Gracefully disable pfUI when ClassicAPI is missing

Add API_Check.lua as the first TOC entry. When the ClassicAPI DLL is
absent or below the minimum version it sets pfUI_disabled and stands up
an inert stub so the rest of the addon no-ops instead of flooding load
errors: modules and skins register their bodies into no-ops, and the
setfenv'd api/lib files run inside an environment where CreateFrame and
any missing global resolve to a null object -- so no real frames or live
handlers are created and missing API calls just return null. pfUI.lua
bails early on pfUI_disabled.

API_Check.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+do
+  -- ClassicAPI dependency check.
+  -- pfUI relies pervasively on the modern C_* / SuperWoW / nameplate / focus
+  -- API surface that ClassicAPI polyfills, so presence is required.
+  local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_MIN     = 11301  -- (X*10000 + Y*100 + Z)
+  local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST  = PFUI_CLASSIC_API_MIN
+  local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_WEBSITE = "https://github.com/brues-code/ClassicAPI"
+  local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST_URL = PFUI_CLASSIC_API_WEBSITE .. "/releases/latest"
+  local function FormatVersion(packed)
+    local x = math.floor(packed / 10000)
+    local y = math.floor(math.mod(packed, 10000) / 100)
+    local z = math.mod(packed, 100)
+    return string.format("v%d.%d.%d", x, y, z)
+  end
+  if not CLASSIC_API_VERSION or CLASSIC_API_VERSION < PFUI_CLASSIC_API_MIN then
+    local minVersion = FormatVersion(PFUI_CLASSIC_API_MIN)
+    pfUI_disabled = true
+    pfUI_locale = {}
+    pfUI_profiles = {}
+    pfUI_translation = {}
+
+    -- ClassicAPI is required. Rather than let the ~140 files that follow flood
+    -- errors as they load, stand up an inert stub so everything no-ops:
+    --   * modules/skins register their body into a no-op, so it never runs;
+    --   * the setfenv'd api/lib files run inside `env`, where CreateFrame and
+    --     any missing global (C_*, SuperWoW, ...) resolve to a null object --
+    --     so no real frames or live OnUpdate/OnEvent handlers get created and
+    --     missing API calls just return null instead of erroring.
+    local null  -- forward declaration so the metamethods can return it
+    local nullmt = {
+      __index = function() return null end,
+      __newindex = function() end,
+      __call = function() return null end,
+      __concat = function() return "" end,
+      __tostring = function() return "" end,
+    }
+    for _, op in ipairs({ "__add","__sub","__mul","__div","__mod","__pow","__unm" }) do
+      nullmt[op] = function() return null end
+    end
+    for _, op in ipairs({ "__lt","__le","__eq" }) do nullmt[op] = function() return false end end
+    null = setmetatable({}, nullmt)
+
+    local realG = getfenv(0)
+    pfUI = setmetatable({}, { __index = function() return null end })
+    pfUI.env = setmetatable({}, {
+      __index = function(_, k)
+        if k == "CreateFrame" then return function() return null end end
+        local v = realG[k]
+        if v ~= nil then return v end
+        return null
+      end,
+    })
+    function pfUI:RegisterModule(_, _, _) end
+    function pfUI:RegisterSkin(_, _, _) end
+    function pfUI:GetEnvironment() return pfUI.env end
+    local detail
+    if not CLASSIC_API_VERSION then
+      detail = "The ClassicAPI DLL isn't loaded. The |cff33ffcc!!!ClassicAPI|r addon ships bundled with it -- delete your |cff33ffcc!!!ClassicAPI|r folder and install the latest release from:"
+    else
+      detail = "ClassicAPI " .. minVersion .. " or newer is required. Delete your |cff33ffcc!!!ClassicAPI|r folder and reinstall the latest release from:"
+    end
+
+    local function ShowRequiredPopup()
+      StaticPopupDialogs["PFUI_CLASSICAPI_REQUIRED"] = {
+        text = "|cff33ffccpf|cffffffffUI|r has been disabled.\n\n" .. detail,
+        button1 = OKAY,
+        hasEditBox = 1,
+        editBoxWidth = 280,
+        timeout = 0,
+        whileDead = 1,
+        hideOnEscape = 1,
+        preferredIndex = 3,
+        OnShow = function()
+          local editBox = getglobal(this:GetName().."EditBox")
+          if editBox then
+            editBox:SetText(PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST_URL)
+            editBox:HighlightText()
+            editBox:SetFocus()
+          end
+        end,
+      }
+      StaticPopup_Show("PFUI_CLASSICAPI_REQUIRED")
+      DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(
+        "|cff33ffccpf|cffffffffUI|r disabled: " .. detail .. " " .. PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST_URL,
+        1, 0.3, 0.3
+      )
+    end
+    local loginFrame = CreateFrame("Frame")
+    loginFrame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD")
+    loginFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
+      loginFrame:UnregisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD")
+      ShowRequiredPopup()
+    end)
+  elseif CLASSIC_API_VERSION < PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST then
+    EventUtil.ContinueOnPlayerLogin(function()
+      C_Timer.After(8, function()
+        DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(
+          "|cff33ffccpf|rUI: ClassicAPI " .. FormatVersion(PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST) .. " is available — " .. PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST_URL,
+          1, 0.85, 0.3
+        )
+      end)
+    end)
+  end
+end

