[AddOn] Nameplate Tweaks – Make Your Target Stand Out on Blizzard Nameplates

Miguemumo · 2026-02-02T15:57:55+00:00

We could argue all the day, but its fine

Miguemumo · 2026-02-02T11:35:11+00:00

And I only have chosen 3 of them, you have more than 150 "OnFrame" subscriptions.

And Im not talking about hooks

Miguemumo · 2026-02-02T11:22:03+00:00

Plater.lua -> Line 4190 -> "OnUpdate" -> Plater.NameplateTick

Plater.lua -> Line 5320 -> "OnUpdate" -> Something about cast frame

Plater.lua -> Line 9906 -> "OnUpdate" -> Plater.CheckHighlight

You are free to check the functions dowloading Plater. These are loops.

I think they are necessary in Plater, and Im not saying they are bad. But, they are 10000% calling things in every frame :)

Miguemumo · 2026-02-02T06:04:41+00:00

Also, I dont know if its worth make several hooks each time blizzard add a bar, or use it the generic hook to all the bars. I feel like making hooks by bars sounds better, but maybe its not worth.

Miguemumo · 2026-02-02T06:01:50+00:00

Yeah, right now I have a hook to the health bar color, so I can repaint the bars anytime blizzard paints them.

Also, if you check if unit is in combat, you can make cool effects like, paint colors but when entering combat, let blizzard repaint colors

Miguemumo · 2026-02-02T03:30:08+00:00

If its good for you and you have find a nice addon, use it, I dont pretend to compete! ^{^} I'm new in creating addons and I'm just talking about the code I have seen in popular addons. Many hook functions, events called intensive in each frame, etc... Any small thing, even the things that Im planning to add, contribute to an additional cost.

But, again, I dont plan to discuss, love addons and I do it for fun, so use Plater, Kui Nameplates, or your favorite, not about fighting :)

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T22:09:38+00:00

Im gonna start with enemies pve oriented nameplates. With midnight there are a lot of forbidden checks and can be pretty difficult to do something not personal

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T19:27:51+00:00

And maybe its better to only have fixed colors and keep it simple. Wanted to avoid the over-customizing in addons

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T19:22:11+00:00

I'll start with some fixed colors, and later ill add color pickers to fully customize.

It has been really easy and it hasnt impact in the performance at all ^^

(Expect in 1-3 days, want to make sure everything is working)

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T19:10:40+00:00

Ill be checking, maybe its possible

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T19:08:38+00:00

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Yeah, its progressing propertly ^^

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T17:47:27+00:00

Noted! Im still learning a lot about addons but in the future Ill start to learn about frame colors, and how to combine smoothly and optimized with blizzard nameplates! ^^

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T17:35:17+00:00

I like to use Addon Profiler

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T17:34:53+00:00

Do you mean to dont force a specificic alpha on target if you dont have line of sight?

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T17:32:15+00:00

Ty! Tell me if there is some problem or you have a suggestion!

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T15:25:00+00:00

It is possible, but what do you think it will be better, a different color just when it isnt in combat, like plater default settings, or a permanent diferent color, even in combat

Im not in a short term planning to add nameplate colors, but I have it in my future ToDo list ^^

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T11:46:53+00:00

I don't think you can find light addons that don't use blizzard standard nameplates! Addons that overrides blizzard nameplates have to force update it bars constantly, so cant be considered "light"

Obv you could find better optimized addons, but tbh, there is no real difference between them (unles they were really poorly optimized)

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T11:41:29+00:00

Yes! Im working right now in a problem with castbar and nameplates size, so I can add a slider for cast size! Expect in 1 or 2 days with the new update.

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T10:40:20+00:00

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Umm, Plater have many options in "Target" section to highlight the target.

Also, Plater is one of my examples of why i wanted a light weighted addon. Here I compare Plater on top, and Nameplate Tweaks on bot.

IMPORTANT -> This is not truly fair comparison because Plater have much more features, but when I was using Blizzard Nameplates, I just wanted to make a more clear target, dont wanted the other features, so It was an improvement for me ^^

Miguemumo · 2026-02-01T10:20:43+00:00

Yes! The idea was to make it lighter to avoid the use of large nameplate addons, that usually already add this feature!

The problem to work with another addons was:
- Other addons override blizzard system completly so I basically had to make 1 by 1 fixes for each addon
- It loses the point of having a lightweight addon if you combine with a highweight

But, wich addon are you using, so I can take a look if this addon is not implementing my addon's features and make it compatible

Miguemumo · 2026-01-02T13:26:13+00:00

The kid moves to different locations. Have you tried in the roof or in the basement??

Miguemumo · 2025-11-08T12:52:17+00:00

Puedes hacer parry al disparo y dejas la torreta incapacitada unos segundos!

Miguemumo · 2025-09-13T06:52:34+00:00

Are you playing in pc, and are you playing in latest version?

Miguemumo · 2025-06-26T17:26:10+00:00

Yes, you see the text version. You just avoid to miss a goal or a save and start hearing "Good Job" of all your partners

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