Zandronum

As some of you know GVH-LOD has some custom text colouring included within the mod, I myself contributing to many of the newest ones in the latest release!

The idea of having new colours to play about with opens fun options for player names amongst other uses.

My proposal is a very small PK3 add-on that can be applied to servers to allow unique colours to be available to the public for their use. It would be universal and would work with any mod as all the PK3 includes is a TEXTCOLOR.txt lump and nothing more.

When I made newer colours for LOD I wanted a couple more unique designs, some themed to the Ghouls, some random colours and a couple just for fun!

What would you guys say to this if I were to make said server add-on for popular servers? It also can be for general use if a Modder wished for new colours for their own mod when the default Zdoom defaults are not enough.

I already have a few planned, not over the top and unreadable- we're talking shades pleasant to the eyes, colours not normally available and some themed- for example I have made text look like Gold, Silver and Bronze!

Of course there will be some silly ones but mainly it'll be all in good taste!

What I would like to know is that would there be server hosts interested in the idea too- like I said the file size is barely anything compared to most WADS nowadays and it would be one of those little things that make names and other text a lot more unique within the community!

WHERE DO I GET IT?!

Download it here!! VERSION 260



HOW TO USE?
Just plop the PK3 into your Skins folder and that is all there is to it!
Anyone else using it will be able to use the same colours and you'll both see them.

To use the codes in game just do \c[XX] and it'll work just like any other standard coding.

WHAT ARE THE CODES?

Spoiler: Part 1: C M G U V Q S Y E (Open)

[C0] Fabulous
[C1] Sky Blue
[C2] Lime Green
[C3] Rich Yellow
[C4] Strawberry Red
[C5] Tangerine
[C6] Eggplant
[C7] Bubblegum
[C8] Coffee
[C9] Turquiose

[M0] Luxury Rug
[M1] Metal Gold
[M2] Metal Bronze
[M3] Metal Silver
[M4] Emerald Ore
[M5] Sapphire Ore
[M6] Ruby Ore
[M7] Diamond Stash
[M8] Hexagon Tiles
[M9] Famicom Pad

[G0] DoomCom
[G1] Ghost White
[G2] Black Steel
[G3] Contrast
[G4] Alien Blood
[G5] Explosion
[G6] Cacodemon
[G7] Choc Chip Cookie
[G8] Rusty Nails
[G9] Mr Bones

[U0] Patched Dark
[U1] Citrus
[U2] Bloody Mess
[U3] Crazy Rainbow
[U4] Creeper
[U5] Old Jeans
[U6] Muddy Pit
[U7] Lavender
[U8] Skin Tone
[U9] Nightshade

[V0] My Colour
[V1] Ivy Ropes
[V2] Sleek Hardware
[V3] Tropical Lagoon
[V4] Techno Punk
[V5] Dull Bulb
[V6] 20000 Leagues
[V7] Hot Stuff
[V8] A Fine Wine
[V9] Gate of Evil

[Q0] Chilled Sunset
[Q1] Tough Love
[Q2] Warped Heat
[Q3] Oxygen Rich
[Q4] Quake Bricks
[Q5] Baby Boy
[Q6] Nuclear Fumes
[Q7] Trick or Treat
[Q8] Pearly Whites
[Q9] Zandronum

[S0] Lychee Seeds
[S1] Peppermint Cream
[S2] Melon Juice
[S3] Inversion
[S4] Jelly Fish
[S5] Static Telly
[S6] Goop
[S7] Meteallic
[S8] Just Peachy
[S9] Robot Plums

[Y0] Psychotic Mind
[Y1] Cotton Candy
[Y2] Deep Forest
[Y3] Sharp Breath
[Y4] Cream Butter
[Y5] Blowtorch
[Y6] Chocolate Caramel
[Y7] Spaceship Panels
[Y8] Toxic Chemicals
[Y9] Toothpaste

[E0] Pearlescent
[E1] Acid Rush
[E2] Honeycomb
[E3] Shaved Ice
[E4] Autobahn
[E5] Brick Wall
[E6] Dipped in Ink
[E7] Scorched Plasma
[E8] Party Time
[E9] Warning Strip

Spoiler: Part 2: J I D L K N B T O (Open)

[J0] Freezer Burn
[J1] Blueberry Pie
[J2] Lotus Petals
[J3] Appletizer
[J4] Cardboard
[J5] Sour Taste
[J6] Steampunk
[J7] Sandstone
[J8] Fuzzy Handcuffs
[J9] Dust Bunnies