modules/chat.lua

@@ -296,6 +296,54 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("chat", function ()
     end
   end
 
+  -- [ Chat Background Alpha ]
+  -- Blizzard's per-window transparency slider drives FCF_SetWindowAlpha, which only
+  -- touches the ChatFrame*Background textures that pfUI hides on docked frames. Mirror
+  -- the window's stored alpha onto the visible pfUI backdrop so the native slider
+  -- controls it directly. The slider is authoritative for the panel's alpha.
+  local function ApplyChatBackgroundAlpha(panel, frame)
+    if not (panel and panel.backdrop and frame) then return end
+    local _, _, _, _, _, alpha = GetChatWindowInfo(frame:GetID())
+    alpha = tonumber(alpha)
+    if not alpha then return end
+    local r, g, b = panel.backdrop:GetBackdropColor()
+    panel.backdrop:SetBackdropColor(r, g, b, alpha)
+  end
+
+  function pfUI.chat:RefreshBackgroundAlpha()
+    -- left panel follows the currently selected docked tab
+    local selected = SELECTED_CHAT_FRAME
+    if not (selected and selected:GetParent() == pfUI.chat.left) then
+      selected = ChatFrame1
+    end
+    ApplyChatBackgroundAlpha(pfUI.chat.left, selected)
+
+    if C.chat.right.enable == "1" then
+      ApplyChatBackgroundAlpha(pfUI.chat.right, ChatFrame3)
+    end
+  end
+
+  function pfUI.chat:MigrateBackgroundAlpha()
+    -- Runs once per character. The previous SetupPositions default stored a hard 0 window
+    -- alpha, which now renders the pfUI backdrop fully transparent. Restore the historical
+    -- 0.8 look for any pfUI-managed window still sitting at 0. Only existing installs that
+    -- already ran chat setup carry that legacy 0; fresh installs get 0.8 from SetupPositions.
+    if pfUI_init.chatbgalpha then return end
+    if not pfUI_init["chat_position"] then return end
+    pfUI_init.chatbgalpha = true
+
+    local frames = { ChatFrame1, ChatFrame2 }
+    if C.chat.right.enable == "1" then table.insert(frames, ChatFrame3) end
+
+    for _, frame in ipairs(frames) do
+      local _, _, _, _, _, alpha = GetChatWindowInfo(frame:GetID())
+      alpha = tonumber(alpha)
+      if alpha and alpha <= 0 then
+        FCF_SetWindowAlpha(frame, 0.8)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   function pfUI.chat:RefreshChat()
     local panelheight = C.global.font_size*1.5 + default_border*2 + 2
 
