XP Qname
========
In Excessive Plus you can use extended control characters to have colored 
names with special effects. The main idea was taken from the popular mod 
'OSP'.

The easiest way to create colored names is to use XP Qname

Of course, you can disable all effects by using xp_noBlink.



Characters
==========
From the Character table, you can use different fonts and other characters 
to make unique names (tags).

For example, both of these codes will produce the word WASP in a different 
way:

#D7#C1#D3#D0            

#F7#E1#F3#F0            



Colors
======
To have a colored name you can use the the basic Color line, or the more 
sophisticated Swatch, HSB, and RBG Tabs, or manually paste hex color codes 
from your favorite color picker/photo editor into the Code line.

Example, using the basic Color line (8 colors only) would produce the 
following code:

^0 - makes a text black.
^1 - makes a text red.
^2 - makes a text green.
^3 - makes a text yellow.
^4 - makes a text blue.
^5 - makes a text aqua.
^6 - makes a text fuchsia.
^7 - makes a text white.

The HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) and the RBG (Red, Green Blue) Tabs 
allow you to have exact colors (examples, DarkGoldenRod can be entered on 
the Code line as ^xB8860B or entered into the HSB Tab as 43, 94, 72 or 
entered into the RGB Tab as 184, 134, 11).



Effects
=======
The Effects section includes several text altering attributes like blinking, 
fading, glowing and others.



Blinking
========
To make text blink select the effect button or use:

^b - makes a text blink at the first half.
^B - makes a text blink at the last half.



Fading
======
To fade text select the effect button or use:

^f  - will fade out a text and fade in again.
^F - will fade in a text and fade out again.



Replacing
=========
To replace text select the effect button or use:

^r  - makes a text display at the first half.
^R - makes a text display at the last half.



Foreground and Background Colors
================================
You can improve the appearance of your name (tag) by using Foreground and 
Background Colors.

Simply place two (2) consecutive colors followed by text or symbols. The 
text/symbol will use the 1st color (the foreground color) and the 2nd color 
(the background color) will be a shadow outline.

Hint: Look up the concept of Color Opposites to improve your efforts. If you 
use a program like Photoshop or the Gimp you can select the inverse of your 
color to have a background that will compliment your foreground color.

For example:

"^7^1#C4#CD#DA^s^0^x000080#88^s^7^1#8D^s^0^x000080#F0#F2#E5#E4#E1#F4#EF#F2"



Glowing Text
============
You can add a glowing effect to your name (tag) for that Alien effect by 
using ^o or selecting the effect button.

For example, here is the name tag above with Glow on the player name and 
1st symbol:

"^7^1#C4#CD#DA^s^0^x000080#88^s^7^1#8D^s^0^x000080^o#F0#F2#E5#E4#E1#F4#EF#F2"



Thin Text
=========
If you are using lots of Capital letters, you may find it useful to use the 
Thin effect to reduce the width of your name (tag).

To invoke the Thin effect use ^l or select the effect button.
For example, here is the name tag above with the Thin effect on everything:

"^7^1^l#C4#CD#DA^s^0^x000080^o^l#88^s^7^1^l#8D^s^0^x000080^o^l#F0#F2#E5#E4#E1#F4#EF#F2"



Alpha Blending
==============
To alter the transparency of text or symbols select the effect button or use:

^a1 - makes a text 10% visible.
^a2 - makes a text 20% visible.
^a3 - makes a text 30% visible.
^a4 - makes a text 40% visible.
^a5 - makes a text 50% visible.
^a6 - makes a text 60% visible.
^a7 - makes a text 70% visible.
^a8 - makes a text 80% visible.
^a9 - makes a text 90% visible.



Team Colors
===========
While there is no button for this option, you can have your name change 
colors depending on your team:

^t - will be replaced by your current team color.

For example "te^ts^7t" will display in different colors depending on whether 
you are on the Red Team, the Blue Team or Spectating.



Stop all Effects
================
To stop all effects from continuing past a certain point select the effect 
button or use:

^s - stops all effects.



E+ 1.03 Name Tag Conversion
===========================
If you played the previous version of Excessive Plus (version 1.03) you will 
notice that your name Tag does not display correctly anymore. However, there 
is an easy way to make it compatable with Excessive Plus 2.0a. Simply copy 
the entire line from your old configuration to a new text file. Remember to 
save the file with a .cfg extension. Then, from XP Qname, CLICK "File" then 
"Open" and locate your config file.

Either copy and paste the converted code or save the new code and optionally 
a Country Flag into a new config file. To do so, simply CLICK "File" then 
"Save or Save As" depending on whether you want to overwrite the original 
config or create a new config file.

Note that E+ 2.0a uses a new client variable (cvar) "xp_name" instead of the 
old E+/Q3 cvar "name". Consequently, if you later decide to edit the file, 
remember to modify the line with "seta xp_name" not "seta name".

Also, if you open an old name tag and the result is garbage then use a 
different text editor. My preferred editor "NotePad++" often had problems but 
Xint and EditPad Lite worked fine.



GIF and Preview Options
=======================
You can toggle the Preview between "16x16" and "32x32" sizes. To do this, 
CLICK "Options" and select the size that you wish to display. Note, this 
only affects Preview and Saved Gif files. It will not change how your name 
tag displays in Quake III or OpenArena.

Besides toggling the Preview size, you can change the Preview and Saved GIF 
quality by CLICKING "Options" then "Gif Quality" and selecting the quality. 

Please note that you can also change the background of the Saved GIF either 
before or after you have entered the code. The background will not show up 
in the Preview but it will in the Saved GIF.

To save your name tag as a GIF, CLICK "File" then "Save As GIF".



Examples
========
"^r^1^4*^R^4^1*^s ^f^0^7POLICE ^s^r^4^1*^R^1^4*"


"^r^f^x77C818apple^xA5CC76juice^s^R^f^x2C7EE4blue^x76A9E7shift"


"^0^r#1B#13#02#14^R#0A#08#1E#14^s^3test^0^r#12#02#13#1B^R#12#1E#08#0A"



xp_noBlink
==========
To add via the console type: /set xp_noBlink 0
To add manually to your config: seta xp_noBlink "0"

Disables all fancy name effects, where:
0 = xp_noBlink is disabled
1 = xp_noBlink will disable all effects.
2 = xp_noBlink will disable all effects and draw everything in white color.
3 = xp_noBlink will disable all effects, draw all names in white color and 
make the console text also white.



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Document Name: XP Qname Text User Guide v1.1
Author: WaspKiller
Date: January 2010
Notes: This document used the format and some text
           and images from the E+ 1.03 Qname User Guide.

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