Borders on addons disappearing

[Mirrikh]

So, on random addons i have a border will just disappear and i'm not sure why or how to get them back.

[Phanx]

If you want anyone to be able to help you, you're going to have to be more specific. What are the names of the addon(s) you are having this problem with? Are using another addon to add the borders? If so, which addon are you using to do that? If not, are the borders normally "just there" or did you add/change them in the addon's options?

Do you get any error messages? If not, do you have "Display Lua Errors" checked under Interface Options > Game tab > Help, or do you have BugSack or Swatter installed? If not either of those, either install BugSack (best) or enable the default game option (worst, but better than nothing).

[Mirrikh]

Qusemap, alDamageMeter.

I'm using aurora, but i wouldn't think it would affect those addons.

I haven't tried to change any of the border setting for them, just position. Also no lua error messages.

[Phanx]

Based on the screenshots on the download pages for those two addons (links: QuseMap, alDamageMeter) they don't have any border textures. If you're seeing borders other than the "plain black box" that's in those screenshots, it's coming from another addon. You can find out for sure in about 30 seconds, by disabling your other addons and logging in.

[Mirrikh]

i turned off all addons but those, and the 1px black borders are still there so...

[Phanx]

Yes, that's what it should look like. If you're saying those are what are missing, then you'll need to enable your other addons one (or a few) at a time until the borders disappear, to figure out which addon is removing them.

[Mirrikh]

but its not all of the borders that are disappearing, its just 1 side that is missing. And its missing both when i only have them loaded and when i have all my addons loaded.

edit: so i started fiddling around with size and position and the borders would come back and then disappear again. so i think it has something to do with that, but not sure why.

[Clamsoda]

You're experiencing pixel smudging. The issue is that there is a discrepancy between your UI scale, and the scale of whatever frame the pixel borders are "disappearing" on.

The gist of the situation is that some of your borders aren't being drawn on whole pixels.

For more information, do a search for "Pixel Perfect+WoW" or something to that effect.

You can force your frames to sit on whole pixels, fix your UI scale, or come up with a frame scale that compliments your UI scale.

[Haleth]

Either disable the UI scaling option in System -> Advanced, or run the following script:

/run SetCVar("uiScale", 768/string.match(({GetScreenResolutions()})[GetCurrentResolution()], "%d+x(%d+)"))

This script forces your UI to a pixel perfect scale. I prefer this option, because disabling UI scaling can cause issues with frame positioning if you switch between windowed and fullscreen mode.

[Mirrikh]

well i tried running the script, it seemed to work, though now i need readjust my whole ui lol

[MoonWitch]

Originally Posted by Mirrikh well i tried running the script, it seemed to work, though now i need readjust my whole ui lol

Welcome to the world of pixel perfect ness.. And I've done that too Now, I actually have an add-on that runs that script ALWAYS before everything else, just because I otherwise forget to run it :P

[Mirrikh]

wait i have to re-input that script every login?

[Wimpface]

You shouldn't have to, your Config.wtf inside your WTF folder should hold your UI Scale setting.

[MoonWitch]

Originally Posted by Mirrikh wait i have to re-input that script every login?

No, but I play on two different machines, and I keep my UI synced. Since I edit CVARS from an add-on directly, I have to.

[Mirrikh]

oh ok, well thanks everyone for the help