Thanx for the positive feedback and many thanx Ganelon for posting some pics of the hud.
Gnudoll, to answer your question, no. The orientation is unfortunately fixed in this position and both half and quarter circles are possible so we can't make a full circle(top/bottom)for shields.The process I'm using combines existing hud tools in a precise combination and it's their characteristics of orientation that cause the set orientation of the pie chart displays. It is possible, however, to have split guages in the same half circle. With regards to the energy bank question I have yet to try it as I suspect the energy bank division lines would appear and spoil the look of the guage but I will test it out to be sure. This particular hud concept is the easiest of 2 possibilities, the other of which is exponentially more time consuming but CAN allow total customization.ie full circles in any orientation. I would rather try this approach first though.
Hehehe(giggles)
Did you notice what I said just now? Half and quarter circles.
I've just finished adjusting one of my shield guages and it is now quite circular. This is one of the tweaks I mentioned in an earlier post. However, there IS a minor trade off... the appearance of unwanted graphic artifacts that appear along the middle quarter circumference when at the near zero reading. It's VERY MINOR but some people might not like it. I think it adds a distinctive characteristic to this guage.
Since I made a circular guage but it's not as perfect as I(or perhaps you)would like, I'm going to refit the same hud with the updated guages so everyone can see the difference and make a choice and I will use the guage people like the most.
RL is intruding the next few days so it will be at least that before I release an updated test hud.
Please and thankyou for all your comments and things are getting better all the time!
CommonSenseOTB
