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How to Create a New UI Screen and Main Menu Item by Mikali

Step One

• Copy "PlayMoviesScreen.lua". You can find it in "...\data\ui\NewUI".
• Rename the copied file to "MyNewScreen.lua" and paste it into the same directory.

Step Two

• Open up "UISettings.lua". You can find it in "...\data\ui\NewUI".
• Duplicate the table entry belonging to "PlayMoviesScreen".

Change the value of the duplicated name variable, from: "PlayMoviesScreen" to: "MyNewScreen"

Change the value of the duplicated filename variable, from:

"DATA:\UI\""NewUI""\""PlayMoviesScreen.lua" to: "DATA:\UI\NewUI\MyNewScreen.lua"

• Delete the duplicated line that says: type = "PlayMoviesScreen",

Step Three

• Open up "NewMainMenu.lua". You can find it in "...\data\ui\NewUI\Main\New".
• Duplicate the table entry belonging to "PlayMoviesScreen".
• Change the value of the duplicated text variable, from: "$2608" to: "MyNewScreen"
• Change the value of the duplicated onMouseClicked variable, from: "UI_ShowScreen(\"PlayMoviesScreen\", eTransition)" to: "UI_ShowScreen(\"MyNewScreen\", eTransition)"
• Delete the duplicated line that says: name = "btnMovies",

Step Four

Make any changes you feel are necessary to "MyNewScreen.lua""". Discussion:`

• Tutorial: Creating a New UI Screen and Menu Item

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