So, I noticed nameplates had gone all wonky after 7.1, and just thought it had to do with Tidy Plates not being updated, and didn't think much of it. However, Tidy got updated, but the wonkiness of the nameplates remained. So, I decided to delete my Cache, Interface and WTF folders, basically doing a complete reset at my end to addons and the UI. That didn't help.
Before I get into this, remember that I'm talking about nameplates, not names. There's a huge difference between the two, and the nameplate can be text only, even if it's a "plate". The "plate" in it doesn't mean the healthbar and other graphics. So, before you reply, please make sure you understand the difference between a name and a nameplate.
So, here's what's going on. Remember, these are all taken after I deleted all the folders. Here's a couple of NPCs. Lessah there is targeted, and gets a nameplate with a health bar. Before I removed all my addons and did a reset on the folders, I had it set up in Tidy Plates so that it forces a healthbar on targets, so I'm not sure if there's some serverside saving of settings going on, or if this is the default behavior. Luron there has no nameplate, although he should. I have all nameplates on, for all friendly and all enemy NPCs.
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Now, when I clear my target and let go of Lessah, this happens:
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She retains the nameplate as she should, and the healthbar fades out, which is why the healthbar shows so small in that picture; it's basically getting smaller and fading away. I had to take the screen cap very quickly when that happens, because a split second after that, this is what happens:
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She no longer has a nameplate. Before 7.1, all friendly NPCs used to have actual, proper name
plates just fine. Also, as an aside, I've noticed for a while now (even before 7.1), that
a) battle pets don't get a nameplate, and
b) enemy players in sanctuary cities don't get a nameplate, while enemy players who are in your faction's safe zone while you don't have PvP tag on, do.
So my question is, is there something wrong, or is this really the behavior now, and if there's something wrong, how can I reset my settings any further beyond just deleting them on the hard drive? Everything settings-wise is saved within WTF, right? Or, is there some "program files" bullshit folder somewhere saving stuff as well? Or in the registry?
Or, does Blizzard somehow save stuff serverside as well? IIRC macros do get saved there.
And, no, I'm not going to do a reinstall of the game unless you can give technical specifics as to why that would make any difference beyond simply deleting the folders. However, if anyone has any insight into this, it'd be appreciated greatly.