From version 10.2.x on, new versions of Threat Plates for WoW Classic will no longer be published here, but on the Threat Plates project page (as seperate version like for TBC Classic as well): https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/tidy-plates-threat-plates.
Threat Plates (Classic) supports Real Mob Health, an addon that records damage taken by a mob. This is used to estimate its max health when in combat and stores it for better accuracy in the future. Without it, all units will show with 100 HP health as WoW Classic does not provide accurate HP information via its API.
FAQs
Q: Every time I try to increase the max distance up to which nameplates are shown, it reverts back down to 20..
In Classic, 20 is the hardcapped maximum value for max distance. There is no way to increase it beyond that.
Q: Quest icons are shown on all nameplates, not only on quest mobs.
In the Classic version of Threat Plates, the Quest widget is disabled (in the sourcecode) and the ! icon was not shown by ThreatPlates in all reported cases, but by some other addons like Questie, Azeroth Auto Pilot or ClassicCodex, as they added their icon to the Threat Plates frame. Version 1.1.4 fixes this issue.
Q: Durations off buffs and debuffs on nameplates are missing or not correct.
In WoW Classic, the game does not provide information about the (maximum and current) duration of buffs and debuffs. The library LibClassicDurations helps with that by providing an internal database of aura durations and monitoring the environment for newly applied auras. For long-running buffs and debuffs this does not work as they are applied outside of the range of LibClassicDurations so that their reminaing duration is unknown. For this reason, auras with a runtime with more than 30min are always shown without duration.
How do you get enemy health bars to show all the time?? I want the target glow on my target, but normal health bars always showing. However the bars never show in PvE unless I'm targeting a mob (and even then it only shows health over my target, not any adds I may have pulled). In Shatt however, it's always showing me Alliance player bars just fine (I'm Horde).
In reply to Babypuke:
There is a setting in WoW (also available under General - Visibility) which is called "Always Show Nameplates" (CVar nameplateShowAll). If it is disabled only the target nameplate or nameplate in combat will be shown.
Hi,there are large green squares showing on ether side of mobs health bars.Is there a way to turn them off?
In reply to Fatdrood:
In general, that means that some textures (icons) are not found. But by default, TP would not show icons left and right of the healthbar. Can you post a screenshot of how it looks like?
To get numerical HP back instead of the percentage that is default now I used custom [FractionalHP], but despite color being set to the standard white the color of the HP text on the nameplates seem to be completely random. Sometimes it is actually white like it should be, but most of the time it is either gray, a purpleish blue (like the default name of players) or yellow.
If I leave it at the default setting health it is hidden until dmg is done, then it shows the percentage in white every time.
It makes no sense!
In reply to theAnton81:
If you use LibDogTag to set the custom text, the color should also be defined by LibDogText. You can use tags like Green (I think) to change that. I tested that some time ago. Regarding what you describe, I am not sure if it's default LibDogTag behaviour with FractionalHP or some kind of side effect where the color from TP is actually applied in some situations. I need to test this.
In reply to Backupiseasy:
That does seem to work, so long as you don't choose white as the color. However I also wanted to shorten it but I cannot get the 'Short' tag to work.
Any chance of adding an additional option to choose how nameplates function in Arenas independently from other instances of content?
Specifically just want enemy and friendly nameplates turned off in arena without having to disable the addon.
In reply to Naamtar:
Please note that Threat Plates (Classic) is deprecated now. You can download (and initially install) the newest version directly from the original Threat Plates addon page (https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/tidy-plates-threat-plates).
I added it to the feature list, but currently it is quite long :) I try to add scripting to Threat Plates which would allow to implement that by yourself (or someone else), but it's not yet finished.
Is it possible to add Freezing Trap to the debuffs on the nameplates? I have no complaints other than this, and love how easy it makes tanking!
In reply to lundz14:
Please note that Threat Plates (Classic) is deprecated now. You can download (and initially install) the newest version directly from the original Threat Plates addon page (https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/tidy-plates-threat-plates).
Regarding Freezing Trap, yeah, I think I missed that aura. Will add it in the next release.
In reply to Backupiseasy:
You the best my man!
This is an amazing addon and I enjoy it very much. Thank you for putting in the time to make it. I have one question though, is it possible to make the debuffs appear below the buffs? I have the icons showing below the nameplates, and it's kind of awkward looking to have an empty space between the buffs and the nameplate (while they have no debuffs). This is what i'm talking about:
https://imgur.com/hjW5mR5
https://imgur.com/bNCWnHk
Thank you!
In reply to oyay99:
It's not possible with the current version. I am right now working on 10.3 which will alllow you to position buffs, debuffs and CCs freely as this is one of the most requested features.
How can I see my own life with a badge like everyone else's?
In reply to gala107:
In Retail, there's the peronal nameplate for that. This personal nameplate is not available in Classic.
Did you change the add on to remove slows from crowd control section on auras in enemy crowd control section.
Also the crowd control size doesnt work
In reply to J__o__n:
You refer to the TBC Classic version, right? That's actually a bug because of some default values not being migrated properly, not sure why though. Does the following version work for you: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19w3KLdudm0VFmAlXOcCMoi0p22g6yq7p/view?usp=sharing
It should migrated default values properly. If not, I have to look for a different solution.
In reply to J__o__n:
If the above version does not work, try this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ozP77PTUXgWAqL4uBPjNHrBPMNA3oKS9/view?usp=sharing. It no longer migrates default values, but just ignores these values when scanning auras.
Hey. I'm guessing there's still no way to stop showing opposing faction nameplates in BCC?