nUI 6.04.03.09 Alpha released...

[spiel2001]

Release News
(v6.04.03.09 Alpha Release)

This update is more about fixing things in the alpha than new code and the details are listed below. The highlight of this update is about fixing up the HUD a bit more and getting the druid mana bar working correctly when in bear/cat form... that should be all set now and feedback from druids on its function would be much appreciated. The other key highlight is updates to the casting bars... a lot of the extra "noise" has been removed from the unit frame and the HUD has new casting bar functionality in it. See the patch notes below for all of the gory detail.

In the meantime, all of your feedback is important. I need to hear what you're seeing problems with. If you're not afraid to take test code for a drive around the block, I ask that you download the current nUI6 alpha and try it out.
Here are the things I know don't work...

• nUI6 does not have info panels yet... you can use Recount, Omen, etc, with nUI6, they just won't go into the info panel space on their own. I hope to have info panels into nUI6 by the end of this week or Monday.
• nUI6 does not yet manage the chat frame... you will have to manually unlock the chat frame and drag and size it in the location you want. I expect this to be fixed this week.
• nUI6 does not have its own aura system. For now, the default Blizzard player and target unit frames are displayed so you can see your buffs and target debuffs. You can, if you so choose, use a third party buff mod with nUI6 until this gets remedied. I hope to have this partly functional before this weekend.
• nUI6 does not have its own combo points, rune bar, shard bar, holy power bar or eclipse bar. For now you'll find them on the default Blizzard frames. I expect to add these items next week.
• nUI6 does not have FPS meter or latency meter, but does show latency in the cast bars. You can see memory use, latency and frame rate by mousing over of the computer icon in the micro-menu.
• nUI6 does not have a location bar under the minimap or server/local time display at this time. Soon(tm)
• You cannot manually change unit frame panels or HUD modes at this time
• There is currently no configuration options system implemented as slash commands or GUI.

Again... I expect to be out of Alpha testing within the next couple of weeks and into full beta. Your input and bug reports will be greatly appreciated.

If you have any comments, bug reports or other information to post on this alpha, please do so at the nUI support forum... http://forums.nUIaddon.com

The alpha can be downloaded by nUI+ users in the "nUI+ Full Version" download section at http://files.nUIaddon.com -- If you are subscribed to the nUI e-mail update service this update has already been sent to you as a separate attachment.

The current support level for nUI is... 2.1% of this month's target goal The previous month's support level was... 20.3% of the goal Please donate today!

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Best regards...

K. Scott Piel
Author of nUI

kscottpiel@nUIaddon.com
http://www.nUIaddon.com

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Version 6.04.03.09 (Alpha)
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* Fixed frame strata error that caused the looking for dungeon status frame to appear
behind the player unit frame

* Added pet, vehicle and target casting bars to HUD

* Removed casting bars from player, target, pet and vehicle unit frames (redundant bars
already present in the HUD)

* Fixed a tooltip management bug in the unit frames that broke the equipment compare
function and left the tooltip status bar visible when it should not be.

* Fixed a logic error in the raid role reporting that caused all units to be reported
as the main tank in the tooltips.

* Removed druid mana bar function from all unit frames except the player unit frame
and HUD -- unneeded duplicate information

* Fixed the dashboard and console textures so they no longer require having nUI5
installed to work correctly

* Fixed druid mana bar display in HUD while shapeshifted into non-caster forms

[rossman]

when would you expect an updated version to be available? thank you. keep up the good work.

[spiel2001]

I'm probably not going to make another release until the first Beta. No timeline as there's too many variables to calculate.

[whereswaldo]

I think Rossman was referring to the fact that you posted the message announcing the new Alpha version, but it is not available for download in the "nUI+ Full Version" download area.

[spiel2001]

Ah, yes... I changed the numbering system... the newest version *is* in the download area: 6.04.01.00.01 -- nUI6 for WoW 4.1.0 release 1

Sorry for the confusion.

[whereswaldo]

Never-mind. I neglected to look at the date on the original post. DOH