AlwaysFace

Bring your unit frames to life with real 3D character portraits.

AlwaysFace replaces the standard Blizzard 2D portraits with dynamic 3D character models, giving your interface a more immersive and modern look while keeping the original Blizzard unit frames intact.

This version has been specifically adapted for World of Warcraft: Forever, including additional compatibility handling for the Forever beta UI.

Features

• 3D Player Portrait
• 3D Target Portrait
• 3D Focus Portrait
• 3D Pet Portrait
• Optional removal of the default Blizzard portrait ring
• Keeps Blizzard health, power and resource bars intact
• Automatically refreshes portraits when your character, target, focus or pet changes
• Handles specialization and power display changes
• Safe fallback to the original Blizzard portrait when a 3D model cannot be displayed
• Lightweight and designed to work with the default Blizzard UI
• Dedicated compatibility handling for WoW: Forever

AlwaysFace only modifies the portrait area. It does not replace your complete unit frames or party frames.

Configuration

You can configure AlwaysFace directly from the addon settings panel.

Available options:

• Enable / disable 3D portraits
• Show / hide the Blizzard portrait ring

Slash Commands

/af on
Enable 3D portraits.

/af off
Disable 3D portraits.

/af ring on
Show the original Blizzard portrait ring.

/af ring off
Hide the Blizzard portrait ring.

/af debug
Display compatibility and portrait detection information.

You can also use:

/alwaysface

WoW: Forever Support

AlwaysFace includes specific detection and compatibility code for World of Warcraft: Forever.

Because WoW: Forever is still evolving, Blizzard may change parts of the UI or FrameXML during beta updates. AlwaysFace therefore uses several fallback methods to locate portraits and avoids aggressively modifying Blizzard interface elements.

If the Forever client temporarily prevents a 3D model from being displayed, AlwaysFace automatically keeps the standard Blizzard portrait instead of breaking the unit frame.

Compatibility

Designed for the default Blizzard:

• Player Frame
• Target Frame
• Focus Frame
• Pet Frame

Party and raid frames are intentionally left untouched.

If you encounter an issue after a WoW: Forever update, please report it with the error message and, if possible, the result of:

/af debug

Enjoy your new 3D portraits!