This was a great hack until the creator aboned us. We take the time to install & troubleshoot it.. then we tell our members how great it is and how it will be better.. then this dude just Quits with some lame excuse. Anyways.. Hopefully someone else can take over it because it was good..and our members wanted more..

I swear Jack...you are pushing my buttons. First off, you act like this was some huge hack...it has 3 small file edits and 3 template edits. Hardly a large complicated hack. I didn't force you to install it in the first place. So "take the time to install it" is a stupid excuse at best. Second...DON'T YOU DARE CRITICIZE MY DECISIONS! When you're in my shoes, then I'll give half a crap about anything you have to say. Jack, it's people like you that are bringing vb.org down. You criticize, complain, moan, and demand from coders and NEVER give back. I did my best and took time out of my own busy schedule to convert this hack as well as provide support for it. Heck, I STILL provide support for it. And what do you do? You complain!! I haven't received a dime for my time...and I don't want any money for this. What I wanted to do was contribute to this community. And it was my pleasure to do so...it's my pleasure until ungrateful people such as yourself start thinking that coders owe you something. If you don't like the fact that I don't have time to further this hack (frankly I don't care), here are your optioins: 1) Install the other Pet Hack...it's a good hack...just doesn't have the greatest graphics. or 2) GO AWAY!

To answer your question. I'll continue to keep this hack up to date to work with the newest versions of vB. I just don't have any plans to add any major new features.

Josh, this is amazing... you have the time to post away but not the time to develop the hack. On antoher note, it's not people like me who mess it up it;s programmers who do not follow through with their intentions after hyping us up.
Leaving is out in the cold with no new updates. If everyone was like you here then
our forums would be filled with 1/2 ass hacks with none truly complete.

I am not here to insult you but it looks like you are getting insulted at the truth.
What I am sugesting is that you Push On and develop vBpets a little furthur. Heck
you took a great name...it deserves a great hack and nobody can deny that.

Posting here takes FAR less time than developing a hack...but you wouldn't know...you've never contributed one. And FYI I wasn't doing the programming for the 2nd version of this hack. Someone else was...and they didn't come through on their part. I just happen to be the one who has to hear the complaints from people like you. And you are still avoiding the issue that there is another pet hack here that has EVERYTHING I planned on doing...b/c remember...he stole all of our ideas. The only plans I have for future versions are very small changes to add a little functionality. The other pet hack has taken the role of the major pet hack. I stand behind it as a quality hack. So go use it. You have no reason to complain that we didnt' do our part when there is a hack out there already that is basically what we would have released anyways. And don't say you aren't trying to instult me...that is exactly what you are trying to do. You take a jab at me every chance you get. You are rude and I have absolutely no respect for you.

Have This hack some problem with vb 3.0.1 ?

I personally haven't tried it for 3.0.1 but it is very highly unlikely that it wouldn't work.

What is the URL to the other pet hack?

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=64058" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=64058</a>

Pardon me for jumping in here, but I've been looking over these hacks and think you now have the ability to take yours a slightly different direction a lot of people would appreciate. Much as I admire the amount of work having gone into these, I would never install zsdave's hack on my board because it's too ... violent (for lack of a better word).

My forum is designed to appeal to mature minded people - most of them pet lovers - who have no desire whatsoever to engage in "Petz Wars". However, they would be more than willing to interact with a clever system that addresses everything else you must do to keep, raise, and maintain a pet.

The stuff you had about pets losing health points if a member didn't show up to feed it etc. is good, but this can be endlessly extrapolated. For instance pets need shots (and other medical attention), grooming, you have to clean up their poop, make sure they have a nice place to sleep, give them special treats, make sure they get exercise ... the list is endless.

You could build in something that allows people to customize their pets so pet shows could be held every once in awhile where everybody votes on the best one, and the winner gets a chunk of added reputation. Maybe find a way to train pets, so maybe if you've proven over time you've taken care of your pet they can do things for you, like automatically respond to a preselected user's post with a funny random comment. Stuff like that.

Might not sound as exciting as a whole roomful of pets fighting each other, but damn, a detailed system operating a little closer to reality would find an endearing market quickly, I'm betting.

