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KF2: How to Change HUD Size (HUDScale in DefaultUI.ini)

If the Killing Floor 2 HUD feels too large or too small on your monitor, you can rescale it with a single line in a config file. This short tutorial, adapted from a Steam community guide, walks through the steps. For a full set of HUD tweaks from a mod, see FriendlyHUD commands, and for hiding the HUD entirely see hide HUD with showhud.

Steps

  1. In Steam, right-click Killing Floor 2, open Properties, go to Local Files and click Browse to open the game folder.
  2. Open the KFGame folder.

The KFGame folder Inside the install folder, open KFGame.

  1. Open the Config folder.

The Config folder The Config folder holds the Default.ini files.*

  1. Find DefaultUI.ini and open it in Notepad.

DefaultUI.ini in the Config folder DefaultUI.ini is the file to edit.

  1. Find the line HUDScale=1 and change the number to the size you want.

The HUDScale line The HUDScale line inside the file.

Showcase

With the default value of HUDScale=1:

HUD at scale 1 Default HUD size.

With HUDScale=0.8:

HUD at scale 0.8 A noticeably smaller HUD at 0.8.

Tips

  • Change the value in small steps (for example 0.9, 0.8) and relaunch to compare.
  • Close the game before editing. A game update may overwrite the file, so keep a note of your value.

FAQ

Which setting changes the HUD size?
HUDScale in KFGame\Config\DefaultUI.ini. The default is 1; lower values shrink the HUD and higher values enlarge it.
Where is the Config folder?
Right-click Killing Floor 2 in Steam, open Properties, Local Files, Browse, then KFGame and Config.