Patch 2.5.3/API changes

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Summary

• SharedTooltipTemplate and GameTooltipTemplate no longer inherit BackdropTemplate.

Resources

• TOC: 20503
• Diffs: wow-ui-source, BlizzardInterfaceResources
• Deprecated API: Deprecated_2_5_3.lua
• Community patch notes: 2.5.3 Consolidated UI Changes

Global API

2.5.2 (40011) → 2.5.3 (41812) Jan 7 2022

Added (20)

Removed (3)

C_BehavioralMessaging.SendNotificationReceipt C_Club.FocusCommunityStreams C_Club.UnfocusAllStreams C_Commentator.SetBlocklistedAuras C_Commentator.SetBlocklistedCooldowns C_GamePad.ClearLedColor C_GamePad.GetLedColor C_GamePad.SetLedColor C_GamePad.SetVibration C_GamePad.StopVibration C_LFGList.IsLookingForGroupEnabled C_Seasons.GetActiveSeason C_Seasons.HasActiveSeason C_SocialRestrictions.AcknowledgeRegionalChatDisabled C_SocialRestrictions.IsChatDisabled C_SocialRestrictions.SetChatDisabled GetFirstBagBankSlotIndex securecallfunction secureexecuterange TradeSkillOnlyShowMakeable

AcknowledgeAADCAlert C_Commentator.SetBlacklistedAuras C_Commentator.SetBlacklistedCooldowns

Widgets

Added (2)	Removed (0)
FontString:GetTextScale FontString:SetTextScale

Events

Added (2)	Removed (1)
NOTIFY_CHAT_SUPPRESSED UNIT_HEAL_PREDICTION	SHOW_AADC_ALERT

CVars

Added (18)

Removed (3)

DynamicRenderScaleMinDefault: 0.333333 Lowest render scale DynamicRenderScale can use DynamicRenderScaleDefault: 0 Lowers render scale if GPU bound to hit Target FPS. Note this feature is in BETA. Known issues: May cause hitching. May behave poorly with vsync on. FrameBufferCacheForceNoHeapsDefault: 0 Disable use of texture heaps and force the fallback path GamePadCameraLookMaxPitchDefault: 0 Max pitch 'Look' stick can adjust camera angle GamePadCameraLookMaxYawDefault: 0 Max yaw 'Look' stick can adjust camera angle GamePadCursorForTargetingDefault: 1 Enable GamePad controlled cursor for spell targeting (1=enable, 2=start-at-target) GamePadFaceMovementMaxAngleCombatDefault: 180 Max movement to camera angle to face movement direction instead of camera direction, in combat. 0 = always, 180 = never (115 allows using strafe with quick turn around) GamePadFaceMovementMaxAngleDefault: 0 Max movement to camera angle to face movement direction instead of camera direction. 0 = always, 180 = never (115 allows using strafe with quick turn around) GamePadFactionColorDefault: 1 Enable setting GamePad's led color to match current faction GamePadTouchCursorEnableDefault: 1 Enable cursor control with GamePad's touch pad GamePadVibrationStrengthDefault: 1 GamePad vibration effect strength ResampleAlwaysSharpenDefault: 0 Run sharpness pass, even if not using AMD FSR Upscale [0,1] ResampleSharpnessDefault: 0.2 FSR sharpness strength [0.0-2.0]. 0 is full strength. -1 to disable. seenRegionalChatDisabledDefault: 0, Scope: Account Seen the alert indicating chat has been disabled by default. (UK AADC) telemetryTargetPackageDefault: Blizzard.Telemetry.Wow_Mainline The Package we want to send telemetry to e.g. Wow_Mainline or Wow_Classic FrameBufferCacheGpuFootprint GxFrameStats seenSoMNotification

GamePadFaceMovementThreshold GamePadForceXInput seenAADCAlert