Hiding the HUD
Information on how to hide the HUD, or particular HUD elements
There may be circumstances where you want the HUD hidden, e.g. for capturing footage, or showing cinematic camera shots. We have a few helpers related to this:
As an Observer
Calling the methods directly
The various methods to control the HUD/UI visibility that are used by the Observer role can also be called directly, all being methods on the BP_PlayerController, e.g.
Entire HUD visibility
Use either ToggleHUDVisibility or SetHUDVisibility from your player controller
SetHUDVisibility works by broadcasting a OnHUDVisibilityChanged event, which is listened to by the HUD layer widgets (e.g. WBP_Origin_HUD), collapsing them.
What do I do if my custom widget isn't hidden by this command?
If your custom widget isn't present on a HUD Layer widget (e.g. you added it manually in a custom way), it may not get hidden automatically by the SetHUDVisibility method. If so, you can still make it listen to the command by manually making your widget listen to the player controller's OnHUDVisibilityChanged event, and using it to change its visibility.
Nameplate Visibility
Use either ToggleNameplateAbility or SetNameplateVisibility from your player controller
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