🎮 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

<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>

🎯 Usage Examples

Simple NPC Tooltip

<tipIcon:1> <tipText:Talk to Villager>

Treasure Chest

<tipIcon:208> <tipText:\C[14]Treasure Chest\C[0]\nPress Enter to open> <tipBgColor:#4a3000>

Danger Warning

<tipIcon:64> <tipText:\C[18]DANGER!\C[0]\nLevel 20+ Required> <tipDelay:10> <tipBgColor:#660000> <tipWidth:280>

Always Visible Sign

<tipIcon:87> <tipText:Item Shop> <tipAlwaysShow>

⚙️ 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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