2.8.15-1616
- tried to fix a few problems related to text tags, concatenating opposing conditions, and "attempt to concatenate boolean value" errors; those of you with a lot of custom tags, please report any problems
- added a "[Type]" text tag; returns a string, see AloftTags.rtf
- added an "[IsPlayer]" text tag; returns a boolean (LUA-style, true/not-nil or nol), whether unit is/is-not a friendly player or hostile flagged player
- added an option to "bounce" (toggle) nameplates when AloftAutoShow changes nameplate overlap settings automatically (disabled by default; option under "Overlap Name Plates" options)
- applied a fix to SetFrameLevel() processing to prevent the value from going out of range (AloftFrame.lua line 296 error/etc)
- validated with WoW 3.3.2-11403 (02-Feb-2010 in north america)

2.8.14-1600
- adjusted all frame levels, now relative against the underlying nameplate frame
- applied a blend mode on all texture regions (including backdrops) to "improve" behavior of UI object layering
- latest/greatest CallbackHandler-1.0 (from Ace3)

2.8.13-1589
- fixed tooltip scraping to locate unit comments and pet owner's names correctly
- fixed problem with target tracking that had broken AloftCastWarning
- attempted fix to LUA recursive loop when encountering "Unknown" units (for those of you who actually encounter "Unknown" units, please help test)

2.8.12-1545
- intended for WoW 3.3 only; WoW 3.1/3.2 users, please continue using earlier versions
- adjusted tooltip scraping to account for the faction level that now appears on line 2 of all tooltips; not exhaustively tested, watch for bugs
- moved show/hide options entirely to "AloftAutoShow" module (Blizzard offers these as standard UI options in WoW 3.3); these are no longer available through Aloft except via the "AloftAutoShow" module
- enhanced the "AloftAutoShow" options to offer automated control over all the new Blizzard nameplate options (WoW 3.3); includes nameplate overlap; this causes a SavedVariables change, please reconfigure all profiles and watch out for crashes
- enhanced cast bar spell icon processing to explicitly show/hide the icon when the UI shows/hides the cast bar (attempted workaround for Zukuu's problem)
- expanded attempts to handle "Unknown" units, including applying a nameplate health bar color (user options, under "Health Bar>Colors>Unknown" and "Frame>Background>Colors>Unknown"); these changes are untested, and will only work in "enUS" locale
- changed default setting for "Nameplate Glow>Threat Status Colors>Low Threat" from "red" to "green" (to differentiate from Blizzard threat colors)
- updated Acapela preset with new auto-show options

2.8.11a-1435
- Aloft no longer disables the mouse for "hidden" nameplates; too many unintended side-effects when the WoW client recycles nameplates

2.8.11-1431
- enhanced Aloft to switch "hidden" nameplates over from zero (0) alpha to "hidden", when combat ends; changed associated Aloft "Visibility" option to "Use Nameplate Alpha In Combat"
- enhanced Aloft to disable the mouse on "hidden" nameplates, when combat ends (works intermittently)
- attempted to apply some fixes (in a few selected places in Aloft) to disable data-gathering on "Unknown" units, as well as updating formerly "Unknown" units when they become known; needs testing (i cannot reproduce these issues)
- switched Aloft's Combat Text module over to use COMBAT_LOG_* events (as opposed to the UNIT_COMBAT event), which allows Aloft to track combat log activity based on UnitGUID, and display combat text on "identifiable" non-target/non-group nameplates (with the usual limitations: unit name must be unique, or the unit must have a raid target assignment, etc)
- added new options to Aloft's Combat Text module to allow additional filtration of combat text display
- aligned the spell school colors used by Aloft's Combat Text module more closely with Blizzard's standard combat log spell colors; please help test to insure that "white damage" actually displays as "white" (or whatever color you have "Combat Text>Colors>Text" set to)
- fixed a defect in UnitID data gathering that was causing group UnitIDs to be updated redundantly
- nameplate glows now recognize changes to stance/form/presence/aura, and update all visible nameplates accordingly, even in combat
- separated Nameplate Glow "invert" logic from Nameplate Glow "explicit low threat" logic, so that they work independently; those of you who "invert" nameplate glows, please help test and tell me if this works "better"
- made the use of "recently damaged" a user option under Nameplate Glow (defaults to false); "recently damaged" is not a generic "in combat" indicator, it really does indicate "recently damaged" (i.e. damaged in what looks like the past 5 seconds); dunno if this is a recent Blizzard change, or if i was confused all along
- updated "Acapela" preset with small changes to alpha settings
- added a visibility filter capability based on unit name (finally identified an "efficient" way to do it); build/maintain your own list of "invisible"/"hidden" unit names, under Aloft's "Visibility>Unit Name" options

