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ShieldsUp

Version: 6.0.3.48

by: Phanx [More]

2016/07/29 — I do not plan to update ShieldsUp for Legion, as shaman shields no longer exist in a meaningful form in the game.

ShieldsUp monitors your Earth Shield, Water Shield, and Lightning Shield.

Easy-to-read plain text display
Shows your active shields, their remaining charges*, and the name of your Earth Shield target
Optional text and sound alerts when one of your shields expires or is removed
Condensed display while solo (or for shamans without Earth Shield)
Support for all colorblindness modes
Support for custom fonts and sounds via LibSharedMedia-3.0 media packs

* Note that Water Shield and Lightning Shield will display a "W" or "L", respectively, except for elemental shamans, who will see a number for Lightning Shield when they have at least one extra charge.

Type “/sup” for options, or browse to the ShieldsUp panel in the standard Interface Options window.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why isn’t ShieldsUp monitoring my Earth Shield?

A: ShieldsUp only monitors Earth Shield when it’s cast on yourself, or on a player or pet in your party or raid group. There is no way for addons to reliably monitor buffs cast on units who are not in your group, so ShieldsUp doesn’t try.

Q: Why am I only seeing one charge counter?

A: ShieldsUp switches to a single-counter display when you are solo, or if you don’t have the Earth Shield talent, since in either situation it’s only possible for you to have one shield active on a target ShieldsUp can monitor.

Feedback

Post a ticket on GitHub or post a comment on this page. If you are reporting a problem, please read this first. If you are requesting a feature, please note that I consider ShieldsUp to be complete, and will probably not add any new features.

Language Support

Works in all languages. Translated into English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano (partial), Português, Русский, 한국어 (partial), 简体中文, and 繁體中文. You can add or update translations for any language on the CurseForge project page.

Credits

ShieldsUp was originally based on Infineon’s beSch.

Version 6.0.3.48

Removed Earth Shield overwrite detection, since a target can now have more than one Earth Shield on them at a time

Version 6.0.3.190

Updated for WoW 6.0
Updated Português translations from Tercioo

Version 5.4.8.186

Updated Русский translations from Yafis

Version 5.4.8.184

Better handling of visibility for low-level characters
Fix for missing labels on dropdowns in options panel

Version 5.4.7.181

Fixed inactive counter appearing in single (solo) mode
Added previews to the sound selection dropdowns
Display is now always hidden for shamans below level 9

Version 5.4.7.173

Fixed playing alert sounds
Added option to suppress alerts while hidden

Version 5.4.1.167

Updated for WoW 5.4
Updated French, German, and Portuguese translations

Version 5.3.0.163

Fixed several issues related to hiding unlimited shields

Version 5.3.0.162

Updated for WoW 5.3
Added an option to hide active shields that don't have limited charges (Water Shield, non-Elemental Lightning Shield)
Changed how visibility settings are stored -- you will need to reconfigure your hide/show settings
Minor efficiency improvements

Version 5.2.0.158

Minor changes to the Alerts options layout

Version 5.2.0.157

Fixed localization. Translators, please review the options panel, and add missing translations.

Version 5.2.0.156

Simplified the Visibility options by combining the group type and zone type filters.

Version 5.1.0.147

Fixed a minor cosmetic issue with the Text Output dropdown in the Alerts option panel.

Version 5.0.5.146

Now hidden in pet battles.

Version 5.0.4.144

Updated Traditional Chinese translations from awaited on CurseForge.

Version 5.0.4.142

Elemental shamans will now see a number instead of an "L" for Lightning Shield when it has at least one extra charge (2+ total charges).

Version 5.0.4.141

Updated for WoW 5.0.4
Updated Spanish, French, and Russian translations

Version 4.3.4.137

Compatible with both 4.3 live realms and Mists of Pandaria beta realms.
Use the “Load out of date addons” checkbox on beta realms — the TOC won’t be updated until Patch 5.0 goes live.
Added an option to color the target name by class when Earth Shield is active and not overwritten.

Version 4.3.4.134

Compatible with both 4.3 live realms and Mists of Pandaria beta realms.
Use the “Load out of date addons” checkbox on beta realms — the TOC won’t be updated until Patch 5.0 goes live.
Fixed several issues with group detection on live servers.
Fixed an issue with Water/Lightning Shield detection at login on beta servers.
Fixed an issue where Earth Shield would not be detected if you cast it on someone outside your group and then joined a group with that player.
Added support for all colorblind modes, not just mode #1 (which is the only one the default UI exposes as an option).
Improved support for LibSharedMedia fonts at login.

Version 4.3.4.132

Compatible with both 4.3 live realms and Mists of Pandaria beta realms.
Use the “Load out of date addons” checkbox on beta realms — the TOC won’t be updated until Patch 5.0 goes live.
Updated for MoP changes: Water Shield and Lightning Shield no longer have charges, and will show a "W" or "L" instead of the number of charges.
Lots of cleanups to options and translations.
Added partial koKR localization from moom21 on CurseForge.
Updated deDE localization from Estadon on CurseForge.
Added itIT (partial) and ptBR translations.

Version 4.3.0.122

Updated for WoW 4.3
Translations needed for Português (ptBR) and 한국어 (koKR). If you can help translate ShieldsUp for either of these languages, please send me a PM. Thanks!

Version 4.2.0.120

Updated for WoW 4.2

Version 4.1.0.119

Added an option for moving the Earth Shield target name to the bottom of the display, or hiding it. It’s not exposed in the options panel yet, but you can change it by typing “ /run ShieldsUpDB.namePosition = "BOTTOM"; ShieldsUp:ApplySettings() ”. The value can be "BOTTOM", "TOP", or "NONE".
Removed support for WoW 3.2, since China has finally updated to 3.3+
Updated localization

Version 4.0.3.105

Fixed a number of minor bugs
Added backwards compatibility for WoW China
Added TOC metadata for the Curse Client
Updated Spanish localization

Version 3.3.5.97

Added an option to tell you who overwrites your Earth Shield
Removed the Colorblind Mode option; ShieldsUp now respects the default UI's Colorblind Mode setting
Updated for changes in config libs

Version 3.3.2.93

Wintergrasp and other (future) outdoor PvP zones are now treated as battlegrounds for the purposes of visibility options
Fixed possible errors when no alert sound is selected
Improved text alert options
Added LibAboutPanel to optional dependencies for standalone library users

Version 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

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05-04-09, 04:43 AM

berdan

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Originally posted by Phanx
Any problems if you reconfigure it to route messages via MSBT again?

None at all. Have it set up almost the same way as before I wiped the prefs and everything works now.

05-10-09, 11:04 PM

goldengamer

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Message: ..\AddOns\ShieldsUp\Options.lua line 713:
Cannot find a library instance of "tekKonfig-AboutPanel".
Debug:
(tail call): ?
[C]: ?
[C]: error()
!Swatter\Support\LibRevision.lua:47: GetLibrary()
ShieldsUp\Options.lua:713: in main chunk

Not quite sure what that is :S Happens each time I log on :S And sometimes earthshield isnt tracking correctly, just doesnt show, even when its casted on someone :S

EDIT: I fixed the error from showing, updated skinner (whole update on it, that I didnt realise), but when I try and pop earth shield on someone else when I'm not grouped, it doesnt show the tracking. It shows if I put it on myself, but not others yet :S Trying to work it out :S

EDIT 2: ^^; Sorry, just read the comment below, will go grp and find out if its still happening =)

EDIT 3: Hopped into a bg, av, and I entered with my name in red, and 2 0's :S Tried casting earthshield on someone, didnt track / change at all, but it tracks fine with it with it on myself. Watershield seems fine so far

Last edited by goldengamer : 05-10-09 at 11:27 PM.

05-11-09, 12:09 AM

Phanx

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Originally posted by goldengamer
Not quite sure what that is :S Happens each time I log on :S

It means you need to update. ShieldsUp no longer uses the tekKonfig-AboutPanel library, nor is that library referenced on line 713 or anywhere else in Options.lua or any other file in the addon. I would guess that if you update correctly (i.e. make sure the old files are overwritten, or delete them before downloading the new version), your other problems will also go away.

05-28-09, 06:08 AM
Qazlol A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	Not sure if this mod is still being updated or not, but I'm having the following issues. -Water Shield(WS) and Earth Shield(ES) not updating on the screen. -When ES is used on a player in a battleground, the name doesn't update and the mod completely locks up. -After configuring settings, the mod locks up at 8 charges to ES. -When ES is replaced by WS or vise versa on the shaman, mod doesn't record/update. I'm assuming this is an issue with 3.1.1 or whatnot. If not, it could be interference with other mods(?).

05-28-09, 05:38 PM
Phanx Cat. Forum posts: 5617 File comments: 2321 Uploads: 54	Yes, this addon is maintained. The last update is only 4 weeks old, and no changes have been required since then. I play two shamans on a daily basis, and have not encountered any of the problems you described. Have you tried any basic troubleshooting steps like deleting the addon's saved variables, or logging in with no other addons enabled? Please check this page and try the suggested steps. If the problem persists, file a bug report ticket with the information requested.

06-19-09, 07:26 AM
Jimmo A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 1 File comments: 2 Uploads: 0	I'm experiencing the same problems as Qazlol. ES not updating at all when switching players that have ES, and such.

06-19-09, 02:23 PM
Phanx Cat. Forum posts: 5617 File comments: 2321 Uploads: 54	Simply repeating a vague description of the problem you're having is not going to help me figure out what is causing the problem or how to fix it. If you guys don't care enough to read simple instructions like those in my previous post and answer basic questions to help me identify the problem, there's not much I can do. As is clearly staed in my previous post, I use this addon on a daily basis and have never experienced an issue like the one being described. If you cannot give me any specific information about the problem, I cannot fix it. Last edited by Phanx : 06-19-09 at 02:24 PM.

