Skada Damage Meter

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Skada Damage Meter

Skada is a modular damage meter for World of Warcraft with various viewing modes, segmented fights, and customizable windows. It is designed for efficiency with minimal memory and CPU impact.

"Skada" is Swedish for "Damage".

Midnight Edition (WoW 12.0+)

This version of Skada is updated for World of Warcraft: Midnight and uses Blizzard's new session-based combat systems.

Features

Midnight Optimized: Uses Blizzard's internal session data for performance and accuracy.
Combat Reliability: Handles modern combat data restrictions for a stable experience.
Updated UI: Includes new presets with smooth animations, gradients, and textures.
Dynamic Elements: Alternating row colors, highlight overlays, spark effects, and icon scaling.
LDB Integration: Compatible with Data Broker displays such as Titan Panel, ChocolateBar, and ElvUI.
Extensible Architecture: The API allows developers to create additional plugins.

Usage

Getting Started

A default window is created upon first load. Access the configuration menu by clicking the cog icon on the window title bar or via the minimap button. Select Configure to access settings.

Multiple Windows

Skada supports multiple windows. Create new ones under the Windows section of the configuration panel. Windows can be:

Bar: The standard customizable meter.
Inline: A horizontal line for custom UI setups.
Data Text: For LDB displays and minimal setups.

Navigation

Left-Click: View more detailed information.
Right-Click: Return to the previous view.
Mousewheel: Scroll through lists.
Tooltips: Hover over bars to see additional context and shortcut keys (e.g., Shift-click for targets).

Themes

Manage window designs with the built-in Theme Engine. You can import and export themes by using theme strings.

Versions

Midnight (Default): For WoW 12.0+ using the Native API.
Classic Version: The version for older WoW releases.

Support

If you find Skada helpful, consider supporting its development through GitHub Sponsors.

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_ForgeUser1601870
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Posted Jun 27, 2011
Hello, I have been bothered by an ongoing problem with this addon long enough to make a post here! This is my favorite damage meter addon and I defend it and stand by it to the death, but it has one problem with one of the raiders in my group. He is a hunter, named Birt, and his pet is also named Birt. Because of this, for some reason Skada considers them both hunters and both separate players, so I always have to add the numbers of the two Birts on my list to get Birts actual DPS.

It would be awesome if this addon accounted for hunters that had a pet with the same name as them, and combined them into one as it does for hunters with other pet names. I assume that isn't too hard of a fix - it has just been overlooked. Thanks!

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Posted Jun 24, 2011
can someone please tell me how i can change the opacity of Skada?

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Posted Jun 24, 2011
how can i change the opacity of skada?

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Posted Jun 19, 2011
We can get Buff Uptime too?

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Posted Jun 20, 2011
It's important cuz a priest have to keep Empowered Shadow (buff) in order to hold 8% damage buff.

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Posted Jun 15, 2011
Due to popular demand, GTFO 4.6 has been released to support Skada! If there are any issues with the integration, please let me know. (Send me a PM or e-mail.)

http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/gtfo.aspx

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Posted Jun 13, 2011
SkadaDeaths-r323
Deaths-死亡.lua:39: attempt to index field \"?\" (a nil value)

SkadaDeaths-r323
Deaths-死亡.lua:39: in function <SkadaDeaths
Deaths.lua:35>\nSkadaDeaths-r323
Deaths-死亡.lua:53: in function \"func\"\nSkada
Skada-r323.lua:1681: in function <Skada
Skada.lua:1581>\n<string>:\"safecall Dispatcher[13]\":4: in function <string>:\"safecall Dispatcher[13]\":4\n<in C code>\n<string>:\"safecall Dispatcher[13]\":13: in function \"?\"\nlibs
CallbackHandler-1.0
CallbackHandler-1.0-6.lua:92: in function \"Fire\"\nAdiBags-v1.4-beta-1-25-g4a17000
libs
AceEvent-3.0
AceEvent-3.0-3.lua:120: in function <AdiBags
libs
AceEvent-3.0
AceEvent-3.0.lua:119>

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Posted Jun 10, 2011
Under the absorbs and healing display, when you hover over a name (or click into a submenu), you only get the absorbs done by a player (meaning that for most classes it won't display anything - note it still shows their healing+absorb done, just not their healing breakdown by spell). Would it be possible to make it display both the absorbs and healing done by individual spells?

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Posted Jun 10, 2011
this addon allso bugs the glyph system in wow :P

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Posted Jun 14, 2011
Skada uses a very simple method for detecting combat start by default: when you enter combat. For a raid boss this is the instant anyone in your raid enters combat. This has the advantage of not using any resources at all while not in combat. For non-raids, there is an option called "Aggressive combat detection" which does a bit of trickery to detect combat earlier; consequently (and inevitably) also consumes more resources while outside combat.

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Posted Jun 9, 2011
I prefer to use Skada 10/10 times over Recount. But, unfortunately I am forced to revert back to Recount due to Skada not correctly displaying the full dmg for fights. Apparently (maybe just me) it doesn't start recording dmg until I land my 1st attack on the mob as opposed to when the tank 1st pulls.

If there is an option I did not check or if there a fix coming soon to this mod.
I would greatly appreciate it.

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Posted Jun 19, 2011
I thought so, and I went back to Skada. But every time I raid with my guild my skada dmg meter is always way off of what everyone else has using recount. Is this suppose to be happening? I thought all dmg meters were suppose to be accurate.

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Posted Jun 6, 2011
Using 1.2-33 from a couple days ago, I'm still getting these with a freshly reset data set. Triggered when trying to rez people after a raid boss.

1x SkadaDeaths-1.0\Deaths.lua:39: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
SkadaDeaths-1.0\Deaths.lua:53: in function `func'
Skada-1.2-33\Skada.lua:1680: in function <Skada\Skada.lua:1580>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[13]":4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[13]"]:4>
<in C code>: ?
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[13]":13: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0-6 (Ace3):92: in function `Fire'
AceEvent-3.0-3 (Ace3):120: in function <Ace3\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119>

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Posted Jun 9, 2011
Nope.

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Posted Jun 6, 2011
If I reset data, is there ANY way to retrieve it? I forgot that my data resets upon leaving a group, and never got to check my healing meters before leaving my raid :(

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Posted Jun 5, 2011
Does anyone know how to make skada show "total" instead of "current fight" dps by default. I hate having to change it every time I enter a new instance. Thanks.

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Posted Jun 5, 2011
very good and interesting addon but it seems to miss an importart feature. when i control my dmg i can see all my spells and olding mouse on them i can see maximum hit, minimum hit, average it for each one, but can't link them in any channel and if i push left click i see hit/crit and can link it but just the numbers and not the value. it could be nice if i could link the window i see olding mouse on single skill too.

tnx for help
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Posted Jun 9, 2011
Click the window's configuration button (there is only one button). From here you can report your current window's content, whatever it may be, to any channel.

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Posted Jun 9, 2011
problem is that there isn't a current window for maximum hit minimum etc, just a little scrren on mousover and can't link it.
i would that screen in a window linkable too

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Posted May 27, 2011
Hi there got new errors for you. i got about 2.389 then i turned off my bug grabber. as postet before, Skada is broken now.

u got these errors pm'ed. don't blame me for doing so, i ddon't like to registrate on XY sites, just to post some stuff to help.

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Project ID

17718
Created

Feb 12, 2009
Last Released File

Jul 23, 2026
Total Downloads

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License

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