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ColorLib is built as a replacement for Colors, it uses a a less naive approach to formatting messages to improve the performance of C* functions.

Why?
The reason for this is that Colors and More Colors both make heavy use of many ReplaceString operations each one looping through the buffer being formatted, whereas this could be avoided by writing a single pass formatter as used here and was done for ColorVariables.
And to why replace ColorVariables? it also adds extra overhead with forwards and allowing for more "dynamic" colors, which isnt always needed.

So ColorLib was created.

Performance:
ColorLib is currently twice over twice as fast as MultiColors when using CPrintToChat, further and improved benchmarks will be availible at the GitHub Repository

Example:

Code:

#pragma semicolon 1

#pragma newdecls required



#include <sourcemod>

#include <colorlib>



public void OnPluginStart()

{

    RegConsoleCmd("sm_colorlib", Command_ColorLib);

}



public Action Command_ColorLib(int client, int args)

{

    CPrintToChat(client, "CPrintToChat - {darkblue}%s - {darkred}%s", "Test", "Test");

    CPrintToChatAll("CPrintToChatAll - {darkblue}%s - {darkred}%s", "Test", "Test");

    CPrintToChatEx(client, client, "CPrintToChatEx - {darkblue}%s - {darkred}%s", "Test", "Test");

    CPrintToChatAllEx(client, "CPrintToChatAllEx - {darkblue}%s - {darkred}%s", "Test", "Test");



    CReplyToCommand(client, "CReplyToCommand - {darkblue}%s - {darkred}%s", "Test", "Test");

    CReplyToCommandEx(client, client, "CReplyToCommandEx - {darkblue}%s - {darkred}%s", "Test", "Test");



    CPrintToServer("CPrintToServer - {darkblue}%s - {darkred}%s", "Test", "Test");

}

More info and download at the GitHub Repository

Re: [INC] ColorLib

Think I'll add support for this to my ST3 syntax highlighting. Very nice stuff.

Re: [INC] ColorLib

This is awesome, thanks for this.

Re: [INC] ColorLib

Thanks, I'd originally planned this as an extension, but spent too much time fighting with AMBuild, so that has been delayed till I either stop hating it or I wait uppon the Rust bindings.

I shall be improving color customisation by making the color generator configurable without touching code with a config file.

Re: [INC] ColorLib

Thanks for this! I'm going to be using this in the next version of my Deathmatch plugin.

Re: [INC] ColorLib

:bacon!:

Will already used in TTT (release soon). :up:

Re: [INC] ColorLib

Already using in my plugins.
Clean code, good job.

Re: [INC] ColorLib

Hey I'm running into some chaos when using the inc.

https://imgur.com/66hdoXA.png

The stuff ->

PHP Code:


		
			
#include <colorlib>



public void OnPluginStart()

{

    char strAnnounce[256];

    strcopy(strAnnounce, sizeof(strAnnounce), "You can set your {red}Boss Difficulty{default} by typing {red}/difficulty{default}.");

    CPrintToChatAll("{olive][VSH 2]{default} %s", strAnnounce);

}

Using latest download from the GitHub, SM1.10 compiler if that matters at all.

Re: [INC] ColorLib

"{olive][VSH 2]{default} %s"

You're missing a closing brace for olive. Should be:
"{olive}[VSH 2]{default} %s"

Re: [INC] ColorLib

Quote:

Originally Posted by hmmmmm (Post 2681409)

"{olive][VSH 2]{default} %s"

You're missing a closing brace for olive. Should be:
"{olive}[VSH 2]{default} %s"

(╯ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°）╯︵ /(.□ . \)

I made a small reproduction plugin and fat-fingered that.

With fixed code:

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Provides this output:

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