Getting Started with UI Development

Creating custom UI in Black Ops 3 can seem intimidating at first, but once you understand the basic setup, it becomes much easier to build your own HUDs, menus, text displays, and images. This guide assumes a basic level of scripting knowledge or higher.

The next sections will walk you through the fundamentals of setting up Lua-based UI files within your map. you will learn how to:

• Load custom Lua files into your map.
• Create and implement new UI widgets.
• Display basic UI elements on screen such as text and images.

After that, we’ll dive deeper into connecting UI elements to live game data, such as:

• Ammo counters
• Player score
• Custom data sent from your own scripts

Requirements

In order to work with Lua UI in Black Ops 3, you will need to download the following files:

1. L3akMod
2. Main HUD Lua File

L3akMod Installation & Setup

Visit the L3akMod download page and follow the installation instructions provided there.

Note: Once both requirements have been installed and downloaded, you’re ready to move on to the next section, where we’ll be setting up the Lua files in your map.

Next step: Setting up Lua files in your map