2.8.10-1359
- added option to AloftVisibility to use nameplate alpha instead of Region:Hide() to "hide" individual nameplates; requires the AloftAlpha module to be enabled
- added 'deDE' localization for totem visibility/color exception mechanism (does not affect the options menu, just the ability to detect totem/etc unit names); needs testing

2.8.9-1311
- fixed issues with nameplate color updates in PvP (seems to be working correctly now; thanks to Zukuu and Maldazzar for their help with testing)
- added "explicit low threat indicator only in combat" option to "Nameplate Glow"; shows an explicit low threat/no threat glow when both player and target are in combat (still no glow when target is not in combat; turn this option off to obtain that)
- added "invert only when tanking" option to "Nameplate Glow" (requested by user "jtbalogh"; turns "invert" on only when tanking; requires "Invert" option, plus Warrior/Defensive Stance, DeathKnight/Frost Presence, Druid/Bear, or Paladin/Righteous Fury)
- incorporated [Truncate] text tag (requested by user "EmpireDawn"); see Aloft front page or Acapela's FAQ for documentation
- added Cleansing Totem to list of totem exceptions (under "Visibility")
- added Mana Tide Totem to list of totem exceptions (under "Visibility"); yes, all totems will eventually be incorporated
- fixed a few defects in totem visibility/color exception processing (Aloft was occasionally confusing totems with pets, which they are in effect, but Aloft still needs to treat them differently)
- updated ruRU locale, courtesy of StingerSoft
- updated to latest/greatest Ace2 (apparently fixes a rare bug in AceEvent-2.0)

2.8.8-1272
- put the more complex workaround back in for "giant cast bar" syndrome and "reappearing spell icon" syndrome; looks like this will have to be done the hard way
- added checks for the availability of the "GetTotemExceptionColor()" function; it is part of an optional module, its absence should result in default behavior
- added some frame-delay processing to totem nameplate hiding (which still cannot occur during combat) and exception color application; mechanism operates more reliably now

2.8.7-1155
- simplified the workaround to "giant cast bar" syndrome, applied a similar mechanism to work around "unwanted disabled cast bar spell icon" syndrome
- implemented an exception mechanism for showing hostile totems of "PvP significance"; mechanism allows individual visibility control over hostile tremor, grounding, and earthbind totems (currently for the enUS locale only), and health bar color customization for those totems

2.8.6-1243
- replaced Blizzard "shield" graphics for uninterruptable spells with a graphic over the cast bar spell icon (look at "Cast Bar>Spell Icon>Shield" options)
- added features to detect and change cast bar color/texture/border on uninterruptable spell casts, provide separate cast bar options for interruptable/uninterruptable spells
- enhanced to work around "giant cast bar" pathology by resetting cast bar size/placement at regular intervals when cast bar is visible
- fixed glitch in update of recently damaged icon when its options are changed
- updated with most recent Shaman class color
- added DK bloodworm nameplates to totem/snake control

2.8.5-1208
- got rid of cast bar "shield" graphics, during nameplate initialization
- switched to using the Blizzard TexCoords array for class icon art from FrameXML/Constants.lua
- eliminated LibBabble-Class-3.0; replaced with localized class name data from FrameXML/Constants.lua

2.8.4-1197
- fixed problem wil cast bar spell icon (was using the incorrect texture region as supplied by Blizzard in their nameplate assembly)
- attempted to fix some formatting in AloftTags.rtf

2.8.3-1190
- updated TOC for WoW 3.2
- updated (again) for WoW 3.2 to detect/handle some intermittent additional tooltip data, so that NPC "[Comment]" and "[PetOwnersName]" data is collected properly
- updated crowd control functionality to use a base duration of 10 seconds in PvP, and reduce from that if the actual CC skill used has a shorter duration (Cheap Shot/Kidney Shot); please help test in PvP
- updated crowd control functionality to load at startup for the Shaman class (so that hex timing can actually be used; sorry about that, i don't have a level 80 Shaman yet)
- fixed a defect in target tracking (with group unitids) that was affecting the AloftCastWarning addon
- Blizzard standard "Combat>Class Colors in Nameplates" interface option is forced on at "startup" (game session start, addon enable)
- user is warned when Blizzard standard "Combat>Class Colors in Nameplates" interface option is disabled
- added frame delay to class/guild/race data update
- fixed typo in AloftVisibility module descriptions (as they appear in waterfall tooltips)
- updated documentation on class color configuration option handling in AloftTags.rtf

2.8.2-1163
- adjusted frame level of backdrop frame, and draw layer of backdrop region, to layer with the rest of the nameplate better
- added code to adjust settings of Alpha options to make it difficult to set default and/or non-target alpha to the same values as target alpha
- increased the allowed range of the class icon size option
- added a "PvP" preset that assumes the user wants the "giant class icon over hostile PC targets' heads" look, but retained a few things in vestigal form, like name/level text, and health/mana bars (which the user can disable if desired)
- enhanced Aloft to add an "Empty" bar texture (from Recount) to SharedMedia at startup, to facilitate "disabling" the health bar (since it could be difficult to hide at the API level)
- reorded declaration of Threat module common localization data to try to work around a LUA problem reported by a zhTW user

