[Suggestion] Health bars for NPCs and other players

[baxon]

As someone who came from Dota 2, viewing enemy health bar is a necessity in that game. Later I started playing Terraria, and after some patches they added health bars for NPCs and other players, which was really useful, but not a necessity.

 

In a game like DST, knowing how many hitpoints enemy have could be extremely useful. Currently (for me at least, I have only 20 hrs playing), if i see an enemy, I assume their hitpoints by their size: bees are small so they can't have 3000 HP, beefalos are big and they couldn't have 10 HP. But I don't actually know how much HP they have, only approximate values.

 

It would be cool if the developers implemented HP bars similar to Terraria: If the enemy has full HP, there will be no HP bar; if it is damaged, the HP bar appears above the NPC/player. A nice addition could be that if we are carrying a weapon and we hover the cursor over the creatures, we could see their total HP. Also a helpful addition could be if we can see the damage weapons can do.

 

TL;DR: Hitpoint bars could improve game experience to new players, and even experienced ones.

 

PS: I have checked the workshop for mods that give a HP bar, couldn't find anything. I also have searched this section of the forum for similar entries but none could be found.

 

Please let me know what you think!

 

[imsomony]

This mod does something similar to what you're asking for.

[baxon]

thanks, didn't see it!