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Original post by pothb I think that new way looks bad, but that's just me. I think making it into circles like how you have the little circles in the original picture would be better. Take out the bar, then make the circle turn from green to red to indicate life.

I agree it takes away from the models themselves, I'd go back to the circles and don't use the bars. Make the circles fade from green to red or divide the circle into section and have the sections dissapear.

I actually don't see the need for life bars in an rts unless you're limited to 50 or less units at a time, there really isn't too much need to know what the life of your units are. They'll usually die before you notice they're about to die.

Some rt's don't show the health bar when it's full, which is another technique I like.