What part of "don't have time" don't you guys understand? He has alot of work in his end. This hack he made is just for kicks, to kill time. Unfortunatly, he doesn't have time to kill anymore. Rather stay with this hack, or use the other pet hack. Don't try to change his mind if he's already made up. Also, he's not the coder of the hack. Someone else was (if you didn't read the first post of this thread), and the coder wasn't heard of again, if I understood correctly. Personally I won't bug him about the hack, it's already good as it is. I'd prefer this one over the other pet hack.

I don't recall addressing you on this matter, but thanks. I can both read and respect people's decisions. If it weren't for this little gem:

...I might be inclined to believe he really didn't care about this hack anymore. The feeling I get is the main reason he's collapsing the project is frustration, so I must assume this is the impression he intended to convey.

We're all busy people. Whether he decides to reengage the project or not, his alternate statements on the opening post of this thread flagrantly place this hack in the public domain, so it couldn't hurt to look at this from a slightly different perspective for anyone who's interested. If I've figured out nothing else in my life I've learned:

A) it's pointless to be paranoid about other people stealing your ideas. It's frustrating, certainly, yet when you have one idea you automatically know you have the ability to encounter many more.

B) The two most common excuses people use to fail at anything are time and money (in that precise order).

Lots of people are obviously interested in this hack, so I'm betting it's feasible to drum up enough support to pursue it in a different direction people would appreciate. That's all I'm saying.

im running this hack on vb3.0.1 and havent had any problems......other than my own mistakes LOL

This hack is what it is, good for some not good enough for others.
If you think this hack is cool then by all means install it!
If you dont feel this hack is for you then MOVE ON and use another,there is no need to bash anyone or their work period

To each his own welo, but I frankly don't care if you believe me or not. I'm not a liar and I have nothing to hide behind, I said I don't have time because I don't have time. It's getting pretty old people thinking they know my situation I'm in when in fact they've never even had a conversation with me. So, until you atleast make some sort of small talk with me, do everybody a favor and a be quiet. Also, for what it's worth, I'm not providing support for this hack anymore. People constantly demanding and thinking I owe them support by PMing me and messaging me, in addition to people suddenly knowing my life story, is getting very old.

And I wasn't just telling you, but everyone who keeps bugging him in general. Just leave the guy alone already. He has more important things to deal with. Has he come up with other hacks? Have you spoke with him on any chat program? Do you know the situation he's in? None of us do, so we don't have the right to call him a lier if we don't really know the true facts. That's all I'M saying, 'cause this might start some pointless flame war. >_>;

hey guys, I must let Automatik know that he is well appreicated.
I was giving him some beef but it was with good intention to
try and sway him to get back on this great project.

I just wanted to maybe help him by showing that he made a great impact
to many of us in a positive way.

#1 i want to say THANK YOU for this sweet Hack. I like it as it is and wont flame around because you know what are the really important things. Many Egoists in here ...

I've just a little question about the EXP. I think it means experience.
From where does it come ( mathematically), i have got some Powerposter with a EXP of 4 or something like this. Just want to know it that i could tell it to them.

Thanks in advance!

Could somone tell it me please!

You have a strange way of helping people. People like you are why public relations and e-mail handlers exist. To sort out the trash before the artist has to read it.

some one here able to offer me some assistance installing this? I've installed this on 3 seperate occasions and it's not getting me anywhere. :(

When trying to view a thread I'm getting this error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in C:\Apache2\htdocs\vb3\showthread.php on line 67


When I'm trying to edit my profile I'm getting this error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in C:\Apache2\htdocs\vb3\profile.php on line 922

someone posted almost the exact same errors as I did around page 6 but later said "got it working" and that was all. LOL good but unfortunately I can't learn from his ways! I've quadruple checked the file mods and I can't see any errors and all 4 queries to the database are done and fine. ergh..

mysql error??? Fix?

read the thread
it will be bad editing of the php files

it install fine for me after i re checked the work
dont use notepad use a better editor

great hack my members love it
mobilemods.net is ready for v3 please

OK I have pet2 installed and I want to update but I want to know how to remove it and use this one. I went to that thread first and now I wish I came to this one.

