Colour codes in adjectives

Tortus · Post by **Tortus** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:42 am

Yesterday it was brought up in an ask whether using colour codes in one's adjective was permitted or not. I answered that it wasn't, because I was told such once a long time ago.

I was questioned about where I'd heard it OOCly by another player council member, and since neither of us really knew any official ruling on this, I'm posting here.

Is it against the rules of FK to use colour codes in the standard, permanent adjectives (as opposed to temporary changes like with polymorph), and if so, could this be added to the help file for adjectives?

Dalvyn · Post by **Dalvyn** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:15 am

I think that uncoloured adjectives fit better in the FK theme.

What struck me (nearly blind) the few times I checked other muds was all the horrible colours in the "who" list or in the room/object descriptions, so I, for one, would prefer to keep FK more "neutral", less flashy with respect to colours.

Tortus · Post by **Tortus** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:01 pm

Yea, this was pretty much what I was told when I asked some two years ago, and I agree.

The only problem is that it's not in the helpfile, which would probably be a good thing considering that players who are used to flashy muds are coming to FK now that our mudconnector rank is starting to soar.

Kregor · Post by **Kregor** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:52 pm

The other problem is targeting, as I've encountered by someone who annoyingly used color codes in their disguised description:

{80}cloaked and hooded...

Now try and target cloaked. You can't, and it was annoying to the extreme because the code would have wanted the color code to in order to do the look command.

Selveem · Post by **Selveem** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:20 pm

Completely agree that color codes should not be used as adjectives. I find them more an eyesore than anything.

Japcil · Post by **Japcil** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:48 pm

Updated the adjective helpfile:

Helpfiles wrote:Adjective
=========
Syntax: adjective <adjective>

The adjective replaces your default descriptive adjectives based on your
appearance with one of your choosing. Be aware that it must be under 25
characters in length, and once you change your adjective, it cannot be
changed again. You cannot set your adjective after level 25.

The adjective replaces the one to two describing words of your character.
You can find out what your current adjective is by glancing at yourself
or fingering yourself.

A tall slender female human is here.
The adjective would replace the words "tall" and "slender". You keep the
articles, sex and race.

An adjective should not be a feeling or an emotion. For instance changing
your adjective to "grinning" would not be appropriate as your character will
not always be so. It does not look right in a roleplay when A grinning male
halfling starts to sob. The best tactic is to choose an attribute of your
character that stands out. For instance hair colour, skin colour, eye colour
scars and so on.

Please do not use colour code in your adjective, it is against the rules
and makes it removes the coloured word from your target list for the 'look'
command.

Mask · Post by **Mask** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:00 am

A better solution to this problem would be to add: 'it is not possible to use colour codes in your adjective' to the help file, and make the 'adjective' command reject colour codes.

Japcil · Post by **Japcil** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:25 am

Agreed, that would be a better solution.

Mask · Post by **Mask** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:28 am

Code updated - awaiting copyover.

Japcil · Post by **Japcil** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:19 am

Did you set it to not accept the command if {} are present? Or just that they do not change the color and show as regular text?

Japcil · Post by **Japcil** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:26 am

If the change is present on the tport it may be bugged. I had a level 4 and attempted to change the adj and got "A deity is required to set an adjective beyond level 25." Tried with and without colour code present.

Kregor · Post by **Kregor** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:48 pm

Can you also do this to reject colour codes in the "disguise" command, Marty?

Kelemvor · Post by **Kelemvor** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:30 am

If using color codes in disguise or polymorph is an issue - for example with commands which employ the adjective such as look or track - please open another thread. It would be unfair to piggy back that change onto this one and not allow interested parties to discuss it.