@@ -447,9 +495,13 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("chat", function ()
     for index, value in pairs(DOCKED_CHAT_FRAMES) do
       FCF_UpdateButtonSide(value)
     end
+
+    pfUI.chat:RefreshBackgroundAlpha()
   end
 
   hooksecurefunc("FCF_SaveDock", pfUI.chat.RefreshChat)
+  hooksecurefunc("FCF_SetWindowAlpha", function() pfUI.chat:RefreshBackgroundAlpha() end)
+  hooksecurefunc("FCF_SelectDockFrame", function() pfUI.chat:RefreshBackgroundAlpha() end)
 
   if C.chat.global.tabmouse == "1" then
     pfUI.chat.mouseovertab = CreateFrame("Frame")
@@ -500,7 +552,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("chat", function ()
     FCF_SetLocked(ChatFrame1, 1)
     FCF_SetWindowName(ChatFrame1, GENERAL)
     FCF_SetWindowColor(ChatFrame1, 0, 0, 0)
-    FCF_SetWindowAlpha(ChatFrame1, 0)
+    FCF_SetWindowAlpha(ChatFrame1, 0.8)
     FCF_SetChatWindowFontSize(ChatFrame1, 12)
     ChatFrame1:SetUserPlaced(1)
 
@@ -508,7 +560,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("chat", function ()
     FCF_SetLocked(ChatFrame2, 1)
     FCF_SetWindowName(ChatFrame2, COMBAT_LOG)
     FCF_SetWindowColor(ChatFrame2, 0, 0, 0)
-    FCF_SetWindowAlpha(ChatFrame2, 0)
+    FCF_SetWindowAlpha(ChatFrame2, 0.8)
     FCF_SetChatWindowFontSize(ChatFrame2, 12)
     ChatFrame2:SetUserPlaced(1)
 
@@ -518,7 +570,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("chat", function ()
       FCF_SetLocked(ChatFrame3, 1)
       FCF_SetWindowName(ChatFrame3, T["Loot & Spam"])
       FCF_SetWindowColor(ChatFrame3, 0, 0, 0)
-      FCF_SetWindowAlpha(ChatFrame3, 0)
+      FCF_SetWindowAlpha(ChatFrame3, 0.8)
       FCF_SetChatWindowFontSize(ChatFrame3, 12)
       FCF_UnDockFrame(ChatFrame3)
       FCF_SetTabPosition(ChatFrame3, 0)
@@ -566,6 +618,9 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("chat", function ()
   end
 
   pfUI.chat:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
+    -- restore legacy chat windows stuck at 0 alpha before anything reads it
+    pfUI.chat:MigrateBackgroundAlpha()
+
     -- set the default chat
     FCF_SelectDockFrame(SELECTED_CHAT_FRAME)
 

modules/nameplates.lua

@@ -296,18 +296,23 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", function ()
     return plate.creatureType
   end
 
-  -- Totem icon, read straight from the game:
-  --   * Passive totems self-cast their provided buff, so they carry exactly one
-  --     aura whose icon IS the totem's icon (Totem::Summon TOTEM_PASSIVE).
-  --   * Active totems (Searing/Magma/Fire Nova) cast at enemies and hold no
-  --     self-aura, so their icon arrives via UNIT_SPELLCAST_SUCCEEDED (cached
-  --     into plate.totemIcon by the event handler); nil here until then.
+  -- Totem icon: UnitCreatedBySpell returns the totem-drop spell, whose icon IS
+  -- the totem's icon. It's a broadcast descriptor field the client has for every
+  -- summoned unit in range, so it resolves immediately for passive and active
+  -- totems alike -- no self-aura read or attack-cast capture needed.
+  --
+  -- Re-read the spell every call rather than caching the icon outright: a shaman
+  -- can swap the totem in place (same unit, new drop spell) with no plate re-add
+  -- to invalidate a cache, so key the cached texture on the spell id and refresh
+  -- it only when the spell changes.
   local function TotemPlate(plate)
     if C.nameplates.totemicons ~= "1" then return nil end
     if CreatureType(plate) ~= 11 then return nil end
-    if plate.totemIcon then return plate.totemIcon end
-    local aura = C_UnitAuras.GetBuffDataByIndex(plate.cachedGuid, 1)
-    if aura then plate.totemIcon = aura.icon end
+    local spellId = UnitCreatedBySpell(plate.cachedGuid)
+    if spellId ~= plate.totemSpell then
+      plate.totemSpell = spellId
+      plate.totemIcon = spellId and C_Spell.GetSpellTexture(spellId) or nil
+    end
     return plate.totemIcon
   end
 
