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How do I use colors?
By Mage Sodagayo
In the Game
To use colors in game (so things appear in colors on the wizard screen for everyone), use the carrot sign (accent circonflex) ^:
Examples: ^RR^Oa^Yi^Gn^Cb^Bo^Vw will be a Rainbow
Use CAP keys for "normal" colors. Available are:
B Blue
C Cyan (= Light Blue)
G Green
Y Yellow
O Orange
R Red
P Pink
V Violet (=Purple)
W White
T Brown
K Blink (default is red on grey, you can change that as desceribed below)
N Normal (back to default color, ie. white)
F is Random Color, every time a string in this color code is displayed the wizard will choose a random-based different color to display the string with.
Using low-case keys will provide the same colors in darker shades.
b dark blue
c dark cyan
g dark green
y gold (dark yellow)
o dark orange
r dark red
p dark pink
v dark violet (purple)
w grey (dark white)
t dark brown
k deep red on grey (dark blink)
n works like high case N
Z is the code to set a background color. Like ^B^ZC will be blue ON cyan.
A followed by a reversed HTML color code will display precisely redefined colors in your shouts or description etc. Formatting this way doesnt leave much room for your text however.
E is Embolden and starts bold formatted text,
e closes the embolden off.
I starts italic formatting,
i closes the italic off.
^^++ will make text show larger, ^^-- smaller. Note there is two ^.
Please remember that most of these colors work only with PC wizards. Mac Users can see C,G,Y,R,V,W and N color codes. Any text colored in a different color, including the low case ones, disappears on a Mac Wizard, same for bold, italic, small or large formattings.
Setting how Colors look like for YOU in your own wizard
You can change how your colors look like in the wizard:
MENU-CONFIG-OPTIONS-COLORS. Remember this will only change how the colors look for YOURSELF.
In MENU-CONFIG-HIGHLIGHT STRINGS you can create highlighted strings, that change how things look to YOU on your own wizard only. You can highlight names different colors to not overlook your GM again, you can highlight "lost its poison coating" so you know when you need new poison on the blade etc.
On the boards.
It's all a matter of HTML coding. Use the phrase font color=<color or color code> in front of the to-be-colored line, and close the line with </font>. These format commands need to be put in pointed brackets: <html code>
HOWEVER, on our Cosrin Message Boards this is inverted to edged brackets: [html code]
Examples:
[b]bold text[/b]
[i]italic text[/i]
[font color=purple]R[font color=red]AI[font color=orange]N[font color=green]BO[font color=blue]W[/font]
will be:
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