Color Your Name in Quake 3
Whether it be for a clan or just to show off your screen name, colors are fun and innovative to use when playing Quake 3. This article will showcase a guideline of how to make your name your own with color.
Steps
From Quake 3
- Enter Setup from the Main Menu of Quake 3. Then select Player. The top most option, Name, is where you want to start.
- Hover your mouse over the tab below Name. There will be an opportunity to type in a name for your player. For a test, type in your preferred name and move the mouse pointer away from it. Your chosen name will be displayed.
- Start coloring by using this typing character: ^ To type this symbol, press and hold the Shift key and at then the number 6 key, in the horizontal row just below F6. This will read as ^
- Position the ^ character before the text that it to be colored. Leaving no spaces, immediately after typing in ^ choose a color by pressing a number key on the horizontal row of your keyboard.
- 0: Black
- 1: Red
- 2: Green
- 3: Yellow
- 4: Blue
- 5: Cyan
- 6: Pink
- 7: White
- 8: Black
- Suppose your name was *Super*Man*. You want to color the asterisk characters red, and the words 'Super' and 'Man' blue. This will read as ^1*^4Super^1*^4Man^1*.
Using Quake 3 Name Changer
- Follow this link for a download source. There are many websites around the Internet which have opportunities for download, but the author found this one the easiest.
- Use the on-screen instructions to download Name Changer, taking special care when installing the program to install it in the Quake 3 directory of your computer. This will be found within the (C:) drive.
- Launch the program by finding the icon or Zip file on your desktop. However, Name Changer will run automatically if you checked the box when finishing the installation.
- Create your name. Name Changer can be used to color your name without having to use the ^ character. Instead, colors can simply be selected with the mouse from the color pane of Name Changer. With NC you can also add special symbols and pictures by clicking on Keypad.
- Finish up by clicking Save and then Save to All Mods. Your character in Quake 3 will now be configured with the customized name you have made.
Tips
- This a quick summary of From Quake 3: From the Main Menu enter Setup and then Player. In the space provided for names and using the special character ^ (Shift + 6) plus a number corresponding to a color of your choice, type in your new colored name.
- Changing the color of your name will become easy and faster once you become used to it. The article content of From Quake 3 may suggest the process is complicated, but be assured that you will get the hang of it in no time.
- Permission may have to be sought from the computer administrator (unless you are one) to download Name Changer.
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