@@ -499,7 +504,6 @@ nameplates:RegisterEvent("UNIT_SPELLCAST_START")
 nameplates:RegisterEvent("UNIT_SPELLCAST_CHANNEL_START")
 nameplates:RegisterEvent("UNIT_SPELLCAST_STOP")
 nameplates:RegisterEvent("UNIT_SPELLCAST_CHANNEL_STOP")
-nameplates:RegisterEvent("UNIT_SPELLCAST_SUCCEEDED")
 nameplates:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE")
   
   nameplates:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
@@ -588,6 +592,7 @@ nameplates:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE")
         plate.nameplate.unit = arg1
         plate.nameplate.creatureType = nil  -- recompute for the new unit
         plate.nameplate.totemIcon = nil
+        plate.nameplate.totemSpell = nil
         if guid then
           plateByGuid[guid] = plate.nameplate
           -- Seed: the unit may already be mid-cast (its UNIT_SPELLCAST_START
@@ -665,22 +670,6 @@ nameplates:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE")
         end
       end
 
-    elseif event == "UNIT_SPELLCAST_SUCCEEDED" then
-      -- Active totems (Searing/Magma/Fire Nova) carry no self-aura, so their
-      -- attack cast is the only icon source. Capture it once per totem, gated on
-      -- creature type so a normal caster's spell never styles it as a totem.
-      if arg1 and strfind(arg1, "^nameplate") then
-        local guid = UnitGUID(arg1)
-        local plate = guid and plateByGuid[guid]
-        if plate and not plate.totemIcon and arg3 and CreatureType(plate) == 11 then
-          local tex = C_Spell.GetSpellTexture(arg3)
-          if tex then
-            plate.totemIcon = tex
-            plate.castUpdate = true  -- re-render now so the icon shows
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
     elseif event == "UNIT_AURA" then
       -- ClassicAPI: fires with arg1 == "nameplateN" when a unit's aura set
       -- changes (add/remove/modify). Flag the matching plate so OnUpdate does a
@@ -1116,7 +1105,7 @@ nameplates:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE")
     local TotemIcon = TotemPlate(plate)
 
     if TotemIcon then
-      -- icon resolved from the totem's aura / attack cast (already a full path)
+      -- icon resolved from the totem-drop spell (already a full path)
       plate.totem.icon:SetTexture(TotemIcon)
 
       plate.glow:Hide()

pfUI.lua

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ function SlashCmdList.RELOAD(msg, editbox)
   ReloadUI()
 end
 
+if pfUI_disabled then return end
+
+local addonName = ...
+
 SLASH_PFUI1 = '/pfui'
 function SlashCmdList.PFUI(msg, editbox)
   pfUI.gui:SetShown(not pfUI.gui:IsShown())
@@ -13,7 +17,7 @@ function SlashCmdList.GM(msg, editbox)
   ToggleHelpFrame(1)
 end
 
-pfUI = CreateFrame("Frame", nil, UIParent)
+local pfUI = CreateFrame("Frame", addonName, UIParent)
 pfUI:RegisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED")
 
 -- setup bootvar
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ do
   -- ClassicAPI dependency check.
   -- pfUI relies pervasively on the modern C_* / SuperWoW / nameplate / focus
   -- API surface that ClassicAPI polyfills, so presence is required.
-  local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_MIN     = 11204  -- (X*10000 + Y*100 + Z)
+  local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_MIN     = 11301  -- (X*10000 + Y*100 + Z)
   local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST  = PFUI_CLASSIC_API_MIN
   local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_WEBSITE = "https://github.com/brues-code/ClassicAPI"
   local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST_URL = PFUI_CLASSIC_API_WEBSITE .. "/releases/latest"
@@ -117,35 +121,24 @@ pfUI.env = {}
 -- the flag; one that lacks it should drop the flag and get the safe fallback.
 pfUI.handlesHookScript = true
 
