Meridian 59 User's Guide
Making Your Communications Bold And Colorful
You can choose to display your text messages in black, red, green or blue lettering; or type in italic, bold, or underlined letters. It's just a matter of adding a tilde (~) and one-letter command in front of your message. Here's an example:
say ~g hello!
Because ~g is the one-letter command for green text, everyone in your area would see your message as usual:
Lorien says, "hello!"
but it would appear in green letters!
Any color or style changes you make apply only to the current message. Your next message will return to your default color and type style. To change these, use the Color command in the Options Menu.
Here are the one-letter commands for various text changes:
| Command | Function |
|---|---|
| ~k | black |
| ~r | red |
| ~b | blue |
| ~g | green |
| ~n | return to normal (plain, black text, without style changes) |
| ~B | bold (type again to toggle it off) |
| ~I | italic (type again to toggle it off) |
| ~U | underline (type again to toggle it off) |
Using Body Language
Sometimes, it's the non-verbals that convey the most information. Here's how to change your facial expression, so others can see your mood:
- Select an action or a mood -- Wave, Point, Happy, Sad, Neutral, or Wry --from the Actions Menu at the top of the World Screen.
- You can also type any of the above words as a text line command. For example, to make your character smile, type Happy and press Enter.
