Merchant Archive
Thread: Color Signs and more than one line....?
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Zahlya
Sun Jul 25, 2004 4:22 am
#1
Can someone pls tell me...I am a Merchant 
how do I add color to the sign of my shop and have it in 2-3 diff lines (hard returns). When I hit "enter" it closes the window but don't know what else to do. Any help will be appreciated.
how do I add color to the sign of my shop and have it in 2-3 diff lines (hard returns). When I hit "enter" it closes the window but don't know what else to do. Any help will be appreciated.
TheEpitaph
Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:04 am
#2
The color is from using HTML code; if you're not familiar with it a quick search on the net will turn up some good info (easy stuff).
The centering and multiple lines are done by using the notepad in game, then cut and paste. First go into options while in game (ctrl + O) then go to keymap and assign keys for cut, copy, paste. Then use /notepad to open notepad, type in what you want the sign to say, use the cut key, open the sign window, paste...done!
LadyGrace
Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:41 am
#3
What he said .. and just to clarify about the html color, its not html code per se, its Hex color code prefaced by a backslash.
For example:
\#ff0000 = red
\#00ff00 = green
\#0000ff = blue
You can do a search for hex color codes on the web to bring up a chart.
Oh and one more thing, the game seems to bea bit restricted in which codes it reads, even with the "web-safe" codes sometimes 3 different similar codes will bring up the exact same color in-game. I usually test on a backpack to see how the color will turn out :>
SargusQuintek
Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:37 pm
#4
Here is a site where you can get the color codes.
http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/reference/color_codes/
l33thaxx0rnam3
Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:19 am
#5
LadyGrace wrote:
Oh and one more thing, the game seems to bea bit restricted in which codes it reads, even with the "web-safe" codes sometimes 3 different similar codes will bring up the exact same color in-game. I usually test on a backpack to see how the color will turn out :>
This is true. I tried to do a sign with three shades of yellow, and it would not let me. (Although I'm almost positive they worked in December)
I love the backpack idea so much I'm going to steal it. Darn good idea.
Feisen
Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:47 pm
#6
Vorpaks wrote:
TheEpitaph wrote:The color is from using HTML code; if you're not familiar with it a quick search on the net will turn up some good info (easy stuff).The centering and multiple lines are done by using the notepad in game, then cut and paste. First go into options while in game (ctrl + O) then go to keymap and assign keys for cut, copy, paste. Then use /notepad to open notepad, type in what you want the sign to say, use the cut key, open the sign window, paste...done!
Just to understand this better, you use html like < br > for line breaks and < center > for centering?
Thanks!
No, you don't need to actually use html (except for the hex color codes). After you have set up your copy and paste commands, you simply type what you want your sign to say in your notepad like:
#66ccffHouse of Lotus
#66ccccMaster Weapons - Furniture - Food - Vehicles
#66cc99Never An Empty Vendor
I then go back and put in the "\" before each color code (it's just easier that way). Copy it and paste it into the change sign name box. The text will automatically center for each line. One problem I do find is sometimes I have to add "..." to the end of the lines because my words get truncated by the code somehow (I just keep adding periods until I can see all my letters). It usually takes me a couple of tries to get the sign perfect.
Dimear
Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:01 pm
#7
You don't actually need the html color codes either. The easiest way to put color and lines in a sign (or backpack) is to open up microsoft word, type what you want in a few lines, color the letters as you want (using the text color tool in word), and copy and paste into the SWG house name. It'll look really wierd when you paste it, but click ok and see what happens. And the letters will automatically be centered, so no need to get too fancy with word.
Vorpaks
Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:42 am
#8
TheEpitaph wrote:The color is from using HTML code; if you're not familiar with it a quick search on the net will turn up some good info (easy stuff).The centering and multiple lines are done by using the notepad in game, then cut and paste. First go into options while in game (ctrl + O) then go to keymap and assign keys for cut, copy, paste. Then use /notepad to open notepad, type in what you want the sign to say, use the cut key, open the sign window, paste...done!
Just to understand this better, you use html like < br > for line breaks and < center > for centering?
Thanks!
Dronayus
Fri Aug 06, 2004 1:52 pm
#9
text colors are changed by using html code. The proper syntax is (backslash) # (html code) (backslash) (space) (name of shop). So it would looks like this: \#FF0000\ My Shop of Horrors. For a shop sign to be yellow you'd type in: \#FFFF00\ My Shop of Horrors. To find a full list of html code and what colors they correspond to click here. You'll find a large tree of html code and what colors they match. Simply substitute the code in your command line and you should get that color
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