The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

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How To Hide HUD
By Fluro
How to hide your HUD in Skyrim / Skyrim SE to get beautiful screenshots!
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INTRODUCTION
By following this guide, you should have a good understanding at how to disable and re-enable all HUD elements and menus within Skyrim. Plus a few more commands to get better screenshots.
HOW TO DISABLE HUD
The quickest way to get rid of your HUD is to disable it with a simple console command.

*NOTE* This disables all HUD items including pause menus.

Step 1.
Press the ~ key (Tilde)
This will bring up the 'console'. You'll know if you have done it correctly when a text cursor appears in the bottom left of the screen.










Step 2.
Enter the following command: tm
This is a real basic command that toggles the menus.










Step 3.
Hit Enter
This activates the command. After hitting enter, all menus (including pause and console) will be toggled off.

Step 4.
Press the ~ key (Tilde)
This will close the 'console' and return you to the game.

All menus and HUD elements are now gone!
HOW TO RE-ENABLE HUD
Re-enabling the HUD is the exact same as disabling it.

Although, you have to do it all with no menus visible.
You won't be able to see what your are typing, make sure you type it in correctly.


Step 1.
Press the ~ key (Tilde)
This does the same as before, bringing up the 'console'. This time you won't be able to see the typing cursor, you'll have to watch the game closely to see if you are in the 'console' Trees and grass will stop moving and water will stop flowing.

Step 2.
Enter the following command: tm
Again, the "tm" command will toggle the menus, this time back on.

Step 3.
Hit Enter
Yet again, this will activate the command, re-enabling all menus and HUD elements.

All menus and HUD elements are back!
OTHER COMMANDS
Here are few more commands you can use to maximize you screenshotting potential.


Command
What it does
tfc
Toggles free cam
tfc 1
Toggles free cam (pausing the world as well)
fov x
Sets the in-game fov (replace x with a number



CONCLUSION
Hopefully you can now get all the beautiful screenshots you want!
To take a screenshot within a game on steam Press the f12 key.

That's all there is to it, now go out and snap some lovely screenshots!

Here's one I snapped earlier ▼








Be sure to check out my Skyrim wallpaper for WallpaperEngine!


Thanks for reading!

Cheers,
Baz.
11 Comments
☾Wolffinity☽ 20 Sep, 2024 @ 9:56am 
tnx:fofino2:
The_Cazalokas 21 Apr, 2024 @ 3:02pm 
thanks my papu
stinkbrain 2 Jun, 2022 @ 6:24pm 
after 10 years i never knew you could do that
Exalithia 24 Apr, 2022 @ 4:34pm 
Another option would be installing the mod "Immersive HUD", which is more convenient if you ask me. :happy_creep:
Fluro  [author] 4 Jan, 2021 @ 1:05am 
Thanks Klingon, glad I could help <3
klingon.for.sale 3 Jan, 2021 @ 9:00pm 
This is very useful. Thank you.
Jsrgaming123 12 Jul, 2017 @ 3:24pm 
this is very helpful thank you:steamhappy:
76561198094469133 9 Jul, 2017 @ 8:16am 
To 0
76561198094469133 9 Jul, 2017 @ 8:15am 
or just reduce the hud opacity
RvBBr BvGS 7 Jul, 2017 @ 10:55am 
pressing the up arrow doesnt do anything