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Updated: | 12-02-11 03:29 AM |
Created: | 10-26-08 11:30 AM |
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Shieldmonitor by Frenchie
German localisation by Spiritmoon
Russian localisation by Glaurung
French localisation by Iktose
Korean localisation by Metalchoir
Chinese localisations by xiezi and juha
Spanish localisation by miros
Current version: 1.11.0, 2nd December 2011 - Available from http://www.wowinterface.com/
IMPORTANT: unfortunately I no longer play as main any characters that use shields (my mage I used to test the last update is still level 70!). So I'm not it a position to make updates or test for most gameplay changes. If someone else wants to pick up development on this addon, I'm happy to help out with any explanation of the code as needed.
Note: Due to time constraints development on this mod by me is now in maintenance mode, if anyone else wishes to pick it up to update it or add new features, please feel free.
Changelog
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1.11.0 - Updated for Wow 4.3 combatlog API
- removed right-click menu since is causes taint - use /sm options to change any options now
1.10.0 - Updated for Wow 4.2 combatlog API - no other changes
1.9.0 - Updated for Wow 4.1 API - no other changes
1.8.2 - Where shield strength is read from the tooltip this is now used as the final value as this should now already include spell/glyph bonuses. As a result we now check the tooltip every time a shield is cast rather than caching the value, since spellpower could have changed.
1.8.1 - Fix to shields where Blizz now sends the strength going back to 100% after damage - since they also now send a SPELL_AURA_REFRESH with a new strength each time such a shield takes damage.
- added French translation for Mage Ward (Thanks Mizaru)
- added Paladin's Guarded by the Light shield (Thanks Tatltael). Note I don't have a Paladin to test this on, so it's up to you guys
1.8.0 - Since Blizz have been kind enough to include the shield strength in the combat log for Priest shields, this version now reads that value
- other classes shield strength is still determined using tooltips so a fix is also included in case the user has beginner tooltips switched on
- support for Mage Shield in the Russian client added (thanks Khom), other translations still needed.
1.7.3 - more fixes to talent detection that were causing error messages
1.7.2 - added Mage Shield, works for English client only at the moment (thanks to grimmier)
- fix for PW:S bug as a result of talent tree changes
1.7.1 - fix for mouse button click handler
1.7.0 - Compatibility fix for WoW 4.0.1 - IMPORTANT NOTE - this is a fix for small changes in the WoW API ONLY - It does not address any changes in shield mechanics or any problems that may have been caused by tooltip changes.
1.6.1 - Small fix to Russian locale for Power word: shield
1.6.0 - ToC updated for WoW 3.3, cap of 10k added on Divine Aegis shield
(for changes in older versions, see the 'Change Log' tab)
Description
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Since Patch 3.0, the combat log has shown exact figures for damage absorbed by shields such as 'Power Word: Shield'. Shieldmonitor is a lightweight addon that takes advantage of that fact to provide feedback on precisely how much more damage a shield can sustain before it fails. It does this by means of a small window that shows a bar with the percentage and damage absorption of the shield remaining as well as the time the shield buff has left.
Usage
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This addon is pretty much install and go. There will be nothing to see until a shield is cast on you (by yourself or someone else). At that point the status window appears, initially in the centre of the screen. Left-click and drag the window to where you'd like it to be. Right click on the window to pop-up a menu with options 'Lock Window' and 'disable' and 'Options'. If you disable Shieldmonitor via the menu, then you either have to use the slash command /shieldmonitor enable or the options screen to re-enable it. Note that Shieldmonitor's window disappears as soon as the shield is exhausted, dispelled or the shield buff times out.
Shields currently monitored are:
Priest - Power Word: Shield, Divine Aegis
Mage - Ice Barrier, Mana Shield, Mage Ward
Paladin - Sacred Shield, Guarded by the Light
Warlock - Voidwalker Sacrifice, Shadow Ward
Herbalists - Fel Blossom (note this provides a shield that has a min and max damage absorption. For the purposes of monitoring, the most optimistic value is taken, however Shieldmonitor will close its window as soon as the shield fails.)
