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2.2.15 and onward will not have the shield button, this addon is now obsolete and should not be used.
This addon needs to be loaded before your characters to work properly.
2.2.14 adds a great new feature to assign shield abilities to a dedicated button! However, some older characters may never get updated to support this due to author inactivity.
In response to this, I made a simple whitelist-controlled Lua addon to allow server hosts and players to define which skins can and cannot use the shield abilities!
This addon is very simple, there's two basic commands, an done more complicated command.
shield4all_whitelistmode <on/off, default: off>
This command will determine if the list of skins will act as a whitelist to allow those skins to use shield abilities, or as a blacklist to stop the specified characters from using shield abilities.
It acts as a blacklist by default.
shield4all_toggleskin <skin name>
This command will either add or remove a skin from the list of skins. It works like a toggle, running a skin through this command once will add them to the list. If the skin already exists within the list, it will instead be removed.
shield4all_shieldspecialfix <skin name>
Here's that complicated command.
This command is meant for characters who use the ShieldSpecial hook to block shield abilities. This was the method used before the SF_NOSHIELDABILITY flag was introduced (one example I know of is V2.1.1 of Cacee by light dasher as of Nov 19, 2025).
You will need to use this command for all characters that use this technique.
Please be aware that this will break characters who utilize ShieldSpecial beyond a nil return, so use this with caution.
Also keep in mind that the character will still be affected by the shield4all_toggleskin command.
Extra features
Meta Knight by Kibito is a rather complicated character that functions unlike any addon due to how early it was created, and its complexity. I could not get it to work without a super specialized script just for Meta Knight.
Due to this, you will need to use a command made just for Meta Knight to control whether or not he can use shield abilities. He is not affected by any of the other commands.
shield4all_metaknightshields <on/off, default: off>
This is that command. Setting it to off will disable the script entirely.
It is set to off by default due to how hacky it is, only enable it if you use Meta Knight.
Please be aware that only players with admin permissions can run these commands.
That's all, I hope this helps with some of you server hosts who prayed for these characters to use shields!
Credits:
Pikaspoop: Majority of the code and functionality.
Lach: Teaching me about Function overloading, providing code for the overload, and helping analyze Meta Knight.
This addon needs to be loaded before your characters to work properly.
2.2.14 adds a great new feature to assign shield abilities to a dedicated button! However, some older characters may never get updated to support this due to author inactivity.
In response to this, I made a simple whitelist-controlled Lua addon to allow server hosts and players to define which skins can and cannot use the shield abilities!
This addon is very simple, there's two basic commands, an done more complicated command.
shield4all_whitelistmode <on/off, default: off>
This command will determine if the list of skins will act as a whitelist to allow those skins to use shield abilities, or as a blacklist to stop the specified characters from using shield abilities.
It acts as a blacklist by default.
shield4all_toggleskin <skin name>
This command will either add or remove a skin from the list of skins. It works like a toggle, running a skin through this command once will add them to the list. If the skin already exists within the list, it will instead be removed.
shield4all_shieldspecialfix <skin name>
Here's that complicated command.
This command is meant for characters who use the ShieldSpecial hook to block shield abilities. This was the method used before the SF_NOSHIELDABILITY flag was introduced (one example I know of is V2.1.1 of Cacee by light dasher as of Nov 19, 2025).
You will need to use this command for all characters that use this technique.
Please be aware that this will break characters who utilize ShieldSpecial beyond a nil return, so use this with caution.
Also keep in mind that the character will still be affected by the shield4all_toggleskin command.
Extra features
Meta Knight by Kibito is a rather complicated character that functions unlike any addon due to how early it was created, and its complexity. I could not get it to work without a super specialized script just for Meta Knight.
Due to this, you will need to use a command made just for Meta Knight to control whether or not he can use shield abilities. He is not affected by any of the other commands.
shield4all_metaknightshields <on/off, default: off>
This is that command. Setting it to off will disable the script entirely.
It is set to off by default due to how hacky it is, only enable it if you use Meta Knight.
Please be aware that only players with admin permissions can run these commands.
That's all, I hope this helps with some of you server hosts who prayed for these characters to use shields!
Credits:
Pikaspoop: Majority of the code and functionality.
Lach: Teaching me about Function overloading, providing code for the overload, and helping analyze Meta Knight.
