Shield Tracker
What's New
- Updated for 7.0.
- Added configurable labels for bars.
- Vengeance was removed. You should delete any bars with Vengeance tracking.
Description
Shield Tracker allows you to create highly-configurable bars to track shields / absorbs on:
- You
- Your target
- Your focus
- Your mouseover
- Your pet
- Named players in your group.
There are three modes for each bar. Select which one you prefer under the "Absorbs Tracked" tab.
- All uses Blizzard's API call that provides the total of every absorb on the unit.
- Selected only adds up the shields that you select.
- Excluding will get the total absorbs on that unit via Blizzard's API and then subtract the selected absorb types.
You will need to create the bars in the settings. You can access them by typing /shieldtracker or /stracker. You can also access them via the game menu. Press Esc to bring up the game menu, select Interface, select the AddOns tab, then select Shield Tracker. Once you have Shield Tracker's options up, select Bar. Enter a name in the Create Bar field and press Ok. You can then configure that bar.
There is a default font but you can configure the font per bar.
Known Issues
- Tracking the shields on a named player only works properly if you are in a group with that player. It's a limitation of the game client.
- It is best to reload the UI after renaming a bar.
If you find any bugs or issues, please file a ticket or send me a PM.
The ticket tracker is at: http:www.wowace.com/addons/shield-tracker/tickets/
Excellent addon... Love the dual cooldowns... Well done :)
10/10
How about some screenshots showing the actual bars?
How exactly do you put a name over or on each bar?
I'm adding an option in the next release to put a label on the bar. You can set the anchor point, X/Y offset, font, and a custom name.
Is there away for this to work with unit frame addons like z-pearl/x-pearl or healbot? I cant get it to work on them
I'm not sure I understand the question. Those unit frame addons should have their own options. X-Perl seems fairly outdated and I don't know Z-Perl.
Shield Tracker just provides stand-alone bars for shields. It is mostly to put certain shields right in front of you instead of having a little data on a unit frame.
.... sorry i mixed up addons thinking of another one I use. Keep up the good work love this addon
Z-pearl is the new version of x-pearl just so you know and they dont have absorb trakers on them
Is there an update planned to support Clarity of Will for priests (level 100 talent)? You can stack that up to half the hp of whoever you put it on and so it is nice to know whether or not to keep casting to stack the bubble.
I added it but I need to test it. If it works properly, I'll release a new version.
You can find the change in the latest alpha 0.9-1 that you can find here:
http://www.wowace.com/addons/shield-tracker/files/
If you have any issues with it, let me know.
Chances for a 6.0 update?
Seems to work just fine, but you get a Lua error when you try to move any of the bars..
Message: Interface\AddOns\ShieldTracker\ShieldTracker.lua:2197: Frame ShieldTracker_Player is not movable
Time: 10/14/14 21:55:08
Count: 4
Stack: [C]: in function `StartMoving'
Interface\AddOns\ShieldTracker\ShieldTracker.lua:2197: in function <Interface\AddOns\ShieldTracker\ShieldTracker.lua:2195>
Locals: (*temporary) = ShieldTracker_Player {
0 = <userdata>
active = false
border = <unnamed> {
}
object = <table> {
}
lock = false
value = <unnamed> {
}
time = <unnamed> {
}
bg = <unnamed> {
}
timer = 0
}
Hi, I'm definitely updating it for 6.0. The basics worked correctly for me but I'm working on updating the absorbs tracked. I should have out an initial version very soon.
I cannot re-create that Lua error though. I'm able to move the bars without any errors.
Ok, so I was using the version right off this curse page, says last updated 12/19/2013.. went to wowace page, saw one from yesterday.. use it.. problem gone.
Glad to hear you have it working. I checked in my minor changes and there is a new version posted. If you find any issues, let me know. I'm still working through the spell changes so there are probably missing absorbs I should add.
you should collaborate with grid. grid needs some type of absorbs bar
Amazing sheild tracker, but is it possible to make the shield bar remain even though you don't have any shield? because I'm trying to make it blend in with my UI and it annoys me that it keeps showing up and disappearing :p
I'll look into adding an option for it. I would need to change the logic slightly from what I have. Anywhere I detect the removal of a shield, I would need to not hide it but zero out the shield value.
any update on this feature? Now that I got the addon working I'm deeply desiring it, haha
Is there anyway you can make it so that it auto attaches to a group/member. I.E Set a bar to group 1/ member 1, group 1/member 2, etc, etc??
Right now i have to constantly change the name to whoever is on that spot.
A great addon though. I am testing it as Disc, and so far i love it.
Kalten
Doing that is probably possible. The groups move around a lot as people come and go. How are you wanting to use it? I'm wondering if it will work as you are hoping.
Blizzard references raid members as raid1, raid2, through raid 10 or raid 25 depending on the size of the raid. That's the easiest way to reference it. Groups and members in a group requires a little more work. The addon would have to figure out what units it cares about every time the group roster changed.