diasurgical/devilutionX

[Feature Request]: Player health bars

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#6541 opened on Sep 1, 2023

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Description

Feature Type

Quality of Life

Describe

I have a suggestion. Thinking about it, I would like to have player health bars in the future. You don't have the ability or the time to mouse over another player in combat to check their health.

I would like to see this mainly to see the Heal Other spell used more. When health is visible to the naked eye of other participants, they can act as a support class and heal their comrades.

A simple colored indicator / life bar above the head or under the feet of the other heroes would be enough.

<= 100% HP --> Green

<= 50% HP --> Yellow

<= 30% HP --> Red

The value range of the colors can be fine-tuned, that's just an example.  Would be great if you could toggle them on and off via hotkey when you don't want to see them, like in Diablo II.

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Tech stack
ccpp
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
C++ programmingDevilutionX repoUI renderingGame logic
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Review the existing player rendering code in the DevilutionX codebase, particularly how health is tracked per player. Examine existing UI toggle patterns (e.g., minimap) to understand how to implement a hotkey toggle. Look at the issue comments for any maintainer feedback or prior attempts. Implement colored health bars above player heads with green/yellow/red thresholds and a toggle option.