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Colors on Shadowgate

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Enable colors:   %^ORANGE%^<set tern ansi>%^RESET%^
Disable colors:  %^ORANGE%^<set term unknown>%^RESET%^

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You can use %^ORANGE%^<set>%^RESET%^ to choose whether to play the game with, without colors, or without certain types of colors. We support many terminal options, and more can be added. See %^ORANGE%^<help set>%^RESET%^ for more customization options.

You can use colors to crayon your adjective and describe, as well as your say and speech pattern, emotes, books, letters, background and any item you craft. There are 15 colors available to players, all of which can be accessed using the color codes below. They were first developed for Nightmare Mud by Pinkfish@Discworld.

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The following color codes and their associated colors are available on Shadowgate:

  %^RESET%^%^BLUE%^%%%^^^BLUE%%%^^^      %^BOLD%^%%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^%%%^^^BLUE%%%^^^     %^RESET%^%^B_BLUE%^%^BLACK%^%%%^^^B_BLUE%%%^^^%^RESET%^
  %^RESET%^%^CYAN%^%%%^^^CYAN%%%^^^      %^BOLD%^%%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^%%%^^^CYAN%%%^^^     %^RESET%^%^B_CYAN%^%^BLACK%^%%%^^^B_CYAN%%%^^^%^RESET%^
  %^RESET%^%^GREEN%^%%%^^^GREEN%%%^^^     %^BOLD%^%%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^%%%^^^GREEN%%%^^^    %^RESET%^%^B_GREEN%^%^BLACK%^%%%^^^B_GREEN%%%^^^%^RESET%^
  %^RESET%^%^RED%^%%%^^^RED%%%^^^       %^BOLD%^%%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^%%%^^^RED%%%^^^      %^RESET%^%^B_RED%^%^BLACK%^%%%^^^B_RED%%%^^^%^RESET%^
  %^RESET%^%^ORANGE%^%%%^^^ORANGE%%%^^^    %^BOLD%^%%%^^^YELLOW%%%^^^           %^RESET%^%^B_ORANGE%^%^BLACK%^%%%^^^B_ORANGE%%%^^^%^RESET%^
  %^RESET%^%^MAGENTA%^%%%^^^MAGENTA%%%^^^   %^BOLD%^%%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^%%%^^^MAGENTA%%%^^^  %^RESET%^%^B_MAGENTA%^%^BLACK%^%%%^^^B_MAGENTA%%%^^^%^RESET%^
  %^RESET%^%%%^^^WHITE%%%^^^     %^BOLD%^%%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^%%%^^^WHITE%%%^^^    %^RESET%^%^B_WHITE%^%^BLACK%^%%%^^^B_WHITE%%%^^^%^RESET%^
                %^BOLD%^%^BLACK%^%%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^%%%^^^BLACK%%%^^^    %^RESET%^%^B_BLACK%^%^WHITE%^%%%^^^B_BLACK%%%^^^%^RESET%^

  %%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^    Sets all text following this code to its %^BOLD%^bold value%^RESET%^.
  %%%^^^ULINE%%%^^^   Sets all text following this code to its %^ULINE%^underlined value%^RESET%^.
  %%%^^^RESET%%%^^^   Resets all colors and modifiers and sets color back to white.

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 %^MAGENTA%^*%^RESET%^ Do not use plain black (%%%^^^BLACK%%%^^^). Plain black will meld into the background of most clients. Don't use it even with background colors as clients may disable background colors.
 %^MAGENTA%^*%^RESET%^ Put a %%%^^^RESET%%%^^^ at the start and end of all your colored works.
 %^MAGENTA%^*%^RESET%^ If you use background color make sure you're using high contrast color. Otherwise many clients just won't see the text you've written. Most terminals default to bright colors for background colors.

%^ULINE%^%^CYAN%^Trillet's "Color Code Editor"

You may also want to look for the "Color Code Editor" created by %^BOLD%^%^CYAN%^Trillet%^RESET%^:

%^ULINE%^https://shadowgate.org/wiki/color_editor

Because Flash has been discontinued, you may need to use the debug Flash application.

%^ULINE%^https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html

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%^RESET%^A %^BOLD%^%^CYAN%^bright %^BLUE%^blue %^RESET%^jacket%^RESET%^

%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^A %%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^%%%^^^CYAN%%%^^^bright %%%^^^BLUE%%%^^^blue%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^ jacket%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^

%^ORANGE%^Old %^BOLD%^yellow %^RESET%^%^ORANGE%^boots%^RESET%^

%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^%%%^^^ORANGE%%%^^^Old %%%^^^YELLOW%%%^^^yellow %%%^^^RESET%%%^^^ORANGE%%%^^^boots%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^

%^MAGENTA%^A p%^BOLD%^u%^RESET%^%^MAGENTA%^rp%^BOLD%^l%^RESET%^%^MAGENTA%^e scarf%^WHITE%^:

%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^%%%^^^MAGENTA%%%^^^A p%%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^u%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^%%%^^^MAGENTA%%%^^^rp%%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^l%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^MAGENTA%%%^^^e scarf%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^

%^ULINE%^%^CYAN%^Troubleshooting

If your colors look odd or cause problems, like color-bleeding or strange word-wrapping, please check your text for the following culprits:

 %^MAGENTA%^*%^RESET%^ Have you added a <%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^> every time you wish to change from %^BOLD%^%^GREEN%^bright%^RESET%^ to %^GREEN%^dim%^RESET%^ colors?
 %^MAGENTA%^*%^RESET%^ Have you added a <%%%^^^RESET%%%^^^> to the start and end of the text you wish to color?
 %^MAGENTA%^*%^RESET%^ Have you ensured that there is a <%^GREEN%^ %%%^^^ %^RESET%^> at the start and end of each color, like this:  %%%^^^BOLD%%%^^^%%%^^^BLACK%%%^^^?
 %^MAGENTA%^*%^RESET%^ Are there any additional characters in your code, such an extra %^RESET%^%^GREEN%^%%^RESET%^ or %^RESET%^%^GREEN%^^%^RESET%^?

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set, adjective, describe, speech, craft, setenv, color codes
