The legacy way of adding descriptions does still work, but it is recommended to use the new EID:AddXXX() functions to add descriptions.

The new better function enables you to:

• Define a custom item name
• Add transformations to any object
• Add translated versions of any description

How to use the new method: >>> How to add descriptions <<<

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Legacy Features

The old version 2.0 of EID featured 6 global tables for mods to define their descriptions in:

• __eidTrinketDescriptions for trinkets
• __eidCardDescriptions for cards
• __eidPillDescriptions for pills
• __eidItemDescriptions for Collectibles / items
• __eidItemTransformations to assign Transformation informations to a collectible
• __eidEntityDescriptions for entities

Adding an entry to either of those tables adds that description to the description-database for both the old and the new version of EID.

Example usage of legacy "Add Description" feature

local item = Isaac.GetItemIdByName("My Item Name"); -- get ID of item
if not __eidItemDescriptions then -- create the EID datatable if it doesnt exist
  __eidItemDescriptions = {};
end	
__eidItemDescriptions[item] = "Most Fitting Description"; -- add description to your item

Example legacy add transformations

local item = Isaac.GetItemIdByName("My Item Name"); -- get ID of item

if not __eidItemTransformations then -- create the EID datatable if it doesnt exist
  __eidItemTransformations = {};
end
__eidItemTransformations[item] = "Test Transformation"; -- add transformation with name "Test Transformation"

Example legacy add entity description

if not __eidEntityDescriptions then -- create the EID datatable if it doesnt exist    
  __eidEntityDescriptions = {};
end
__eidEntityDescriptions["ID.Variant.Subtype"] = {"HEADLINE","DESCRIPTION"} -- assigns a headline and description to any entity