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1/5The Platynator designer tab with a live nameplate preview, a style picker and the texture settings for the health bar below it.
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2/5Two red nameplates of an Amberfur Prowler in the default style with health numbers, one targeted with white arrows and a castbar.
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3/5Blue nameplates in the Squirrel style with a debuff icon, a crowd control icon and a castbar showing Throw Dynamite.
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4/5The automatic coloring settings with a list of rules such as threat, quest, elite type and interrupt ready, and color choices for boss, miniboss, caster and melee.
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5/5A collage of fifteen nameplate styles on the same group of sheep, from thin bars to wide bars with different borders, fonts and colors.
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What it does
- A visual nameplate designer: click any part of a nameplate, change its settings and drag it around with a live preview.
- Colors nameplates by status, for example threat, elite type, quest target, tapped, class or whether your interrupt is ready.
- Icons for elite and rare mobs and for interruptible casts, plus many bar textures and borders that you can recolor.
- Comes with several ready-made styles, and you can import more from the community with the Import button.
- Separate tabs for behavior (fading, scaling, show and hide), positioning (stacking and click area) and fonts.
- Aura options for the Forever and Midnight builds, such as hiding long buffs and showing magic buffs.
In WoW Forever
Yes, Platynator has a WoW Forever version (version 541 of November 5).
Partly built into the game already: Aggro Display on nameplates.
Settings
/platy
Type /platy to open the settings. The nameplate editor is the Designer tab.
Install
- Download the file tagged for Forever or game version 1.60.1.
- Unpack the folder into World of Warcraft\_classic_beta_\Interface\AddOns.
- Restart the game and check on the character screen under AddOns that it is on.
For the same job
- Plater NameplatesHighly scriptable nameplate addon with threat coloring, debuff tracking and profiles.
- Threat PlatesNameplates that scale and recolor with your threat level.
- BetterBlizzPlatesBlizzard's nameplates with many extra options and settings.
- PlateSCTDamage numbers on the nameplates of the mobs you hit, in a Modern, Classic or Impact style, with a threshold that hides small hits, shortened numbers and an optional crit sound. Opens with /platesct.
- Forever Combat PlatesShows enemy nameplates only in combat and hides them a few seconds after the fight, with an option to keep them on in dungeons and raids. Opens with /fcp.
- Forever Plate RangeShows the range to your target in yards next to its nameplate, coloured by distance, so you see at a glance if you are in melee, in casting range or too far. Works with Threat Plates and the default plates. Opens with /fpr.
FAQ
Does Platynator work in WoW Forever?
Yes, Platynator has a WoW Forever version (version 541 of November 5). We check the addon file itself, not only what the download page says.
Where do I download Platynator for WoW Forever?
On CurseForge. Take the file tagged for Forever or game version 1.60.1. Platynator has 16.8M downloads on CurseForge.
How do I open the Platynator settings?
Type /platy in chat. Type /platy to open the settings. The nameplate editor is the Designer tab.
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The current Forever version is 541 of November 5.
The current Forever version is 539 of November 5.
The current Forever version is 537 of November 3.
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