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If you cannot for the life of you find what style name of something is, look for the nearest related texture instead (like panel 9-slices), replace the candidate images with bright solid colors (magenta/lime/etc.), and then search in style files (clarity: using Ctrl+Shift+F in most code editors, not by hand) for references to that image once you identify which image it is.

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Check the default light skin as first source of reference on color changes, as it has to override pretty much all of them.

(it can be found in your installation folder under GUI/Skins/Dark)

Check the default dark skin for general reference on what is what.

Choose the skin in GMS2 via menu:File - Preferences - General - IDE Skin.įirst things first, it was mentioned in past that there are plans to overhaul skin support to make it easier to create custom skins, so I'd hold off making any large-scale skins for sole purpose of it taking more time than it would (and should) in future.

Extract your skin into a subdirectory in Skins so that you have Skins//Styles, etc.

Open the Skins directory, or make one if it's not there yet.

On Mac, it's likely in Application Data - check where runtime_feeds.json is via Finder. Note: not Program Files! Skins folder in PF will get overwritten whenever IDE updates.

Navigate to %PROGRAMDATA%/GameMakerStudio2.

/Cursors: Custom cursors in PNG format for image editor and other occasions when GMS2 needs a purpose-specific cursor.įor the most part, skins only need to override parts of Styles and Images (and, occasionally, Cursors), leaving anything unrelated more or less untouched.

Good news, however: if you have a missing image reference, you'll just see a classic error image in IDE. Referenced by styles or layouts.įor the most part, these are inherited from the base skin, except for few random things which aren't.

/Images: 9-slices, thumbnails, and everything else.

Unfortunately, as of writing this post GMS2 does not support more than one layer of skin inheritance yet, so making light skins is kind of rough. There's smart inheritance so your skin only needs to define properties which were changed from the base skin, letting you keep your JSON files pretty small. This is where you set colors, font sizes, background images, and so on.

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/Styles: Series of JSON (well, slight superset of) files, equivalent of CSS.Skins will inherit these from the base skin by default, and you should generally avoid making these for lower risk of skin completely breaking whenever new IDE features are introduced. /Layouts: Series of XML files defining what controls everything has, and in what order.This also makes it easier to edit for yourself, as there's nothing else in it.Ī GameMaker Studio 2 skin consists of several sets of files: The implementation is as compact as it can be, overriding only fields and files that it needs to.

So, here you get just that - all that was green is now a nice yellow, and it really helps the details stand out compared to the default green. Unfortunately, with my accidental branding mostly being centered around light-themes-compatible calm blue and white, I don't get to fit much yellow in there.īut, if we are talking dark themes, there are no such restrictions - can go as bright as you need to, and especially if it's things to pay attention to. If bright enough and with a hint of gold, you can have a pleasant sunny tone. It may come off as a surprise, but I like me a good yellow color!

Spriteilluminator gamemaker studio how to#

This also doubles as a general explanation on how to make skins. However, the default dark skin is a little boring, so I decided to make a custom one with a familiar yellow tone for accents. As it becomes increasingly more apparent that many people are completely unware of GameMaker Studio 2 having a light skin and fail to recognize it as being GameMaker as such, I have decided to stop using it for screenshots in my assets/blog posts.