2.8.1-1151
- fixed TOC typo, now 30100
- adjusted frame level and draw layers of various nameplate assembly elements so that nameplate frame, name text, and level text can remain at their default frame levels w/o layering problems in combat
- updated to detect the 3.2 PTR and handle the changed nameplate frame assembly
- updated to detect the 3.2 PTR and handle the changed tooltip locations for NPC "[Comment]" and "[PetOwnersName]" data (player title and guild data seems to be working)

2.8.0-1127
- updated TOC to interface version 31000
- enhanced extensively to employ a "backdrop frame" with its own color/border capability, for use in laying out "unit frame" style nameplates; refer to Aloft's "Frame" options and the "Unit Frame" preset
- health bar positioning approach has been changed to allow health bar, with its own border/background, to position independently relative to "backdrop frame"; this changes SavedVariables
- all other graphics elements now position (more-or-less) relative to the "backdrop frame", please adjust your layouts
- fixed some cryptic problems with nameplate identification that were preventing the threat subsystem from finding friendly nameplates and applying group threat bars/threat text properly
- refactored/enhanced AloftCrowdControl (re)attachment mechanism, including speculative attachment; watch for errors
- added Shaman Hex to AloftCrowdControl
- fixed problem with class color update when unit with visible nameplate joins a group
- fixed bugs in AloftCombatText color management, displayed colors now properly reflect UNIT_COMBAT event data; possible exception: hybrid schools like "frostfire", needs more testing
- enhanced to add/remove arena opponent unitids ("arena1" through "arena5") to target tracking when entering/exiting an arena venue
- fixed a few typos in auto-show location change handling
- updated "Acapela" preset with new layout parameters, added "Unit Frame" preset as an example of backdrop frame use
- got rid of the donate data in the TOC, this eliminates the "Donate" button on Aloft's menu
- latest/greatest libraries (no apparent functional changes)

2.7.8-934
- enhanced player target tracking, to insure AloftCastWarning would record spells cast by the player's current target
- beefed up processing to insure all disabled "Data Options" clear their associated SavedVariables, when actually disabled and if disabled on startup
- exposed neutral unit level and health to the user as options (under Aloft "Visibility>Critter" options), for use in making assumptions about what is a "critter" when nameplates first appear; overridden by mouseover/target action
- simplified friendly unitid collection for groups
- fixed a typo in ruRU localization, per vol4's bug report

2.7.7-898
- Mana Bar module now tracks Runic Power, as it decays over time (was not updating the bar correctly for Death Knights)
- put unitid acquisition/re-acquisition on nameplate appearance on a frame delay; this relies on unit "type" (friendly/hostile/etc), which in turn relies on default nameplate color
- incorporated some "ruRU" localizations courtesy of StingerSoft
- changed "Securely Tanking" nameplate glow override color default to a "bright" orange (more towards yellow than red)... dark magenta seemed to me too hard to see, plain orange seemed too close to the default red for hostile nameplates
- added "Explicit 'Low Aggro'" options to nameplate glow (primarily for those enabling "Use Nameplate"; this is set to a standard hostile "red" by default, essentially a no-op compared to the usual health bar color), so that those who wish can configure explicit display of "threat status 0"
- worked on OnNameplateShow processing some more, to insure that border target-only behavior works properly for mana/threat/crowd-control bars, and etc (still attempting workarounds for health bars)
- added Hibernate (and the Druid class) to crowd control module (ran out of time for rogue capabilities but want to try to add those next)
- a few small fixes for WoW 3.1.x, related to UnitThreatSituation() and UnitAura(), based on emerging Blizzard API changes on the PTR

2.7.6-864
- fixed a bug in option processing for the Aloft "Frame" module
- added current locale to version string presented to user in Aloft options screen and FuBar/LDB tooltips
- attempted a fix for problems with localizations not being in scope at optional module load time
- fixed problems related to nameplate glow color updates, verified that nameplate glow "Use Health Bar" capabilities are functional

2.7.5-854
- basic testing and updates for WoW 3.1.x
- added a "State Icon" feature, to allow user control over Blizzard's upcoming elite graphics on nameplates (will only be relevant on the PTR and when 3.1 goes live)
- added feature to enable frame borders on target only, for health bar, power bar, threat bar, cast bar, crowd control bar, etc
- worked on frame border update problems on nameplate "show", most of these problems now seem under control
- provided an option to make inverted nameplate glow appear only while in combat (instead of all the time)
- tracked down another unitid bug, this time affecting Visibility options, put all Visibility updating on a next-frame delay
- changed "Target-of-Target" options menu slightly, now called "Target Tracking"; no Saved Variables changes

