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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Farmbuyer
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Posted Jul 6, 2011
Using 1.2-34, I'm still seeing this on pretty much every battle rez. I've deleted the SkadaDeaths folder as a result.

3x SkadaDeaths-1.0\Deaths.lua:39: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
SkadaDeaths-1.0\Deaths.lua:53: in function `func'
Skada-1.2-34\Skada.lua:1681: in function <Skada\Skada.lua:1581>
Skada-1.2-34\Skada.lua:1726: in function <Skada\Skada.lua:1725>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[15]":4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4>
<in C code>: ?
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[15]":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 Jul 6, 2011
Found a bug...

If a Hunter has a pet with the same name as someone in the party, it'll count the pet as it's own 'player' and damage/DPS will not be merged with the Hunter's.

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Posted Jul 6, 2011
So, i recently downloaded Skada to replace my Recount because with Skada there's the option for multiple windows, and many different skins. However, i've found one EXTREMELY large problem with it... IT IS EXTREMELY INACCURATE!

Is there any way at all to fix this? For overall healing and absorbs, recount was always within 1% to 2% accuracy of my Worldoflogs upload for overall healing, however in Skada it was wildly incorrect. It was off by about 11%, which is very unacceptable. So i'm curious, is there a fix to this inaccuracy? Or am i stuck with one window in Recount?

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Posted Jul 3, 2011
I do not have the skada button on my mini map on my pally --- I do have on the other characters--
What is wrong?

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Posted Jul 3, 2011
i miss a Strata option.... :( i want to put windows in the background. IF there is one allrdy, pls let me know where it is, cause i cant find anything...

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Posted Jul 1, 2011
Only problem i have found and it is MAJOR... unless your starting the fight... it wont start anything... wont even bring in the old data to show actual placement... until this is fixed im going back to recount

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Posted Jun 29, 2011
Seems to be very broken with 4.2 -- I get unusable lagtime during fights unless I turn this off.

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Posted Jun 29, 2011
No metter what I do, STILL getting this:

Date: 2011-06-29 15:29:55
ID: -2
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\SkadaDeaths\Deaths.lua line 39:
attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
Debug:
(tail call): ?
SkadaDeaths\Deaths.lua:39:
SkadaDeaths\Deaths.lua:35
SkadaDeaths\Deaths.lua:53: func()
Skada\Skada.lua:1680:
Skada\Skada.lua:1580
Skada\Skada.lua:1725:
Skada\Skada.lua:1724
[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4:
[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:4
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[15]"]:13: ?()
...UD3\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: Fire()
...ce\AddOns\ArcHUD3\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:120:
...ce\AddOns\ArcHUD3\Libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119

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Posted Jun 29, 2011
Just changed to Skada because recount is broken due to 4.2, and I am SO glad I did. Skada is infinitely better than recount. Thank you so much dev!

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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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