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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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_ForgeUser73574
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Posted Aug 22, 2011
Then.. don't update?

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Posted Aug 23, 2011
I update in hopes the battleground bug is fixed but it never is.

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Posted Aug 24, 2011
The "Hide in PvP" option works perfectly for me, so unless someone who can reproduce the problem can also fix it, it is not likely to get fixed.

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Posted Aug 21, 2011
What happened to this addon? I have been watching for weeks now and have seen this addon go from one of the best to something far less...
Seems to me that the "look" changes you have made has caused many issues with its functionality... "look" changes are not needed... Functionality IS...
Please return this addon to greatness and stop trying to make it "look" different

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Posted Aug 22, 2011
You will have to be more specific. The slightly changed "look" as you say is just the default look and it can easily be configured for the previous default "look". If you do not like it, just use another addon.

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Posted Aug 29, 2011
You have made many look changes... caused positioning all out of wack... changed window sizes and limitations... changed the number of items shown in a list... and that's not counting the actual numbers and real core functionality... and then you wana say dont like it use something else... fine d--- head

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Posted Aug 21, 2011
After the update I can't make a report anymore.

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
Been having a problem using SKADA and unable to "Set Focus" on a target during heroic runs. Gives me error message, asks to "Disable?" and Skada is the only addon turned off upon reload. Fix or how to fix this?

i kinda preferred the old version as well, the minimap button is a lil touchy and seem to mis-click on other options instead of intended now, grrrrrrr

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Posted Aug 20, 2011
Just use an older version of Skada. It works perfectly fine and integrates into ElvUI like it's supposed to. ElvUI 3.0 will be released in a month or two, so until then be patient and wait for his fix.

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
I installed Skada yesterday and I can't see it. /skada toggle and nothing happens. Updated it today and still same.

Few weeks ago worked like a charm, but now seems to be broken. I'm also using ELV UI if that's problem with new version...

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
ElvUI modifies Skada to make it fit into the UI. You should visit ElvUI's forum. Skada itself works fine.

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
Version 1.2-34 worked perfectly in ElvUI. What changed in Skada to break in that time frame? ElvUI claims a Skada bug. Skada claims a ElvUI bug....

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
same problem here... maybe skada dev can talk to elv ui dev and get it sorted out?

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
Meh, finally found it myself:
Line 1062 of Skada\lib\SpecializedLibBars-1.0

self.bgtexture:SetVertexColor(0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.6)
To:
self.bgtexture:SetVertexColor(0, 0, 0, 0)

WTB An option for this!

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Posted Aug 22, 2011
There is an option for it now.

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
Can you tell me how to hide bar backgrounds? I use a dark bar colour and I can't tell it apart from the background in Firelands. I have tried editing a lot of the LUA but haven't been able to hide the background yet :/

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
The newest version of Skada has removed this problem, it seems.

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
Updating Skada today has caused issues with hiding buttons in and out of combat with, of all things, CLCret. I can't report any errors, but there are multiple accounts of it on the CLCret page.

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Posted Aug 19, 2011
Should work again now.

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Posted Aug 18, 2011
After today's update reverse bar growth no longer works.. please fix this.

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Project ID

17718
Created

Feb 12, 2009
Last Released File

Feb 14, 2026
Total Downloads

39,515,406
License

MIT License

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