Description
ShieldsUp monitors your Earth Shield, Water Shield, and Lightning Shield.
It features an easy-to-read text display that shows the number of charges remaining on each active shield, as well as the name of the last person you cast Earth Shield on. Other features include a visual indication when another shaman overwrites your Earth Shield, text and audio alerts when one of your shields expires or is removed, and a condensed display while solo (or for shamans without Earth Shield).
Usage
Options are available in the Interface Options window. You can type /sup to open the window directly to the ShieldsUp panel.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why isn’t ShieldsUp monitoring my Earth Shield?
- 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 other units, so ShieldsUp doesn’t try.
- Why am I only seeing one charge counter?
- 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.
Localization
ShieldsUp is compatible with all locales.
ShieldsUp is translated into English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Русский, 简体中文, and 正體中文. If you can provide translations for another locale, please send me a PM on this site, on wowace.com, or on wowinterface.com.
Feature Requests
If there’s something you’d like to see added to (or changed in) ShieldsUp, you may submit a feature request ticket.
Please keep in mind that ShieldsUp is intentionally limited in scope to local monitoring of your own shaman shield buffs, and that requests for features outside of this scope will not be considered.
Bug Reports
If you encounter a problem with ShieldsUp, please follow these three easy steps:
- Check the ticket tracker to see if the problem has already been reported. If it has, please don’t create another ticket for the same problem, but feel free to add a comment to the existing ticket if you have more information to add.
- Try some basic troubleshooting steps. Sometimes, you’ll be able to fix the problem yourself without having to wait for a response to your ticket, but even if you’re not, troubleshooting will still help you gather useful information to include in your report.
- Submit a bug report ticket. Make sure you include enough information to identify the problem; I can’t help you if I don’t know what the problem is! At the very least, you should include the version of the addon you have installed, the text of any error messages that appear in-game, a description of the problem and any actions that trigger it, and a summary of troubleshooting steps you tried.
Remember to check on your ticket after a few days, as I may need more information from you in order to identify or fix the problem!
Credits
ShieldsUp was originally based on beSch, by Infineon.
License
ShieldsUp is free as in “free beer,” not as in “free software,” and you may not include it in your compilation, or redistribute it in any other way, without first getting permission. A formal copyright notice and the full license terms under which ShieldsUp is released are available in the README file inside the addon’s folder.
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)...
