"Hey guys, new to the Lua side of things here and I'm trying to create a basic HUD element that updates when the player moves around. So far I've got the element creating and updating the player's position, but I'm having trouble getting it to stick to the screen and not overlap the game's UI elements. Any Lua wizards out there got some advice for this noob?"
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"Lua noob alert: How to make a basic HUD element that updates on player movement"
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"Lmk, I'm no Lua expert but I think you'll wanna use a script that hooks onto the player's movement update event and updates the HUD accordingly. There should be some examples on the Roblox developer site that can guide you through the process. Any luck so far?"
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"Hey, I've been messing around with Garry's Mod Lua and got a basic HUD element working on player movement too. I used Entity:GetVelocity() to get the player's movement direction and then just drew a simple triangle at that position. If you wanna see the code, I can toss it up in a reply."
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"Dude, I think I can help with that. You're gonna wanna look into using a script that grabs the player's position and updates the HUD element with that info in-game. Maybe take a gander at some of the existing HUD mods for Lua inspiration?"
"Hey Lua dudes, I'm no expert but I think I can help here. You can use the 'DrawText' function with a variable to update the HUD text on player movement. Someone please elaborate if I'm on the right track or not, I'd love to learn"