Translators wanted!
If you play in a German, French, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese client, and are willing to help translate, please send me a PM!
Monitor your Earth, Lightning, and Water Shields.
- 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" may just open the window to the last shown panel, instead of opening it to the ShieldsUp panel.
Comments are disabled. If you have a specific problem to report, or a specific feature request, use the ticket system.
Please note that main development on this addon is done on WoWInterface, and the most recent version of this addon can always be found there. Due to me sometimes forgetting to upload new releases to CurseForge right away, the time it takes for CurseForge to approve uploaded files, and the time it takes for new releases to be syndicated to Curse, the version of this addon as it is available on Curse can lag hours or even days behind the most recent version. If you are experiencing a problem, please check WoWInterface to make sure no new version has been released before you file a bug report ticket. Thanks!
Feature Requests
Please use the feature request tracker! 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.
Bug Reports
Please use the bug report tracker! Be sure to include all of the information requested in the ticket template. Bug reports that do not include the specific version number of ShieldsUp you are using will be ignored or deleted. I have neither the time nor the inclination to play "twenty questions" with you to get the basic details I need to identify the problem!
Remember to check on your ticket after a few days. I don't release versions that I am personally experiencing major issues with, and any minor issues I'm aware of are posted in the changelog with each release. In most cases, I will need additional information from you, or will ask you to try a potential fix, since I am not experiencing the problem you report and may not be able to reproduce it. Tickets that are waiting for feedback for more than a week will be closed.
License
Please see my license page 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!
Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
