Extending Item Descriptions

[EmceeProphIt]

Hello, ya'll! I'm experimenting with ways to expand item and skill descriptions in game. Right now I figured out a way to make the descriptions as long as I want, but doing so also expands the text box displaying target names in battle. This can cover more of the screen than I want, and make the visuals less clear in combat.

Basically I want this:


Without also causing this



I altered the text code in the 'rpg_windows' js file to expand the text box, and used the Word Wrap function in Yanfly's message core to carry the text over so it goes to the third line.

I'd like to ideally create a system in which ONLY the mechanical info is displayed in battle (top two lines) and lore/flavor text is reserved for the menu. But barring that, I'd like to at least fix this issue and have finer control of the size of the text box so the target name doesn't take up so much space in battle.
At most, I'd probably use 4-5 lines for the longest item/skill descriptions, and keep the first two lines just for the functional description.

If you need anymore info let me know. Thanks for the time ya'll!

 

[Ms Littlefish]

I’ve moved this to JavaScript/Plug-in Support, thank you!

 

[AquaEcho]

Since it's the same window handling the item text and enemy name, you'll likely need a plugin to dynamically resize that window based on the text length or create a new separate window for one or the other.

This thread might help. Try substituting your scene and window name:

Changing menu size dynamically.

if I have a menu open and change the size of it while its open, will it change size? If so how would I do that via script? In this example I'd want to change the bottom right and bottom left screen inside Yanfly's equip core script when I meet certain requirements. Everything i've looked so far...

forums.rpgmakerweb.com

 

[EmceeProphIt]

Since it's the same window handling the item text and enemy name, you'll likely need a plugin to dynamically resize that window based on the text length or create a new separate window for one or the other.

This thread might help. Try substituting your scene and window name:

Changing menu size dynamically.

if I have a menu open and change the size of it while its open, will it change size? If so how would I do that via script? In this example I'd want to change the bottom right and bottom left screen inside Yanfly's equip core script when I meet certain requirements. Everything i've looked so far...

forums.rpgmakerweb.com

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

 

[Tray]

im not sure what engine your using but for MV. One of yanflys plugins actually does this i don't recall which off the top of my head but it allows you to type a description in on the note box using tags. Which can bypass the 2 lines int he default box provided by the engine and it resizes the box for what's written but for small things like the name the box remains the normal size or w/e its set to