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A template for the fancy boxes from the sidebar status/log messages when examining things or looking at past dialogue!

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
namename 1

The name of relevant entity (character or object) for which this log entry was created. Will automatically add !!__...__!! around it and uppercase it as per the game. This is hidden if it's from "interloper", "rotwatcher", "sourceless", "system", or "velzie". Will be used to derive color/type for styling the box. Case sensitive for this purpose, all known names are matched with lowercase.

Example
moth
Stringrequired
texttext content 2

Content of the box. Mind the formatting and such. Supports limited coloring with classes "color-..." matching the types.

Example
hey buddy
Contentrequired
imageimage

Image to use for the box, unless it's from "sourceless" or an entity with known image.

Example
MothCropped.gif
Filesuggested
typetype

Type of the actor. Overrides color and styling derived from the name. Useful for examine box of Akizet (Use "akizet" for actual name though, it's case sensitive), for example

Suggested values
awakened bright bstrd bsteli director drowning embed examine friend interloper obesk rotwatcher sourceless system template_error velzie
Example
examine
Stringsuggested
rawnamerawname

Raw name, for when you want to use existing actor's image binding and such, but need a specific display name. See Template:LogBox page for an example with Akizet

Example
!!__moth__!!
Stringoptional
customcsscustomcss

Custom css classes to add.

Suggested values
portrait-bright portrait-dark portrait-blocker portrait-ripple portrait-darkripple portrait-rippletran portrait-static portrait-darkstatic portrait-fear portrait-cover portrait-contain portrait-auto portrait-top portrait-center portrait-centertop portrait-bottom portrait-bw portrait-haze portrait-spectral portrait-crop portrait-nofit
Example
portrait-blocker
Stringoptional
notpageimagenotpageimage

Whether to show the actor image used in the embed of the page or not.

Example
false
Booleanoptional
image_altimage_alt

Optional alt text for the image.

Example
Actor image
Stringoptional
imagesizeimagesize

Size of the image, in a format like "50px".

Stringoptional

Examples:

Moth ("friend"), defaults image to /img/sprites/moth/mothman.gif (cropped):

Actor image
!!__moth__!!
hey buddy

Examine system ("examine"), default type:

!!__cyst__!!
::CORRUCYSTIC ENTITY
::NO FUNCTION SIGNATURE
::CONNECTIVE MEMBRANE EXPOSED

System/mindspike messages ("system", game also uses "sys"), uses /img/mui/mindspikelogoactive.gif (cropped) icon over BG of /img/textures/static.gif:

Actor image
..__RECONNECTING__..

Own thoughts, narration ("sourceless"):

the decoding machines flip on, casting their light over a spidery mess of wires.

Interloper speech ("interloper", game also uses "self")

Actor image
so how are repairs going?

Obesk speech (requires ...|type="obesk"..., unless it's a known name)

Actor image
!!__funfriend__!!
HELLO!

Missing parameter handling:

Actor image
!!__template error__!!
::TEMPLATE ERROR:'entity name missing'
::TEMPLATE ERROR:'no text'

Complex stuff, example copied almost verbatim from the game source. Mind that MediaWiki does not like CSS variables in anything that is sanitized. Also for some reason unnamed param does not work, end up needing the named one. BRs are used to escape the newline away:

Actor image
!!__akizetesche__!!
::RESPONSIVE THOUGHTFORM
::EXPLICIT PURPOSE::'recollection locus'
::RECONSTRUCTED SIGNATURE CONTEXT
+'vaznian surrealist influence'
+'mark of oltazni'
+'vel receptors, curled'
+'cousinly eyes'
+'self-designed signature'

See also: