed by editing game resources)c