Limitations
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The maximum value of a Power Word: Shield or Divine Aegis cast on you by another player will probably be inaccurate, since the shield will benefit from the casting player's spell bonus and talents and this is not available via the API, only your own spell bonus/talents. (that is unless someone can point me to a way to find it out - GetSpellBonusDamage is self only).
There are no configuration options for the style of the window other than the scaling. If you don't like it, feel free to play around with the xml file, everything that controls its appearance is in there.
Localisation
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The addon will work for the English, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese (zhCH and zhTW) and Russian clients at present. If any player from a non-supported locale wants to help, then you can see what needs to be done by looking at the already added German (deDE) locale block in the lua file. Only the spellnames and the TIPREAD entries are essential for making the addon work, other texts are just for completeness.
Noted suggestions (which may or may not make it into a future version!)
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- Add a sound alert to the warnings (possible, perhaps)
- Add option to customise bar textures (possible, low priority for now)
- Add option to adjust bar length (possible, low priority for now)
- make addon communicate between people in groups/raids who are all using shieldmonitor in order to make the level of PW:S casted on you by someone else accurate (possible, being researched, testing issues though, i.e. requires group!)
Note: It's likely to be a while now before I dovote a lot more time to Shieldmonitor as, like everyone else I suspect, I'm now busy levelling my main characters to 80
Bugs
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Due to the complexity of testing various shield combinations at the same time, the priority of the shields with respect to each other might not yet be correct. Any testing info always welcome!
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11-22-10, 03:55 AM | |
A Kobold Labourer
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Hi, frenchie, thank you for your addon, it's awsome.
I am a player come from CN-TW and find following problem about this addon: The spell "mage ward" is not work in CN-TW whlie other spells work well. So I tried to modify the lua in order to make this work, but I find it led to error when I test it. When I use "mage ward" in the game, it trigers bug " unable to read shield value from tooltip" I don't know the reason. Could you tell me how to solve this problem? or how to add "mage ward" in chinese in this addon? thx a lot! |
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11-21-10, 09:07 AM | ||
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11-19-10, 02:30 AM | |
A Kobold Labourer
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The tooltips of mana shield, mage ward and ice barrier (and I assume other shields for other classes) now show the actual strength of the shield, including spell power and the glyph effect, so adding the spellpower bonus yields the wrong amount. The strength could be taken directly from the tooltip at each shield application (or the base strength would have to be calculated by subtracting the spellpower bonuses).
Last edited by Nyoghta : 11-19-10 at 02:30 AM.
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11-18-10, 08:46 PM | |
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Could you please make it click-trough (When locked)?
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11-18-10, 11:15 AM | |
A Deviate Faerie Dragon
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Thanks for the update. Love your addon
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11-18-10, 08:45 AM | |
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Thanks Frenchie for the update.
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11-18-10, 04:40 AM | ||
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A new version 1.8.1 will be available very shortly. |
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11-17-10, 03:57 PM | ||
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11-17-10, 11:32 AM | |
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i played with this for a little while but the math was off and it did not add up the multi shield values, so i wrote my own add on, http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...absorbbar.aspx
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11-17-10, 10:28 AM | ||
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What shield is it that you have up? Is it the only shield buff? What type of dmage are you taking? You can also try typing /sm dbg to toggle Shieldmonitor's debug messages and post what is says. |
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11-17-10, 03:32 AM | |
A Deviate Faerie Dragon
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Have the same issue as Kinoko does. Every time shield takes damage, it goes back to 100%, which doesn't really help. Since I got used to the monitor from the moment it was released pre-WotLK, it's a bit annoying that it stopped doing what I expect it to do.
Any help would be appreciated. |
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11-03-10, 08:10 AM | ||
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Works great so far! Thanks so much =). Any idea how to get the stoneclaw totem glyph to work, and perhaps the absorb tank trinket? EDIT: I just found that the value displays correct, but the bar keeps jumping to 100% each time you get hit.
Last edited by Tatltael : 11-03-10 at 08:44 AM.
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10-31-10, 12:17 PM | ||
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Code:
['Guarded by the Light']={tip=1,bonus=2,slot=1,icon='Ability_Paladin_GuardedbytheLight',r=.8,g=.8,b=.2}, And it seems to work... not fully tested, however. EDIT: Ran a few instances, and it seems to work properly
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