NamePlateKAI
This addon is the simple nameplates.
Features
- Classic style threat-border.
- Customizable stuffs include width, height, texture, font, margin etc.
- Extremely low CPU usage.
- Emphasize a target.
- Filter aura and color.
- Track quest objectives include World Quest.
Emphasize Target
The target glows, and is animated.
Filters
Many color filter for dungeons and raids are built in beforehand. You can also add a filter by name or npc-ID. You will easily find a mob to watch out for.
Auras
This addon has almost the same aura indication as Blizzard. In addition, Important debuffs are displayed on the allies.
Advanced Nameplate Control
You can change some hidden WoW settings, and thereby change to familiar classical behavior.
Low CPU Usage
This addon keeps the CPU usage very low compared to the well-known nameplates addons. cpu usage result
Quest Indicator
A star is displayed if it is a quest objective. It becomes gray when filled. In the raid zone this feature will be disabled.
Anchor Frame for Weak Auras
You can make any widget of WA for the target nameplate. For example, level text, execute alert, class resources, etc.
Enter NamePlateTargetFrame (just type it) to the Frame editbox, that widget depends on Target Nameplate.
Really nice work, nice plates. Currently using. Nearly perfect customization/performance ratio.
Tho I have problem with previously saved nameplate CVARs from other plate addons, which creates some problems, is there a way to tell this addon to reset all nameplates CVARs to default or preferable for this Addon to function correctly?
In reply to Grimdon:
use following script:
/dump SetCVar("xxx", GetCVarDefault("xxx"))
In reply to erutei:
What that CVar stands for 'xxx'?
I don't know which Cvar you have a problem with. You can find the complete console variables list in Wowpedia
I really love these plates also . The only downside i can think of is the personal nameplate is made smaller. I also would like to customize the personal plate. Also i really want to thank you for the filters in the dungeons . Can you explain what the different colors mean in the description.
First of all, each color has no definitive meaning. It depends a lot on the situation. Light Purple (color index1) and Light Yellow (index2) are assigned to the notable Mob. Light Blue (index3) is often healer, but sometimes it just means “third”. Vivid Purple (index4) is assigned to critical Mob as you have seen. In many cases it is necessary to kill them as soon as possible or to escape them as quickly as possible. Also, class colors are often used when the number of colors is insufficient. Sometimes these colors are meaningless, but in many cases they will behave like them color. As I said at the beginning, these colors have no definite meaning. For example, if the ground or scenery is blue, it is nonsense to use blue. And don't forget that you can change those colors. For Personal Nameplate, I look for a solution, but don't expect too much.
This is my favourite nameplate addon - it uses up very little CPU performance and it also has great customizability. Is there any chance you could make it affect the personal nameplate as well?
can we get these for classic
In reply to Chodesly:
I made a test version right after Classic was released. However, because Classic protects many features such as auras, threat, castbar, etc., the need for this addon was questionable. For now, I decided not to release the Classic version.
Hey. I can't get to show both: Display Health Text and Percentage at the same time.
I get this errors if it helps: 22x NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI-8.1.83.lua:431: attempt to perform arithmetic on field 'healthDiv' (a nil value)
NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI-8.1.83.lua:431: in function <NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI.lua:385>
NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI-8.1.83.lua:320: in function <NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI.lua:298>
NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI-8.1.83.lua:828: in function `NamePlateOnAdded'
NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI-8.1.83.lua:1105: in function <NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI.lua:1102>
NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI-8.1.83.lua:948: in function `OnTargetChanged'
NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI-8.1.83.lua:1072: in function `RestyleNamePlates'
NamePlateKAI\NamePlateKAI-8.1.83.lua:1294: in function `LoadProfile'
NamePlateKAI_options\NamePlateKAI_options-8.1.41.lua:384: in function `okay'
NamePlateKAI_options\NamePlateKAI_options-8.1.41.lua:556: in function <NamePlateKAI_options\NamePlateKAI_options.lua:555>
(tail call): ?
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[4]"]:9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[4]"]:5>
(tail call): ?
...aceAskMrRobot\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0-36.lua:314: in function `Fire'
...obot\Libs\AceGUI-3.0-36\widgets\AceGUIWidget-Button.lua:22: in function <...obot\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-Button.lua:19>
In reply to speedit:
These health numbers are displayed exclusively. I probably found the cause of the error and fixed it. Thank you for your report.
In reply to erutei:
Hey, sorry for replying to an old message, but would it be possible to make both available at the same time? E.g. if both Display Health Text and Percentage are chosen, that the approximate health could be shown in the center with the percentage on the left side. Or vice versa. I just really love the option to see both on the nameplate but it sucks to switch to another addon that isn't as visually pleasing.
The only thing I'm missing from blizzard cvar's, is the minscale and maxscale sertting, where if a mob/enemy is further away, their nameplate appears smaller/shorter, this helps distinguish far away mobs from ones that are close to you, it acts like a prespective in real life, instantly you know where the mob is, instead of having multiple "same sized nameplates" all over the screen.
In reply to asbani:
There are currently no plans to implement that feature. Try Dynamic Opacity. This is one of the features of the Blizzard Nameplates, and the transparency is changed by LoS. This makes the mob on the other side of the wall less noticeable. This feature is enabled by default in the latest version.
Hi, I want to make the name a threat based, can I do that? if no threat its green, if threat its red and glowing, is it possible.
or at least possibility to make some threat adjustments, I'm tanking and when I lose one mob threat between 10 mobs, I don't see it.
EDIT: Also i've tried hard to resize this nameplate to make it the exact same size as the default blizzard small nameplates, and couldn't do it, everytime I change the numbers, press apply or ok, go back to options, numbers go back to the same old values.
In reply to asbani:
#1 BEST nameplate addon! I LOVE it! Especially how you can integrate Weakaura with the nameplates is just simply AWESOME! Thank you!
Best nameplate addon I've used. Love everything about it. Works out of the box, requires little to no tinkering with settings, at least for me.
Great work! Thank you!
Love the addon, but it doesn't hide guild names even if the Cvar UnitNamePlayerGuild is set to 0.
EDIT: Because I'm impatient, I just did the following. Feel free to use it to update the official release.
New line at 306
local guildShow = GetCVar("UnitNamePlayerGuild")
modified line 308
if text and guildShow == 1 then
How do you save Profiles?