viper: the vanishing hud elements are a feature, since otherwise those icons would be in front of the menu/scoreboard ... which is even more annoying. adjusting hud elements is usually done via the console commands, which makes more sense, as you want to do this while having a map loaded.
the healthbar above dead teammates only happens with the bars, fix is noted.
@vzzec: that's a very strange bug, could you open a new threat and give us more infos. or come to irc some time, you know where to find me