The 18th will be the release date, it's already packaged up and everything, between being ill and having one or two things left to do on my site. but yeah. The 18th is set in stone. Sorry for those who are disappointed.

screenshot to tide you over the weekend

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Aww... well then I guess we just have to wait. 18th is set in stone, so thats good :) I'll talk to you on the 18th then and be one of the first to try it out!

Can you list off some of the features that are new in your latest version? :D

cool, its only a few days till i can install it

This will be SWEET cant wait till the 18th hopefully if there are any bugs we can get them worked out quick.

WIll be be releasing both 3.5.x and 3.6 version as lots of us are still on 3.5.x and will be for some time.

Does each group in this hack have its own top-level forum, gallery, chatroom, etc.? I'm considering releasing the source for vBgroups, as I'm moving on to other things. maybe these two can be combined into one.

the only difference between 3.5 and 3.6 support is like a line in the plugin so yup it will have 3.5 and 3.6 support.

Feel free to release your source code and good luck, i'm afraid i won't be taking your offer on regarding comibing the two hacks together. however i'm sure that yours will do well. Good luck on your new endevour too, hopefully it's vBulletin focused to we'll all reap the benefits.

On to your questions:
Forum: Yes
Gallery: Add-on
Chatroom: What on earth for?

Another screenshot for you all

Looking great! Monday seems sooo far away now lol.

Can't wait, thank a ton saber for the work on this
I look forward to installing it on the 18th

sabret00the

This is great news man I cant wait.....

Not at all :) But, if you're into Law & Order: SVU, be sure to check out next season ;)

sabret00the

It's September 18th the long awaited day of the release... Are you still releasing up today?

im going to try it as soon as he posts it

Ya... im still waiting. Hope you release it today!!! I'd like to try it tonight :D

yicks hope he doesnt back out :surprised:

it will be released before i go to bed as promised, just been a very hectic day. apologies.

Awww man its 11:30pm here and still no hack release.... I was hoping to get this today for some testing...

If it makes you feel better, it's 4.30 here and i'm only still up because i'm trying to make this happen. I had two incidents happen today, one family related, one friend related which both took a lot of time away from what i had to do today resulting in me being up at ridiculous hours like now.

Hey sabret00the

Listen my friend I hope that everything is OK with your family incident that is always TOP priority over anything.. As to the hack release today I would say get some rest and tackle it tomorrow, you deserve some rest and its probebly better to get a fresh eye on it anyways rather then making mistakes that can cost you 2x the work once released...

Hi Sabret00the, though I am dissappointed with not being able to install and test the hack tonight (it is 11:45PM EST here), I am sorry to hear of your incidents and hope you are able to feel in the mood to resume the release of your hack, it is definately a superb hack and you have many supporters!

Thanks again, hope to see some news about it tomorrow. I'll be checking daily!

--Chad

no hurry dude.

Family and friends come first. This place and these people aren't going anywhere...

Just wanted to see if we can get an update

Will we get a release of it tonight Sabret00the?

Looks like NO is the answer....

Sigh. Looks like another one that I got my hopes up for but was dissappointed by. This sort of thing seems to happen all the time on vb.org :(

Sabret00th... please release the hack very soon! :(

Gimme a break, check what my sig says, unfortunately for you all, yesterday i had some urgent work come through of which i had to do. i mean let's be honest here i've release god knows how many hacks here and can count the donations i've received on one hand. eating came first it's as simple as that. now that's sorted i'm back on the job of getting my site up which i've always maintained would take priority over releasing this hack, my site is closed and has been getting upgraded. at the point in which i reopen i'll come here and release, having just drawn up the instructions in the meanwhile i really don't think asking you all to bare a little more patience is too much to ask? i have absolutely no intention of not releasing this.

in short, hold tight, i'm working on it.

That's right. Don't make a fuss about a couple of days. I bet sabret is doing his best to release it as fast as possible but sometimes something else come's up.
And if it doesn't work like it's supposed to you are the first complaining "It doesn't work, why are you releasing such a buggy version?!".
Just be happy that he releases such a big hack for free and wait for a few hours more. You won't die from that ;)

sabret00the,

I agree with you man and I think the issue is more of the exitement of your release of this hack rather then giving you the time to work out the issues. The big mistake I see all the time is when a coder promisses a date and for whatever reason does not come through, this is a no no.. Never Never give and exact date this is the mistake you make.. You have guys like myself all worked up ready to see this on the 18th then the 19th and no hack so our excitment urges us to put pressure on the coder, I appoligise for this..:D

As to donations once released I am more then willing to donate towards this hack man.... Post all the donation info in your release and I will be the first to donate, as long as it runs on VB 3.5.x ;)

Thanks Much

You're right, i messed up on the date thing, so what i'm gonna do is not give a day this time round, i'll just point you to the notice on my site and give you the knowledge that; given a few hours for a quick last minute live test and enough 'fix the images' it'll be released.

Ya, the date was probably not the best idea, but you live and learn. I was just getting freaked out, as I'm sure the rest of us was, of you just becoming another one of those 'fly by night' coders that promises but never delivers.

However, as you said in your post, you have a great reputation, you've released many hacks, so I have no doubt in your abilities.

Take time to get your site up and running, and I hope to see your GRPS hack released soon, I am very anxious, its going to be a superb hack!

Oh... and you'll have to start using that other hand for counting donations, but I'll be sure to donate :)


*edit* Question for you... if I install your older 1.0 Beta 4 version now... because I am launching my site tomorrow... and so I need to have some sort of 'groups' feature... if I launch it with your older version, will you be releasing an 'upgrade' type patch of some sort that will easily let me convert all my existing group data from 1.0 beta 4 to the new version without errors or loss of data? :)

there is an upgrade patch but the older version will not work on anything other than 3.0.x unless you got it ported in private.

Ah ok, thanks Sabret00the. I guess I'll just wait.

Just wanted to throw this in the table MisterPopularity also has a vbgroups hack available but it is not free and very limited in features in my opinion and he was plaing a new release that was suppose to be full of features but very costly, just incase some of you cant wait for this to be released.

I guess i'll throw this information into the mix too then. EBS has been upgraded and thus...

/me will make a release very soon, just gotta write up the spew.

Patience is a virtue >_> I'm sure saber's almost done, besides I think a few days, a few hours is worth it instead of chipping out however much that other script costs.

Though I think if you can, you should donate to saber once it's released for the time he spent doing this and releasing it for without costs attached.

*see told ya* being patient wins in the end =D

Any updated ETA Sabret00the? What is the thirdparty that you're waiting on for ebalive to be upgraded?

Bada_bing... are there any posts on any sites about Mister's group hack? How much does it cost?

I'd much rather wait for Sabret00thes, but I can't wait much longer as I'm launching my site on Monday and I need a group hack! Spew or no spew ;)

(sorry for my impatience, I am usually a very patient guy. For example, I waited for Gio~logist to make a custom mod for me, should have taken a month, and I waited 4 months+++). So Im usually not this impatient, but the site I need a group hack was supposed to launch last week but I held off the launch for Sabret00th to finish, and now Monday is the launch date and I hope its up by then! :D

:lol: at being impatient about me writing out the features, it's coming within the hour, WITHIN THE HOUR.

yay not long left lol - we will be waiting

I've just finished the write up, now just sorting the images, sorry for the delay, took longer than it hought to list the features.