Okay, so I recently found this!
I knew from reading the Color helpfile that TBA supports Dark/Bright Orange and Pink, but I didn't think anything more of it until recently. When I read it again, it said "256 Support"... and that made me want to find the other 200 of them!!
I scoured the helpfiles, and there it was under my nose: OLC-COLOR.
While in OLC, color is handled through the '@' codes, but must be manually
converted to a tab through the following means:
> @RRed@n
> /t
(All @'s toggled into Tabs)
> /s
> /q
Usage:
x = [f:foreground or b:background]
RGB = is red, green, blue
Examples:
@[f500] = foreground full Red
@[f513] - Foreground color of Red-5, Green-1, and Blue-3
@[b315] - Background color of Red-3, Green-1, and Blue-5
All 256 Color combinations can be seen by "show colour".
Advanced Examples:
HELP CLASS = A basic MXP link for HELP CLASS
Rook = Creates a rook icon, or display the word Rook if the player's
client doesn't have that functionality
= Would play ouch.wav on an MXP/MSP capable client.
this is a menu link
= Sends an expandable pop-up menu, complete with mouse-over tool tip on an
MXP capable client.
tbamud.com/forum/4-development/167-3-63-...-and-information#167
See also: @, ANSI, PROMPT, TOGGLE, SHOW-COLOUR
It has very helpful information as to how to use color in the text editor, as well. C: But, most important to my search, it reveals the trick to using 256 colors!! We all know how to use normal colors, by using @ in conjunction with an upper- or lower-case letter (@RBright Red@n, for example), but more colors are available by using @ with a bracketed color-code! It's shown really well in the bold!
I found it super useful to make an image of the codes for quick and easy comparisons. If you have Mudlet, you can also select the color codes and copy the HTML from the client, then paste into a txt or html document. Save and close, and when you open it -- depending on your text editor -- the html should display the codes just as you see them in the MUD!
But here's a pic for you guys, attached below. And why not, have my text file, too!
ENJOY!! I've been so thrilled since I discovered them!!!