No disrespect to the other creator but I have a graphic related board and my members are going crazy lol
What do I call this table?

ALTER TABLE user ADD pettype int(3) NOT NULL
ALTER TABLE user ADD petname varchar(25) NOT NULL
ALTER TABLE user ADD petgender int(3) NOT NULL
ALTER TABLE user ADD petowned int(3) NOT NULL default '0'

What do I name this table? I can figure out the rest. I just want to be sure about the Data base stuff. I always get nervous.

On a side note. great freakin hack. And ignore the other idiot who has soooooo much free time. SO much free time to keep coming into a post to talk garbage. He said he's not updating the hack but he will help. it looks great to me as is. I just read every page and I just want to say thank you for your time in this hack. Good luck with school. I have my education and I understand how much time has to be put into it.

Bump

the zip file doesnt have any php files in it

^ignore that...

is there a thing for this so u can edit things from the admin panel, ie turn it on and off, add/delete/edit classes so I can make it something other then animals?

Well done to all the people that made this hack. And good luck :)

AutomatikStudio - Thanks a million for this hack, its brilliant , and i think if people want to further advance your idea, they should look into doing it themselves or ask someone else for help and not bother you about it.


Now I know this is probably a little late, but ......

Fusion -- the table you edit is USER -- if you go to your VB SQL command section (Admin Control Panel - Import and Maintenance - Execute SQL Query) and copy the lines 1 by 1 into the Manual Query Box ...

The Sql instructions will be wll be executed that way , and new tables will be created inside the USER section.

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On another note , i tried adding the pet stats to a page outside the Vb section of my boards , and i got it all figured out except for 1 part ...
Im not sure how to work out the formula for the Health ....

I have it working in a way , but the forumula seems to be missing something , so i was wondering if anyone would be able to figure out what the forumla for health for the pets on a page outside Vb would work ?



This is what i tried , but i know its wrong ....im wondering if someone can get me a correct version ? (im not great at PHP myself so help would be appreciated)

And this is how im trying to output it

I really want to install this, does it exist a install manual?

In addition to the fact that I have no time to develop this anymore, motivation was quickly lost to continue working when someone stole all of mine and your ideas. I advise other coders to be careful of what information you release about your upcoming hack. People steal ideas and make them their own REAL quick. They even try to sell them at first. Heck...they even post in the guys thread they stole the ideas from telling people to buy their hack. But that's just people I guess.

nice words mate, nice words.

I'd never use the "other" version just because he asks for money to remove the link to his site. I respect the original creators here for this hack and appreciate the effort and time involved.

Thanks!

I haven't read through all 16 pages of this thread, but I was wondering if anybody was taking on this hack now that the original developer dropped it? THe idea seems kinda lame, but I was thinking... is what would make it much better is if as the life of the "pet" dropped, the image would change as well so that I could specify a new image of the users pet "dying". This would make users feel guilty about their poor pet and want to post... OK maybe not, but it might be kinda koo.

What would be need is if someone took this and ran with it and then integrated it with ushop ucash!

I updated my forums with this hack Postbit Alignment now vB3 Pets works fine when the alignment is set to top but if you move it to the left the vB3 Pets disappears.
Anyway of getting it back on left alignment as having vB3 Pets show on top setting makes the user details section massive.
Check out what I mean at xLAN.

Mega ditto!!

i'm installing this hack for a client/friend of mine.. it is useless to add uShop things in that, it'S just a status display, no feature, no actions.. take care, the description is the ToDo List, not the actual thing.

How can I add more pets? I tried to add a monkey but the picture won't show.

I don't install ...........

For the record: I have let the comments Automatik made go, until now. I'm not starting a flame war or anything. The Petz hack I created was completely different to this one and I did try to talk to Automatik about improving his hack before I even started on a new route. After I had created PetzVB Automatik offered to do some images for me - but unfortunately that fell through...
Also the advertising and what not - I was not aware of the ethos of the board.
So now that that is cleared up... Who wants pie?

Im confused. Whos hack is this?
zsdave, are you the author (?) of this hack origanally?
I just wanne give my users something to play with, but i dont want to disresepect anyone.