First mod, would this work?

[sarusian]

Im trying to make it so the when the item is used it creates a hud element, is this is wrong how do i create a hud element on use

minetest.register_craftitem("Village Standings", {

description = "View Standing With Encountered Villages",
inventory_image = "villageStandingBook.png"
stack_max = 1

on_use = function(player){
player:hud_add({
hud_elem_type = "image",
scale = {x=67%, y=80%},
text = "sanding_paper.png",
alignment = {x=0,y=0},
offset = {x=0,y=100},
})

[Napiophelios]

if I understand the point of your mod correctly,
formspec is probably a more reasonable option

[Krock]

You can't use the percent sign in Lua, divide the numbers by 100 instead.
Also, your craftitem name is not valid, it should be something like "amazing_mod:my_hud_item"

[rubenwardy]

If you want 68% of the screen, do scale = { x = -68 }

If you want 68% of the image, do scale = { x = IMAGE_SIZE * 0.68 }

[HeroOfTheWinds]

You also are missing commas at the end of the lines pertaining to inventory_image and stack_max.

[sarusian]

You can't use the percent sign in Lua, divide the numbers by 100 instead.
Also, your craftitem name is not valid, it should be something like "amazing_mod:my_hud_item"

Thanks, luckily I got it to work, lua is so much easier to read then C# or Java that simply reading other mods has taught me quite a bit