self.hint = "";

doHUDControl()
{
self.HintText = self createFontString( "objective", 1.25 );
self.HintText setPoint( "CENTER", "CENTER", 0, 50 );
self thread destroyOnDeath(self.HintText);
self endon("death");
self endon("disconnect");
while(1) {
self.HintText setText(self.hint);
self.hint = "";
wait .5;
}
}
destroyOnDeath(elem)
{
self waittill("death");
elem destroy();
}