HTML Font Colors In Byond Games!?

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Oct 18 2005, 11:38 am
I have a question what do I have to do for HTML codes to work in Text, and Name changes. I doesn't work in any of my games. Like <:font color=COLORNAMEORNUMBERHERE>TEXT HERE (NOTE remove the : )
Oct 18 2005, 11:45 am
Yep..and close the font..I'm not ocmpletely sure about the numbers though cuz I dont use them, but I'm sure you can.
Oct 18 2005, 12:10 pm
In response to Mecha Destroyer JD
Mecha Destroyer JD wrote:
Yep..and close the font..I'm not ocmpletely sure about the numbers though cuz I dont use them, but I'm sure you can.

Still didn't work I just tryed it in my game <font color=ffa500>TEXT HERE</font color>
Oct 18 2005, 12:11 pm
In response to Kiyo Takamine
Should..I use it all the time:
usr << "<font color = red>Hello!</font>"
Oct 18 2005, 12:17 pm
In response to Mecha Destroyer JD
Mecha Destroyer JD wrote:
Should..I use it all the time:
usr << "<font color = red>Hello!</font>"


<:font color = FFCC66>Kiyo Takamine</font> logged in!
(Remove the : ) I just input that into my name in the game and it still didn't show up o.O what am I doing wrong? do I need to enter a code for the numbers?
Oct 18 2005, 12:19 pm
In response to Kiyo Takamine
You need the # character before the hex color value, remove the spaces from your html tag too, and close them!

<font color=#FFCC66>Kiyo Takamine logged in!</font>
Oct 18 2005, 12:21 pm
In response to Kiyo Takamine
Kiyo Takamine wrote:
Mecha Destroyer JD wrote:
Should..I use it all the time:
usr << "<font color = red>Hello!</font>"

<:font color = FFCC66>Kiyo Takamine</font> logged in!
(Remove the : ) I just input that into my name in the game and it still didn't show up o.O what am I doing wrong? do I need to enter a code for the numbers?

you're missing the # in the <:font color = FFCC66>
Oct 18 2005, 12:29 pm
In response to Nadrew
Nadrew wrote:
You need the # character before the hex color value, remove the spaces from your html tag too, and close them!

> <font color=#FFCC66>Kiyo Takamine logged in!</font>
>


I just typed that into the chat box in my game and its not working in my game period! Do I have to add in something into my game code?
Oct 18 2005, 12:33 pm
In response to Kiyo Takamine
Yes..When you outptu soemthing to the players screen..ie :
usr << "<font color =whatever> texthere </font>"

Just typing it in won't make it the default font color for the whole game.
Oct 18 2005, 12:50 pm
In response to Mecha Destroyer JD
You don't understand, I enter it in correctly but it never works!

say" <:font color=#FFCC66>Kiyo Takamine logged in!</font>

On the chat box its says this
Kiyo Takamine: <:font color=#FFCC66>Kiyo Takamine logged in!</font>

when It should be that color that I typed in! not the whole code.

(Romove the : )
Oct 18 2005, 12:52 pm
In response to Kiyo Takamine
you could just have the #C0C0C0 in quotes too
Oct 18 2005, 12:57 pm
In response to Kiyo Takamine
Are you using any libraries? Most social libaries use html_encode() in their say verbs. Even if you're not using a library, it sounds as if you've got html_encode() somewhere in your code.

P.S. You might want to take a look at a recent post I made, as it addresses some concerns related to html and color.
Oct 18 2005, 12:57 pm
In response to King Gunnerblast
King Gunnerblast wrote:
you could just have the #C0C0C0 in quotes too

what? anyway I edited my last post
Oct 18 2005, 1:08 pm
In response to Kiyo Takamine
Kiyo Takamine wrote:
King Gunnerblast wrote:
you could just have the #C0C0C0 in quotes too

what? anyway I edited my last post

He means something like this.
usr<<"<font color=\"#C0C0C0\">Hi.</font>"


Also, make sure you don't have html_encode() anywhere in your game, as what it'll do is prevent HTML, html_encode is called like this:
usr<<"[html_encode(msg)]"

//Or...

msg=html_encode(msg)
usr<<"[msg]"
Oct 18 2005, 1:09 pm
In response to Mega fart cannon
Hey! Your so helpful! XD I just look through my code and I have html_encode() in my verbs and stuff thanks now I can use HTML thank you! and I have one more question can someone give me a change Text color verb? So that the colors you change to will stay permanent until you log out?
Oct 18 2005, 1:10 pm
In response to Kiyo Takamine
 
<font color="#FFCC66"></font>

<font color="#FFCC66">This is what it looks like.</font>
Oct 18 2005, 1:16 pm
In response to King Gunnerblast
Yes, but I don't think the tags will work outside of the "".
Oct 18 2005, 1:17 pm
In response to King Gunnerblast
King Gunnerblast wrote:
<font color="#FFCC66"></font>

<font color="#FFCC66">This is what it looks like.</font>

I know... I fixed it though I found out what the problem is though but now I want a change text color code!
Oct 18 2005, 1:22 pm
In response to Kiyo Takamine
For storing color data, you'll want to use a variable. For displaying it, you'll need to output that variable in your functions somewhere. Alternately, you could change the player's name to include the color data, but I don't advise this route.
client
    var
        name_color = "000000"
    verb
        set_color(var/color_text as text)
            if(valid_color())
                name_color = color_text
        display_name_with_color()
            src << "<span style=\"color:[name_color];\">[mob.name]</span>"


You'll need to create your own method of checking the user's input to see if it is a valid color value; if you don't, the user might abuse this feature to include malicious values.
Oct 19 2005, 5:38 am
In response to Mecha Destroyer JD
Mecha Destroyer JD wrote:
Should..I use it all the time:
usr << "<font color = red>Hello!</font>"


Never put space between the attribute (color) and the value (red). This is invalid HTML. It does work in BYOND, but should be avoided at all costs because it's wrong and is not predictable across browsers.

I need to find out who started teaching the community this horrible practice, and smack them around. Is there a tutorial or someplace where you learned to do this wrong?

Lummox JR
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