I have found how to modify every other aspect of the game but I'm having trouble finding the layout for the login screen. any information to push me in the right direction. I'm not asking to be spoon fed just a point and a smack to send me the right way.

login to b.net I'm guessing.

There's a .res file under the patch_rt can't remember the name.
If it's something that is not b.net that's probably found on .bins which you ca edit with binedit2

EDIT: glubn.res I think.

Look under the glue\Battle.Net\ directory in Stardat and find the PCX file that entails it, then convert it to BMP, edit it, and reconvert it and insert it as a PCX again. I can't point you to which file it is exactly, but just look carefully at the names and you'll find what you're looking for.

That's the graphics portion of it at least. If you're looking into modifying the menu's layout altogether, look at the topic in the other forum http://www.staredit.net/?topic=1188&view=unread#special

And that should be all you need.

Edit ~ The file you're looking for is called glue\battle.net\backgrounds\bnlogin.pcx
There's also a glubnres.res that Corbo mentioned, but really, I have no idea how to edit this.

Post has been edited 3 time(s), last time on Jan 18 2008, 6:12 pm by Durandal.

Yeah I have the graphical part down
How would I got about the .res file tho
why couldn't they have just left it like the rest of teh .bin files instead of a .res

All Battle.net-related dialogs are a resource file. Not all are in the .res file, either. Use ResHacker.

Whatever farty said, yes, use ResHacker.

Although that corrupted my files sometimes but other times does work.

I think I'm gonna give up on this the glubnres.res only contained some dialog boxes and for the life of me I can't find the login screen anywhere

You could have asked.

Open battle.snp in StarCraft's root folder in ResHacker.
Dialog->103->1033 (For English)
Do your thing.
Save it as something else (Either call it something new, or give it a new extension. Anything different is what you want.)

Find where it is referenced in SC. I tried a text search in starcraft.exe and didn't find it... but maybe it's in a tbl, resource, or other file. That should be your problem (I don't think I have the time to search through every little nook and cranny in SC to find it for you.)