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Add 'Show Lifebars Only When Damaged' option
M3RT1N99 Apr 10, 2026
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Merge branch 'develop' into feature/lifebar-only-when-damaged
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions loc/US/strings_db.lua
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Expand Up @@ -7620,6 +7620,8 @@ OPTIONS_0283="UI Scale"
OPTIONS_0284="Changes the size of all UI elements. (requires game restart)"
OPTIONS_0285="Automatic Extractor Selection"
OPTIONS_0286="After selecting an engineer, hover the mouse over a mass extractor spot to auto preselect a mass extractor for building"
OPTIONS_0287="Show Lifebars Only When Damaged"
OPTIONS_0288="When on, lifebars only appear once a unit takes damage. Hides them on full-HP units. Provides an FPS gain in dense crowds."

lobui_0414 = "%d Build Restrictions"
lobui_0415 = "1 Build Restriction"
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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions lua/options/options.lua
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Expand Up @@ -990,6 +990,22 @@ options = {
},
},

{
title = "<LOC OPTIONS_0287>Show Lifebars Only When Damaged",
key = 'gui_lifebar_only_damaged',
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Use unique LOC IDs; OPTIONS_0287 is already in use.

Line 994 reuses OPTIONS_0287, which is already referenced at Line 657 for Factories Default to Repeat Build. This will cause the existing option label to be overwritten/mislabeled once localization is updated.

💡 Suggested fix 
-                title = "<LOC OPTIONS_0287>Show Lifebars Only When Damaged",
+                title = "<LOC OPTIONS_0330>Show Lifebars Only When Damaged",

Also update:

  • lua/ui/help/tooltips.lua to use new unique IDs for this tooltip pair.
  • loc/US/strings_db.lua to define the new IDs (for example OPTIONS_0330 / OPTIONS_0331).
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title = "<LOC OPTIONS_0287>Show Lifebars Only When Damaged",
key = 'gui_lifebar_only_damaged',
title = "<LOC OPTIONS_0330>Show Lifebars Only When Damaged",
key = 'gui_lifebar_only_damaged',
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@lua/options/options.lua` around lines 994 - 995, The LOC tag OPTIONS_0287 is
duplicated; change the title LOC tag for the option with key
'gui_lifebar_only_damaged' to a new unique ID (e.g., OPTIONS_0330) and update
its paired tooltip LOC ID (e.g., OPTIONS_0331) wherever referenced (the tooltip
pair for the same option), then add those new IDs and text entries to the
strings_db locale file so the label and tooltip are unique and won't overwrite
the existing OPTIONS_0287 entry used by the "Factories Default to Repeat Build"
option.

type = 'toggle',
default = 0,
set = function(key, value, startup)
ConExecute("ui_LifebarOnlyDamaged " .. tostring(value))
end,
custom = {
states = {
{ text = "<LOC _Off>", key = 0 },
{ text = "<LOC _On>", key = 1 },
},
},
},

{
title = "<LOC options_show_player_names_title>Show Player Names",
key = 'options_show_player_names',
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions lua/ui/help/tooltips.lua
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Expand Up @@ -951,6 +951,10 @@ Tooltips = {
title = "<LOC OPTIONS_0222>Show Lifebars of Attached Units",
description = "<LOC OPTIONS_0219>Toggles the visibility of lifebars of on screen units (lifebars will still show in tooltip information)",
},
options_gui_lifebar_only_damaged = {
title = "<LOC OPTIONS_0287>Show Lifebars Only When Damaged",
description = "<LOC OPTIONS_0288>When on, lifebars only appear once a unit takes damage. Hides them on full-HP units. Provides an FPS gain in dense crowds.",
},
options_skin_change_on_start = {
title = "<LOC OPTIONS_0211>Use Factional UI Skin",
description = "<LOC OPTIONS_0220>When on, the UI skin will change to match the faction you are playing",
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