Aloft Alpha 

it appears that Blizzard silently disabled some texture tiling/clipping functionality in WoW 3.3.3. there was an API method that could be used explicitly, which suddenly no longer exists, but at this point i suspect the impact is broader than that. the API methods Blizzard provided as a functional substitute, in the words of Parnic (author of IceHUD, which has been severely impacted by this change), "don't work".

i, too, am having trouble getting status bar textures to tile and clip properly. Aloft doesn't do anything fancy (unlike IceHUD), but Aloft does need status bar texture tiling and backdrop insets to work correctly, and they do not. if the health bar texture is changed from its default, or its default dimensions are changed in any way, or any sort of backdrop is configured... everything breaks, as you have seen. and i have not been able to find a workaround that retains use of the Blizzard nameplate health bar (probably in part because Blizzard's new API methods "don't work").

so, at this point, i have discarded the Blizzard default nameplate health bar (Aloft will be rendering it invisible in some fashion, looks like by giving it an "empty" texture), and have replaced it with what was formerly the Aloft "Deficit" health bar... which will now always be present, slaved to changes in the default health bar (as health is gained or lost, or as colors change, etc), and will operate either in a "normal" fashion or a "deficit" fashion based on the user's settings.

doing this allows the use of both default Blizzard textures and custom textures, and has successfully gotten rid of the health bar stretching and other artifacts. i have a few more kinks to take care of (which could take an arbitrary amount of further experimentation, so i still have no ETA). once i have the health bar squared away, i will provide a release, and then go to work on the cast bar (which is also affected, but perhaps of slightly lower priority).

strange. once these changes take effect, there will be absolutely no component of the default Blizzard nameplate that remain visible to Aloft users, except perhaps for the cast bar spell icon. basically, all the Blizzard elements have to be disabled/replaced, in order to customize layout. kind of too bad.

i should play with some of the various "nameplate customization" addons. they are less invasive than Aloft, but they may well be affected too (and if they are not, maybe i can steal a trick or two ).

a new release of Aloft (Ace3) is available, pending moderator approval: Aloft-3.0.4-1706. this includes AloftCastWarning (Ace3) as well.

this is an attempt to fix the nameplate health bar problems that emerged under WoW 3.3.3. nameplate cast bars will still experience some graphical artifacts (i will be working on them shortly).

the changes were, ultimately, fairly "small", but testing was not exhaustive, and there could always be side effects,. as well, of course, there could be additional problems using Aloft under WoW 3.3.3. please report anything you see.

i will go infuse these changes into the Ace2 version of Aloft, test that, and get a release out there as well.

may need to get you to send me your Aloft saved variables file. PM me, and i will reply with an email address, etc.

thanks.

i think i know what this is. the "AloftHealthBarDeficit" module that i leveraged to fix these problems is an optional module. it needs to become an "always loaded" thing. i will get that fixed, test it on a fresh/empty saved variables, and then put out another fix .

thanks for catching this. i was too rushed to clear my saved variables and do some additional testing.

in the meantime (i.e. for the next hour or so), if you want to enable that module, go ahead. things should work with it turned on.