Zandronum Name/Text Coloring Tutorial

[yoni0505]

So I made this tutorial that shows how to color names and text in Zandronum:
http://yoni0505.blogspot.com/2012/10/za ... oring.html

Took me about 2 hours to make it.

[Qent]

Cool. You might want to mention \c+ too.

[yoni0505]

Cool. You might want to mention \c+ too.

Ok, I have to edit that image no so it'll take a while...

Edit: Done.

[one_Two]

"To color your name in Zandronum you need to add:
/c" So that's a backslash right?

Good tutorial though.

[Dusk]

Do note that \cl (L) is untranslated, not dark red. Untranslated means that the font will be drawn with its graphics as-is, without colorizing. It's only red because the IWAD font is in red. In CC4, for instance, it is green, because the IWAD small font is recolored to green.

[someoneelse]

Do note that \cl (L) is untranslated, not dark red. Untranslated means that the font will be drawn with its graphics as-is, without colorizing. It's only red because the IWAD font is in red. CC4 for instance colors it green.

Why can't it be used to make word Multiplayer in menu for many wads, especially iwads, work properely?

[Dusk]

Do note that \cl (L) is untranslated, not dark red. Untranslated means that the font will be drawn with its graphics as-is, without colorizing. It's only red because the IWAD font is in red. CC4 for instance colors it green.

Why can't it be used to make word Multiplayer in menu for many wads, especially iwads, work properely?

It works fine enough for me... what's wrong with it?

[someoneelse]

You know, this thing:

Sure it won't make it look like a right font (it's a graphic, not text, yes?), but it would look less ugly.

[Dusk]

Hmm. As a matter of fact, Strife seems to suffer from this, too.. Raven IWADs are fine.

EDIT: Made a tracker ticket for this. Let's end the derailing...

[Iced]

What exactly do "*" and "+" do?

[Combinebobnt]

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Quick Help for Skulltag Chat Color Codes by Combinebobnt
This is just a list of what letters make what colors, and the values of those colors on plain red and black.

Chat Color Code Table:
Format:
\c[Letter]: [Name of color] [(rgb of Red 255,255,255 to translation/hexidecimal of Red 255,255,255 to translation)] [(rgb of Black 0,0,0 to translation/hexidecimal of Black 0,0,0 to translation)]

A: Reddish Brick (255,184,184/FFB8B8) (71,0,0/470000)
B: Tan (255,235,223/FFEBDF) (51,43,19/332B13)
C: Grayish White (239,239,239/EFEFEF) (39,39,39/272727)
D: Green (119,255,111/77FF6F) (11,23,7/0B1707)
E: Dusty Beige (191,167,143/BFA78F) (83,63,47/533F2F)
F: Gold (255,255,115/FFFF73) (115,42,0/732B00)
G: Really Red (255,0,0/FF0000) (64,0,0/3F0000)
H: Blue (0,0,255/0000FF) (0,0,39/000027)
I: Orange (255,128,0/FF8000) (32,0,0/200000)
J: White (255,255,255/FFFFFF) (36,36,36/242424)
K: Cheese Yellow (252,208,67/FCD043) (39,39,39/272727)
L: Red (255,0,0/FF0000) (0,0,0/000000)
M: Grayish Black (80,80,80/505050) (19,19,19/131313)
N: Sky Blue (180,180,255/B4B4FF) (0,0,115/000073)
O: Bright Peachy Beige (255,215,187/FFD7BB) (207,131,83/CF8353)
P: Olive (123,127,80/7B7F50) (47,55,31/2F371F)
Q: Dark Green (67,147,55/439337) (11,23,7/0B1707)
R: Dark Red (175,43,43/AF2B2B) (43,0,0/2B0000)
S: Brown (163,107,63/A36B3F) (31,23,11/1F170B)
T: Purple (207,0,207/CF00CF) (35,0,35/230023)
U: Gray (139,139,139/8B8B8B) (35,35,35/232323)
V: Cyan (0,240,240/00F0F0) (0,31,31/001F1F)

Did this awhile ago for all the letter codes and might provide more information on the color codes. Tested all the color translations on a custom font that was pure red (FFFFFF) with a black border (000000).

(also didn't know about the L thing cool stuff)

[Qent]

* is chat color, + takes whatever color the text would have been, and uses the previous color instead.

http://zdoom.org/wiki/Print#Colors

[yoni0505]

"To color your name in Zandronum you need to add:
/c" So that's a backslash right?

Good tutorial though.

Fixed that.
I'm a human - I make mistakes too.
And anyway you could see that I got it right in all the other examples.

Do note that \cl (L) is untranslated, not dark red. Untranslated means that the font will be drawn with its graphics as-is, without colorizing. It's only red because the IWAD font is in red. CC4 for instance colors it green.

Why can't it be used to make word Multiplayer in menu for many wads, especially iwads, work properely?

I've added it to the post.

* is chat color, + takes whatever color the text would have been, and uses the previous color instead.

http://zdoom.org/wiki/Print#Colors

I looked up the link and added stuff to the post, thanks.

[Llewellyn]

Should maybe be on the wiki with a bit of editing to make it directed at Wiki content.

[ColombianDoomGuyToilet]

Hey you know a better way to write whitout write \c(and the code) by yourself? some one told me that i can do it in zandronum. please help.

[IdeIdoom]

-If you want to color text using the console you need to use two blackslashes before the C ("\\c").

Usually works with single \ IIRC if you do something like this:
name \"\cgI \cfSuck"
With binds: bind x "name \"\cgI \cfSuck"

[Darcia]

\chTEST

\cdworking?

[Sean]

\chTEST

\cdworking?

Doesn't work on the forums. Use the [color] tag for that.

[Konda]

There's also color codes like:

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\c[red]
\c[darkred]
\c[green]
\c[darkgreen]
\c[blue]
\c[lightblue]
\c[yellow]
\c[gold]
\c[grey] or \c[gray]
\c[white]
\c[black]
\c[tan]
\c[purple]
\c[brown]
\c[cyan]

These are just off the top of my head that I just tested, there's probably a few more

[Darcia]

This time it will \c[white]wooork!!!