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= Creating your own custom Amnesia Main Menu Background =
In this tutorial you can learn how to create your own Amnesia Main Menu Background, that means the little map (YES, it's a map!) you see when you are in Amnesia's Main Menu!

It's very simple, the only tool you need for now is the '''Level Editor'''.

== Step #1 - Modding the Map ==
The map that makes up Amnesia's default background is located in
<syntaxhighlight lang="">Amnesia/redist/main_menu/main/Main_menu.map</syntaxhighlight>
It'll be different for Mac / Linux users or owners of the Steam version, but I assume you know where your redist-folder is.

Now that you have it opened in the level editor, you can either do little modifications or a complete new map! Just be sure to '''not delete the PlayerStartArea'''! It basically is your camera view, so if you want to see something, do not delete it.
You can of course adjust it to the place where you want your camera to be, then load up the Main Menu after you've edited the .cfg and see how it looks!

== Step #2 - Editing the .cfg ==

To make Amnesia load your map if you've changed its name for example, you need to edit the right config file. It's located here:

<syntaxhighlight lang="">
Amnesia - The Dark Descent\redist\config\menu.cfg
</syntaxhighlight>

Open it with your preferred text editor (I recommend [[:hpl2:tutorials:script:notepad|Notepad++]] ) and start editing!

Search (Ctrl+f) for the line ''Music = "game_menu.ogg"''. The text in quotes is the sound file for the background music. You can replace it with any file you want, but it has to be an .ogg!

The next thing to replace is in the line ''BGScene = "menu_bg.map"''. Here you can paste in the name of your new and edited background map! The BGCamera lines are good for further adjusting your camera view.

There sure is more that could be edited in that file, but you'll have to find out by yourself! If you make up something interesting, why not post it here?

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-= Creating your own custom Amnesia Main Menu Background =
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Creating a custom Main Menu Background}}
 In this tutorial you can learn how to create your own Amnesia Main Menu Background, that means the little map (YES, it's a map!) you see when you are in Amnesia's Main Menu!
-It's very simple, the only tool you need for now is the '''Level Editor'''.
+== Step 1 - the Map ==
-== Step #1 - Modding the Map ==
+===Full Conversions===
 The map that makes up Amnesia's default background is located in
 <syntaxhighlight lang="">Amnesia/redist/main_menu/main/Main_menu.map</syntaxhighlight>
 It'll be different for Mac / Linux users or owners of the Steam version, but I assume you know where your redist-folder is.
-Now that you have it opened in the level editor, you can either do little modifications or a complete new map! Just be sure to '''not delete the PlayerStartArea'''! It basically is your camera view, so if you want to see something, do not delete it.
+Now that you have it opened, you can either do little modifications or a complete new map! Just be sure to '''not delete the PlayerStartArea'''! It is your camera view, so if you want to see anything, do not delete it.
 You can of course adjust it to the place where you want your camera to be, then load up the Main Menu after you've edited the .cfg and see how it looks!
-== Step #2 - Editing the .cfg ==
+== Step 2 - Configuration ==
 <syntaxhighlight lang="">
@@ Line 22: / Line 30: @@
 </syntaxhighlight>
-Open it with your preferred text editor (I recommend [[:hpl2:tutorials:script:notepad|Notepad++]] ) and start editing!
+Open the config file with your preferred text editor (I recommend [[:hpl2:tutorials:script:notepad|Notepad++]]) and search (Ctrl+f) for "BGScene" - you should see this: <code>BGScene = "menu_bg.map"</code>. Paste the name of your new background map into the quotes. You don't need to write the file path, the game will find it automatically. The BGCamera settings are for further adjusting your camera view.
-There sure is more that could be edited in that file, but you'll have to find out by yourself! If you make up something interesting, why not post it here?
+You can edit other settings for the main menu in the file, such as the font. You can see the descriptions for all parameters [[HPL2/TDD/menu.cfg#Main|here]].

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