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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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_ForgeUser87620
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Posted Jul 28, 2009
I may have missed this feature the last time I played with Skada. On the threat module, is there a line for the percentage needed to pull aggro? In Omen, it shows up something like this in the bars:

Pull Aggro 130%
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Tank/Pet 100%
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Player 60%

This is probably the only reason I have stuck with Omen - I can see that line and know my boundary on the meter. Otherwise, I love the notion of the switch from DPS to threat in combat and vice versa. Keep up the good work.

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Posted Jul 26, 2009
Greetings,
I got two problems:
1. When I want to link the deathcause of someone SkadaDamage only displays 10 lines. But most time the log is longer than that.
2. It seems to me, that currently the damagedetail view doesn't show correct values. For example I used a lot of Death Strikes but Skada only showed 1 Hit and 1 Crit.

Hope you can repruduce this behaviour and fix it.
Else keep up the beautiful work, I like Skada.

Kind regards
StarHog

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Posted Jul 23, 2009
[2009/07/23 23:01:39-1532-x1]: SkadaDamage-1.0\Damage.lua:334: attempt to index global 'self' (a nil value)

SkadaDamage-1.0\Damage.lua:355: in function `Update'

Skada-1.2-17\Skada.lua:1811: in function `UpdateDisplay'

Skada-1.2-17\Skada.lua:322: in function `DisplayMode'

Skada-1.2-17\BarDisplay.lua:88: in function <Interface\AddOns\Skada\BarDisplay.lua:78>

Skada-1.2-17\BarDisplay.lua:107: in function <Interface\AddOns\Skada\BarDisplay.lua:91>

Skada-1.2-17\BarDisplay.lua:208: in function <Interface\AddOns\Skada\BarDisplay.lua:208>

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Posted Jul 29, 2009
Heart Strike's mechanic is a bit odd - the actual damage is reported as a regular melee attack - and Skada does not recognize it currently.

I have been considering adding a total bar, but as of yet I have not figured out a efficient way of implementing it. Note that you can display total raid DPS as a data feed (under "General options") in the LDB display addon of your choice.

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Posted Jul 30, 2009
It could be possible then, to add both my personal dps and total raid dps in my data feeder or (better) diplaying total raid dps in my title bar?
Thanks!

And :)

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Posted Jul 23, 2009
Hi! Thanks for this nice AddOn Zarnivoop.

And a small Bug maybe - yesterday we did Steelbreaker last, in my Damage Summary Heartstrikes didnt show up at all. It looks like Skada added them to auto Attacks.
are you planing a total bar like recount has? For total Raid DPS i.e.

greetings dunz

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Posted Jul 23, 2009
Fixed.

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Posted Jul 22, 2009
v 1.2-17
Date: 2009-07-22 18:41:45
ID: 5
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\SkadaDamage\Damage.lua line 334:
attempt to index global 'self' (a nil value)
Debug:
[C]: ?
SkadaDamage\Damage.lua:334:
SkadaDamage\Damage.lua:326
SkadaDamage\Damage.lua:355: Update()
Skada\Skada.lua:1811: UpdateDisplay()
Skada\Skada.lua:322: DisplayMode()
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:88:
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:78
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:107:
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:91
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:208:
Skada\BarDisplay.lua:208

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Posted Jul 21, 2009
is there any way to link more than 10 lines to chat?

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Posted Jul 29, 2009
You can use the "/skada report" command to link more than 10 lines. In the next release the menu will let you link up to 25 lines.

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Posted Jul 21, 2009
When will pet merge be added? The addon is not very useful without this option.

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Posted Jul 20, 2009
hi there, thanks for keeping this addon going, its almost exactly what I was looking for as a alternate to Recount. Uses 10 times less memory and its not laggy at all. I only have one problem and its extremly minor but I cant find the soloution. In the background of the metre..when you look at all the numbers, lines and names..there is a faint white shadowy line going accross all the lines...in various positions..cant figure out how to get rid of it..i have it set to "outline" with a black background..i cant stand the changing colours i like it all one colour and that white bar is driving me nuts..any way of getting rid of it?

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Posted Jul 19, 2009
Hi! Thanks for this addon I love it much more than recount, Just one thing that is bugging me about it is that it keeps changing from Total Damage done to current fight. I have checked the options and I cannot find what I have set wrong. Any hints Thanks!

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Posted Jul 20, 2009
Click your damage count/summary line and that action will bring up breakdown you are looking for

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Posted Jul 19, 2009
I'm new to Skada and I really like the extra functionality it has over its rivals, that said there is one feature i'm missing (unless I just can't find it) and that's a breakdown of your dps that is available in recount. for example how much of your dps certain abilities counted for as well as the analysis of each of these - their hit, miss, crit, dodge, parry etc. If these figures are in this addon where are they and if not is it possible to implement them?

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Posted Jul 19, 2009
The "Damage Spell List" for Blood Death Knights is broken by Dancing Rune Weapon. DRW mimics the attacks of the DK and for some reason any attack that is used while DRW is up doesn't show up in the list. The total damage done is still accurate though.

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Posted Jul 19, 2009
zhTW.lua miss 2 line

L["Show menu button"] = "顯示選單按鈕"

L["Shows a button for opening the menu in the window title bar."] = "在視窗標題條上顯示一個按鈕以開啟選單。"

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Posted Jul 18, 2009
currently I'm missing the blocked dmg as def tank.

should be listed in the absorb module, but it isn't.

maybe it's just a bug and u gonna fix it soon, if not u can take this post as a suggestion.

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Posted Jul 18, 2009
Makes me very laggy since Tuesday. Disabled for now.

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Posted Jul 18, 2009
One of the things I really liked about assessment was the ability to show more than one window. Does skada have the ability to do that?

That way I could show healing AND damage, for example

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Project ID

17718
Created

Feb 12, 2009
Last Released File

Feb 19, 2026
Total Downloads

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License

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