Posting a NamePlate addon you might not have seen yet

[Meck]

Disclaimer: This is not my addon. I have only done some very minor tweaking to add class colors to the name plates. I also changed the name plate texture and increased the default height very slightly.

Found this cool name plate addon originally created by someone named Bonho. Since then, it has been edited substantially by Lulleh and Snelf from Emerald Dream server. Big thanks to those guys for making this neat addon.

Here is a video made by someone else showing it in action:
https://vimeo.com/79873287

Addon Includes:

• Custom texture name plates
• Class color health bars
• Your debuffs under the name plate of the thing you're targeting
• Raid Icons

Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ncrb86fvjkcr2k3/AABrQLjIN1AJFkoX99njdwgma?dl=0

[Neryx]

Sooooo, where to put the files?
It doesn't work if i put them in the Interface > Addons folders

[Roadblock]

You need to put the addon files in a folder named CustomNameplates in your AddOns folder.
So that you have a path to the addon .toc file similar to this.

<wow install>\Interface\AddOns\CustomNameplates\CustomNameplates.toc

On topic, I've been using these nameplates (a personal edit with some tweaks and performance enhancements) since a few weeks when I joined this server.
Changes I've made are:
- Cap updates to 60fps instead of unthrottled OnUpdate
- Debuffs
- Clickthrough for melee classes (I was getting very annoyed as a tank trying to mouseturn and having nameplates "eating" my mouse)

They are great nameplates for Vanilla I agree.

The only other nameplate addon (that's not just a texture replacement) that is quite decent but not as "pretty" is _nameplates by Saiket.

[Sillicus]

Great addon.

I'd like to set mine to 'clickthrough' also. How do I do that with the .lua?

[picartman]

What are the commands we can use with this addon?

[Roadblock]

Great addon.

I'd like to set mine to 'clickthrough' also. How do I do that with the .lua?

If you want unconditional clickthrough the easiest way is to open CustomNameplates.lua in a text editor,
scroll down to the end of the file, you'll find a section (assuming you got the version linked here) that reads

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--if currently one of the nameplates is an actual player, draw classicon
if  Players[name] ~= nil and namePlate.classIcon:GetTexture() == "Solid Texture" and string.find(namePlate.classIcon:GetTexture(), "Interface") == nil then
   namePlate.classIcon:SetTexture(Icons[Players[name]["class"]])
   namePlate.classIcon:SetTexCoord(.078, .92, .079, .937)
   namePlate.classIcon:SetAlpha(0.9)
   namePlate.classIconBorder:Show()
end


Put a new line under that end and add

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namePlate:EnableMouse(false);

Save and /console reloadui your game.

[Sillicus]

Thanks for the quick response. Will give that a try.

[Altoholic]

If you want unconditional clickthrough the easiest way is to open CustomNameplates.lua in a text editor,
scroll down to the end of the file, you'll find a section (assuming you got the version linked here) that reads

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--if currently one of the nameplates is an actual player, draw classicon
if  Players[name] ~= nil and namePlate.classIcon:GetTexture() == "Solid Texture" and string.find(namePlate.classIcon:GetTexture(), "Interface") == nil then
   namePlate.classIcon:SetTexture(Icons[Players[name]["class"]])
   namePlate.classIcon:SetTexCoord(.078, .92, .079, .937)
   namePlate.classIcon:SetAlpha(0.9)
   namePlate.classIconBorder:Show()
end


Put a new line under that end and add

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namePlate:EnableMouse(false);

Save and /console reloadui your game.

Life saver.
That impossibility to right click to move camera was annoying me since months (i used no addons for nameplates).
Thank you A LOT!

[Peppuli]

You need to put the addon files in a folder named CustomNameplates in your AddOns folder.
So that you have a path to the addon .toc file similar to this.

<wow install>\Interface\AddOns\CustomNameplates\CustomNameplates.toc

On topic, I've been using these nameplates (a personal edit with some tweaks and performance enhancements) since a few weeks when I joined this server.
Changes I've made are:
- Cap updates to 60fps instead of unthrottled OnUpdate
- Debuffs
- Clickthrough for melee classes (I was getting very annoyed as a tank trying to mouseturn and having nameplates "eating" my mouse)

They are great nameplates for Vanilla I agree.

The only other nameplate addon (that's not just a texture replacement) that is quite decent but not as "pretty" is _nameplates by Saiket.

Mind linking your version here? I'd much prefer all the changes you've made to the AddOn

[Roadblock]

Edit:
Moved it out to its own post since it's no longer simple code edits
http://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=31701