Find a bug? Do not post it in the comments section! See the "Reporting Problems" section below for information on how to correctly report bugs. I will no longer be responding to bugs posted in the comments section.
Translators wanted!
If you are able to help translate ShieldsUp for Korean (koKR), Russian (ruRU), Spanish (esES), or Latin American Spanish (esMX) locales, please send me a PM!
Description
ShieldsUp is a monitor for your Earth Shield, Lightning Shield, and Water Shield.
Clear text display of remaining charges and Earth Shield target name
Indication when your Earth Shield has been overwritten
Text and sound alerts when a shield expires or is removed
Condensed display while solo, or for shamans without Earth Shield
Automatic visibility states based on group size, zone type, and more
Configurable appearance and behavior
Supports Improved Earth Shield and Static Shock talents
Supports Glyph of Water Shield
Usage
Options are available in the default Interface Options window. As a shortcut, you can type "/sup" to jump directly to the ShieldsUp options panel.
Note that due to a Blizzard bug, if reaching the ShieldsUp panel in the Interface Options window would require you to scroll up or down in the addon list column, typing "/sup" will open the window to the last shown panel, instead of opening it to the ShieldsUp panel.
Localization
ShieldsUp is compatible with all locales.
ShieldsUp is translated into English, German (deDE), Spanish (esES), French (frFR), Russian (ruRU), Simplified Chinese (zhCN), and Traditional Chinese (zhTW).
If you are able to help translate ShieldsUp for another locale or would like to provide corrections to existing translations, send me a PM!
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Why can't I see a charge counter for my Earth Shield?
A: ShieldsUp only tracks Earth Shield when it is cast on yourself, or on a player or pet in your party or raid. This was an intentional design decision, because it is impossible to reliably monitor Earth Shield on someone outside of your group.
Q: Why do I only see one charge counter?
A: Only one charge counter is shown when you aren't in a group. Since Earth Shield is not tracked on people outside your group, when you are solo, it will only be tracked if you cast it on yourself. And, since you can only have one shield cast on yourself at any given time, there's no need for more than one charge counter when you're solo. Also, if you don't have the Earth Shield talent, you obviously can't cast it, so even when you are in a group, you'll only see one charge counter.
Requesting Features
Got an idea for something you'd love to see added or changed in ShieldsUp? Post a feature request! Please keep in mind that ShieldsUp is intentionally limited in scope to locally monitoring shaman shields you cast, and that requests for features outside of this scope will not be considered.
Most importantly, remember to check on your ticket after a few days, as I may need more information to solve the problem!
License
Please see my portal or the README file included in the addon's folder for the full license terms under which ShieldsUp is released. In particular, redistribution without prior permission is prohibited. Compilation creators, please take a few minutes to learn about the basic details of copyright law and software licensing before you upload a bundle of other people's copyrighted work. Thanks!
Change Log - ShieldsUp
3.3.0.85
Fixed failure to monitor Earth Shield on battleground allies from other servers
Fixed failure to detect active shields on login
Fixed alerts triggering while you are dead or operating a vehicle
Fixed alerts triggering while the display is hidden
Fixed alerts triggering when you remove Earth Shield on one target by casting it on another target
Fixed alerts triggering when you remove Earth Shield on yourself by casting Water Shield or Lightning Shield, and vice versa
Added French translations from krukniak on Curse
Added very rough Spanish translations - corrections welcome
3.2.0.79
Added Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese translations from wowui.cn
3.1.1.78-beta
Added German translations from Søøm
Added hidden option to show you who overwrote your Earth Shield
Fixed overlapping controls in the configuration GUI
3.1.0.57-beta
Improved support for dual talent specializations in WoW 3.1
Fixed misplaced checkbox in options (text output > sticky)
Fixed some outstanding issues with text output options
Updated wording on some options for clarity
Updated ruRU locale file (needs translator attention)
3.1.0.47-beta
Update for aura changes in 3.1
NOT compatible with WoW 3.0.9 or lower!
3.0.9.46-beta
Add "colorblind mode" option
Fix some bugs with the alert options
3.0.9.44-beta
Fixed saved variables initialization
Added sliders for font sizes (yes, I know they overlap stuff)
3.0.9.42-beta
Fixed dropdown menu creation
Fixed sound not playing when selecting it in sound file dropdowns
Added scrolling dropdown for font selection (not yet functional, please do not report issues related to this)
3.0.3.39-beta
Added options for alerts
Removed embeds that are no longer used
Known issue: Dropdowns for selecting sound files are oddly anchored
Known issue: Dropdown for text output subsection doesn't work properly until the dropdown for text output main section is used once
3.0.3.34-beta
Added options for position, padding, typeface, outline, shadow, and colors
3.0.3.30-beta
This is a near-total rewrite. The addon is now watching spellcast and aura events instead of scanning every combat log message. This results in inherent support for current and future talents and glyphs which alter the number of charges on shields, and in greater accuracy under many circumsances, including high latency and passing through loading screens. Solo mode now also works as intended.
This beta version does not yet have a configuration interface. Many settings will translate from the previous versions, but I make no guarantees, especially if your configuration was very different from the default configuration.
3.0.2.25
Added support for Improved Earth Shield and Glyph of Water Shield
Added solo mode
3.0.2.18
Added basic support for Lightning Shield (uses Water Shield options for now)
Removed 2.4.3 compatibility
Updated embedded libraries
2.4.3.16
Added full support for localization
Added ruRU localization (contributed by XisRaa)
Fixed some minor issues
2.4.2.11
Removed some debug code that reset settings on every load
2.4.3.10
Fixed some errors I thought I'd already committed
Note: alert options currently not fully functional
2.4.3.8
Added aura scanning on "aura lost" events; this will prevent showing zero on recast shields in all but extremely laggy situations
Added support for AddonLoader
2.4.3.5
Fixed audio alerts
2.4.3.4
Fixed options not appearing until the slash command was entered
Hi, love the addon. I am just trying to find out more about the sounds that are accessible in the dropdown list. I know that they are part of the SharedMedia library and are not within the ShieldsUp folder however I cannot for the life of me find whereabouts these sounds are anywhere in my addons folder. Are they accessed from some embedded file and not a .mp3 or .wav file?
Thanks for the help,
Bugsilius
Last edited by Bugsilius : 07-10-2008 at 09:26 PM.
