??Character Mapping??

[devour89]

A few post ago I asked Wraith_MAster how he did his cool looking menu in the console.
here is the link:
http://<br /> <a href="http://cboar...0561</a><br />
And he said Character Mapping. Now to be honest I have no clue how to do this so I 'll ask it in this new thread since i dont want to bring back and old topic.

Can anyone give me good example
Thanks

-Devouring One-

[master5001]

You just use characters. The source was there as I recall.

[edit]
Just as I thought, look at the source next time!

 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍËÍÍÍÍÍÍÍËÍÍËÍËÍÍÍÍÍÍËÍËÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»\
º             ºLVL:   º+-ÌÍÎÍMENUÍÎ͹ MESSAGES                                 º\
º             ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹  ºº      ºº                                          º\
º                     º  º ºFight!º º                                          º\
º                     º  º ºHeal  º º                                          º\
º                     º  º ºAbout º º                                          º\
º                     º  º ºExit  º º                                          º\
º                     º  ºº      ºº                                          º\
 ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÊÍÍÊÍÊÍÍÍÍÍÍÊÍÊÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ"/*¼*/;

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[devour89]

I saw that, dont worry I had a look at it. But the character that he used how do i get those into my compiler?

so to make a square(just copying last post) you would do something like this:

ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍË
Í                 Í  
Í                 Í
Í                 Í
Í                 Í
Í                 Í
Í                 Í
ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍË

[devour89]

So what are all the characters i should know to make a basic menu and is there any tutorial on this that you know?

[devour89]

Never mind I basicly figured everything out by couting every simbol possible and from there i printed out a nice little data sheet which now tells me all of them.

Thanks anyway!

-Devouring One-

[master5001]

Okay, I don't think you got it 100%. The way a dos prompt (or even the dos os) interprets those character is how you see them in wraith_master's game. Open up charmap and change the font to terminal. That is what the ascii chart will look like in a dos prompt (not the full chart but you get the idea).

[devour89]

I understand this is my little data sheet:

Ë = ╦

Ê = ╩

É = ╔

È = ╚

Ì = ╠

Í = ═

Î = ╬

Ï = ╧

Á = ┴

 = ┬

à = ├

Ä = ─

Ò = ╥

Ó = ╙

Ô = ╘

Ö = ╓

Ù = ┘

Ú = ┌

¹ = ╣

 º = ║

» = ╗

ª = ┐

³ = │

¼ = ╝

 ½ = ╜

 ¾ = ╛

[master5001]

It would be easier for you to have the symbol and the alt code for it next to it. But it is your table, you can do whatever you think is best.

[devour89]

I know but the problem is that i couldn't find the alt+ code's they didn't show.

Is there any other place I could get them?

[master5001]

In charmap the alt keys are in that status bar (bottom right side of the window). Enjoy.

[devour89]

Thanx man. I definitly will enjoy