ShaguDPS/docs/release-4.5.0.md

ShaguDPS 4.5.0

For WoW 1.18.1 clients, Interface 11200, Lua 5.0.

Meter display

• Totals, rates and percentages align in separate columns in every mode.
• DPS, HPS and TPS display as whole numbers: 100K (1000 DPS) [100%].
• Compact totals use uppercase K/M; percentages have at most one decimal.
• Optional class icons in Damage, Heal and Threat (enabled by default).
• New Blizzard Retail (Modern) texture, with modern colors for all nine classes. Select it under Bar Texture or use /sdps texture 8.
• Wider target names and a centered target/Threat title group.

Threat

• Fixed missing players caused by decimal threat values and percentages.
• Request fresh data immediately on target changes and display replies immediately.
• Regular polling remains at 0.5 seconds; replies may be shared with TWThreat.
• TPS uses a rolling five-second average and resets on threat reductions.
• Clear old bars on target death, combat end, leaving the group, or three seconds without a reply. Resume when fresh data arrives.
• Show the 110–130% pull threshold range when your row is absent from the reply. The threshold bar marks its upper end; it has no TPS value.
• Refresh threat windows without marking Damage and Heal windows for refresh.

Fight history

• Prevent duplicate wipe entries from post-fight healing and targeted corpses.
• Use ClassicAPI destination GUIDs to identify boss deaths, retaining chat detection for older clients and unresolved GUIDs.
• Existing saved history is retained; old duplicate entries are not removed.

Diagnostics

• /sdps threatdebug: measure requests, replies and changed replies for ten seconds.
• /sdps perf: sample addon memory and CPU for ten seconds where supported. CPU profiling requires /console scriptProfile 1 followed by /reload. After testing, use /console scriptProfile 0 and /reload to disable its overhead.

Install or update

1. Exit WoW and back up your existing addon and character SavedVariables.
2. Extract the ZIP into Interface/AddOns, keeping the folder named ShaguDPS.
3. Restart WoW so the new texture file is available.
4. Set class icons and bar texture in /sdps config as desired.

ClassicAPI, Nampower and SuperWoW remain optional. The chat combat parser is available on a plain client. Live threat requires the supported server addon message API and a grouped player targeting an engaged elite or boss. New ClassicAPI functionality is detected by API availability.

The retail texture's source attribution and rights notice are included in img/bars/BlizzardRetailBar-attribution.txt.