User Interface · bei.pm
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Now, what remains is the user interface of the game, which features a brushed metal look.
However, it is also evident that Dynamix did not need to reinvent the wheel; they are simply utilising the User32 and GDI32 APIs provided by Windows—particularly, they are employing the resource management capabilities of User32.
These can be extracted, for example, using programs such as Resource Hacker, developed as freeware by Angus Johnson, or - if one is hesitant to use Wine on Linux / Mac OS - with the wrestool included in icoutils.
| Filename | Contents |
|---|---|
| Outpost2.exe | Contains only the game's icon, which depicts the space station in front of New Terra |
| op2shres.dll | Includes graphics for UI elements such as borders, buttons, radio buttons, and checkboxes, as well as dialogue backgrounds, accompanying images for the story mission texts, and the main menu background graphic |
| out2res.dll | Contains the in-game window decorations, icons for regular and special metal, the loading screen, graphics for dialogues, as well as additional cursor graphics, in addition to the animated ones in the game directory |