Posted by Bishop on March 6, 2000 at 16:36:12:
In Reply to: Re: Color in Zmud posted by Tharena on March 6, 2000 at 12:26:57:
> > How do i color the things like damage, tells, yells, "im beeing attacked by" and so on in zmud?
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> There is a whole help file on it in zmud, for what color is what, but the command is #color. You can change the background and foreground colors both, depending on a numerical value, though you can also use color words like 'blue', 'green', 'brown', 'orange', and so forth. Best to experiment with it.
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> Help #COLOR
> Syntax: #CO attribute [pattern]
> Related: #HIGHLIGHT
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> Example
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> If the pattern parameter is left out, this command changes the color of the last line received from the MUD. The color attribute can be a numeric attribute (compatible with the attribute values used by the text modes of DOS) or can be a combination of string values listed below, separated by commas.
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> If the pattern is included, a trigger is created to color any line matching the given pattern with the specified color.
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> Color values:
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> black 0
> blue 1
> green 2
> cyan 3
> red 4
> magenta 5
> brown 6
> gray 7
> yellow 14
> white 15
> bold 128
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> to make a color brighter, add 8 to the base value. For example, 9 is bright blue. To change the background color, rather than the foreground, multiply the base value by 16. For example, to get a red background, use 4*16 or 64. To make the foreground font bold, add 128 to the value.
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> Thus, a bold white on a blue background would be 128 + 1*16 + 15 = 159.
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> To set up color triggers, set your pattern to whatever it is you want to colorize, remembering that you have to get the capture exactly, or use variables like %param1, and so forth.
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> An example I use of a color trigger is to keep track of Water Breathing:
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> Colorize: Commune: 'water breathing' modifies none by 0 for (*) hours. -> #color 9
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> Or food and water:
> + General maintenance: You are hungry -> #color brown
> + General maintenance: You are thirsty -> #color blue
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> Of course, Carrion Fields already has color for things like tells, yells, damage words, and so forth. Just type 'color'. =P
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> - Tharena