2.7.4-810
- i believe i have found an "efficient" way to do AOE threat (i.e. threat versus the player on targets other than the current/active/primary); this is incorporated "experimentally"; see the FAQ for more details
- added a "Threat Bar>Group Threat" option, to permit group threat and AOE threat to be controlled separately
- changed the meaning of the "Threat Bar>Group Threat Update Interval"; now controls rate of AOE threat processing as well, and a value of 0.0 means "as fast as possible"
- increased the allowed range of the "Frame>Packing Height" and "Health Bar>Position" options to permit more freedom of position; NOTE: these can affect mouseover sensitivity, so take care
- frame backdrop/border/glow graphics now associate positionally with the health bar, instead of the (invisible) "nameplate frame"; facilitates altering the display "height" of the nameplate relative to the associated unit "character model"
- added option to "Nameplate Glow" to use health bar color for aggro indicator, instead of a glow, please help test this
- added "threat status colors" to "Nameplate Glow" options, so user can customize glow/health bar colors used to indicate "Blizzard" aggro thresholds; enable "Nameplate Glow>Override Colors" to use these colors
- changed "Nameplate Glow" default update interrval to 0.33 (will update glow 3 times a second), from 0.20 (5 times a second)
- some fine-tuning to the ruRU locale, courtesy of Xisraa and McFLY
- all localizations have been combined into one file per module, to reduce the number of files at addon load time; the old per-language files still exist, for the moment
- enhanced [IsTotem] tag processing; Aloft now treats Hunter snake trap "Viper" and "Venemous Snake" spawn nameplates as "totems" for the purpose of hiding (note: only affects these nameplates while out of combat, which will limit usefulness)
- incorporated the "old"/"teal" Shaman class color, and re-incorporated the current Shaman class color in such a way that Aloft will not be confused by addons like ReTeal
- tracked down a fairly subtle bug (manifesting for me on pet nameplates): leaving visible range and then returning was intermittently resulting in (pet) unitid not being restored to the nameplate (which breaks various other things)

2.7.3-767
- enhanced PlayerTitle module to supply a new PlayerTitleSuffixSeparated text tag; refer to AloftTags.rtf for details; example usage: [PlayerTitleSuffixSeparated(", "," ")]
- added a "ClassColor" text tag; example usage: [Name:ClassColor]
- enhanced Visibility module to allow hiding of hostile totem nameplates
- enhanced enUS locale totem name parsing, to identify totems ending in a spell rank number (needs to be extended to other locales: koKR, ruRU, zhCN, zhTW)
- beefed up AloftTarget module to handle occasional errors during dynamic load processing
- found/fixed typo in "Nameplate Glow" processing

2.7.2-745
- separated the existing AutoShow options into their own "player state" category, added a "player location" category (governing where the player is), made nameplate show contingent on the validity of one condition from each category
- refactored target tracking (for target-of-target and etc), extracted it to its own "always loaded" module, preparatory for using it in cast warning and PvP glow functionality
- got rid of options allowing user to disqualify race/class/raid-target as discriminators in target tracking (target-of-target); always use all of them
- made a variety of small changes to improve load-order processing of "dynamic" modules, hopefully will help with tag error messages
- changed Nameplate Glow logic to use a global Ace2 repeating event (rather than a frame OnUpdate hook), cleaned up code
- updated to latest/greatest version of Ace2

2.7.1-715
- changed checks for Broker2FuBar/FuBar2Broker: when Broker2FuBar is present, Aloft's LDB support is disabled (use Aloft's FuBar support directly); when FuBar2Broker is present, Aloft's FuBar support is disabled (use Aloft's LDB support directly)
- updates to zhCN/zhTW localization, courtesy of digmouse
- applied some syntatic changes to localization files, in preparation for recombining them back into a single/combined file; watch for "No translation" errors

2.7.0-667
- should have upped the version number to 2.7.x when i added the "AutoShow" functionality; this release should have been another bug-fix release for that major version
- AutoShow functionality is now a "dynamic module"; enable it under Aloft "Modules" options; this also changes the organization of SavedVariables, so once enabled, you will need to configure your "Auto Show" options again (menus will appear under the standard Aloft nameplate show/hide options when the module is enabled)
- AutoShow now has a "Set All" capability, under the relevant options; enabling this will apply changes to any AutoShow options for neutral/hostile (or friendly), nameplates apply to all options for the same type of nameplate (this applies to use of keybindings as well)
- TagCompiler-1.0 has been tweaked slightly, pending some interaction with its author(s), to generate empty strings when ~Tag/Not(Tag)/ColorIf()/etc conditions evaluate to "false"; please watch for unwanted side-effects in your text tags
- fixed intermittent LUA errors in AloftThreat and AloftStackedPointText modules
- enhanced to avoid status-change announcements when changing "Visibility" options or selecting/deselecting "dynamic" modules
- saw only occasional PvP titles on cross-realm players in my testing, so have disabled player title gathering for cross-realm units, so that realms are not confused with titles; will revisit this again later (should be possible to detect the realm in the player tooltip and parse around it, needs more experimentation)

