nUI 6.04.00.06.01 Alpha released...

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Created on Sunday, 24 April 2011 10:53

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 June 2011 12:23

Written by K. Scott Piel

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Release News (v6.04.00.06.01 Alpha Release)

This update was mostly about getting in front of the WoW 4.1 patch, getting "back in the saddle" with nUI6 and some cosmetic things. The full detail of the patch is at the end of the mail. The key thing is that this version of nUI6 should work equally well on the live servers as well as the public test realms. Aside from a TOC update, there are no changes that should be needed on patch day. If you enable the "Load Out Of Date" addons option for the public test realm it should work fine.

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 soon(tm)
• 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 at the same time the info panels are done. The same applies to the combat log.
• 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. This is at the top of my to-do list, but a major undertaking... so... yeah.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

Best regards...

K. Scott Piel
Author of nUI

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Version 6.04.00.06.01 (Alpha)
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* Prepared for the 4.1 patch

* Restored viewport now that viewports have been fixed in the Blizzard graphics engine

* Changed how default Blizzard UI elements are hidden to prevent them showing in combat

* Fixed looping of health/power stats in tooltips for dead mobs

* Added player talent inspection to unit frames and tooltips