AppearanceTooltip
AppearanceTooltip shows you the appearance of items that you see, to help you know whether you actually want to obtain their delicious appearances for your collection. It does this by attaching a Model frame to the item tooltip, showing your character wearing the item.
It can also show an icon in various places to let you know whether you know this appearance or not. These places are:
- Bags (including various bag addons)
- Loot window
- Encounter Journal
- Merchants
The icon will be violet if you can learn the appearance on the current character, blue if you know the appearance but from a different item, and yellow if you don't know it but it's for another class.
Less importantly, it also improves the default UI so that the "You don't know this appearance" messages will appear on items which don't apply directly to your class! This means you'll be able to log into your Warrior, and tell that your Priest doesn't yet know this cool BoE appearance that just dropped.
It will also make alert popups appear when you learn a new appearance.
Config is in the Interface Options, or type /aptip
You can choose whether to:
- Show your character with your current outfit, or naked apart from your previewed item (how lewd)
- Zoom in on the item you're previewing
- Strategically remove some items from your character to show the previewed item (e.g. for shirts, remove your chest and tabard)
- Only show for items your current character can actually transmog to
- Spin the model / move it with the mousewheel
Addons integrated with:
- SilverDragon
- Inventorian
- Baganator (via its API, so you'll need to tell it to use it)
- Butsu
- Bagnon
- Baggins
- AdiBags - showing icons and offering a filter for unknown appearances
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Posted Jul 7, 2025I keep getting this error in combat:
14x AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:22: attempt to call field '?' (a nil value)
[AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua]:22: in function <AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:21>
Locals:
self = AppearanceTooltipTooltip {
activeModel = DressUpModel {
}
layoutType = "TooltipDefaultLayout"
modelZoomed = DressUpModel {
}
modelWeapon = DressUpModel {
}
backdropColorAlpha = 0.800000
model = DressUpModel {
}
owner = GameTooltip {
}
NineSlice = Frame {
}
}
event = "PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = AppearanceTooltipTooltip {
activeModel = DressUpModel {
}
layoutType = "TooltipDefaultLayout"
modelZoomed = DressUpModel {
}
modelWeapon = DressUpModel {
}
backdropColorAlpha = 0.800000
model = DressUpModel {
}
owner = GameTooltip {
}
NineSlice = Frame {
}
}
(*temporary) = "attempt to call field '?' (a nil value)"
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Posted Jul 7, 2025When I go to the old raid to farm, the following error message often appears:
14x AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:22: attempt to call field '?' (a nil value)
[AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua]:22: in function <AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:21>
Locals:
self = AppearanceTooltipTooltip {
activeModel = DressUpModel {
}
layoutType = "TooltipDefaultLayout"
modelZoomed = DressUpModel {
}
modelWeapon = DressUpModel {
}
backdropColorAlpha = 0.800000
model = DressUpModel {
}
owner = GameTooltip {
}
NineSlice = Frame {
}
}
event = "PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = AppearanceTooltipTooltip {
activeModel = DressUpModel {
}
layoutType = "TooltipDefaultLayout"
modelZoomed = DressUpModel {
}
modelWeapon = DressUpModel {
}
backdropColorAlpha = 0.800000
model = DressUpModel {
}
owner = GameTooltip {
}
NineSlice = Frame {
}
}
(*temporary) = "attempt to call field '?' (a nil value)"
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Posted Jul 7, 2025In reply to BNS333: Me too, every time I press a spell I am getting this lua errror. With the new version v58
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Posted Jul 2, 2025Is there a way to pause the idle animations in the preview?
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Posted Jun 9, 2025Perhaps you and keyboardturner could get together and figure out the missing link for the raids your addon doesn't support, since theirs seems to cover some of the tokens your addon is missing and vice versa.
AppearanceTooltip Exclusive:
TBC Raids
TotC / ICC
Firelands
BRF
TokenTransmogs Exclusive:
SotFO
DF Raids
Nerub-ar
Overlap:
Naxx / OS / Ulduar
Cata Raids *Except Firelands
MoP Raids
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Posted May 1, 2025Translated : Remove the magnified weapon in the settings
This was in response to the double weapon bug.
So, in settings, remove the check from the "zoom on held items".
Thank you kuaishan
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Posted Apr 26, 2025Yeah I'm seeing the items doubled on top of each other.
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Posted Mar 12, 2025hello.
I have an issue where I see 2 weapons, can you fix it, thanks.
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Posted Apr 12, 2025In reply to jusuya: 在设置里面把放大武器取消
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Posted Apr 23, 2025In reply to jusuya: Patch 11.1.5 and this bug still persists, have they abandoned the project?
