LUA Error: Graphics Options UI Broken

Hey everyone,

I’ve got a weird problem after the pre-patch dropped. When I first loaded it up everything was working fine, but now the UI for my graphics options is completely broken and I’m unable to change any settings there. Text is absent and when clicking the icon, a little black box shows up.

My guess is one of two things I did have caused this.

Possibility 1: I deleted my WTF and Cache folders before this happened to fix an unrelated bug, namely the UI edit mode not saving changes. Both were regenerated when I ran WoW again.

Possibility 2: The pre-patch reset my graphical settings when it launched, and I had previously managed them through the NVIDIA GeForce Experience app. I exited the game and optimized the graphical settings through this app again, and the issue was present upon reload.

I am currently getting a probably related LUA error when I click through to the graphics options in settings:

Message: Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_Settings.lua:462: attempt to call global ‘Dump’ (a nil value)
Time: Wed Oct 26 02:01:25 2022
Count: 1
Stack: Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_Settings.lua:462: attempt to call global ‘Dump’ (a nil value)
[string “@Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_Settings.lua”]:462: in function InitSelectionDropDown' [string "@Interface/SharedXML/SettingDefinitions/Graphics.lua"]:236: in function InitControlDropDown’
[string “@Interface/SharedXML/SettingDefinitions/Graphics.lua”]:301: in function Init' [string "@Interface/SharedXML/Scroll/ScrollUtil.lua"]:439: in function <Interface/SharedXML/Scroll/ScrollUtil.lua:437> [string "=[C]"]: ? [string "@Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_SettingsList.lua"]:52: in function initializer’
[string “@Interface/SharedXML/Scroll/ScrollBoxListView.lua”]:283: in function InvokeInitializers' [string "@Interface/SharedXML/Scroll/ScrollBox.lua"]:657: in function Update’
[string “@Interface/SharedXML/Scroll/ScrollBox.lua”]:233: in function SetScrollPercentageInternal' [string "@Interface/SharedXML/Scroll/ScrollBox.lua"]:151: in function FullUpdateInternal’
[string “@Interface/SharedXML/Scroll/ScrollBox.lua”]:631: in function FullUpdateInternal' [string "@Interface/SharedXML/Scroll/ScrollBox.lua"]:113: in function FullUpdate’

[string “=[C]”]: ?
[string “@Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_SettingsList.lua”]:101: in function Display' [string "@Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_SettingsPanel.lua"]:782: in function DisplayLayout’
[string “@Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_SettingsPanel.lua”]:758: in function DisplayCategory' [string "@Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_SettingsPanel.lua"]:725: in function <...erface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_SettingsPanel.lua:721> [string "=[C]"]: ? [string "@Interface/SharedXML/CallbackRegistry.lua"]:143: in function <Interface/SharedXML/CallbackRegistry.lua:142> [string "=[C]"]: ? [string "@Interface/SharedXML/CallbackRegistry.lua"]:146: in function TriggerEvent’
[string “@Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_CategoryList.lua”]:136: in function <…terface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_CategoryList.lua:134>

Locals: selectionDropDown = Frame {
0 =
OnLeave = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2045
UpdateButtons = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2079
OnPopoutShown = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2056
SetupSelections = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2036
SetEnabled_ = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2021
OnEntrySelected = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2063
Button = Button {
}
OnEntryMouseEnter = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2070
decrementOffsetX = 4
OnLoad = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2011
DecrementButton = Button {
}
Increment = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2048
GetTooltipText = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2066
incrementOffsetX = -4
IncrementButton = Button {
}
Decrement = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2052
HidePopout = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2059
OnEntryMouseLeave = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2073
OnIncrementClicked = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2026
OnDecrementClicked = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2031
GetMaxPopoutHeight = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2076
OnEnter = defined @Interface/SharedXML/SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:2042
}
setting = {
SetCommitFlags = defined @Interface/SharedXML/Settings/Blizzard_Setting.lua:104
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