🎮 ED5 Event Tips - Professional Tooltips for RPG Maker MZ/MV

Transform your game's UI with beautiful, modern tooltips that appear when hovering over events!

✨ Features

• 🎨 Modern Styling - Gorgeous rounded corners, drop shadows, and gradient backgrounds
• 🖱️ Smart Triggers - Mouse hover or player distance detection
• 📐 Fixed or Auto Size - Lock tooltips to specific dimensions or let them auto-resize
• 🔤 Auto Font Scaling - Text automatically shrinks to fit available space
• 🖼️ Background Images - Use custom images for unique tooltip designs
• 🎭 Rich Text Support - Color codes, inline icons, and text formatting
• ⚡ Highly Customizable - 25+ plugin parameters to tailor every aspect
• 🔄 MZ & MV Compatible - Works seamlessly on both RPG Maker versions

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install the plugin in your js/plugins folder
2. Enable it in the Plugin Manager
3. Create an event and add a comment with tooltip tags:

<tipIcon:84> <tipText:Save Point>

That's it! Hover over the event to see your tooltip! ✨

📝 Comment Tags

Tag	Description	Example
<tipIcon:n>	Icon ID to display	<tipIcon:84>
<tipText:text>	Tooltip text content	<tipText:Save Point>
<tipDelay:n>	Frames before appearing	<tipDelay:30>
<tipWidth:n>	Tooltip width in pixels	<tipWidth:300>
<tipBgColor:hex>	Background color	<tipBgColor:#330000>
<tipBgOpacity:n>	Background opacity (0-255)	<tipBgOpacity:180>
<tipBgImage:file>	Background image	<tipBgImage:MyBg>
<tipPadding:n>	Inner padding	<tipPadding:16>
<tipOffset:x,y>	Position offset	<tipOffset:0,-80>
<tipAlwaysShow>	Always visible	<tipAlwaysShow>

🎨 Text Formatting

• \C[n] - Change text color (use color codes 0-31)
• \I[n] - Insert an icon in text
• \n - Line break

Example:

<tipText:\C[2]Magic Shop\C[0]\n\I[176] Potions & Spells>

🎯 Dynamic Text Codes (20+ New Codes!)

You can now display live game data directly in tooltips using shorthand codes!

• Database Items & Icons:
  • {W:3} or {WEAPON:3} - Display weapon name
  • {WI:3} or {WEAPON_ICON:3} - Display weapon icon
  • {I:7} or {ITEM:7} - Display item name
  • {II:7} or {ITEM_ICON:7} - Display item icon
  • {AR:n}, {ARI:n} - Armor names and icons
  • {S:n}, {SI:n} - Skill names and icons
  • {ST:n} - State names
• Descriptions:
  • {ID:n} or {ITEM_DESC:n} - Item descriptions
  • {WD:n}, {AD:n}, {SD:n} - Weapon, armor, skill descriptions
• Party & Actor Info:
  • {A:1} or {ACTOR:1} - Actor name by ID
  • {P:0} or {PARTY:0} - Party member (0=leader)
  • {V:10} or {VAR:10} - Variable value
• Game Stats:
  • {G} or {GOLD} - Current gold
  • {T} or {PLAYTIME} - Total playtime
  • {M} or {MAP} - Current map name
  • {STEPS}, {BATTLES}, {SAVES} - Game statistics
• Formatting:
  • {C:2} or {COLOR:2} - Change text color
  • {ICON:n} - Display any icon by ID

⚙️ Plugin Parameters

Trigger Settings

• Trigger Mode - Mouse hover or player distance
• Hover Distance - Tiles away to trigger (1-5)
• Default Delay - Frames before appearing (0-120)

Size & Scaling

• Use Fixed Size - Lock to specific dimensions
• Fixed Width/Height - Dimensions when fixed mode is on
• Auto Scale Font - Shrink text to fit
• Min/Max Font Size - Font size range (12-48)

Modern Style

• Use Modern Style - Enable rounded corners and effects
• Corner Radius - Roundness of corners (0-30)
• Enable Shadow - Drop shadow behind tooltip
• Shadow Blur/Color - Shadow appearance
• Enable Gradient - Gradient background
• Gradient Colors - Top and bottom colors
• Enable Border - Border around tooltip
• Border Color/Width - Border appearance

Defaults

• Default Width - Standard tooltip width (100-600)
• Default Background Color - Hex color code
• Default Opacity - Background transparency (0-255)
• Default Padding - Inner spacing (4-24)
• Default Background Image - Custom background from img/system

🎬 Video Tutorial

Coming soon! Check back for setup and customization guides.

📋 Requirements

• RPG Maker MZ or RPG Maker MV
• No other plugins required!

🔧 Installation

1. Download the plugin file
2. Copy ED5_EventTips.js to your project's js/plugins folder
3. Open the Plugin Manager in RPG Maker
4. Add and enable "ED5_EventTips"
5. Configure plugin parameters to your liking
6. Start adding tooltip tags to your events!

💡 Tips & Tricks

• Fixed Size Mode: Great for consistent UI across all tooltips
• Auto Font Scaling: Perfect when using fixed sizes with varying text amounts
• Background Images: Create custom tooltip designs in your image editor, save to img/system
• Always Show: Use for permanent labels like shop signs or location names
• Mouse Hover: More precise control for dense event areas
• Player Distance: Better for gamepad/keyboard-only players

🐛 Support

Found a bug or need help? Contact me on my Itch.io page!

📜 License

• ✅ Free for commercial and non-commercial use
• ✅ Edit and modify as needed
• ✅ Credit appreciated but not required
• ❌ Do not redistribute or resell

👨‍💻 About the Developer

ED5 (Chigoox) - Creating tools and plugins to enhance your RPG Maker experience!

Check out my other plugins and resources: chigoox.itch.io

Version: 1.0.0 Last Updated: November 2025 Compatibility: RPG Maker MZ, RPG Maker MV

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