2.6.5-644
- enhanced "Show Nameplate"/"Show Friendly Nameplate" functionality to control basic nameplate visibility automatically/conditionally on behalf of the user: on combat, on resting, on being grouped (and a default for when these conditions don't apply); a new feature, please watch for problems
- backed out optional dependencies on FuBar, Broker2FuBar, FuBar2Broker, and the mainstream Broker display addons (Carousel, Fortress, NinjaPanel, StatBlockCore)
- updated to latest/greatest FuBarPlugin-2.0 embedded library (r9 from WoWAce, which has gone back to being FuBarPlugin-2.0)
- fixed some typos in the ruRU localization (thanks to McFLY for the helpful report)

2.6.4-631
- made FuBar, Broker2FuBar, FuBar2Broker, and the mainstream Broker display addons (Carousel, Fortress, NinjaPanel, StatBlockCore) as optional dependencies, to enforce load order; if this is "bad" (you there, Phanx? :-), let me know, and i can back it out
- added an AceAddon-2.0 "InitializeAddon()" invocation to the load process for Aloft's FuBar and LibDataBroker dynamic modules; these are actually full/separate addons, not just Aloft modules, and initialization must be driven manually when they are loaded
- fixed bugs (FuBar/Broker libs not in TOC; Nameplate Glow color processing which was causing a LUA error; Crowd Control Bar default background color, which was inconsistent with other default background colors)
- updated to latest/greatest FuBarPlugin-2.0 embedded library (r7 from WoWAce, which is actually now FuBarPlugin-2.1)

2.6.3-617
- fixes and enhancements to AloftPlayerTitle module; player titles are somewhat dynamic, but it is now possible to cache the most recently seen prefixes/suffixes between sessions (look at Aloft "Data Options"; defaults to disabled); mouseover/target action will update them

2.6.2-612
- incorporated "ruRU" translations; thanks to Xisraa/Henrietta; i have no good way to test localizations, so: users of Russian-language WoW clients, please feel free to mouseover all menu items, proofread the text and watch for LUA errors, and report anything you see
- added "AloftPlayerTitle" dynamic module; this enables two new text tags: [PlayerTitlePrefix] and [PlayerTitleSuffix] (for leading and trailing titles, so you can format them accordingly); scrapes tooltips on mouseover/target action, watch for inaccuracies, especially on rapid mouseover
- re-applied "simple" fixes/workarounds to changes to unit level and name that occur "behind Aloft's back"; dropping and re-aquiring target should update name/level text
- added border/border color, spell icon, spell name/rank text, and remaining spell time text to crowd control bar (NOTE: Aloft crowd control subsystem has restrictions, read project description and FAQ)
- reorganized crowd control module options, to make them consistent with other "bar" functionality (mana/threat/castbar, etc); changes to SavedVariables have occurred, you will need to reconfigure your "Crowd Control" options
- added "color transition" to stacking point debuff text (lacerate/sunder); text counter will change slowly through a continuous range from one color to another as the debuff slowly counts down; the two colors at each end of the range are user-selected, defaults set to cyan (at maximum remaining time) and red (at minimum remaining time)
- reorganized stacking point debuff options (changes to menu organization only), to make consistent with other "text" functionality; there should be no changes to existing SavedVariables (though there is an extra color in the options now, for the color transition capability)
- enhanced creature type processing to "assume" any neutral level 1 NPC with <= 8 maximum health is a "critter"; this will not catch all critters (but should catch most typical ones); this may cause problems with other NPCs, please report any errors
- re-named the Aloft "AloftSpellNameText" module to "AloftCastBarSpellNameText", for consistency; the module will need to be re-enabled, no changes to SavedVariables
- AloftPresets is now a dynamic module; if you want access to presets, enable the module via the "Modules" options

2.6.1-570
- backed out "simple" initial fixes/workarounds to changes to unit level and name that occur "behind Aloft's back", pending more thorough analysis/testing of framerate/update issues
- made border/border color separate/independent options on each of cast bar, mana bar, and threat bar

2.6.0-559
- rolled all Aloft functionality back into a single addon folder, and implemented a poor-man's "dynamic load" mechanism (like that used by Prat; kudos to Sylvanaar)
- enhanced AloftStackedPointsText module to permit combo points on any class (e.g. dailies and Malygos raid encounter; nod to Gnarfoz for identifying this problem); needs testing
- enhanced AloftStackedPointsText module to sense druid form changes, and switch from lacerate count to combo point count on the fly
- enhanced cast bars, mana bars, and threat bars to use the same border/border color settings as the health bar (which is controlled under Aloft "Frame" options)
- added functionality to re-apply visibility settings at end of combat (in case nameplates disappear/reappear during combat lockdown)
- critters should be hideable via "Visibility" options;
- attempted simple initial fixes/workarounds to changes to unit level and name that occur "behind Aloft's back"

