This page documents various markup used on the forums (since some of the markup is not standard BBCode you see on other forums).
Note this is only for the forums and PMs; wiki pages use different formatting.

Text modifiers

Markup Meaning
[b]...[/b] Make text between tags bold
[bgcolor=#ff7f00]...[/bgcolor][3] Make text background between tags colored #ff7f00 (orange)
[color=#ff7f00]...[/color] Make text between tags colored #ff7f00 (orange)
[highlight]...[/highlight] Make text between tags highlighted (yellow background)
[i]...[/i] Make text between tags italic
[noparse]...[/noparse] Insert some literal text without further parsing
[s]...[/s] Make text between tags struck through
[size=9]...[/size] Make text between tags a certain size (size 9)
[spoiler]...[/spoiler] Make text black on black background, with on mouse hover display effect
[sub]...[/sub] Make text between tags subscript
[sup]...[/sup] Make text between tags superscript
[tt]...[/tt] Make text between tags monospaced
[u]...[/u] Make text between tags underlined

Text block modifiers

Markup Meaning
[center]...[/center] Make block of text centered
[code]...[/code] Mark block of text as code
[code=lua]...[/code] Mark block of text as code, with syntax highlighting for lua[1]
[code=blah.lua]...[/code] Mark block of text as code, with highlighting for lua, and allow the file to be downloaded
[left]...[/left] Make block of text aligned left
[note]...[/note] Draw blue border around block of text
[quote]...[/quote] Make block of text marked as quoted
[quote="foo"]...[/quote] Make block of text marked as quoted from foo
[right]...[/right] Make block of text aligned right
[warning]...[/warning] Draw red border around block of text and prefix with red warning

Horizontal rule

Markup Meaning
[hr] Horizontal rule

Frame calculator

Markup Meaning
[frames]12345[/frames] Display 12345 frames at 60fps as time
[frames]12345@50.5[/frames]Display 12345 frames at 50.5fps as time

Inline content

Markup Meaning
[img]http://example.url/foo.png[/img] Embed image http://example.url/foo.png
[img=480x360]http://example.url/foo.png[/img] Embed image http://example.url/foo.png, scaling to 480x360
[video]http://example.url/foo[/video] Inline video (limited sources supported)[2]
[video=640x480]http://example.url/foo[/video] Inline video, scaling to 640x480
Markup Meaning
[email]address@domain.example[/email] Mailto link to address@domain.example
[email=address@domain.example]...[/email] Mailto link to address@domain.example with given link text
[game]123[/game] Link to game 123G
[game=123]...[/game] Link to game 123G with given link text
[gamegroup]123[/gamegroup] Link to gamegroup 123
[gamegroup=123]...[/gamegroup] Link to gamegroup 123 with given link text
[google]foo bar baz[/google] Link to Google search for 'foo bar baz'
[google=code]foo bar baz[/google] Link to Google code search for 'foo bar baz'
[google=images]foo bar baz[/google] Link to Google image search for 'foo bar baz'
[movie]12345[/movie] Link to movie 12345M
[movie=12345]...[/movie] Link to movie 12345M with given link text
[post]12345[/post] Link to forum post #12345
[post=12345]...[/post] Link to forum post #12345 with given link text
[submission]12345[/submission] Link to submission 12345S
[submission=12345]...[/submission] Link to submission 12345S with given link text
[thread]12345[/thread] Link to forum thread #12345
[thread=12345]...[/thread] Link to forum thread #12345 with given link text
[url]http://example.url/foo[/url] Hyperlink to http://example.url/foo
[url=http://example.url/foo]...[/url] Hyperlink to http://example.url/foo with given link text
[userfile]123[/userfile] Link to a userfile numbered 123
[userfile=123]...[/userfile] Link to userfile numbered 123 with given link text
[wiki]foo[/wiki] Link to wikipage named foo
[wiki=foo]...[/wiki] Link to wikipage named foo with given link text

Lists

Markup Meaning
[list]...[/list] Bullet list
[list=1]...[/list] Numbered list
[*] Precedes every list item
Use [list] to get a bullet list (like HTML <ul>): 
[list]
[*]Virtual Boy
[*]N64
[*]Game Boy Advance
[/list]
Use [list=1] to get a numbered list (like HTML <ol>). The parameter must be exactly "1". 
[list=1]
[*]Virtual Boy
[*]N64
[*]Game Boy Advance
[/list]
  1. Virtual Boy
  2. N64
  3. Game Boy Advance
You can make nested lists: 
[list=1]
[*]First numbered item
[list]
[*]Subitem A
[*]Subitem B
[/list]
[*]Second numbered item
[list]
[*]Subitem C
[/list]
[/list]
  1. First numbered item
    • Subitem A
    • Subitem B
  2. Second numbered item
    • Subitem C

Tables

Markup Meaning
[table]...[/table] Table, use [tr] markup to define rows
[tr]...[/tr] Table row, use [th] and [td] markup to define cells
[th]...[/th] Table header cell, containing specified text
[td]...[/td] Table cell, containing specified text
[1] You can use any of the languages supported by Prism.
[2] The following sources are supported:
The contents of the [video]...[/video] tag should be a complete URL. For example, if you wanted to link to the YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBSE2QkHMeU⁠, you would use [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBSE2QkHMeU[/video], and not [video]mBSE2QkHMeU[/video] or any sort of embed code you find on a particular site.
Direct file URLs (e.g., to an .mp4 file) will be shown as links rather than embedded video.
ForumMarkup last edited by Sand 2 hours ago
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