ah ok, my lovely spam filter must have intercepted it, bless btyahoo for that. Thanks for the quick reply, will let you know if that fixes it for me.

Worked like a charm, thanks :D

I have Petz and Ushop installed so I'm leary of trying this. Will it use "money" as the point structure?

I am a bit unsure what you mean.
But I can answer with a neutral reply: This hack uses the 'uttpoints' field in the 'user' table, regardless of any other hack's setting. In other words, the same money system as uCS.

However, in the next major version of this hack, expect not only cleaner code but the flexibility of uCS's point field setting ;)

Hey Revan, good to see the hack coming along nicely
Sorry I haven't been around to mess with it, i've been hung up on real life stuff.
Let me know if you need any help at all, oh and let me know if ya still need the test forums.

Can I change it to use the "money" field like I did with UShop??

It's nice that someone finally brought Bitsy's mod to VB 3.0. Thanks for the hard work ^^

no, not yet... sorry :(

Ill be sure to add the option in for the next version ;)

Some more questions Revan about the how things work.

This time clans.

I guess the short answer, regarding if this feature is fully implemented is no.

I've looked at it and it works up to a point. I see no "Clan points" as described in the clan manual, only how to win and lose them, or how they can be used. Or is a clan point merely a ranking system?

The other question I have is about a clan board mentioned in the manual again, and the ability to turn it off, in "edit your clan". Is this a feature not implemented?

For the past few days I've been doing some heavy template mods, to get the RPG pages to use the main CSS. Basically making it look like the rest of the user CP tables. In any future updates you may want to look at doing something in this area, because at the moment they do look a tad drab, with no specified CSS class settings.

Whoa it's real late 2am. Heh see what this hack is doing to me! I've been at it for about 8 hours straight now reconfiguring stuff, and that's just today. ;)

"must sleep... must not work on RPG..."

[high]* Dyntheos wanders off to bed[/high]

Notice: Undefined variable: phrasegroups in /forums/global.php on line 18

Notice: Undefined variable: specialtemplates in /forums/global.php on line 26

i get this when i click top 10 or the battle arena any ideas??

Nope, sorry never happened to me.
I think this might be your server's PHP configuration to make it "too sensitive", which is a security risk. You should try to talk to your host and ask him if his PHP config is alright.


A notice: I didnt make the Clans hack ;)
The Clan Points are both a ranking system, and a way for your clan to gain more members.
You might notice that your clan has 20 members max?
Well when you gain more clan points and a higher Clan Rank, you can have more max members in your clan.

And the Clan Points coding ARE in the Battle Arena code, it just does not show due to the fact that it is in the endbattle(), and so its not inputted to the main screen.
You will see CP in effect when the battle logging gets back in one way or another ;)
That must be some leftovers from the clan shoutbox I had to take out. Please either PM me the coding/template snippet where you saw this, or post it here :)

Theres much talk about template revamping, but your still welcome to submit modified templates and I might use them in future versions ;)

Haha been there mate ;)
If you enter my forums and look at the itemshop, and the number of Battle Types I currently have, you understand that adding all those items wasnt done in 5 mins ;)
And if you think configing took ages, you should try developing it ;) XD

I also get the weird problems with the backdrop graphics.

Wha?
I didnt post the fix here? :confused:

Well I got the fix from Metal Gear (Rogue Pan), txt file to appear in the Hotfixes post within seconds.

Ok got it :)

Hmm, still showing up weird...?

http://www.uoforums.com/forums/battle.GIF

Weird, it works on my forum :p
Then again everything works there and not here
XD

Um well cant really say anythin else... The only thing I can think of is you renaming that image and see if theres any text in the background pushing it down or summit... :ermm:


Thats all for tonight folks :p

The image is too short. The image needs to be higher, or edit your battle template to reduce the size of the table it sits in.

I've just made some different backgrounds that are actually larger than the window, so when the forum resizes, the picture doesn't wrap, it just reveals more of itself.

Got another "how does this work" question Revan. Elements, the weaknesses and strengths. What does this mean and how do they interact?

Next up is Experience. What settings do you have? I was thinking about giving exp just for battles but would this then slow things down? I am worried people who just posted and got exp, would never have to battle.

I was wondering also if you were going to release the item graphics you have on your site as a zip to download as there are some cool ones there like the armor and the bigger swords.

On a side note I've had a few requests to see the templates I am using, so I thought I'd put up an example here. As I've modified this hack extensively to suit my forum, alot of the fields here won't be relevant to a stock install, but it gives some people an idea on where to go, and what you can change.

This template is the "modifyrpg" template where you choose your character stats in the usercp. I've included a screen shot.

Well since it works perfect on my forum, I cannot really edit the template and know what is the appropriate setting.
Could you or someone else resize the template so it works, then have others test to confirm it, and if everyone reports ok I will use it in the new version?

If your Element's Strength matches the opponent's Element, you deal 1.5 the amount of damage you normally would.
Likewise, if your Element's Weakness matches your opponent's Element, you deal 0.5 the amount of damage you normally would.

I got 10 exp per post, 2 exp per turn, Winner Takes It All is off.
But I am working on redesigning the way HP/MA/PP are gained, because as it is now it gives (for me) a huge stat boost for the earliest registered users.

I think you should check the images folders mate ;)
See cos I havnt added any new graphics :p ;)

Cheers.
Ill test this on my localhost when I get home. :D
Anyways, might I ask why you have put that "Do not change postbit display type"?



