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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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_ForgeUser487335
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Posted Sep 6, 2011
Hi folks!
mb i'm bit stupid - but i tirned off skada window by kross & now i can't get it back on - could u help me, /command or some how else. cuz i tried & checked all options & could not get it back on! so pissed off of it.
Thanx, hope on soonest replay.

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Posted Sep 2, 2011
also this pops:

Date: 2011-09-02 16:15:07
ID: 1
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Skada\Skada.lua line 1245:
attempt to index local 'set' (a nil value)
Debug:
(tail call): ?
[C]: ?
Skada\Skada.lua:1245: get_player()
GTFO\GTFO_Skada.lua:30:
GTFO\GTFO_Skada.lua:28
GTFO\GTFO_Skada.lua:264: GTFO_RecordSkada()
GTFO\GTFO.lua:1790: GTFO_RecordStats()
GTFO\GTFO.lua:825: GTFO_OnEvent()
[string "*:OnEvent"]:1:
[string "*:OnEvent"]:1

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Posted Sep 4, 2011
Based on the call stack, this is probably a problem in GTFO, not Skada.

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Posted Sep 5, 2011
From the call stack, the set that's being called is "Skada.total." I didn't realize that Skada.total didn't get initialized until after you enter combat for the first time after installing Skada (and then it persists in your saved variables, which makes sense why I never got this error).

I have updated GTFO in the next version to account for this situation.

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Posted Sep 1, 2011
I dont know why but i cant toggle on my skada window... not with the keybinding, not with /skada toggle neither, i can change the config options and everything, but i cant see the window :s

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Posted Sep 1, 2011
I have to note that i could before, i was just 1 month out so i came and updated some addons, now i can't see it.

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Posted Sep 1, 2011
Ditto.

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Posted Aug 31, 2011
Guys, donno what u did with it, but till 4.2 it worked flawless. Now i can compare it with recount (no offense to people who actually use recount). I mean, recount have that thing that from time to time it didn't showed up when i got to enter a dungeon while skada never did... till 4.2. Try fix it if it's not to much of a trouble. Cheers and keep up the good work.

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Posted Aug 28, 2011
Bump on the Absorbs & Healing problem.

Skada SEEMS to be accurate for a priest if they are the one running it, but not for other priests in the raid. Someone else's skada was showing my absorbs and healing today on Majordomo at 11-12k while recount showed around 21k. Considering we were pushing scorpion to 12 or 13 stacks its pretty much impossible that skada's 11k is the correct number. Being a discipline priest obviously this makes skada unusable for me and I've switched to recount.. :'( please fix? Recount is ugly.

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Posted Aug 28, 2011
still pops:

Date: 2011-08-28 16:11:07
ID: 1
Error occured in: Global
Count: 6
Message: ..\AddOns\SkadaDamage\Damage.lua line 316:
attempt to index local 'player' (a nil value)
Debug:
[C]: ?
SkadaDamage\Damage.lua:316: Enter()
Skada\Skada.lua:1901: AddSubviewToTooltip()
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:145:
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:122
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:251:
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:251

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Posted Aug 27, 2011
Getting a lot of "Unknown" as names for Hunters. It only happens with that class. No LUA errors. Running 1.3-7 and have even tried a clean install (removing skada files from SavedVariables folders).

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Posted Aug 26, 2011
Is there any way to hide some frames of skada and not others? Would like to hide 2 frames when healing but have all 4 show when dpsing.

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Posted Aug 26, 2011
I used to have this problem, No matter how many times I changed it to show "current" it would some how always revert back to "total". If you know anything at all about LUA editing you can change it within the skada LUA file. But please only do that if you know what your doing.

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Posted Aug 26, 2011
As of 2 days ago, every time I log off of wow, my Skada resets itself to "Total", instead of "current fight".

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Posted Aug 25, 2011
I remember that my Skada used to show realm names for other players not from my realm. After a break, I updated Skada, and the realm names are gone. How do I re-enable this feature?

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Posted May 7, 2012
Quote from Mecaire »I remember that my Skada used to show realm names for other players not from my realm. After a break, I updated Skada, and the realm names are gone. How do I re-enable this feature?

I would also know how to do this, please.

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Posted Aug 24, 2011
I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but Skada has consistently been giving me incorrect Absorbs and Healing for the two Priests in my group. I know this because the data it is giving is not realistic. With both Priests being Discipline, we both show up on World of Logs within' a reasonable distance, but in Skada it shows some weird things like me doing 1/10th of the Divine Aegis and Prayer of Healing, but online I am usually higher in both categories.

I'm not sure of how to help you find out what this might be since I'm in mid-raid right now, but hopefully looking over Absorbs and Heals would be appreciated. It seems to be like this for any class that has absorbs included. =(

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Posted Aug 24, 2011
Hey there..!

This and Recount only got a "hide when in combat" function.. Why is that?
I want it to be hidden when out of combat.

It would be the perfect option (atleast for me) if something like:
"Hide 10 seconds after combat if not mouse-overed".. That would just be.. WOOW! ;)

P.S
Why is it that all DPS meters got different numbers in the end of a fight?

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Posted Aug 24, 2011
I had a previous comment about not separating spells with the same name but different ID (e.g. Lightning Bolt for elemental shamans), but then I found a page where that was done.

Now, after relogging after raid, I have checked what Skada tells about the damage done by me - and I have only 1 line for Lightning Bolt (and also for Lava Burst), what should be 2 lines. And I have no clue where that page was where I found different IDs separated, don't find it anywhere - maybe this is a bug in how the data is saved in the saved variables?

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Posted Aug 22, 2011
Instead of updating once a day.. how about you group up all your updates and do it once a week? I'm getting tired downloading the update via curse updater and then having to delete all the folders I do not use.

Also you still haven't fixed the battleground show/hide option. It still stays up when I enter an battleground even though I have the box checked. I have to toggle it off.

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Project ID

17718
Created

Feb 12, 2009
Last Released File

Feb 14, 2026
Total Downloads

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License

MIT License

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