[I0] Dark and Moist
[I1] Cream Soda
[I2] Stick Pile
[I3] Marshmellows
[I4] Crimbo Time
[I5] Pear Salad
[I6] STARTAN
[I7] Seeing Red
[I8] Chlorine
[I9] Iodine Substance

[D0] Doomlings
[D1] Terracotta
[D2] The Sequel
[D3] Squid Paste
[D4] Mensch Maschine
[D5] Earthworm Food
[D6] Passion Fruit
[D7] Majestic
[D8] Apparitions
[D9] Dried Clay

[L0] Skulking About
[L1] Parma
[L2] Holly Bush
[L3] Advanced
[L4] Lemon Cheesecake
[L5] Fake Water
[L6] Bruiser
[L7] Unidronum
[L8] Beetlejuice
[L9] Golden Nails

[K0] Minty Snaps
[K1] Electrified
[K2] Chillout
[K3] GameImp
[K4] P-C-B
[K5] Amethyst Gemstone
[K6] Sepia Photo
[K7] Bruiser PT2
[K8] Knockout
[K9] Lambada

Neon:
[N0] Ultraviolent
[N1] Neon Pink
[N2] Neon Yellow
[N3] Neon Orange
[N4] Neon Green
[N5] Neon Blue
[N6] Neon Purple
[N7] Neon Red
[N8] Neon Cyan
[N9] Phosphorescence

Borders:
[B0] Pink Border
[B1] Red Border
[B2] Blue Border
[B3] Green Border
[B4] Yellow Border
[B5] Purple Border
[B6] Orange Border
[B7] White Border
[B8] Brown Border
[B9] Tan Border

Team Colours:
[T0] Cyan Team
[T1] Red Team
[T2] Blue Team
[T3] Yellow Team
[T4] Green Team
[T5] White Team
[T6] Black Team
[T7] Purple Team
[T8] Pink Team
[T9] Orange Team

[O0] SixtyFour
[O1] Phox
[O2] Sweet Tooth
[O3] Hindsight
[O4] Pumpkin Patch
[O5] Bleed Out
[O6] Marble Hell
[O7] Soaked
[O8] Fruit of Dragons
[O9] Hallucinogenic

Spoiler: Part 3: W H A R Z X F P (Open)

[W0] Lunar Dance
[W1] Under the Sheets
[W2] Bitmapped
[W3] Gun Metal
[W4] Barley Fields
[W5] Orangeberry
[W6] Carmine Jewel
[W7] Aztec Treasures
[W8] VirtualGuy
[W9] Take a Seat

[H0] Oyasumi
[H1] Z3R0
[H2] Konayuki
[H3] FIREBLU
[H4] Tsuyukusa
[H5] Bug Guts
[H6] Akebi
[H7] Freshly Baked
[H8] Momiji Leaves
[H9] Borealis

[A0] Miami Retro
[A1] Large Cola
[A2] All Natural
[A3] Sahara Nights
[A4] Coal Smudges
[A5] Abstract Pastel
[A6] Midori
[A7] Hopeful Future
[A8] Raspberry Pop
[A9] Suikawari

[R0] Meat Eater
[R1] Blue Lock
[R2] Red Lock
[R3] Yellow Lock
[R4] Slab O Fudge
[R5] Aluminium Foil
[R6] Childs Play
[R7] Morning After
[R8] My Colour II
[R9] Cannot Sleep

[Z0] Creme Delight
[Z1] Switch On
[Z2] Reef Surfing
[Z3] Striking it Rich
[Z4] Autumn Crunch
[Z5] Limestone Quarry
[Z6] Bijou
[Z7] Talay Peaks
[Z8] Dusk Blanket
[Z9] Merlot Rose

[X0] Banana Split
[X1] Halogen
[X2] Rotten Tomato
[X3] Crystal Iris
[X4] Cafelatte
[X5] Return Ticket
[X6] Martian Brunch
[X7] Moths Nest
[X8] Ancient Tripping
[X9] Midnight Zircon

[F0] Unterwasser
[F1] Luv Sucka
[F2] Arghoplatz
[F3] Harmorgasbord
[F4] Assimilation
[F5] Oozing Magix
[F6] Rave Green
[F7] Rave Pink
[F8] Rave Yellow
[F9] Rave Blue

