From d25638d98fe63efdeab570ef77e6a6a97f2d7a60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <[not public]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:09:46 -0400
Subject: feat: custom map symbol improvements with 'symbol' command

---
 internal/game/cmd_symbol.go | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'internal/game/cmd_symbol.go')

diff --git a/internal/game/cmd_symbol.go b/internal/game/cmd_symbol.go
index ec8d68b..bb97010 100644
--- a/internal/game/cmd_symbol.go
+++ b/internal/game/cmd_symbol.go
@@ -41,20 +41,38 @@ func (g *Game) executeSymbol(sess *net.Session, args []string, rawInput string)
 	}
 
 	cleared := false
-	if strings.EqualFold(char, "clear") || strings.EqualFold(char, "remove") {
+	if strings.EqualFold(char, "reset") || strings.EqualFold(char, "remove") {
 		delete(p.MapSymbols, p.RoomID)
 		if err := g.AccountStore.SaveCharacter(p); err != nil {
 			sess.WriteLine("Error saving: " + err.Error())
 			return
 		}
-		sess.WriteLine("Custom symbol cleared for this room.")
+		sess.WriteLine("Custom symbol reset for this room.")
 		cleared = true
 	}
 
 	if !cleared {
 		r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(char)
 		if size == 0 || size != len(char) || r == utf8.RuneError {
-			sess.WriteLine("Usage: symbol <single character> [color...]")
+			// ponytail: color-only mode — args are a color spec, keep existing char
+			colorSpec := strings.Join(args, " ")
+			spec := color.Parse(colorSpec)
+			if spec.Empty() {
+				sess.WriteLine("Invalid color spec. Use a color number like 232 and/or bold/dim/underline.")
+				return
+			}
+			existing, ok := p.MapSymbols[p.RoomID]
+			if !ok {
+				existing = player.MapSymbolData{Char: "■"}
+			}
+			existing.Color = colorSpec
+			p.MapSymbols[p.RoomID] = existing
+			if err := g.AccountStore.SaveCharacter(p); err != nil {
+				sess.WriteLine("Error saving: " + err.Error())
+				return
+			}
+			colored := color.Render(g.colorMode(sess), spec, existing.Char)
+			sess.WriteLine(fmt.Sprintf("Map symbol color set to: %s (%s)", colored, colorSpec))
 			return
 		}
 
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