Improbable Island

Colours

I did not name these colours! I used the names they were given in the coding, just so you know.
Some of the colours below appear different against a white background, I'll… um… post a picture or something, maybe.

Basic Colours

`~ Black

`1 Dark Blue (000040)
`2 Dark Green (004000)
`3 Dark Cyan (004040)
`4 Dark Red (400000)
`5 Dark Magenta (400040)
`6 Dark Yellow (404000)
`7 Dark White (303030)
`0 Default (111111) (previews as green)

`! Light Blue (000060)
`@ Light Green (006000)
`# Light Cyan (006060)
`$ Light Red (600000)
`% Light Magenta (600060)
`^ Light Yellow (606000)
`& Light White (505050)
`) Light Black (222222)

Other Colours

`q Dark Orange (4a2100)
`Q Light Orange (994400)
`e Dark Rust (8d6060)
`E Light Rust (b07878)
`R Rose (9f819f)
`t Light Brown (8f7d47)
`T Dark Brown (6b563f)
`y Khaki (f0e68c)
`Y Dark Khaki (5f5b35)
`p Light Salmon (8f6859)
`P Salmon (7f5d4f)

`g `G Extra Light Green (009900)
`j Mid Grey (444444)
`J Mid Blue (0000f0)
`k Aquamarine (7fffd4)
`K Dark Sea Green (8fbc8f)
`l Dark Link Blue (004c7f)
`L Light Link Blue (0069af)

`x Burly Wood (deb887)
`X Beige (f5f5dc)
`v Ice-Violet (6d7b9f)
`V Blue-Violet (9A5bee)
`m Wheat (f5deb3)
`M Tan (d2b48c)

`H formats text to look like a hyperlink. The colour will appear differently to players, depending on what theme they are using.

Formatting

All formatting tags must be closed.

Typeset

`i `h will produce italics. Italicised text will not show up in the preview. You MUST close your italics, or italics will NOT WORK for any other player until your faulty comment is pushed off the top of the page!
`b will produce bold text. Bold does not work in commentary; but will in Distractions, Bios, and Clan Descriptions/MotD.

‘{ `} will produce fixed width font. It doesn’t seem to matter what combination you use the brackets in.
‘[ `] will produce comic sans font. Again, it doesn’t seem to matter what combination you use the brackets in.
`; will produce a smaller font size, but when I tested it, it seemed to break the text beneath it, despite closing the tags.

Alignment

`c centre
`> right align
`< left align

`n creates a line break

Other Characters

`w inserts the name of your current weapon.
You type: :pets his `w and smiles, a `%crazy glint `&in his eye.
In preview: Joe Blow from Kokomo pets his and smiles, a crazy glint in his eye.
Appears as: Joe Blow from Kokomo pets his Rusty Chainsaw and smiles, a crazy glint in his eye.
NOTE: Testing suggests that this works in distractions, but not chat.

Non-functional characters

`r will preview as Rose, but does not work.
You type: :this is a `rtest message.
In preview: Joe Blow from Kokomo this is a test message.
Appears as: Joe Blow from Kokomo this is a `rtest message.

`: seems to have no effect on your text
You type: :this is a `:test message.
In preview: Joe Blow from Kokomo this is a test message.
Appears as: Joe Blow from Kokomo this is a test message.

All other characters not listed above will display exactly as typed.
You type: :this is a `Wtest message.
In preview: Joe Blow from Kokomo this is a `Wtest message.
Appears as: Joe Blow from Kokomo this is a `Wtest message.

A note on colours and formatting

There are four areas that these codes can be used:

» Commentary (aka chat) - chat areas and natterfeeds in bios
» Distractions - PMs sent to other players
» Character Biographies
» Character names and titles

Codes that work in one place may not work in another. For example, the tilde (~) shows up as black in chat, distractions, bios, and character names; but DOES NOT work in character titles. When setting a title, the tilde will be ignored, and the next character will be combined with the accent mark (‘). I don’t recommend using `0 (default colour) in your title, it previews as green, and will always look weird until you hit enter.
You type: `$A `~Title `5of `~Awesome`@ness
You intended: A Title of Awesomeness
Previews as: A itle of `Awesomeness

I have not personally tested every code in every situation. Oddities that I know about (such as the unavailability of bold (`b) in commentary) are indicated above.

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