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      @{b}STEP 2:@{ub} Creating The Control Panel
      ~~~~~~~

      In  this  next  stage,  we are going to concentrate on creating the
      Control Panel and its buttons.


      @{b}The Control Panel requires:@{ub}

      @{i}Main Picture
      Button Pictures (Button Objects)
      Mouse Pointer Picture (Pointer Objects)
      Verbs (Plus associated Scripts)@{ui}


      From GRAC's main menu, Click on the @{b}PICTURES@{ub} button.......

      @{"  " Link "GRAC_Pictures.Guide/main"} @{b}PICTURES@{ub}

      ....and set up your Control Panel picture. There's one provided for
      you with this tutorial. (GT_Controls1.iff)

      Now  that  GRAC has a picture to use, we can then grab some objects
      for our Control Panel. The objects for the Control Panel are simply
      the  buttons  shown on it.  Ya know, the ones which you click on to
      make your character `Look At' things etc.

      These buttons (objects) can simply be taken from your control panel
      picture (this will save you drawing them again and saving them as a
      separate picture - which you could do if you want, but why bother?)
      and  from  a separate picture which holds the buttons which look as
      though they have been selected.

      We  need two sets of buttons because we want to make the buttons do
      something  when the user clicks on them. A little bit like clicking
      on a WB Icon I guess. 

      So, the two pictures we will be using for this tutorial are:

      GT_Controls1.iff and  GT_Controls2.iff.

      So  please  read  the  next section and use these two pictures when
      asked to load a picture.


      Simply click on the @{b}OBJECTS@{ub} button from GRAC's main menu.

      @{"  " Link "GRAC_Objects.Guide/main"} @{b}OBJECTS@{ub}


      Right,  now  that  you  have  them  grabbed,  it's just a matter of
      placing  them  onto the correct positions on the Control Panel.  To
      do this, we simply click on the @{b}CONTROLS@{ub} button from the GRAC main
      menu.

      This  next  part  also  takes a bit of explaining and is quite time
      consuming if you have never done it before! Please do read the next
      section carefully and above all, have patience.

      @{"  " Link "GRAC_Controls.Guide/main"} @{b}CONTROLS@{ub}

      This is the order in which you should have done things above....

    - Create a blank disk called GAME or assign GAME: to your hard drive.

    - Load up your Control Panel Picture into GRAC and save it. GRAC will
      save  it  under  a  new name, so don't worry about overwriting your
      original picture(s).

    - Load  up  and  GRAB  the Control Panel Button Objects into GRAC and
      save them.

    - Set up the Control Panel and its Verbs and save them.


      By  now  your  Control  Panel should be completed and saved and you
      will be ready to tackle the next step in this tutorial.

      @{"  " link "GRAC_Step3.Guide/main"} STEP 3 - Creating Characters

      Or go back to the main tutorial page:

      @{"  " link "GRAC_Tutorial.Guide/main"} TUTORIAL

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