OBSOLETE Less intrusive still present HUD

Newer HUD mod: HUD Overhaul at theHunter: Call of the Wild Nexus - Mods and community

Following the old mod from @Akoniis "HUD tweaks" that removed these way too big icons, and more recently @zalteredbeastz's HUD and compas mods that gave a proper heading reading and a very minimal HUD for immersion, I wished to make something in between, still having a HUD but far less intrusive than vanilla.

So here is mine with the following features (the compass itself is @zalteredbeastz's creation, who kindly allowed me to use it with this mod):

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-v1. 1: added small rangefinder reticle

-Main HUD is now moved further away from the screen center, near the screen bottom right edges

-Main HUD is now less opaque by 50%

-Main HUD removed greyish background

-Smaller icons, with only their white textures without their greyish background filters

-Way smaller player placeable marker icon

-Every HUD function is still working/showing as intended (stealth, noise, ammo, stamina, etc...)

-HUD is always present, while being more discreet. If you want a more radical option, I'd recommand this mod instead: minimal HUD at theHunter: Call of the Wild Nexus - Mods and community

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Be advised:

-in snowy areas and/or extreme lignting conditions, this setup may not be as easy to read as vanilla.

-the way I rescaled icons, they appear smaller on the map, too. It is not much of a problem since you can zoom in, though.

-will conflict with any mod that edits dropzone/ui/hud.gfx file

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INSTALL: just unpack and place the "dropzone" folder onto your main game ".../TheHunterCotW" directory. Will be compatible with other mods that don't change /hud.gfx file.

Please let me know if you see something wrong/bugs there!

(Made for the latest game version as of january 2026)