2.5.2-403
- separated additional Aloft functionality out of the core addon: FuBar_AloftFu, Broker_Aloft, AloftClassIcon, AloftCombatText
- separated ComboPointsText functionality out of core addon, renamed to "AloftStackedPointsText", added Lacerate and Sunder support (available for Druid, Rogue, and Warrior appropriately)
- separated Polymorph/ShackleUndead functionality out of core addon, combined and renamed to "AloftCrowdControl", added Banish support (available for Mage, Priest, and Warlock appropriately)
- provided "invert" options under "Nameplate Glow" and "Threat Bar>Threat Flash", to enable glows in the "opposite" fashion (i.e. when player does not have aggro, or when threat is below threshold)
- added a couple of new "glow" textures, selectively truncated so they do not obscure elements of the nameplate
- made the new "ThreeQuartersSoftOutline" texture the default for threat flash

2.5.1-367
- made the "enUS" locale unconditional in the new Aloft "child" addons, as the default locale; this should get rid of the "translation does not exist" errors seen in 2.5.0-342
- added options to allow the user to control class colors (these default to the Blizzard colors, and can be reset to these defaults)
- added a couple of new "glow" textures, selectively truncated so they do not obscure elements of the nameplate
- made the new "ThreeQuartersSquareGlow" texture the default for aggro glows

2.5.0-342
- began the process of teasing Aloft apart into separate modules (which the user can physically disable if desired); no bugs fixed, really
- broke out AloftThreat Data/Bar/Text and AloftMana Data/Bar/Text functionality as separate modules
- enhanced AloftTags.rtf document to specify which modules originate which text tags (which will become increasingly important as this modularity increases)
- implemented AloftHealthBarDeficit optional module (which converts existing health bars to display a health deficit, growing from the right as health is lost); enabled via "Aloft>Health Bar>Deficit Health Bar" option, disabled by default
- updated to latest/greatest embedded libraries (LibRoster-2.1, which added "vehicle" as a valid unit; vehicles in groups not yet tested with Aloft, report any issues)

2.4.6-315
- checked over code used to monitor changes to group events (pet/party/raid), delegated completely to LibRoster-2.1
- fixed typo in use of UnitClass() method that was causing class validation on nameplate identification to fail
- fixed typo in mouseover vs. target class information gathering
- added some normalization of class names (normalized to the namespace returned in the second value of UnitClass(), and the class names in the RAID_CLASS_COLORS global), just in case parts of the non-localized Blizzard API and/or LibBabble-Class are inconsistent (i.e. return "DEATHKNIGHT" or "Death Knight" variously), etc
- added Runes/Runic Power to "[PowerTypeColor]" tag color table, enhanced to gather power type (as a string) from UnitPowerType(), added "[PowerTypeName]" and "[ShortPowerTypeName]" tags
- updated use of Blizzard's GetBattlefieldScore() to match new return value/order
- updated to latest/greatest versions of embedded libraries (LibBabble-Class-3.0), removed some older/unused versions of libraries

2.4.5-293
- checked over code used to calculate "[HealthFraction]|[ManaFraction]|[ThreatFraction]", fixed defects and made basic method of calculation consistent

2.4.4-288
- beefed up things like class/race/classification/creature-type/is-pet collecton/assignment to incorporate further cross-checking (including class colors on underlying Blizzard nameplates), to help disambiguate and/or clean up nameplates for hunters/pets when hunter and pet are named the same
- applied LUA's intrinsic math.ceil() to the calculation of the "[HealthFraction]" tag value, to insure fractional health does not show "0%" when targets actually still have health (for bosses, this could be a lot of health)
- added Death Knight as a class (esES locale users beware, LibBabble-Class-3.0 has no localizations for Death Knight)
- added Runic Power as a power type
- did small bits and pieces of code refactoring and cleanup here and there

2.4.3-261
- added Broker2FuBar and FuBar2Broker as optional dependencies, to force load order so that Aloft can sense their presence
- coded both LibDataBroker and FuBar support to sense the presence of the other guy's broker and disable itself if present
- if neither of the FuBar/LDB brokers are present, both FuBar and LDB support will load (and presumably not interfere with each other); if both are present, Aloft will offer neither FuBar nor LDB support; "/aloft waterfall" will have to be used
- enhanced Class Data collection to treat the color of a hostile nameplate as an indication of class when ShowClassColorInNameplate CVar is enabled by the user; colors are not apparently exact, so had to jump through some hoops
- fixed pernicious typo in global use of variable "profile" (which should have been declared local), which was breaking FuBar_LuckyCharms
- enhanced FuBar plugin to refresh Dewdrop when nameplates are "redisplayed" (primarily a function of Visibility options); this was ultimately yet another framerate-related update/delay issue (it is possible to bounce the ShowClassColorInNameplate CVar "too fast", programmatically from an addon)
- fixed bug in redisplay functionality that inadvertantly set all nameplates visible (basic options) when Visibility options were twiddled
- updated to latest/greatest versions of embedded libraries