-if not pfUI.disabled then
-  pfUI.events = Mixin({}, CallbackRegistryMixin)
-  pfUI.events:OnLoad()
-  pfUI.events:SetUndefinedEventsAllowed(true)
-end
+pfUI.events = Mixin({}, CallbackRegistryMixin)
+pfUI.events:OnLoad()
+pfUI.events:SetUndefinedEventsAllowed(true)
 
 -- check if macro addons are loaded (disables macrotweak/macroscan)
 function pfUI:MacroAddonsLoaded()
   return IsAddOnLoaded("Supermacro") or IsAddOnLoaded("SuperCleveRoidMacros") or IsAddOnLoaded("UltimaMacros")
 end
 
--- detect current addon path
-local tocs = { "", "-master", "-tbc", "-wotlk" }
-for _, name in pairs(tocs) do
-  local current = string.format("pfUI%s", name)
-  local title = C_AddOns.GetAddOnName(current)
-  if title then
-    pfUI.name = current
-    pfUI.path = "Interface\\AddOns\\" .. current
-    break
-  end
-end
+pfUI.name = addonName
+pfUI.path = "Interface\\AddOns\\" .. addonName
 
 -- handle/convert media dir paths
 pfUI.media = setmetatable({}, { __index = function(tab,key)
   local value = tostring(key)
-  if strfind(value, "img:") then
+  if value:find("img:") then
     value = string.gsub(value, "img:", pfUI.path .. "\\img\\")
-  elseif strfind(value, "font:") then
+  elseif value:find("font:") then
     value = string.gsub(value, "font:", pfUI.path .. "\\fonts\\")
   else
     value = string.gsub(value, "Interface\\AddOns\\pfUI\\", pfUI.path .. "\\")
@@ -154,9 +147,7 @@ pfUI.media = setmetatable({}, { __index = function(tab,key)
   return value
 end})
 
--- cache client version
-local _, _, _, client = GetBuildInfo()
-pfUI.client = client or 11200
+pfUI.client = INTERFACE_VERSION
 
 -- setup pfUI namespace
 setmetatable(pfUI.env, {__index = getfenv(0)})
@@ -390,14 +381,13 @@ function pfUI:CheckNewModules()
 end
 
 local function BackwardsCompatRegister(func, arg3)
-  if arg3 and type(func) == "string" and type(arg3) == "function" and string.find(func, "vanilla") then
+  if arg3 and type(func) == "string" and type(arg3) == "function" and func:find("vanilla") then
     return arg3
   end
   return func
 end
 
 function pfUI:RegisterModule(name, func, arg3)
-  if pfUI.disabled then return end
   if pfUI.module[name] then return end
   func = BackwardsCompatRegister(func, arg3)
   pfUI.module[name] = func
@@ -408,7 +398,6 @@ function pfUI:RegisterModule(name, func, arg3)
 end
 
 function pfUI:RegisterSkin(name, func, arg3)
-  if pfUI.disabled then return end
   if pfUI.skin[name] then return end
   func = BackwardsCompatRegister(func, arg3)
   pfUI.skin[name] = func
@@ -429,7 +418,6 @@ function pfUI:LoadSkin(s)
 end
 
 pfUI:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
-  if pfUI.disabled then return end
 
   -- make sure to initialize and set our fonts
   -- each time an addon got loaded but only
@@ -443,7 +431,7 @@ pfUI:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
     -- "@project-version@" until release tooling substitutes it — mark those
     -- explicitly as "dev" instead of pretending they're a real numbered build.
     local raw = tostring(GetAddOnMetadata(pfUI.name, "Version"))
-    if strfind(raw, "@") then
+    if raw:find("@") then
       pfUI.version.major, pfUI.version.minor, pfUI.version.fix = 0, 0, 0
       pfUI.version.string = "dev"
     else

pfUI.toc

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 ## SavedVariablesPerCharacter: pfUI_config, pfUI_init, pfUI_playerDB
 ## X-Website: https://github.com/brues-code/pfUI
 
+API_Check.lua
+
 pfUI.lua
 
 init\env.xml