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[Metajoe]

Not sure where this goes, but I have a question about colors.  I know you can use colors in the MOTD and timedmessages and such.  I know you can't type ampersands in chat or through the server window (doesn't do anything through the server command window), so how do players talk with colors?  I looked at my server window and saw them use an ampersand (which makes no sense to me) too.

[FalleM]

If your server is connected to an IRC channel, one could use from colours from there. If it were people IN the server who did it, I believe they could be using some new custom client. I've had problems with a few people crashing my server by using incorrect "&" codes, and I'm sure that could also be applied to actually speak with colours.

Though Im just guessing.

[LG_Legacy]

Last i checked it's impossible unless your client allows the & Character, either this or your custom server uses a different color like ^ or % like JTE's software did, IRC is possible as stated above.

[Moocman]

Using MC#'s server console message allows you to speak in colors, as far as I know

[Metajoe]

FalleM said:

If your server is connected to an IRC channel, one could use from colours from there. If it were people IN the server who did it, I believe they could be using some new custom client. I've had problems with a few people crashing my server by using incorrect "&" codes, and I'm sure that could also be applied to actually speak with colours.

I hosted a server last summer and recently returned since I'm done with school, so I have no idea how to even connect it to an IRC channel (I'm behind on the times when it comes to server administration and custom scripts/clients).  And the player that used color did happen to crash my server twice.  I ended up just banning them because it was annoying and because I didn't want it to crash anymore.  More than once is enough for me and my friends.

LG_Legacy said:

Last i checked it's impossible unless your client allows the & Character, either this or your custom server uses a different color like ^ or % like JTE's software did, IRC is possible as stated above.

I have color on my timedmessages through the server script I use (Dexter's) and that's it.  And I use the WoM client.  Would that have anything to do with it?

Next time I see it, I'll take a screenshot of the server log and client window with the colored text.

[LG_Legacy]

And again, it's near impossible for you to talk IN-GAME with colors unless your Client allows it, i'm pretty sure your console can do something like &4You're going to get banned. Or something like that.

The GUI Client might be differet than a regular console window, so of course it will show colors.

[Metajoe]

LG_Legacy said:

And again, it's near impossible for you to talk IN-GAME with colors unless your Client allows it, i'm pretty sure your console can do something like &4You're going to get banned. Or something like that.

The GUI Client might be differet than a regular console window, so of course it will show colors.

Yeah... I just tried that and bunch of other different symbols.  The text didn't change color, just the symbol with the text afterwards.

Like I said, next time I see it, I'll bloody screencap it.

[TheGurw]

it requires a server-side mod such as essentialschat or ichat.