2.4.2-244
- updated embedded libraries (looks like very minor TOC change(s))
- integrated with ShowClassColorInNameplate CVar and "beefed up" class-based information gathering and checking, so that health-bar colors and color text tags for hostile PvP targets will be checked and updated properly (i.e. as documented in AloftTags.rtf)
- addressed some very cryptic framerate-related update/delay issues induced by changing the ShowClassColorInNameplate CVar with live/actively-displayed nameplates; hopefully these are dealth with, but please watch for artifacts (i.e. "[HealthBarColor]"/"[OriginalHealthBarColor]" and health bar colors themselves not updating correctly)
- enhanced FuBar plugin to refresh Dewdrop when nameplates are "redisplayed" (primarily a function of Visibility options); this was ultimately yet another framerate-related update/delay issue (it is possible to bounce the ShowClassColorInNameplate CVar "too fast", programmatically from an addon)
- fixed typo in advanced color tags example in AloftTags.rtf; added hex color code for DeathKnight to AloftTags.rtf
- implemented class icon system (request from WoWAce user, and it was easy enough, once i knew where to go for the icon art)

2.4.1-221
- removed native LibDataBroker-1.1 (LDB) support; per user suggestion, those wishing LDB support should use Broker2FuBar
- fixed typo in ReportStatusChanges

2.4.0-215
- added LibDataBroker-1.1 (LDB) support, with mouseover status and shift-click waterfall instantiation (like the FuBar support); my LDB display of choice is Carousel
- fixed typo in FuBar support
- experimented with and cleaned up Frame dimension options, to allow nameplates to be more closely tiled on-screen (packing height/width) and to permit healthbar borders to be inset slightly (plain height/width)
- went ahead with SpellID-based implementation of GetSpellInfo (kudos to gix, who proposed it); my mage only has sheep-based polymorph, so i have no real means of experimenting with this purely via spell name
- shackle and polymorph timers will now attempt to identify active debuffs on the player's current target and retroactively attach a timer bar when the nameplate comes into range, even when the "speculative" option is disabled
- cast bar color may now be specified; looks like obvious enhancements, like coloring the cast bar according to spell school, and other such things, could be difficult
- looked into player titles... nothing in the Blizzard API lets you query them for other players; will investigate tooltip data as a workaround

2.3.1-201
- too much of a rush job; fixed the stupid typo; this version is identical to Aloft-2.3.1.200 except for the single typo
- my apologies, should have done my usual release test process

2.3.1-200
- a bit of a rush job, testing focused primarily on FuBar and ReportStatusChanges bugs; report any other problems and they will be addressed ASAP
- fixed various bugs in FuBar support
- fixed various bugs related to ReportStatusChanges
- updated embedded libraries, incorporated original TOCs and licensing as a means of providing author credit
- deprecated LibBabble-Spell-3.0, trying GetSpellInfo() instead; those in non-enUS locales, please see if your Polymorph and Shackle timers have localized spell names in them
- upgraded to LibGratuity-3.0 (tooltip scraping), though this is not searchable on Curse and is listed as a "beta"; watch for problems identifying vendor comments and pet owner names

2.3.0-174
- implemented experimental hostile target-of-target system, both for PvP targets generally and for instance targets that have a raid target assignment (only PvE requires raid target assignment); use the "[TargetName]" tag as usual
- the target-of-target system actually does require raid target assignments in PvE; PvE targets without raid target assignments will be ignored by the target-of-target system; race and class are sufficient in PvP (raid target assignments are not expected but will hurt nothing)
- watch for perceived "inefficiency" in the target-of-target system (UI pausing every 15 seconds to so) while in crowded PvP environments, or even in PvE environments; disable the feature if desired
- applied several bug fixes (Alpha subsystem typo, pet Visibility, Aggro "glow" color management)
- went into an AV game, and saw health bar colors, color text tags, and the "[Class]" text tag working "properly" on Aloft hostile player nameplates
- Aloft "Health Bar>Colors>Color Hostile by Class" and "Combat>Class Colors in Nameplates" options , as well as "[HealthBarColor]" and "[OriginalHealthBarColor] tags, work fairly intuitively together
- restored FuBar support (tested with FuBar 3.5)
- race data is now updated regularly from the battlefield score (like class data)
- added key bindings for Aloft (enable/disable friendly nameplates), bindings toggling each of enemy/friendly/all; these will replace the default Blizzard nameplate bindings and interact with "Report Status Changes"

