FYI, I solved this with the help of a friend by adding the following in the getActorCommandHelp(commandData) function:
case 'singleSkill': {
const action = BattleManager.inputtingAction();
const actor = action && action.subject();
const acWindow = SceneManager._scene._actorCommandWindow
const object = actor && $dataSkills[acWindow._list[acWindow._index].ext];
const help = object.description;
if (typeof help === 'string') return help;
} break;You’re using VisuMZ_1_BattleCore to set up the menu, right?
Due to its obfuscation and lack of public API, I don’t support its custom features directly.
That said, you can load your code as separate plugin after mine, to make it easier to update my code:
'use strict';
// Untested, but very likely to work.
const oldGetActorCommandHelp = TS_Battle_Command_Descriptions.getActorCommandHelp;
TS_Battle_Command_Descriptions.getActorCommandHelp = function (commandData) {
if (commandData && commandData.symbol === 'singleSkill') {
const object = $dataSkills[commandData.ext];
const help = object && object.description;
if (typeof help === 'string') return help;
}
return oldGetActorCommandHelp.apply(this, arguments);
};
You don’t need to look up the _list entry because commandData should be exactly that object already. It’s also a good idea to avoid accessing the window through SceneManager._scene, as another plugin may reuse Window_ActorCommand in a different scene or under a different property name.
Thank you for your patronage and for sharing your issue and solution!
Thanks! Just for my benefit because I'm still a novice with JavaScript... why are the parts :
const action = BattleManager.inputtingAction();
const actor = action && action.subject();
...omitted in the patch in your last post? Asking because I genuinely don't understand what these do but just included them to be on the "safe" side.
The 'attack' and 'guard' skills can differ depending on the actor. That’s why I didn’t just use 1 and 2 there for their ID.
It’s only an extension point in the engine for plugins though, so you can’t change this in the editor by default. There’s a WeaponSkill.js plugin floating around that makes use of this, for example. (I’d link the original page but I’m not sure where it is from.)