Modding:Code page 437

In Qud, there are certain symbols that are used in the game strings that take the form of, where   is any digit in hexadecimal. In XML, this also takes the form of, where the   is any digit in hexadecimal (Single digit hexadecimal will not be padded or have trailing 0s Ex:  ). This code does not represent the character in unicode, rather the code page 437 on old IBM pcs.

The game also uses the escape code, where   is any digit in decimal in its XML files. Below is the table of the entire codepage. For more information, see Wikipedia's own page about Code page 437.

Example Codes in Qud
In most cases, the strings are added as  Where   is an object of the   class. For more info about Caves of Qud's color code, check out Modding: Text Color Codes & Object Rendering.

In xml:

Remarks
You may also see the following escape sequences used in some places. They map indirectly to particular code page 437 values based on their underlying ASCII character value.