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TBC BattlePlates

BattlePlates is a nameplates enhancement to track threat, debuffs, dots, health, and range. Includes enhanced Tank mode options as well

File Details

BattlePlates.zip

  • R
  • Mar 18, 2026
  • 19.29 KB
  • 53
  • 2.5.5+4
  • Classic TBC

File Name

BattlePlates.zip

Supported Versions

  • 2.5.5
  • 2.5.4
  • 2.5.3
  • 2.5.2
  • 2.5.1

v1.0.2 — 2026-03-17

Threat display

  • Threat indicator is now a smooth red↔green gradient instead of a 4-state color system
    • Tanking: 0 % = red, 100 % = green
    • Not tanking: 0 % = green, 100 % = red
  • Threat percentage moved to the right side of the nameplate
  • Removed the large border glow frame that surrounded the entire plate

Debuff / dispel icons

  • Icon borders converted from solid opaque texture overlays to thin colored edge rings — the spell icon is now fully visible through the border
  • Border color still indicates debuff type (Magic = blue, Curse = purple, Disease = brown, Poison = green, other = red)

Health bar

  • Health bar height increased ~10 %
  • Current / max HP displayed as text centered on the health bar (e.g. 14.2k / 18.5k)
  • GetHealthBar now uses a deeper recursive scan to reliably locate the Blizzard status bar across all Anniversary build variants

Nameplate distance — auto-scan fix

  • Replaced the hardcoded per-class range table with a live spellbook scan using GetSpellInfo (returns minRange, maxRange per spell)
  • The maximum range of each spell is now used — previously some classes (e.g. Warrior Charge, Rogue Throw) were incorrectly set to the minimum range of the ability
  • Range re-evaluated on SPELLS_CHANGED and PLAYER_TALENT_UPDATE so talent improvements are picked up automatically

Tank Mode — skull marker

  • Added a skull raid icon on the tank's current target, visible to all party/raid members via SetRaidTarget
  • Marker moves automatically when the tank switches targets (WoW handles the old-target clear)
  • Skull is cleared when Tank Mode is disabled or the tank has no target
  • No permission check required — TBC Anniversary allows any party member to set raid icons

Healer Mode (new)

  • New mode independent of Tank Mode (the two are mutually exclusive)
  • When a healer has top threat on one or more enemies, the X raid icon is applied to the single highest-priority enemy (all party members can see it)
  • Priority order: highest threat % → lowest current HP → current target as final tiebreaker
  • X marker moves automatically as threat changes; cleared when Healer Mode is disabled or threat drops
  • Toggle: /bp healer or via ESC → Interface → AddOns → BattlePlates

Options panel

  • Added Tank Mode and Healer Mode checkboxes (mutually exclusive — enabling one disables the other)
  • Removed the separate "Show skull" and "Show X" sub-options; modes now imply their markers
  • Added /bp healer slash command