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Hey, I get it. There's already iHUD. iHUD is great. I play with it. It's in my load order right now. Everyone loves a good hide-the-UI mod. But you know who REALLY gets the immersive aspect of HUD minimalism? Metro 2033. Let's make an Immersive HUD mod together. Codename: Fallout 2033. Have a quick read - it's a short article, I promise. It's all about Metro Series' marvelous achievement of minimalist and immersive invisible HUD. So what do you say, community? Think we can pull this off? I want to gather a mod team. We'll take all of the classic HUD elements of Fallout 4 and FPS / RPG's (save for the vital pip-boy) and we'll turn them into gameplay features and seamless immersion. Let's do away with a health meter and have sounds, sights, and physical cues instead. Who wants to glance at an ammo meter when you can check the barrel of your gun for a life-saving spare bullet? Pesky rads? Give me a real-time Gieger counter! There are so many better ways to convey survival information in a video game, as Metro has shown us. So why not put the survival aspect back into the post-apocalyptic survival game? The aspect of fear, panic, the unknown - the coin toss, guessing game of "can I last a second longer or will I die?" Let's give the player their OWN Perception check and make them rely on combat awareness and sheer will to live. HUD's are great. They're important. Giving the player information about their status and surroundings is a pretty common and vital element in any game. But it's actually the LACK of an HUD that makes Metro 2033 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Sorry. That joke was inevitable and we both know it.