ShowHealth

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ShowHealth is a modification for Quake by Muzza on September 5, 1996. This modification is designed to show the player's Health and Armor values without needing the stat bar.

Muzza felt that the stat bar showed too much information and was hard to read, so he made this modification as an alternative system. Every time the player gets injured, since the author felt there was no need to otherwise see the values, they get a message in the upper left corner of the screen stating their current Health and Armor values.

Health is designated by a triangle aimed to the right (which seemed like a heart) while Armor is designated by a triangle pointing upwards (which appeared similar to a shield). The author felt that using "H" and "A" wasn't as visually attractive.

Like any other messages, the values scroll, meaning the player can always see their most recent Health and Armor by looking in the Console.