Better Tooltips
Description
An ADDITIVE UI enhancement mod.
Improves tooltip information display by adding contextual cause/effect data & metrics in key locations.
NOTE: disables achievements, like everything else.
rate if you like it! I wrote this for fun but I will keep it updated if there’s interest.
post feature requests in comments below or as an "Issue" on github
Compatibility
- Built for EU5 version 1.0.7
- Overrides vanilla GUI files – may conflict with other mods that modify the same files
- Compatible with all mods in this UI collection
Source Code
https://github.com/emmahyde/eu5_economic_tooltips/tree/modding/game/mod/better_tooltips
Features
Estate Topbar
+——————+ +——————–+ | 🏰 40%⚡ 39%☺ | | ⛪ 19%⚡ 88%☻ | | +12.41💰 | | 0.00💰 | … +——————+ +——————–+
- 2-row layout per estate instead of monthly change
Row 1: Estate Power⚡Current Estate Satisfaction ☻
Row 2: +Taxed Estate Income
Estate Tooltip: Tax Details
_______________________________________ | … | | [Tax Details] | | Maximum Tax 22.26% | | Taxed Income +12.41 | |_____________________________________|
- Added Tax Details section
Maximum Tax with detailed tooltip showing breakdown
Taxed Income with detailed tooltip showing breakdown
Economy > Balance > Income > Tax Sliders
Nobility Tax +12.41 [-] [—|——-] [+] 39.89% >> 64.40%😐
- Current Satisfaction >> Satisfaction Equilibrium
- Face icons (sad/neutral/happy) based on Current Satisfaction instead of Equilibrium
Estate Current Satisfaction Tooltip
[ 39.89% ] >> 64.40% | ________|______________________________ | Estate Satisfaction | | | | Current 39.89% | | Satisfaction Equilibrium 64.40% | | Monthly Change +1.20% | |_____________________________________|
- Current Satisfaction now shown first
- Satisfaction Equilibrium shown second
- Monthly Change shown third
More logical flow: "Where am I?" → "Where am I going?" → "How fast?"
Estate Satisfaction Equilibrium Tooltip
39.89% >> [ 64.40% ] | _________________|_________________________________ | Satisfaction Equilibrium of the Nobility | | | | The Estate Satisfaction is moving towards | | 63.42% due to: | | | | Base Value for Every Country +40.00% | | Taxes for Nobility -22.57% | | … | | From positive Stability +1.45% | | Ruler’s Diplomatic Ability +9.80% | |________________________________________________|
No other changes to this tooltip besides the trigger location.
RGO/Country > Promotion
_______________________________________ | Province Control | | (O) Control 15% | | Monthly Change -0.00% | |_____________________________________|
- Province Control section with pie chart visualization
- Shows current control percentage
- Shows monthly control change
- Helps players understand how province control affects RGO output