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Posted Feb 21, 2025Getting the following error
1x AppearanceTooltip/cameraids.lua:120: bad argument #1 to 'format' (string expected, got nil)
[string "=[C]"]: in function `format'
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/cameraids.lua"]:120: in function `GetCameraID'
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua"]:413: in function `ShowItem'
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua"]:147: in function <AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:145>
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua"]:169: in function <AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:167>
[string "=(tail call)"]: ?
[string "=[C]"]: in function `securecallfunction'
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:61: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:56>
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:81: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:77>
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:117: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:107>
[string "=[C]"]: in function `SetAttribute'
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:142: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/
Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:135>
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:288: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:238>
[string "=[C]"]: in function `securecallfunction'
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:235: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:234>
[string "=(tail call)"]: ?
[string "=[C]"]: ?
[string "=[C]"]: in function `SetInventoryItem'
[string "@Blizzard_UIPanels_Game/Mainline/PaperDollFrame.lua"]:1781: in function <...s/Blizzard_UIPanels_Game/Mainline/PaperDollFrame.lua:1774>
Locals:
(*temporary) = "%s-%s-%s"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "Female"
(*temporary) = "Back"
(*temporary) = "string expected, got nil"
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Posted Feb 15, 2025The "uncover previewed item" setting doesn't seem to work. If wearing robes, you can't see items in the leg slot.
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Posted Nov 28, 2024hello, is the tooltip working for tier tokens? i dont see anything
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Posted Nov 16, 2024this is still broken in v55
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Posted Oct 28, 2024This fixed the issues I've been having, thank you!
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Posted Nov 1, 2024In reply to markuswaters:
This is still missing from today's update.
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Posted Sep 29, 2024Hello, when I create an Earthen I get the following error message when I open the window for the heirlooms and move the mouse over the items. There is no preview either. But I don't think it has anything to do with the Earthen. Have Version v53:
19x AppearanceTooltip/cameraids.lua:120: bad argument #1 to 'format' (string expected, got nil)
[string "=[C]"]: in function `format'
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/cameraids.lua"]:120: in function `GetCameraID'
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua"]:413: in function `ShowItem'
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua"]:147: in function <AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:145>
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua"]:169: in function <AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:167>
[string "=(tail call)"]: ?
[string "=[C]"]: in function `securecallfunction'
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:61: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:56>
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:81: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:77>
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:117: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:107>
[string "=[C]"]: in function `SetAttribute'
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:142: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:135>
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:288: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:238>
[string "=[C]"]: in function `securecallfunction'
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:235: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:234>
[string "=(tail call)"]: ?
[string "@Blizzard_UIPanels_Game/Mainline/PaperDollFrame.lua"]:1781: in function <...s/Blizzard_UIPanels_Game/Mainline/PaperDollFrame.lua:1774>
Locals:
(*temporary) = "%s-%s-%s"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "Female"
(*temporary) = "Waist"
(*temporary) = "string expected, got nil"
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Posted Oct 20, 2024In reply to mutanzoom: Try adding:
[84] = "Earthen",
[85] = "Earthen",
after Dracthyr in camerais.lua.
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Posted Sep 23, 2024I keep getting errors like this on my Earthen
Weapons and Off-Hands work fine, but any armor bugs out.
1x AppearanceTooltip/cameraids.lua:119: bad argument #1 to 'format' (string expected, got nil)
[string "=[C]"]: in function `format'
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/cameraids.lua"]:119: in function `GetCameraID'
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua"]:410: in function `ShowItem'
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua"]:146: in function <AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:144>
[string "@AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua"]:167: in function <AppearanceTooltip/addon.lua:165>
[string "=(tail call)"]: ?
[string "=[C]"]: in function `securecallfunction'
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:61: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:56>
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:81: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:77>
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:117: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:107>
[string "=[C]"]: in function `SetAttribute'
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:142: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:135>
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:288: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:238>
[string "=[C]"]: in function `securecallfunction'
[string "@Blizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua"]:235: in function <...lizzard_SharedXMLGame/Tooltip/TooltipDataHandler.lua:234>
[string "=(tail call)"]: ?
[string "@Blizzard_UIPanels_Game/Mainline/PaperDollFrame.lua"]:1781: in function <...s/Blizzard_UIPanels_Game/Mainline/PaperDollFrame.lua:1774>
Locals:
(*temporary) = "%s-%s-%s"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "Male"
(*temporary) = "Feet"
(*temporary) = "string expected, got nil"
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Posted Sep 25, 2024In reply to Nerf_Teh_Derp: Thanks for pointing this out! This should be fixed in v54, which is being released right now.