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What is Perl Classic?
Perl Classic Unit Frames are a complete rewrite of the original mods by Perl. They replace the default Player, Pet, Target, Target of Target, Party, and Party Pet frames and add dedicated frames for many other units (Focus, Focus Target, Party Target, Target of Target of Target). It has been a high priority to maintain the look and feel or the original Perl mods while expanding functionality. The mod has been recoded for performance and is built around the Blizzard UI usage of events.
Slash Commands
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/perl
Known Issues
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None!
Todo
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Optimize code
Q&A
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Q: I'm seeing double party buffs for some reason, what gives?
A: 99% of the time this is caused by CT_PartyBuffs. Simply remove the mod and you will return to having one set of party buffs.
Q: I am having massive dead spots for clicking on some of the unit frames, what's wrong?
A: This can be caused by a number of mods, but the most common seems to be CT_MovableParty. Please remove this mod as Perl can be moved without the use of this mod.
Q: The default party frames are showing up with red lightning bolts. What's going on?
A: As of version 1.503 of CT_RaidAssist this should no longer be caused by CTRA. The settings for this are now located in the WoW settings under Interface Options -> Basic -> Raid -> Hide Party Interface.
Q: Do you support ArcaneBar?
A: Yes, it is included in your download of Perl Classic.
Q: Will you be bringing back support for Perl_PlayerBuff?
A: No, there are far better mods for both features and performance.
Q: Where are the raid frames?
A: As of 2.0 I no longer code raid frames for Perl Classic. Luckily, X-Perl's raid frames work great alongside Perl Classic. X-Perl's raid frames (and the unit frames themselves) can be found here: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/xperl.aspx
Q: The scaling is all messed up! What do i do?
A: I recommend setting the scale to that of the UI if you are having issues. Open the options menu via "/perl" or the Black Pearl icon on the minimap and set the scale accordingly under the "All" tab.
Q: I am having an issue not listed in this FAQ, what can I do?
A: First, update *every* mod. I do not support ancient outdated and unmaintained mods. If you have double checked that everything is up to date, post on any of the Perl Classic mod pages and I'll be glad to help you narrow down the issue or give suggestions to help find a solution.
Q: Can you add this feature?
A: I'm sure it's possible, but the primary purpose of this mod is to 'modernize' the original Perl mod so that it doesn't slow your game down.
Dependency Notes
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Mods that Perl Classic will take advantage of:
Clique - http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=5108
myAddOns - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/my-add-ons.aspx
Mods that take advantage of Perl Classic:
BeneCaster - http://wowui.incgamers.com/?p=mod&m=3606
With the latest version ArcaneBar started requiring Party Frames on. Would really like to be able to use default (raid-style) party frames :(
Blizzard added a proper Evoker class icon (which is different from the race icon used currently in perl). Also there doesn't seem to be a class resource frame for the Evoker's Essence resource (they are like DK runes)
In reply to nicodemusmercy:
Both the class icon and essence icons should be present in 10.02.
Glowball m8 - the blizzard frames still show when going into a dungeon. and reappears if you try to reload ui
In reply to cnyhuus777:
This is on my list of issues to fix.
Thank you very much for the updates. This is a terrific addon!
Sadly seems to be broken on Evoker, the Player module fails to initialize due to new power (I assume) so rest of the addon fails to load as well.
In reply to Thorinair:
After line
add a line
in the Perl_Config.lua file and this issue is fixed.
In reply to l_stranger:
Thanks for the workaround. This should be properly fixed in 10.02.
the default blizzard player and target frame is still showing up, i don't see any option to disable blizzard unit frames
In reply to hillmonk3y:
I just came in to see if anyone else was having this problem. If i reload the ui the frames vanish but then they come back after a few minutes
In reply to dcollins1981:
I've only seen this happen once throughout all of my testing. I'll work on a better way to disable the frame.
Glow_ball ty so much. Ive been using this since it came out, and every time I think about coming back to WoW part of the decision is can i still run Perl Classic.
Any way to get the target/enemy cast bar in a different place?
The way it is, gets hard to know what spell its being cast.
In reply to tune1975:
Not really. I'd recommend using a cast bar replacement such as Quartz.
Deleted bug report. I reloaded and it stopped.
Appreciate the update!
Update for 10.0 dragonflight’s prepatch?
Hey Glow_Ball, I hope you're still around - getting a lot of lua errors with retail prepatch. Hope you can take a look soon
I'm having an issue where I select "display numeric threat" in the target tab, but the check mark goes away when I reopen the options and it does not display the threat meteres