Claimh’s Dictionary Script Tutorial (VX Ace)

So back in the RPG Maker VXA days, I had more than a few questions about this and decided to make a dedicated tutorial explaining Claimh’s Dictionary Script. Even though I’ve moved on to MV, I wanted to keep this tutorial up for those still using VXA that need help with this script.

Claimh does not wish for his script to be translated and so I will not release a translated version to anyone, not even privately. However, this script is more than usable without translation with just a little setup. This tutorial is meant more for people who can’t understand Japanese AND don’t know Ruby. If you are familiar with making scripts and know Ruby, then you can probably figure this out without translating the Japanese notes at all.

So first, obviously, you need the script from here:

Claimh’s Dictionary Script

The script comes in five parts. There are two extra parts near the bottom but those are plugins. I’m not going over installing the plugins in this tutorial, as I’ve yet to translate and set them up for myself. I may do that in a future tutorial but no promises.

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