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@Oppugno
Hmm. I need to check back on that aswell. But I think if you are having the hookscript handlers on oldPlate and oldPlate.castbar and only show/hide the newPlate each frame that will not trigger the onshow scripts of oldPlate and oldPlate.castbar. Thus it should be ok. But I'm not sure. Gonna test it.

Btw...Rainrider have you read http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=46740 ?

Currently the best practice for doing nameplates is doing sth like this:

--RepositionAllNamePlates func
  local function RepositionAllNamePlates()
    RNP:Hide()
    for blizzPlate, newPlate in pairs(RNP.nameplates) do
      newPlate:Hide()
      if blizzPlate:IsShown() then
        newPlate:SetPoint("CENTER", WorldFrame, "BOTTOMLEFT", blizzPlate:GetCenter())
        newPlate:SetAlpha(blizzPlate:GetAlpha())
        newPlate:Show()
      end
    end
    RNP:Show()
  end
 
  --OnUpdate func
  RNP.lastUpdate = 0
  RNP.updateInterval = 1.0
  local function OnUpdate(self,elapsed)
    RNP.lastUpdate = RNP.lastUpdate + elapsed
    RepositionAllNamePlates()
    if RNP.lastUpdate > RNP.updateInterval then
      SearchForNamePlates(self)
      RNP.lastUpdate = 0
    end
  end
 
  WorldFrame:HookScript("OnUpdate", OnUpdate)

Basically you move all your visible nameplate elements to a new nameplate object and you hide that nameplate object each frame before applying a setpoint. So basically the object points change while being hidden. The fps gain is incredible.

Elv UI integrated that concept into the new nameplates aswell.