Custom Text Colour PK3 :: 260 New Colours + 100 NEW Colours! *-UPDATE 27/09/24-* SEE LATEST POST FOR MORE INFO!

[CyborG]

And that ALL on GvH!? or you create other pk3 with this colors?

[ArielBoss]

Yeah this sounds very cool, and I agree this should be added in a next update of zandronum. Also, the scoreboard will become a dat rainbow

[Ijon Tichy]

Linux and Mac software users get massively shafted by this; they don't get the Direct2D bullshittery that allows 2D elements to be truecolor even when the rest of the display is paletted.

Just Saiyan

[Fuzzball]

Doesn't stop true colour elements in other mods and packs- this is there to benefit those who can use it.
Software is a choice not a rule~ Not going to turn this into a "Software vs OGL" thing though- this hasn't got anything to do with that and was the subject of much "taunting" when I presented this to certain higher up people on IRC...

That and apparently a 3KB single add-on is WAAAAYYY too much effort to add and should just be a part of the official update! Yeah...let's just make everyone update because of a small text colour addition.

Anyway I am tempted to do a few more colours today and just release the PK3 as it is.
All the colours are labelled and named in the LUMP so if anyone wants to use it for their own mods is MORE than welcome to add it!

[Lollipop]

All the colours are labelled and named in the LUMP so if anyone wants to use it for their own mods is MORE than welcome to add it!

My life is complete now, I didn't know anything so simple could be so brilliant, now I just have to find a way to make this work with dialogue.

[Fuzzball]

C: Well it's the same way they are used ingame and other other method. For example if you wanted the Gold text you would use "\c[M1]"

[Fuzzball]

Alrighties uploaded to Wadhost for a bit so you can get it on the main post!
(Or here if you're lazy ... )
http://wadtemp.fathax.com/files/NewTextColours1.pk3

[mr fiat]

very nice ;)

[Impact]

Hey-hey, I like this, now the jumpmaze server isn't full of people with plain red names

[Klofkac]

I noticed many colours look rather bad in console. Could you fix it?

[Fuzzball]

I noticed many colours look rather bad in console. Could you fix it?

Oh some of them I may have messed up on the coding thing- let me have a looksee and get some fixing done! C:

Any other colour ideas you people have that I can make? I'm open for suggestions and requests!

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Console stuff is fixed! Added a couple new colours too~
http://wadtemp.fathax.com/files/NewTextColours1_0.pk3

[chesse20]

where do i put in these mods
is it like skins where people who have the same mod can see them but others cant?

[Qent]

Yes, unless it's loaded on the server.

[Fuzzball]

It's also available for those who wish to include it in their own mods~ :3

[chesse20]

Yes, unless it's loaded on the server.

where do i put them?

[Qent]

You can put it in skins/.

[Catastrophe]

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).

Unreadable? \co
I agree with aenima it would be really nice to see some new colors.

Actually, can I get permission to use this for a wad I'm working on? Also how do I use the new colors, what do I type in the chat?

[Fuzzball]

Actually, can I get permission to use this for a wad I'm working on? Also how do I use the new colors, what do I type in the chat?

Of course you can use them! That's what I made them for! :D
Just look inside the PK3- there is the TEXTCOLOR.txt lump- you can open that in Notepad to get the codes needed.

For example- Sky Blue = C1 -
That means you would type "\c[C1]Blah blah blah" to get it.

[Ænima]

So the brackets are necessary?

[Qent]

Yes.