ShieldsUp is a monitor for your shaman shields.

• Clear text display of remaining shield charges.
• Shows the name of the last person you cast Earth Shield on.
• Shows when your Earth Shield is overwritten by another shaman.
• Can alert you when a shield expires or is removed.
• Can automatically show or hide based on group size and zone type
• Condensed display when solo (or for shamans without Earth Shield)

Options are available in the standard Interface Options window, or by typing /sup.

If you have many addons, you may have encountered the Blizzard bug that causes the Interface Options window to sometimes open to the wrong panel. The addon InterfaceOptionsFrame_OpenToCategory_Fix provides a workaround for this bug.

I also recommend BetterBlizzOptions to make the Interface Options window movable and resizable.

Localization

ShieldsUp is compatible with all locales.

ShieldsUp is translated into English, German (deDE), Spanish (esES), French (frFR), Russian (ruRU), Simplified Chinese (zhCN), and Traditional Chinese (zhTW).

If you can provide new or updated translations for any locale, send me a PM.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why isn't my Earth Shield being monitored?

ShieldsUp only tracks Earth Shield when you cast it on yourself, or on a player or pet in your party or raid group. There is no way to reliably monitor Earth Shield on someone outside of you group, so ShieldsUp doesn’t try.

Why is there only one charge counter?**

ShieldsUp switches to a single-counter display when you are solo, or if you don’t have the Earth Shield talent, since in either of these circumstances, there is no way for you to have two shields active on targets ShieldsUp can monitor.

How to Request Features

Submit a feature request ticket describing the feature you’d like to see added to ShieldsUp, or the change you'd like to see made, and explain why you think it would be useful.

Please keep in mind that ShieldsUp is intentionally limited in scope to locally monitoring your shaman shields, and that requests for features outside of this scope will not be considered.

How to Report Problems

First, check the ticket tracker to see if the problem has already been reported. If it hasn't, try some basic troubleshooting steps; even if troubleshooting doesn't resolve the problem, it will give you some useful information. Finally, submit a bug report ticket that includes as much of the following information as possible:

• ShieldsUp version
• WoW locale (language)
• Character class, level, and talent build
• Does the problem happen when all addons are disabled except for ShieldsUp?
• Does the problem happen after you reset your ShieldsUp settings?
• What is the problem?
• Describe the steps I can take to reproduce the problem.
• Include the exact text of any error messages that appear. ^1,2
• Include a screenshot if the problem is graphical.

Remember to check on your ticket after a few days. If a ticket is waiting on a response from you for more than a week, it will be closed.

¹ If no error messages appear, please verify that there are actually no errors. Enable “Display Lua errors” in the Help panel under the Game tab in the Interface Options window, or install an error-catching addon like BugSack.

² When including error messages, please do not also include the lists of local variables and/or installed addons that some error-handling tools provide. These lists almost never provide any useful information, and are annoying to scroll through.

Credits

ShieldsUp was inspired by the addon beSch, by Infineon.

License

ShieldsUp is free as in “free beer,” not as in “free software,” and you may not include it in your compilation, or distribute it in any other way, without getting permission first. See my WoWInterface portal or the README file inside the addon’s folder for the full license terms under which ShieldsUp is released.