Version 6.1.1 - Chat & Nameplate Level Fixes

Bugfixes:
- Fixed targeting high-level players overwriting known level with -1
- Chat now shows "??" instead of -1 for unknown levels
- Nameplates now use stored level from database after reload
- Nameplate level color now uses difficulty color when loaded from DB

Config Changes:
- Chat player level display now disabled by default

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pfUI - Turtle WoW Edition
 
-[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-6.1.0-blue.svg)](https://github.com/me0wg4ming/pfUI)
+[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-6.1.1-blue.svg)](https://github.com/me0wg4ming/pfUI)
 [![Turtle WoW](https://img.shields.io/badge/Turtle%20WoW-1.18.0-brightgreen.svg)](https://turtlecraft.gg/)
 [![SuperWoW](https://img.shields.io/badge/SuperWoW-Enhanced-purple.svg)](https://github.com/balakethelock/SuperWoW)
 [![Nampower](https://img.shields.io/badge/Nampower-Optional-yellow.svg)](https://gitea.com/avitasia/nampower)
@@ -14,11 +14,24 @@ This version includes significant performance improvements, DLL-enhanced feature
 
 ---
 
+## What's New in Version 6.1.1 (January 8, 2026)
+
+### 🐛 Bugfixes
+
+- ✅ **Chat Level Display Fix** - Fixed targeting high-level players overwriting known level with -1. Now shows "??" for unknown levels instead of -1
+- ✅ **Nameplate Level Fix** - Nameplates now use stored level from database after reload instead of showing "??"
+- ✅ **Nameplate Level Color** - Level color now correctly uses difficulty color when loaded from database
+
+### ⚙️ Config Changes
+
+- ✅ **Chat Player Levels** - Now disabled by default (was enabled)
+
+---
+
 ## What's New in Version 6.1.0 (January 8, 2026)
 
 ### 🐛 Bugfixes
 
-- ✅ **Performance improvement for visible Nameplates**
 - ✅ **40-Yard Range Check Fix** - Fixed range check not working for raid/party frames due to throttle variable conflict (`this.tick` vs `this.throttleTick`)
 - ✅ **Aggro Indicator Fix** - Fixed aggro indicator not displaying properly on raid/party frames (same throttle issue)
 - ✅ **Aggro Detection Cache** - Improved aggro cache to only cache positive results, allowing instant detection when aggro changes while maintaining performance
@@ -159,7 +172,7 @@ Turtle WoW includes TBC spells in the Vanilla client. This version includes all
 
 ---
 
-**Version:** 6.1.0  
+**Version:** 6.1.1  
 **Release Date:** January 8, 2026  
 **Compatibility:** Turtle WoW 1.18.0  
 **Optional DLLs:** SuperWoW, Nampower, UnitXP_SP3 (enhanced features when available)

api/config.lua

@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ function pfUI:LoadConfig()
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",        "detecturl",        "1")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",        "classcolor",       "1")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",        "whosearchunknown", "0")
-  pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",        "playerlevel",      "1")
+  pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "text",        "playerlevel",      "0")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "left",        "width",            "380")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "left",        "height",           "180")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "right",       "enable",           "0")

libs/libunitscan.lua

@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ libunitscan:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
     if UnitIsPlayer(scan) then
       _, class = UnitClass(scan)
       level = UnitLevel(scan)
+      -- UnitLevel returns -1 for unknown levels, don't overwrite known values
+      level = level > 0 and level or nil
       name = UnitName(scan)
       guild = GetGuildInfo(scan)
       AddData("players", name, class, level, nil, guild)
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ libunitscan:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
       _, class = UnitClass(scan)
       elite = UnitClassification(scan)
       level = UnitLevel(scan)
+      -- UnitLevel returns -1 for unknown levels, don't overwrite known values
+      level = level > 0 and level or nil
       name = UnitName(scan)
       AddData("mobs", name, class, level, elite)
     end

modules/chat.lua

@@ -797,11 +797,15 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("chat", "vanilla:tbc", function ()
         local real, _ = strsplit(":", name)
         local level = GetPlayerLevel(real)
 
-        if level then
+        if level and level > 0 then
           local levelcolor = rgbhex(GetDifficultyColor(level))
           -- Add level after the player name, before the closing bracket
           text = string.gsub(text, "(|Hplayer:" .. name .. "|h.-|h|r)" .. right,
             "%1 " .. levelcolor .. level .. "|r" .. right)
+        elseif level and level <= 0 then
+          -- Show ?? for unknown levels (e.g. -1 from UnitLevel)
+          text = string.gsub(text, "(|Hplayer:" .. name .. "|h.-|h|r)" .. right,
+            "%1 |cffff0000??|r" .. right)
         end
       end
     end

modules/nameplates.lua

@@ -664,6 +664,14 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", "vanilla", function ()
     local name = plate.original.name:GetText()
     local level = plate.original.level:IsShown() and plate.original.level:GetObjectType() == "FontString" and tonumber(plate.original.level:GetText()) or "??"
     local class, ulevel, elite, player, guild = GetUnitData(name, true)
+    
+    -- Use database level if available and valid (fixes ?? after reload)
+    local levelFromDB = false
+    if ulevel and ulevel > 0 then
+      level = ulevel
+      levelFromDB = true
+    end
+    
     local target = plate.istarget
     local mouseover = UnitExists("mouseover") and plate.original.glow:IsShown() or nil
     local unitstr = target and "target" or mouseover and "mouseover" or nil
@@ -787,6 +795,12 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", "vanilla", function ()
 
     plate.name:SetText(GetNameString(name))
     plate.level:SetText(string.format("%s%s", level, (elitestrings[elite] or "")))
+    
+    -- Set level color from GetDifficultyColor when using DB level
+    if levelFromDB and type(level) == "number" then
+      local color = GetDifficultyColor(level)
+      plate.level:SetTextColor(color.r + 0.3, color.g + 0.3, color.b + 0.3, 1)
+    end
 
     if guild and C.nameplates.showguildname == "1" then
       plate.guild:SetText(guild)

pfUI-tbc.toc

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Author: Shagu
 ## Notes: A complete user interface replacement.
 ## Notes-ruRU: Полная замена пользовательского интерфейса.
-## Version: 6.1.0
+## Version: 6.1.1
 ## SavedVariables: pfUI_profiles, pfUI_addon_profiles, pfUI_cache
 ## SavedVariablesPerCharacter: pfUI_config, pfUI_init, pfUI_playerDB
 

pfUI.toc

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Author: Shagu
 ## Notes: A complete user interface replacement.
 ## Notes-ruRU: Полная замена пользовательского интерфейса.
-## Version: 6.1.0
+## Version: 6.1.1
 ## SavedVariables: pfUI_profiles, pfUI_addon_profiles, pfUI_cache
 ## SavedVariablesPerCharacter: pfUI_config, pfUI_init, pfUI_playerDB