/legacyformatting | skUnity | Page 1

tall cedar Mar 4, 2026, 10:24 PM

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This would be cool to tell people not to use legacy formatting (like §) and instead use <#hex>

considering skript doesn't have minimessage yet though this may want to wait until it does

fiery turtle Mar 4, 2026, 11:50 PM

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why?

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legacy formatting is my goat

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it's an easy and convenient way to access common colors and formats

icy moth Mar 5, 2026, 1:10 AM

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i don't think i've ever seen people use §

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but yeah i don't see why legacy formatting is so bad

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i highly doubt skript will get rid of it even when it supports text components and mini message

tall cedar Mar 5, 2026, 2:28 AM

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icy moth but yeah i don't see why legacy formatting is so bad

cause its a very old way of formatting and even mojang plans to remove it

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and even minimessage doesn't officially have a converter for it as its just can't be done in a good way iirc

icy moth Mar 5, 2026, 2:32 AM

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interesting

tall cedar Mar 5, 2026, 3:29 AM

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it does support legacy formatting for older servers but thats about it

still rampart Mar 9, 2026, 3:59 PM

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I still use legacy formatting, so it would be hard to break out of

fringe dawn Mar 9, 2026, 10:36 PM

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Is & also considered legacy formatting tho?

tall cedar Mar 9, 2026, 10:39 PM

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&c is legacy yeah

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cause iirc its just converted to the s tag internally

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in skript even stuff like <red> is converted to legacy I believe

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but that will change in minimessage (2.15)

fringe dawn Mar 9, 2026, 10:42 PM

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So &l would get replaced with <b>/<bold> for example

tall cedar Mar 9, 2026, 10:44 PM

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iirc even minimessage uses legacy for tags like bold or italic

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cause (guessing here) mojang hasn't added a component thing for bold n such

tall cedar Mar 9, 2026, 10:45 PM

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fringe dawn So &l would get replaced with <b>/<bold> for example

in 2.15 &l n such will still work in skript but will be converted internally to eg bold:true I believe

fringe dawn Mar 9, 2026, 10:48 PM

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Why remove it in the first place

tall cedar Mar 9, 2026, 11:03 PM

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fringe dawn Why remove it in the first place

wdym remove it

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legacy is a very old method even mojang plans to remove (§)

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all skript 2.15 is doing is using a modern wrapper for mojangs new way of formatting

fringe dawn Mar 9, 2026, 11:15 PM

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O

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My dum

still rampart Mar 10, 2026, 12:29 AM

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tall cedar legacy is a very old method even mojang plans to remove (§)

Skript should have some option to toggle parsing legacy formatting as mini message, just so everything doesn’t break

tall cedar Mar 10, 2026, 12:30 AM

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still rampart Skript should have some option to toggle parsing legacy formatting as mini messa...

that wouldn't be possible in 2.15 but nothing should break

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&c <dark gray> when used in 2.15 will just internally be converted to minimessage

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I believe

still rampart Mar 10, 2026, 12:30 AM

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Isn’t <dark gray> mini message?

tall cedar Mar 10, 2026, 12:31 AM

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no

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<dark_gray> is

still rampart Mar 10, 2026, 12:31 AM

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ah, still similar

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mini message is not very far off of how Skript deals with formatting with arrows or whatever

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html?

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mini message is more html

tall cedar Mar 10, 2026, 12:32 AM

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minimessage for mc is just like "<#hex>e"

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idk about whatever else

devout hemlock Mar 11, 2026, 11:12 AM

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Never used § only &

boreal wadi Mar 11, 2026, 11:23 AM

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unless you are a bedrock player (poor guy)

still rampart Mar 11, 2026, 12:49 PM

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boreal wadi unless you are a bedrock player (poor guy)

There is no Skript on bedrock?

boreal wadi Mar 11, 2026, 1:07 PM

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yes there isn't (unless you create a java server and join using geysermc)

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you can't get plugins

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mods

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on bedrock

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🥀

fringe dawn Mar 11, 2026, 1:47 PM

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Bedrock is the main game too, it's supposed to be money grabbing on everything

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