General news:
Ive started working hard on the new version, and in change from this version, the next version will have (not complete featurelist, mind);
* Revamped ACP, this time using only internal vB functions. No more raw HTML code.
* Full Admin Help support, every field should be thoroughly explained

hmm i thought we where supposed to input the clan password there so we would be in but we have to manule added >_< ok ^_^ sry took so long to reply but vb forum< my life and i was away thank god lol

Hi

First I've to say:"Great Work!!".


I've not read all posts here, but I've this Prob.
Everyting I installed is ok... ( I think so), but after the installation I want test the Hack!
Always when we want open a Site like battle.php we only see a white page
http://www.ac2-online.de/orpg-board/forum/battle.php

Any1 know's an Answer???

thx 4 reply's

I visited your site, and I could enter the battle.php and itemshop.php fine (two random files).
Did you fix it yourself?
The trick is to import the XML files as per the instructions :)

I changed the postbit to either display a drop down or not at all. ( not at all is simply removing the normal post bit code from the template and leaving just the drop down portion. )

I once checked update and change postbit, and the whole thing froze on me. Seemed like the character was bugged, couldn't load up the cp again. I tried to log into other accounts with other characters and they worked fine.

I had to delete the character from the admin cp before I could even look at the RPG options page again for that account. So I put in that warning not to do what I did, just so someone down the track wouldn't run into the same problem, and require thier character to be deleted.

Thanks for the answers to my questions Revan your support is great :up:

yeah Revan you're truth! that was it! thx :)

Now we can fight and battle, but we always take dmg around 33 ?? Nobody can use the bought weapon or take lesser dmg with a armor??!?!

And yes, the support is seem like the hack, awesome :D

:confused:
That seems like a major error, but never ever happened to me (like most of the bugs with this hack :p ).
But its good that you put such a warning, although I cannot understand why it should make a difference, the $_POST[rpgdisplay] (or whatnot the display code is) is always a part of the selection update code no matter if you change it or not...
Ah well as long as this isnt global error and your users are fine, all is well :)


you should enter your ACP and set all Item categories to their true values, no matter what the dropdown says. (IE change Weapons to 'Weapons' in the Edit Category from the Edit Items section in acp).
This is a part of the pre-configuring that will be more thoroughly explained in future versions when the Admin Help section is up and running :)

@ the both of you:
Thanks for the kind words about my support, I try my best to clean up any mess this hack has made ;)



A more public question:
Would it be a great loss (if any) to have to edit items individually instead of mass editing like it is now?
I find that this way of displaying items is VERY (!) SQL intensive, my site actually lags when I edit items thru acp (I got alot :p ).
So it would be easier on the server if the main edit item could just display all item INFO only (instead of editing info as well, like the old), and it had a clickable link next to each item so it could be edited.
Only reason why I ask is that its more hassle this way if you going to edit multiple items... :ermm:

I'm getting some wierd stuff. After making posts the characters stats are amazingly high, but once I update the go back down. I'm not sure if this is a display error for the dropdown postbit I made or a known error.

(I assume you are talking about PP/AP)
You should enter ACP and lower the Modifiers for PP and MA to 0.003.
Actually uneven HP/MA/PP stats is a very known (to me :p ) fault in the code, and I am working on a new and more fair way of updating and adding stats. :)

Also, whats a good level of EXP per post?

:confused:

Sorry but I didn't understand.

I don't change any values in the Item categories:
And the drop down says always "current"
So I've to change all things to "Weapon", "Armor" or "Accessories" ??

And then we can use the Weapons, and the Armor protect us???

No, dont edit the items themselves.
You see when you edit items, next to the category names theres edit and delete links?
Click edit.
Then under Battle Type, select "One-handed weapons" for the one handed weapons, "Armor" for the armor, etc.
:)


I use 5, this is something you should determine yourself based on the integer you put in the "ease of level up" part (I forgot the real phrase it uses, sue me :p ), and on your own feeling of how hard it should be to level up ;)

I tryed installing this hack back in 1.3 something and got un countable errors. Is this version more stable??

I haven't had any problems on install apart from making sure you have full admin rights when running the install script.

I do, Im going to try this again but i Hope I dont get alot of errors this time around.

[high]* Pixelgrounds backs up his forum.[/high]

I followed all the steps, and everything but i keep getting this error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/pixelg/public_html/Forum/includes/functions.php on line 1912

does it matter if im using dreamweave to edit the files?

Don't know but I always do any code edits in notepad.

Revan I'd prefer to see all the items because then you can compare at a glance power levels.

This isnt because of my hack, it only adds coding at the very top :ermm:
Id check that line then try to see if it matches any other hack you installed.


No, but I still use DW to edit my php files :p


Or you could open 2 windows, one to use for editing items and one for viewing other's stats ;)

Its just that the current way of displaying really hammers the SQL and tbh the raw HTML looks butt ugly ;)

can anyone tell me y i would get a "Invalid Scene 'battlescene.gif'." at the top of the battle arena page (whilst battling)

I would like to install this hack, but first I need to know: Will my members notice this hack has been installed if I install it on a style that is not yet available to them?

ok i can get this to work fine if i put in the php paths intoa browser like http:// my domain/forum/itemshop.php and battle.php but i see no links on my board for these ??? only the update stats in the usercp ??? any ideas what i've left out or missed i'm sure i followed the hack al the way through

You didnt upload the images from the 2 image zips on the main page, is the only thing I can think of. :ermm:


Not unless you make modifications to any templates in the current style, or if you manage to muck up anything in the installation so dbase errors are laid bare ;)


Try installing one of the 2 navbar addons linked to from the main page ;)

thanx =]