Howto:Use high color palettized WIndowskins in RPG Maker VX Ace

First off, we need to know what area to edit:

first we go to the Window_Base script and locate:

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Get Text Colors
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def normal_color;      text_color(0);   end;    # Normal
def system_color;      text_color(16);  end;    # System
def crisis_color;      text_color(17);  end;    # Crisis
def knockout_color;    text_color(18);  end;    # Knock out
def gauge_back_color;  text_color(19);  end;    # Gauge background
def hp_gauge_color1;   text_color(20);  end;    # HP gauge 1
def hp_gauge_color2;   text_color(21);  end;    # HP gauge 2
def mp_gauge_color1;   text_color(22);  end;    # MP gauge 1
def mp_gauge_color2;   text_color(23);  end;    # MP gauge 2
def mp_cost_color;     text_color(23);  end;    # TP cost
def power_up_color;    text_color(24);  end;    # Equipment power up
def power_down_color;  text_color(25);  end;    # Equipment power down
def tp_gauge_color1;   text_color(28);  end;    # TP gauge 1
def tp_gauge_color2;   text_color(29);  end;    # TP gauge 2
def tp_cost_color;     text_color(29);  end;    # TP cost

We notice that the colors are based on the 32/128 color palette, so we either pick from the list below or choose a different color:

note: use the palette that matches the kind in your skin.

Pal32 — Default Palette (32 colors, not high color)

32/128 color	512 color	2,048 color
0	0	0
1	272	1,392
2	133	582
3	270	1,366
4	56	312
5	80	288
6	3	3
7	388	1,540
8	82
9	400
10	199
11	383
12	370
13	120
14	71
15	511	2,047
16	352
17	6
18	198
19	469
20	142
21	70
22	402
23	336
24	260
25	148
26	384
27	128
28	382
29	317
30	184
31	144
32	442

Now that we have updated the text formatting to work with your new skin, next we need to go to this topic to get the script. Remember to use the one that is designed for your skin or to download a template and use a graphics program to replace the palette section with the one that matches the script.

Note that the palette can be found in the lower right corner of the windowskin and is about 64 pixels across and 32 pixels tall.

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