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The Insurgent's Descriptive Inventory - Set custom descriptions for inventory content viewed in menus.
Description
Every inventory content (e.g. item, equipment, loot, ...) has a description when viewed in a menu. Some descriptions are dynamically created based on the content type.
For example, in case of a weapon it would be its attack power, element, etc. where as for a technick it would be its description, which license it requires, and so on.
Now the issue with that is that certain content types (e.g. weapon) have hidden effects, either by default or in specific circumstances.
Examples
If an equipment has more than one element, all except the first will not be displayed.
If an equipment has more than 3 status effects, the actual status effects will be replaced by the text
various status effectsinstead.If an equipment has a status effect and a status effect immunity, the former will not be displayed.
The elemental potency (e.g. fire) or metal value of an equipment is not displayed at all.
and many more.
These limitations become even more noticeable when using mods that modify equipment.
Features
This mod allows to set custom descriptions for inventory content viewed in menus.
While replacing the dynamically created text with a static one provides greater control and solves the issues mentioned in the examples above, it is not a flawless solution.
One advantage is that the text of a content can now be styled entirely from scratch. This includes the ability to customize coloring, scaling, formatting, and other visual elements.
However, there also certain limitations. Changes made to a content will no longer be reflected in its text. Therefore, it is necessary to also update the text of a content each time it has been modified as otherwise the player will be left unaware of the changes. A spreadsheet is available which helps mitigate this inconvenience.
Additionally, dynamically styled text such as License Needed: ..., which previously changed transparency based on if a party member had the required license or not, can no longer be used.
Finally, texts are no longer limited to 256 characters and can now occupy as much space as the screen allows.
Preview
In the following preview, the Mythril Sword was modified with new effects via another mod.
In the vanilla game, the weapon description is very plain.
Where as with this mod, it is not only much more detailed, but also includes a lot information that would otherwise be missing such as the ice element, combo chance, on hit chance, the ability to hit flying foes, and more.
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