Skinning

From GSC Wiki

Contents 1 Getting Started 2 Skin File System 3 Building a Skin

Getting Started

GSC allows support for custom built skins. Please note, GSC does not offer a skin editor and GSC's skinning 'standard' is subject to change at any time. It is usually best to start by choosing one of the standard skin as a base for the skin you are trying to create. The following is what you will need to create a custom skin:

1. A text editor.
2. A graphics editor which can read/write either PNG, JPG, BMP, or GIF file formats. (PNG is preferred)
3. A program which can compress/decompress 7-zip archives.

Skin File System

The archive containing the skin data is formatted in the following manner:

skin_archive.7z / skin_archive / [Data directory]

The [Data directory] contains the following:

1. An XML skin file with a matching name of the archive (skin_archive.xml).
2. Additional images or sub folders pointed to by the XML file.

Building a Skin

Building a skin can be broken up into the following categories:

1. Using archives
2. Viewing Changes
3. Skinning with XML
4. Images
5. Fonting