Aloft-2.2.0.154:
- Aloft is still an Ace2 mod; the intended Ace3 port is on hold for the moment
- the latest/greatest Ace2 is embedded in this release
- i have seen no library conflict or "incompatibility" with the "large" addons i have used in testing (Pitbull 3.2.6, XPerl 3.0.0h, IceHUD 1.3.6, Omen3 RC1, Prat 3.0, Macaroon, Cartographer), all of which embed various libraries
- Aloft now uses the Blizzard(tm) default threat API exclusively (Threat-2.0 has not yet been updated, and it may in fact now be superfluous, even for area threat)
- the numbers flowing from the default threat API seem to be behaving better than they did on the PTR, conforming to 100% threat as an upper limit
- APIs like MobHealth3/LibMobHealth-4.0/MobInfo2 are no longer required for health estimation; Blizzard's underlying nameplate implementation, as well as its UnitHealth API, both now seem to offer explicit/accurate health values at all times
- having said this, MobInfo2 may remain useful as a means of tracking drop rates and etc; however, i have no idea if its author is still around
- there is a new "Nameplate Glow" feature, which accurately emulates the default Blizzard(tm) nameplate glow (a target-of-target capability, useful in AOE tanking)
- the "Nameplate Glow" feature is independent of the Aloft threat module, slaved to Blizzard(tm)'s nameplate glow; alas, the texture region used by Blizzard(tm) does not seem to use hookable methods (e.g. Show() and Hide()), so it seems i must micromanage this
- the "Nameplate Flash" feature that attempted to emulate this "Nameplate Glow" remains a component of the Aloft threat module, and activates on grouped nameplates when maximum threat is reached (resembling the Banzai module, but graphically different)
- i went into GIMP and created some additional soft-edged/airbrushed-looking outline textures for these "Glow" and "Flash" effects; they are controlled by the "Style" parameter of the respective options
- there exists some duplication of function between these various types of glow, but they do mean slightly different things, so try them out and see how you like them
- a new "Acapela" preset has been added; this reflects how i configure Aloft; it is best used in conjunction with SharedMedia (for textures and fonts)

Aloft 2.1.2.109-WotLK
- regressed embedded Ace2 library AceComm-2.0 to main r82173 (from WotLK branch r79554)
- updated zhCN and zhTW translations, courtesy of volunteer "digmouse" (thanks again!)

Aloft 2.1.1.103-WotLK
- fixed bug(s) in collection/display of combo points
- simplified/improved group threat calculation/display
- fixed bug in calculation of ThreatFraction value
- Blizzard(tm) threat values seem to be squirrely

Aloft 2.1.0.95-WotLK
- revised nameplate handling for WoW 3.x
. new nameplate frame heirarchy
. CVar processing
. conditioning of obsolete hooks
- updated to sense and use Blizzard(tm) native threat API, if it is present
- disabled Blizzard(tm) native WotLK nameplate "threat flash" feature
. no way to re-use their texture or control the placement of their texture region
. re-implemented as an Aloft feature, which can be selectively disabled (though the native feature remains turned off)
- added "threat flash" capability for nameplates
. a logical duplication of existing Banzai functionality, but resembles Blizzard(tm) native WotLK nameplate behavior
- included various mob health APIs and LibStub as optional dependencies
- enhanced to sense and use any of MobHealth3, LibMobHealth-4.0, and MobInfo2, in that order of preference
- added target change handling for grouped units (including solo pets); affects the TargetName tag for grouped units
- disabled FuBar for the duration of the transition to Ace3 and WoW 3.x
- enhanced various update events to fire on a "next frame" delay
- made certain unitids are being cleared when they should.
- got rid of Babble-2.x usage and embedded libraries
- updated to use LibBabble-Class-3.0, and embedded this library
- updated to use LibBabble-Spell-3.0, and embedded this library
- updated to use LibSharedMedia-3.0, and embedded this library
- updated Ace2 embedded libraries to current WotLK versions
- removed MaxThreatName tag
- enabled GroupTargetCount data collection and text tag to operate at all times
- added a GroupTargetCount example to tag documentation
- updated some debug instrumentation
- updated translation notes to request assistance

known problems; various forms of the following (presumably an artifact of using WotLK versions of Ace2):

the above does not occur on the PTR (WoW 3.0.2)

Aloft 2.0.1.49
- implemented internal event to trigger text update on changes to health bar color.
- fixed typo in alpha hook method name.
- refactored to centralize health bar color change processing in a single method.
- simplified some of the debug API method names.
- commented out debugging.

Aloft 2.0.0.27
- Initial BETA release.

As always, Aloft is free with your materials, but if you want to donate: