Shadowform button on the shapeshift bar when you are in normal form
Shadowform button on the shapeshift bar when you are already in shadowform
Cirk's Shadowshift
Shadowshift has been replaced by Aspects, which supports hunters and shamans in addition to shadow priests, and is a clean, legacy free, v2.4 compatible rewrite. So, please delete your Shadowshift addon and instead use Aspects for all your Shadowform needs!
Do you play a shadow priest? Do you use Shadowform? If so, you might be interested in this Addon! Shadowshift places the Shadowform spell button onto the shapeshift bar, just like Stealth for a Rogue, or like the Druid's Bear, Cat, and other shapes, allowing you to use it just like it was a real shapeshifting skill. Free up an action button slot today!
Shadowshift can be easily enabled and disabled on a per character basis, and will remember the last setting until you change it again. And if you aren't playing a priest, or your priest doesn't have Shadowform, then Shadowshift will do nothing, so you can safely leave it enabled in your Addon's menu.
Shadowshift's slash commands
Shadowshift supports the following slash commands:
/shadowshift help shows these options. /shadowshift on enables Shadowshift for your current character (the default if you are playing a priest with the Shadowform talent). /shadowshift off disables Shadowshift for your current character. /shadowshift status shows you whether Shadowshift is enabled or not currently.
Which hotkey will it use?
For Windows, the default hotkey for the first shapeshift action is CTRL-F1.
You can change this easily under the Key Bindings option of the main menu. Look for the Special Action Button 1 entry and change it to whatever you'd like. However note that this key is the same one used for Rogue's Stealth and Druid's Bear form (and for a Paladin's Devotion Aura) so be mindful of that if you also play any of those classes, or use the per-character settings of the Bindings screen to set it for each character separately.
Notes
If you are using Blizzard's default UI layout and are using tabbed chat frames, you might find that you need to move your chat window up a bit to fit the shapeshift bar in under the chat frame. You can do this by right clicking on the General tab at the top of the chat frame, selecting Unlock, then left-clicking and dragging on the General tab to move the chat windows where they won't be in the way. After you are done, right-click on the General tab again and select Lock to relock your windows again!
If you can't see the General tab at the top of your chat window when you mouse over the chat window, your chat windows might have been locked from being changed. To unlock them, open the Main menu (via the ESC key) and select Interface, and at the bottom clear the Lock Chat Settings option. After you have moved your chat frame, you can relock them again if you want.
Change history 2.3.0
Updated code for the 2.3 client changes.
Minor code cleanup.
2.1.0
Ported Shadowshift to the WoW 2.1 client, and cleaned up the code some. Functionality is now identical to its previous incarnations!
Aspects is now available for download, and provides all the functionality that Shadowshift did along with support for hunters and shamans. Please delete your old Shadowshift addon and replace it with Aspects!
Originally posted by Venomi pilzz gif us a uptade for this addon, i'm missing it allready
Sorry all for the long delay - with the most recent 2.4 changes I've been working on incorporating Shadowshift into a combined Priest/Shaman/Hunter addon which will be smaller and cleaner than Shadowshift, but will still give you the same functionality as you have (had) with Shadowshift. I'm pretty happy with it now and will be uploading it shortly. Will update Shadowshift's description as soon as that is done.
If you don't have a problem editing .lua files the following changes will put a band-aid on the problem.
Note: This is not a fix for the underlying problem (taint), only a workaround for the symptom (losing the shadowform button after using mind-control).
1. Open Shadowshift.lua in a text editor.
2. Find function Shadowshift.OnLoad()
Scroll down a bit you'll find a bunch of
_thisFrame:RegisterEvent(
lines.
3. Put _thisFrame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED");
under the ones already present.
4. Next find function Shadowshift.OnEvent(event)
You'll see a bunch of
elseif (event ==
5. Directly above the last one that reads
elseif (event == "PLAYER_LOGOUT") then
paste the following block of code.
Code:
elseif (event == "PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED") then --- temp workaround for mind-control
if (_enabled == 1) then
if ShapeshiftBarFrame and not ShapeshiftBarFrame:IsVisible() then
ShapeshiftBarFrame:Show(); --- temp workaround for mind-control
end
end
6. Save the file and reload your game.
What this workaround will do is un-hide the shadowshift button when you exit combat if the addon is enabled and the button is not visible.
As usual, consider this totally unsupported like any user provided "fix".
I found it convenient until Cirk has a chance to look at the problem so I'm sharing with other users.
The ShadowShift button disappears due to tainting after you mind-control something.
I've posted on discussion page and filed a more detailed bug report under ShadowShift.
A temporary workaround to get your shadowshift button back when that happens
(without having to reloadUI) is typing this command at the chat when you get out of combat:
/script ShapeshiftBarFrame:Show();
(Or making a macro and putting the command there if you want a button doing the same)
Hi bincebear, yeah, sorry 'bout that. I have a new mod that I'm working on that replaces Shadowshift so I'd not looked at it for 2.3 compatibility. I'll see if I can get a fix up shortly until I release the new mod...
Originally posted by Geboran Quick question though: when you do use the shadowform ability, does it change the action bar automatically? I currently use a macro that changes the bar for me when I switch in and out of shadowform.
Blizzard added this feature as part of the 2.1 patch, providing a special action bar that only shows when you are in shadowform, just as a rogue has a special stealth action bar that only shows when they are in stealth. (You may not be seeing this because of your macro).
I've not had a chance to play with this yet, but plan on doing so tonight.
Quick question though: when you do use the shadowform ability, does it change the action bar automatically? I currently use a macro that changes the bar for me when I switch in and out of shadowform.
Freeing up an actionbar slot is always a good thing.
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