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Wanderer Joined: 20 Dec 2001 Posts: 56 Location: USA

I remember in 6.40, if I entered "color" or "cw" in the index for help, it would give me a list, by number, of all the colors.

the idea being I set up triggers for stuff like when you get disarmed.

i.e.

#tr {DISARMS you and sends your weapon flying!} {#cw 666}

in the help files, there was a description about how to adjust the background color, the foreground color, and how to bold the colors, by using math. i.e. add 8 to the basic color's # to make it bold, so that if 1 was blue, then 9 would be bold blue. then multiply by 16 to make the background orange, or whatever.

well, that's what I"m trying to find. the math. I can't find it in the help files in 6.62 when I look at color or cw in the help files.

Wanderer Joined: 26 Jan 2001 Posts: 74

I dunno if that is still in the help files or not, but I happened to have it handy in a text file.

quote:
...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.

Thus, a bold white on a blue background would be 128 + 1*16 + 15 = 159.

Ana

Wanderer Joined: 20 Dec 2001 Posts: 56 Location: USA

perfect!! that's it!!!

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

The list got taken out since it would have to be duplicated in 7 places, and a specific numeric value could always be achieved by the %color function.

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

Actually, most of us who actually are interested in knowing details such as this would probably be satisfied with having it in one place (which is how it was before). A function isn't the same as having the actual information, and isn't always as convenient or useful. Even if you never use it, others will.

I appreciate that a lot of work and thought went into revising the helpfiles. Please don't be offended if we don't all agree that every change was for the better. It's actually possible that some things might have been better before, and that others would be better in a mixture of how it was and how it is now.

Wanderer Joined: 20 Dec 2001 Posts: 56 Location: USA

vijilante, what do you mean, referencing the %color function?

also, how do you do underlining? I did it "accidnetally", must've jacked up my math somehow, but I would LOVE to know how to set up a trigger to underline stuff that I feel is important.

EDIT - did searches for underlining, didn't find a response, nor did I find it in the help files.

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

Underline is 256.
#SHOW %color( under) // 256
For instance, to underline cyan text (3) on a black background (0), it's 3 + 256 = 259.
#SHOW %ansi( 259)cyan

%color isn't very helpful for this, since it calculates the number for an underlined cyan background if you put under first
#SHOW %color( under,cyan) //304

and ignores under if it's not first.
#SHOW %color( cyan,under) //3
#SHOW %color( cyan,black,under) //3

Fortunately, you can underline by simpling using the word "under" with %ansi, #CW, etc.
#SHOW %ansi( under,3)cyan
#SHOW %ansi( cyan,under)cyan
#TR {underline} {#CW under}

Wanderer Joined: 20 Dec 2001 Posts: 56 Location: USA

hurm...so let's say I wanted to underline the "bash" message a bright cyan background with a bold blue foreground font

blue = 1, bold = 128 (129 for foreground font)
cyan = 3, bright = 8 (11*16 = 176 for background)
256 for underline

#tr {You SLAM into} {#cw 561}

does my feeble mind follow?

EDIT - WHOA!!! just made the effort...holy schmackers, that makes the stuff blink!!! 'the hell did I do that???

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

Bright colors aren't allowed for background. So it's
Blue foreground = 1
Cyan background = 3*16 = 48
Bold = 128
Under = 256
1 + 48 + 128 + 156 = 433

It's much simpler to just use the words:
#TR {You SLAM into} {#CW bold,blue,cyan,under}

Newbie Joined: 16 Apr 2003 Posts: 5

If all else fails, you can just do this...

#variable colorcount 0;#REPEAT 5000 {#show TEST COLOR @colorcount;#COLOR @colorcount; #MATH colorcount @colorcount+1}

...and ZMud will spit out the whole list. Hope you don't have epilepsy. :D

Wanderer Joined: 20 Dec 2001 Posts: 56 Location: USA

OH GOD MY EYES!!! i actually did that. quite....interesting.

how the heck you get that blinking?

so far, it's +8 for "bright", *16 for background adjustment, +128 for bold, and +256 for underline.

what's the math for blinking?

EDIT - whoa...just reread LightBulb's reply.

it is a whole helluva lot easier to do it that way, using words.

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

#SHOW %color( blink)