How to : Skin CM4 - Part II

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Get Skinning!
In part I we showed you the foundations of Skinning CM4 and you may have began your quest to make your own skin for CM4. I've listed the main directories in the skin folder and what each of them contain, although you should be able to work out what most of them are anyway!

• boxes
  
  
  plain is the the darkened/lightened panel you see in collapsable frames. Make sure you make this transparent or you won't be able to see the background picture!
• button
  
  
  button is the graphic for all the buttons in the game!
• checkbox
  
  
  off is the checkbox state when it is not selected
  on is the state when it is selected
• edit_box
  
  
  frame is the normal one line edit box
  multi is the multi line box
• icons
  
  
  next is the next button on the menubar
  previous is the previous button on the menubar
• menu
  
  
  box makes up the outline of the popup menu
  button is the button you click on to pop up a menu (like the action menu) (you can copy this from the button directory if you want to keep the same style
  down is the down arrow that appears on the buttons
  item_alt is the alternate graphic for items in the menu
  item is the normal graphic for items in the menu
  left is the left arrow graphic
  line is the line separating item and item_alt
  right is the right arrow graphic
  separator is the thicker line to separate sections
  tick is the tick icon that appears next to selected items
  up is the up arrow
• menubar
  
  
  option is the graphic for the buttons on the menubar that are for a single option, like continue game
  popup is the same as above, only the item pops up a menu, like the Game Options button
• option
  
  
  button is the button graphic on the main game screen before you select to load game etc
• panels
  
  
  date_well is the graphic where the date is contained
  infobar is the graphic for the bar at the bottom of the screen
  menubar is the menubar graphic (top,middle,bottom)
  titlebar is the graphic for main titles like the ones you see in your team colours on squad screen. Make this red to avoid any colour shading inconsistencies.
• picked
  
  
  empty is the graphic in the picking panel that tells you if a player has not been picked
  filled is as above, only the player has not been picked
  picked is the graphic beside the player name on squad screen
  unpicked... guess what this is?
• possession
  
  
  contains the possession bar graphics
• progress
  
  
  contains the progress bar graphics
• radio
  
  
  contains radio buttons, works in the same way as checkbox
• scrollbar
  
  
  contains all the scrollbar graphics. Tricky to edit, only experts should try this one!
• selection
  
  
  all the graphics for popups which have <,>,-,+ options. Works roughly the same as the menu dir, with extra graphics
• status
  
  
  advisory : green status icon next to a player's name. Used for Wnt,Lst etc
  cant_play : blue icon, as above. Used for Ine,Wp etc
  cant_play_bad : red icon, same as above. Used for Sus,Inj etc
  shouldnt_play : orange icon, same as above. Used for Unf,Lmp etc
  warning : yellow icon, same as above. Used for Bkd etc
• table/heading
  
  
  first : first heading in the row
  normal : middle headings in the row
  last : last heading in the row
• tactics
  
  
  captain : the graphic displayed next to your captain
  instruction : the graphic to the left of the players name in the tactics screen with 'i' on it
  off : graphics displaying a player's squad number who is off
  on : graphics displaying a player's squad number who is on
• ticker
  
  
  frame : the frame the ticker ticks along in
• titlebar
  
  
  popup : the 'see also' button on the titlebar (make this red, like the titlebar)
• toggle
  
  
  open : graphic displayed when a collapsable frame is open
  closed : graphic displayed when a collapsable frame is closed
  
  
  Phew! Now... any questions?