Change the color of an items name

[Kouri]

I wanted to share this little tidbit, but I was not sure what section to put it in so this one won.

I have been doing this for a bit to give items some separation, mainly for artifact rarity. Simple little entry that will change the color of an items name. I know that on the RunUO servers M309 showed some interest in this.

this.Name = "<BASEFONT COLOR=#A335EE>Item Name</font>";

Below is a link to a color chart.

http://www.theodora.com/html_colors.html

Just edit the A335EE to the color you want it to be and your set.

 

[xG00BERx]

Along with this I have always used this website for HTML Color Codes and it helps a lot with whatever language whether it be for websites or whatever:
http://html-color-codes.info/

 

[Kouri]

One other thing, this can also be used to change the name color of a mobile also, not just items.

 

[Talow]

http://www.runuo.com/community/threads/baseweapon-cs-color-modification.99301/

 

[Po0ka]

Mobiles have namehue property, i wish the items also had that by default.

 

[Kilra Yan]

How to change color of an item name for example, which I need to pass as variable?

I tested

this.Name = String.Format("<BASEFONT COLOR=#1EFF00>{0}<BASEFONT COLOR=#FFFFFF>", itemname );

and name just disappear.

If I use instead

this.Name = "<BASEFONT COLOR=#A335EE>test</font>";

I have the item with correct color but with "test" as name.



I definitely dont know if is a bug or not but items seems like many items do not have names (null as name)

 

[Norman Lancaster]

In the first example you are not using the </font> tag. Look at the differences in the two. Also if this is a bug it'd be on the client side.

 

[Kilra Yan]

Nono many items returns null when name is prompted... in [props you see Name -> null

they have a label number

the answer to a possible workaround lies here, (I took a few time to discover).

http://www.runuo.com/community/threads/item-name.537395/

but having still trouble during cicloc conversion which makes server crash which occurs due to null exception

 

[Po0ka]

the answer to a possible workaround lies here, (I took a few time to discover).

http://www.runuo.com/community/threads/item-name.537395/

I'd love to assist as much as i can but i can't do much continuous support.

Here's what i concluded,
string newName = "";
when no name or default name: Cliloc.Convert(item.LabelNumber, null);
when default name: item.DefaultName;
when named: item.Name;

Then, call in:
from.Send( new UnicodeMessage( item.Serial, item.ItemID, MessageType.Label, <<addhuehere>>, 3, "", "", newName));

As for how to display that on click, there are various ways, be sure to check OnSingleClick first.

Here is the cliloc file.

 

[zerodowned]

it should also be noted that adding a hue to an item's name will result in html coding to show up when you do the ctrl + shift
instead of the item's name in the little window that pops ups, you'll see something like BASEFONT COLOR

 

[Po0ka]

Yea, overriding the OnSingleClick method to show the color is prefferable, but that is a different story when the AOS property list is enabled xD

 

[Kilra Yan]

Unfortunatly the EC client do not manage any basefont or color methods, so name will be displayed in the same yellow fun way everytime