07-07-09, 05:14 AM
Falter A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 19 File comments: 35 Uploads: 0	No error messages. No other addons enabled. No changes from default settings. No savedVariables file to delete. English (US) WoW client. Default install of 3.1.1.70-beta from WoWI. Logged in with water shield up, but SUp shows a big red Zero. Refreshed WS, SUp tracked it just fine. Cast ES on a few NPCs and random folks, it was not tracked. Ran a BG, ES was not tracked on BG raid. Have not tried it in a PVE party or raid. Not likely to do so anytime soon. Anything further I can provide to help? Last edited by Falter : 07-07-09 at 05:22 AM.

07-07-09, 05:58 PM
Phanx Cat. Forum posts: 5617 File comments: 2321 Uploads: 54	ShieldsUp intentionally does not track shields on units outside your group, because there is no reliable way to do so. So, no counter appearing when you cast Earth Shield on NPCs or random passerby is not a bug. Earth Shield should be tracked on members of your battleground raid, but as I never participate in battlegrounds, I haven't tested this myself. I'm headed out of town for the weekend, but I will go fish in AV when I get back and see if I can reproduce this. As for Water Shield not being detected when you log in, I don't know how that's possible.. If you really want to help, open Core.lua in a plain-text editor (Windows Notepad will do). Find every instance of "Debug(", and if there are two dashes ("--") in front of it on the same line, remove the dashes. Then, find this near the top of the file: Code: local function Debug(lvl, str, ...) if lvl > 0 then return end ...and change the 0 to a 3. Log in with Water Shield active, and type out or screenshot the debug messages printed to your chat frame. Cast Earth Shield on someone in your group (try inviting a friend to a party while you're waiting in the battleground queue or something) and type out or screenshot the debug messages printed then. Once you're in a battleground, cast Earth Shield on someone in your battleground raid, and type out or screenshot the debug messages. When you're done, you can just change the 3 back to a 0 to turn off the debug messages. Post the debugging information in a bug report ticket. Last edited by Phanx : 07-07-09 at 05:58 PM.

07-07-09, 07:12 PM
Falter A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 19 File comments: 35 Uploads: 0	I reported the Water Shield issue, typed out the debug info in a ticket. Hopefully that information helps. Wondering if the Glyph of Water Shield I have is part of the issue? I am extremely new to Resto as a shaman (just got to 80), so I'm not convinced GoWS is worth it, but perhaps that bit of information is helpful. Feel free to suggest a better glyph, too. : ) As for the Earth Shield stuff. I will try to get that put in a separate ticket tomorrow, have to get to raid on my main (not a shaman). Have a safe and fun weekend trip.

07-09-09, 05:09 PM

Phanx

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Originally posted by Falter
Wondering if the Glyph of Water Shield I have is part of the issue?

It isn't. ShieldsUp doesn't look at your glyphs or talents; it gets the number of charges directly from the buff.

As for glyph choices, I currently use the Glyph of Water Shield, but once 3.2 comes out I will probably replace it, since I have almost no mana issues, and mp5 is getting buffed in the patch. Other glyphs I currently use are Healing Stream and Lesser Healing Wave. In 3.2 the Chain Heal glyph may be more useful; currently with ~2600 healing raid buffed the added jump heals for a paltry 500-ish, which is about 25% of a single tick of Renew from a similarly geared priest, and I just don't see that justifying a major glyph slot.

I currently use Healing Stream and Lesser Healing Wave in my other two slots, but as a fresh 80 focusing on PvP, you probably won't have much use for Healing Stream, so I'd avoid that one. For PvP, I'd go with the Healing Wave glyph. Earth Shield is also useful, and will be less dispellable in 3.2, so that's one to consider as well; in fact, for PvP it may be better than Chain Heal.

07-16-09, 10:23 PM
Phanx Cat. Forum posts: 5617 File comments: 2321 Uploads: 54	Version 3.2.0.79 is up. Mainly, this just adds translations for German and Chinese users, but I've also finally removed the beta tag, as there have been no major issues reported for some time now. Last edited by Phanx : 07-16-09 at 10:26 PM.

08-04-09, 06:45 PM
Mandydeth A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	Please update for 3.2. This is one of my staple addons.

08-04-09, 08:14 PM
Phanx Cat. Forum posts: 5617 File comments: 2321 Uploads: 54	Did you even try it before begging for a useless update? No changes were required for 3.2, and the latest version even has a 3.2 TOC interface number already.

08-09-09, 09:21 AM
tnbp A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 1 File comments: 66 Uploads: 0	I can't speak to any of the other issues people have listed here but, for me, the only problem I currently seem to have with ShieldsUp is that when I log in, it doesn't recognize the shield or charges I already have up. For example, if I log in and I have 8 minutes and 2 charges left on Lightning Shield, ShieldsUp is a red zero until I recast. That's true for any shield and any charges I have, until recast. Then it seems, for me, to be working just fine.

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