Permanent personal resource bar

Is there any way to make the personal resource bar not fade in and out, and instead make it permanent or possibly extend the duration of it?
I'm still looking for this as I want to use this to replace my player unit frame.
Not from Blizzard UI.
weakauras.
11/02/2017 18:05Posted by Nicerdìcer
weakauras.
How does that make it always visible? I'm hanging all of my WeakAuras notifications off the PRD and that's one reason why I want it always visible. As it stands, a few seconds after you get out of combat it disappears.
11/02/2017 17:55Posted by Lenja
Not from Blizzard UI.
That's a shame. It would be a great option IMO.
11/02/2017 18:41Posted by Sharmin
11/02/2017 18:05Posted by Nicerdìcer
weakauras.
How does that make it always visible? I'm hanging all of my WeakAuras notifications off the PRD and that's one reason why I want it always visible. As it stands, a few seconds after you get out of combat it disappears.

That's why I didn' mention it. You can simply make 2 bars in WA but it won't move like PRD does.
11/02/2017 19:00Posted by Lenja
11/02/2017 18:41Posted by Sharmin
...How does that make it always visible? I'm hanging all of my WeakAuras notifications off the PRD and that's one reason why I want it always visible. As it stands, a few seconds after you get out of combat it disappears.

That's why I didn' mention it. You can simply make 2 bars in WA but it won't move like PRD does.

Actually with a bit of scripting, you can get WeakAuras to do pretty much anything (that isn't blocked by Blizz).
12/02/2017 01:57Posted by Kellei
Actually with a bit of scripting, you can get WeakAuras to do pretty much anything (that isn't blocked by Blizz).
I know it can do a lot as it can run LUA code. However, if you know hte LUA code to make the PRD always active, I would just write that into a separate addon or macro. It's hte API call that I am missing though.

I don't want a static bar. I could simply move my ElvUI bars for that (or design a whole GUI in WA if it came down to it). I want something that moves around with the player so I can get rid of the static unit frames.

Here's what my UI looks like so far - https://youtu.be/Yv5ORJxAo0Q - I want those Unit Frames at the bottom gone (but the info still available through PRD and WA).
12/02/2017 02:20Posted by Sharmin
I know it can do a lot as it can run LUA code. However, if you know hte LUA code to make the PRD always active, I would just write that into a separate addon or macro. It's hte API call that I am missing though.

I don't want a static bar. I could simply move my ElvUI bars for that (or design a whole GUI in WA if it came down to it). I want something that moves around with the player so I can get rid of the static unit frames.

It doesn't seem to be possible to always show the Personal Resource Display with just the default UI / without ElvUI

afaik showing/hiding and fading the PRD nameplate is controlled somewhere in C code, where Lua addons/scripts don't have any access to.

ElvUI has an option to always show the PRD (Use Static Position) but that indeed won't move around with the player, since they use a static unit frame replacement when the option is enabled
http://git.tukui.org/Elv/elvui/issues/1272
Try:

/console NameplatePersonalShowAlways 1

or

/run SetCvar("NameplatePersonalShowAlways", 1)
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/run SetCVar("NameplatePersonalShowAlways",1)

This seems to have achieved exactly what I wanted. Thanks.

Now I can hide my unit frames and build a minimal UI around the PRD
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13/02/2017 16:12Posted by Korruk
/run SetCvar("NameplatePersonalShowAlways", 1)

Wow I should have known that, saw it somewhere in AdvancedInterfaceOptions but forgot about it

Mentioned it to ElvUI if that helps
http://git.tukui.org/Elv/elvui/issues/1788
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As a way to give back a little, I've produced a castbar to work with the PRD in WeakAuras2. It's not fully tested but it's a start.

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13/02/2017 16:12Posted by Korruk
/run SetCvar("NameplatePersonalShowAlways", 1)


Thanks a lot.
Was also looking for this! :D
how do you turn it back on to only visible in combat?
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I #@$@# LOVE YOU, you just made my whole wow life better

This made it for me! Thanks a million man!!

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did u find that? how do turn back to only visible in combat ?