Looking to make an in-game guide

I had already started work on a small guide at the beginning of my project to instruct the player not only on the controls but on the menu and how to use it. However I hit a wall when I got to the part about telling the player how to open the party menu to equip new weapons/armor and use items outside of battle as the dialogue box won't show when the menu is open.

So my question is: Is there something in the event window that could accomplish this that I'm over looking or would this require some scripting?

This is a good idea!

I cant say I have seen a script for it yet, but I would say this would likely require a script yes.

Have you checked the script master list yet?

http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/73-vxace-master-script-list/

It would be the best place to start.