Should AR Have more colors?

[bassball]

I like it exactly how it is, I am not sure if GMud auto colors things different then others, but the way it is when I play it is plenty of color, I hate the muds when everything has a color, not only is it annoying to have the word, red(or whatever), in ever desc but it is even more annoying to have it colored that way to, I am not saying a change shouldn't be made if people want it, but I think it should be optional and customizable, like most of you have said, kind of like when they put in the new score style, that bugged the crap out of me, so being able to choose between the old and new was nice, so making it optional or whatever would be good

But I also think messing with the scheme of things, you will find that it is very easy to go overboard and add too much color, just like alot of the other muds



I hope most of that was understandable......

[Ashr]

Yes. 2 of 3 people I've invited here wouldn't play because of the colors. I think I'm not being clear. There is a poll for more colors on AR. I haven't voted because my position isn't represented. The way I see it, adding colors to AR will mostly just annoy the current playerbase that likes no/few colors, while not adding colors will annoy people who like more colors, or, for those who aren't willing to write up a lot of color-triggers, it will simply discourage them from playing. My solution would be to make customizeable colors, and when you turn colors on, it will tell you about the customization options. Then new people who think the default scheme is too bland can tweak it to their heart's content. That way, everyone wins. If people want it as-is, they can play it that way, if they want more colors, they can play that way as well.

[Davairus]

Well we already have customizable colors a bit.

[goofy]

i like putting color sectors and weather. its great.

[Erlwith]

I like the new color options. (Sector colors on exit display, etc.)

[beia]

I like the sectors, but still titles would be awsome!

[Caris]

I always thought there should be on option to color tells, too. I finally figured out to color mine using zmud, but an option to turn on or off would be nice.

The option to turn colors on or off is a great compromise. I turned all my on at the beginning, but some don't appear to work very well, and some important ones seemed to be missing (like tells).

[Vhrael]

Tells are already green. It's a simple thing to substitute different colors if you want that too.

[Caris]

[Vhrael]

If it's an older version of zMud, I don't know what to tell you... but I use version 5.55 and I can change all of the text colors (background, default, commands, etc.).

Also, if you can't change the settings to alter colors, you could always use triggers... for example:

#trigger {* tells you '*} {#cw blue}

[Caris]

Oh, yes..thank you. I did figure out the trigger thing, it just took me a while as I'm not that familiar with programming for it. It's actually the latest version so I'm sure it does way more than I even know.

Is there a way to change the room name to a different color than the room description? That would be helpful to me.

Thanks in advance

[Vhrael]

Try toggling "color sector" on in the game. It'll change the room titles to the color of the terrain sector you're in (forest - green, etc.). There's not another way of doing it that I know of.

[Erlwith]

It's not that easy to color things that don't have a trigger line, Vhrael.

[Vhrael]

Such as?