LaunchBase:Skin Creation

LaunchBase supports custom skins, they're stored in LaunchBase\Skins. The skins are easily created in .bmp files. Note: LaunchBase reduces the images down to 256 colors. Saving the files with this color depth would reduce the filesize.

Filename	Skin element	Dimensions
tab0.bmp	Mods Tab Background	601x361
tab1.bmp	Plugins Tab Background	601x361
tab2.bmp	FinalAlert 2 Mods Background	601x361
tab3.bmp	Tools Tab Background	601x361
btna0.bmp	Mods Manual Button	152x20
btna1.bmp	Plugins Manual Button	152x20
btna2.bmp	FinalAlert 2 Mods Manual Button	152x20
btna3.bmp	Tools Manual Button	152x20
btnb0r.bmp	Launch Mod Button for RA2 Mods	152x20
btnb0y.bmp	Launch Mod Button for YR Mods	152x20
btnb1r.bmp	Install Plugin Button for RA2 Plugins	152x20
btnb1y.bmp	Install Plugin Button for YR Plugins	152x20
btnb2.bmp	Launch Mod Button for FinalAlert2 Mods	152x20
btnb3.bmp	Launch Programm Button	152x20
btnb4r.bmp	Uninstall Plugin Button for RA2 plugins	152x20
btnb4y.bmp	Uninstall Plugin Button for YR plugins	152x20

The properties of the skin are stored in the skin.ini file. The values of colors are hexadecimal (e.g. #FFFFFF for white)

[General]
Name=[Name of the skin]

[Colors]
TextNeutral=[Color of general labels]
TextGood=[Color of a label that shows that a prerequisite was satisfied]
TextBad=[Color of a label that shows that a prerequisite was not satisfied]
TextURL=[Color of website URLs]
TextURLActive=[Color of website URLs when moused over]
TextList=[Color of list entries]
List=[Color of list background]