UI: Move Info
Section 7.A.3
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Section 7.A.3
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This UI is used for displaying various information about each of a specific battler's moves. This allows you to quickly read the description of the move's effect as well as all of its other attributes at the press of a button, without having to enter the Party menu to look up the battler's moves.
This UI also displays various additional info not normally displayed, such as specific flags the move has, what its current Power/Typing/Category if it's being altered by an effect, as well as its type effectiveness against each potential target on the field.
Accessing the UI
A "Move" prompt will appear in the bottom left hand corner of the battle screen to indicate that you can open the Move Info UI with the press of the JUMPDOWN
(S) key. This prompt will not display if UI_PROMPT_DISPLAY
is set to zero.
UI Display
By default, the info UI for each move will change colors to reflect the type of each move. If you have custom types in your game, you will have to add a UI background for that type by editing the move_bg
graphic located in Graphics/Plugins/Enhanced Battle UI
.
However, if you do not wish for the backgrounds to change for each type and would rather keep a consistent background for every move, you can disable this feature by setting USE_MOVE_TYPE_BACKGROUNDS
to false
in the plugin Settings.
Viewing Move Details
This UI may be accessed only when the Fight Menu is open and the battler's moves are being displayed. If so, a window will appear in the center of the screen which will provide details about whichever move you're currently highlighting. This will update as you scroll through your moves with the directional keys, allowing you to view this data for each move.
Pressing the BACK
key or JUMPDOWN
(S) key again will toggle off this UI. Pressing the JUMPUP
(A) key will switch to the Battler Info UI. Pressing the USE
key will select the highlighted move to be used like it normally would, and hide this UI again so the move may be used.
Below, I'll break down each display in this UI.
Move has the Sound
flag.
Indicates that this is a sound-based move that is blocked by the Soundproof ability.
Move has the Punching
flag.
Indicates that this is a punching move that is boosted by the Iron Fist ability.
Move has the Biting
flag.
Indicates that this is a biting move that is boosted by the Strong Jaw ability.
Move has the Bomb
flag.
Indicates that this is a bomb or ball move that is blocked by the Bulletproof ability.
Move has the Pulse
flag.
Indicates that this is an aura or pulse move that is boosted by the Mega Launcher ability.
Move has the Powder
flag.
Indicates that this is a powder move that is blocked by the Overcoat ability.
Move has the Dance
flag.
Indicates that this is a dance move that is recognized by the Dancer ability.
Move has the ElectrocuteUser
flag.
Indicates that this move will wake Pokemon suffering from the Drowsy status, like in Pokemon Legends: Arceus. This flag is introduced in the Gen 9 Pack plugin.
Move has the Slicing
flag.
Indicates that this move is a slicing move that is boosted by the Sharpness ability. This flag is introduced in the Gen 9 Pack plugin.
Move has the Wind
flag.
Indicates that this move is a wind-based move that is blocked by the Wind Rider ability. This flag is introduced in the Gen 9 Pack plugin.
Move has the ZMove
flag.
Indicates that this move is considered a Z-Move. This flag is introduced in the Z-Moves plugin.
Move has the DynamaxMove
or GmaxMove
flag.
Indicates that this move is considered a Dynamax move. This flag is introduced in the Dynamax plugin.
Normal effectiveness.
Super Effective.
Not Very Effective.
Immune.
Unknown effectiveness.
Held Item & Ability Bonuses Some abilities and hold items have effects that modify a move's properties. If the user has one of these active, its effects will be calculated into the displayed attributes, and a bonus line of text will appear below the move's description indicating this modification. If both an item and an ability are both affecting the properties of a move at the same time, then the ability text will take priority in this display.
Z-Power When this add-on is installed, an additional line will be displayed here indicating the additional effects that will be added to a status move when enhanced with Z-Power.
Terastallization When this add-on is installed, an additional line will be displayed here indicating if a move will be boosted by the user's Tera Type if Terastallized.