Overhead player HUD follow while turning and crouching

[shrublake]

Hello!

I'm trying to draw playertext to the right of the player but have it follow the angle and position of the player as they turn.

I have the text being drawn and it works fine, but the only two issues I have are having the position do not follow the bone when crouching, and it does not follow the player when turning, it just stays in the fixed position. I have worked with math here and there, but just can't figure it out. Here's what I have:

https://i.gyazo.com/d330e71f89f018748bd948514d5f3a58.mp4

local function DrawName( ply )

    if ( !IsValid( ply ) ) then return end
    if ( !ply:Alive() ) then return end

        local offset = Vector( 0, 20, 50 )
        local ang = LocalPlayer():EyeAngles()
        local pos = ply:GetPos() + offset + ang:Up()

        ang:RotateAroundAxis( ang:Forward(), 90 )
        ang:RotateAroundAxis( ang:Right(), 90 )

        cam.Start3D2D( pos, Angle( 0, ang.y, 90 ), 0.25 )
            draw.DrawText( ply:GetName(), "rpname", 2, 2, color_white, TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER )
            draw.DrawText( ply:GetNWString("usergroup"), "job", 2, 18, color_white, TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER )
        cam.End3D2D()
end

I want the text to follow as the user turns, and follow the head bone down when crouching. Any tips would be a huge help! Thank you!

[tobiasxzz]

You can't really use an offset for this type of thing, you have to use the angle normals and then multiply them until you get what you want. (e.g ang:Up() * 10)

So in this case you should try something like:

local pos = ply:GetPos() + (ang:Up() * 50) + (ang:Forward() * 20)

And just play around from there.

[shrublake]

Oh my god, I don't know why this didn't make sense to me. Obviously a fixed offset is just going to sit in one spot, but using multiplication or division will move accordingly. Thank you!