Boot SKin Tutorial

It seems that there has been a lot of people who seem to be having problems creating bootskins correctly, below is the correct way to make them (until the Truecolour version comes out that is)

Use an existing .INI file and change all relevant sections, see below.

Graphics
1. Main Picture = Size 640x480 - 16 Colours (4 Bit)
2. Progressbar = Size 22x9 - 16 Colours (4 Bit) - Exactly the same palette as Main Pic
3. Both pictures have to be .BMP files

ProgressBar
Placement of Progressbar can be anywhere on the screen, but if you are going to have an outline for the progressbar then the following applies.

eg: Progressbar placed at 234z359, 190 Length (234 pixels across x 359 Pixels down and 190 Pixels long) then the outline should be as follows

TopLeft corner = 224x357 - TopRight Corner 426x357 - BottomLeft corner 224x368 - BottonRight corner 426x368

Please note that the PB Outline starts 10 pixels to the left of actual position.

The INI File All parts in bold are what should be changed to match your BootSkin.

[BootSkin]
Type=0
Name = "BootSkin Name"
Author = "Your Name"
Description = "BootSkin Description"
ProgressBar=ProgressBarFileName.bmp
ProgressBarX = 258
ProgressBarY = 22
ProgressBarWidth = 120
ProgressBarHeight = 9
Screen=MainFilename.bmp

I hope this helps, if you still have problems then please email me the file as a .zip and I will try to fixed any problems and email back the fixed skin along with a short description of the hiccup

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