[P0] CMYK
[P1] Yaytso
[P2] Drowsy Comfort
[P3] Sabisarada
[P4] Omoiyari
[P5] Iris
[P6] Bells of Time
[P7] Neurofunk
[P8] Sineline
[P9] Cocktail Tears

WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?
Click below to see exactly how they look! In the correct order too so much easier to find now~

Spoiler: C M G U V (Open)

Spoiler: Q S Y E J (Open)

Spoiler: I D L K N B T (Open)

Spoiler: O W H A R (Open)

Spoiler: Z X F P (Open)

Spoiler: Small font examples- Credit to TGMiner! Thank you~ (Open)

I think it won't even need to be PK3 if it has only one lump.

Klofkac wrote: I think it won't even need to be PK3 if it has only one lump.

PK3 Makes it easier to access the TXT file without using special stuff- all I have to do is edit it right inside of WinRAR~

I have 13 colours made up already and it's still only 1KB :P

Fuzzball wrote: not over the top and unreadable- we're talking shades pleasant to the eyes, colours not normally available and some themed-

Thank you! I dislike many of the colors in NS or LOD because they're hard to read. As long as the colors are easy on the eyes, I would rather enjoy having this available.

Yeah I will admit I did go a little over the top with a couple, however many of the older ones in there are just a mess! XD

Don't worry I've been experimenting for a little while now and I've got the method down perfectly. Photoshop is a godsend sometimes :P

More colors would be a godsend, the normal ones are getting a bit dull sometimes if you want to make your name look fancy.

C: Hope to get more support- will ask about a couple servers and stuff.
After I've had dinner I'll post up some pics and examples of what I have so far!

Will it be possible for us to put it in our skin folder so we can have those colors everywhere?
If yes, why bother with test servers? :P

you can put this in your skins folder, but be aware that any unknown colours get rendered as "no translation", which in doom's case is red

keep that in mind when you do this; other people will see red where these special colours are

Of course I do have that in mind. I learned this firsthandly when I used few of my binds which used GVH NS colors outside of GVH NS (and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one).

Well this isn't intended to be in the Skin folder- this would be included in the server wad list- so that everyone can use them!
Just taken some shots- updating the original post now with the examples I've made so far...I will be adjusting a couple of them. Also the outline is a tad lighter on the larger text that the small text so contrast won't be a big deal on some!

Edit: Apparently you can only have 10 images per post...wish I had combined them into one image now D;

I support this, Zandronum has not received a new color since it's launch, so this is a good way to compensate for it.

Can I marry the sky blue color?
I'm pretty sure there is some law somewhere which allows to marry a color

Oh, nice, you managed to create much better rainbow colour than I did.
Also, are you going to create border colours? (They were in kgbuild)

Klofkac wrote: Oh, nice, you managed to create much better rainbow colour than I did.
Also, are you going to create border colours? (They were in kgbuild)

Border colours? It's a thing- I made a couple based on the ones in LOD (also in the updated versions of it) so that is certainly a thing!

Just realised too I missed a shade when copying into a PNG for that...so ignore that transparent line on the rainbow one :P

I vote for these to be included in Zandronum by default, as long as that doesn't interfere with ZDoom backport ability.

These in LOD were actually the ones from kgbuild...

Ænima wrote: I vote for these to be included in Zandronum by default, as long as that doesn't interfere with ZDoom backport ability.

They're nice, but I feel like that would make it harder to update and prevent server admins from disabling it if they think it's unreadable ("Black Steel" looks like it's getting there).

Ooh well then~
I've made similar to them- but not exactly the same- slight difference in the code means there is less colour "noise" in the borders~
Enjoy some more text colours!

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Sorry for double post but again image limit thing~ :P

And some borders as promised!

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Qent wrote:

Ænima wrote: I vote for these to be included in Zandronum by default, as long as that doesn't interfere with ZDoom backport ability.

They're nice, but I feel like that would make it harder to update and prevent server admins from disabling it if they think it's unreadable ("Black Steel" looks like it's getting there).

Agreed- I would rather keep these as a PK3 to be included in server lists- I may make Black Steel a tad lighter too- like I said these are all easy to edit and make so I'm not fussed...and opinions are good! :D

There are so many good colors that I dunno which ones I would use >.<
Keep up the good work, and the naming is epic BTW.

NOTE: I can see some of these text colors being used in wads, they have potential for being used for speech (like if you got an evil flesh creature you can use bloody mess or something)