vbGuild (full) - Guild/Clan Roster Plugin (multi-game, multi-char)
 

I'm no longer supporting it so I've published the most recent FULL version for free. I hope you all enjoy it.

Until now, there's been no vBulletin plugin that supports a guild whose history spans more than one game, one server, or with members having multiple characters in the same game. vbGuild is made with those guilds in mind. Define games, servers for those games, and traits for each game. A trait can be a text input value like surname or crafter type, a dropdown for values like race, class, or level, a radio button, or a check box. Set up each game's character history exactly as you want it. Determine which usergroups can record their characters on your board and which show up in your roster and then view that roster at any level, i.e. all games, one game, or one server.

The free version only supports one game and server nor will it see any future enhancements. You can find out about some of the planned enhancements, what the full version can do, and how to get it at Unmoderated Info.

This is our first mod and we're hoping to make it a major one over time. Please support the effort. Thanks and we look forward to hearing feedback.

It works with 3.7.x and higher. Please click installed.

PUBLISH FILES:

1. Download the latest version attached.
2. Extract the files to your desktop.
3. Transfer the contents of the "upload" folder to your web server's forum root folder via FTP.

IMPORT PRODUCT:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand Plugins & Products >> Manage Products
3. Click [Add/Import Product] at the bottom.
4. Browse to product_vbGuild.xml in the "do not upload" folder you extracted.
5. Allow Overwrite = Yes.
6. Click Import.

USERGROUP PERMISSIONS:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand Usergroups >> Usergroup Manager
3. Choose a group to allow to manage characters and show in the list
4. Scroll to the bottom of the permissions list
5. Select the desired permissions in the vbGuild block
6. Click Update.
7. Repeat for each usergroup you want to permit some vbGuild usage. The default is deny all but viewing.

DEFINE GAMES:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand vbGuild >> Edit Game List
3. Add game.
4. Repeat for each game you want to add.

DEFINE SERVERS:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand vbGuild >> Edit Server List
3. Choose game in the dropdown.
4. Add servers to that game.
5. Repeat for each game you want to add to.

DEFINE TRAITS:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand vbGuild >> Edit Character Traits
3. Choose game in the dropdown.
4. Enter a trait name, choose the type, click add trait.
5. Most things should be obvious. The two things worth mentioning are drag-and-drop sorting and, for select boxes, if you put a number range in the option name field it will create that entire range. For instance, if you want to create levels 1 through 70, type 1-70 and click Add Option.
6. Repeat for each game you want to add to.

Post reserved.

Error:

Did you transfer the contents of the upload directory to your forum root? I just sent you an AIM invite and waited a bit but I'm on the east coast and need to get some sleep. I'll be around on and off tomorrow to help.

Please include installation instruction in the attachment or the first post of this thread. Please do not ask to visit an external site for installation instruction (or ask to download from your site in the instructions).

Done.

Yes, everything is transferred to the correct folders.

You available for IM chat? Might help me get to the bottom of it faster that way. Has anyone else here been able to install it successfully?

I have AIM, Xfire, MSN. You pick. :)

Did you not get my AIM invite? See my profile and send me one for AIM or MSN if not.

Looks very nice but basic

Overall very nice, and I made a guild roster plugin for wow a while back, I wonder if I released it lol

Thanks, I'm glad to know you were able to install it. This is just the first public version; I plan to add anything a guild would need.

Yes I did. I see you on the list.

I never got permission back to add you to mine though. Send me an IM when you see me on and are free to chat. I'll try to resolve this for you.

Thanks,

I will try to test it now.......

I have the same error!

looks like something is a miss with the code if someone else has the same issue.

If only some are getting the error then the problem is occurring only under certain circumstances and that's what I need to get to the bottom of. One random thought I had was maybe you guys are using a sub-domain for forums instead of a nested folder path. Is that the case?

/public_html/forums/

The "public_html" is my vBadvanced portal page.

Is your board on a sub-domain? Like forum.something.com? I'm also on IM at the moment if you're available.

Warden, did you upload it to this forum? http://www.global-gamers.net/ If yes, then http://www.global-gamers.net/forums/vbguild.php should hit the roster view but it's not. There's no error or anything. Why?

Aligator, in your case going to http://forum.online-games.gr/vbguild.php does give an unspecified 500 error so I'm guessing it is where it's supposed to be. In the attached zip, there was a file located at "/upload/admincp/vbguild.php". On line 45, just before the "require_once" line, add the following line, save, and upload it to your site:

print $VBPath . "<br>" . $vbGuildPath . "/lib/VbGuild.php";

Now go to the admin CP, click on game list, and paste back the 2 lines containing paths that should be at the top of the screen. I need to know where it's trying to find that file. It should look something like this:
In the example above, the files contained in upload were transferred to the vbulletin directory.

I've updated the version to 1.0.8. The only thing changed is the bug Warden helped me track down. It had to do with his renaming the admincp folder.

Ok, it's still not working if you've renamed your admincp and it won't be fixed this week. I've hit a wall. Sorry.

I would love to see this work. Will this allow a site that plays multi-games to have a roster for each game. A roster that would work off of one database. To allow people that play more than one game to be allowed to list their toons on it. Even allow them to add their alts?

im so confused...so what is this like the RPG hack??

It does work unless you've renamed your admincp folder. I'll solve that problem but probably not until next week.

Yes, it's all one database. With the full version you can add multiple games, multiple servers for each games, unique sets of traits per game (i.e. some games have races, some have classes, etc.), and multiple characters per user including alts. You can see it in action here.
It's a roster plugin for gaming guilds/clans.

I'll wait till you can find a fix. :)

Looks promising, marked as installed, waiting to see future development.

_V

This could be the next big thing for Guilds :) wish you all the best with it :) I also clicked installed

Installed ok, but having some issues with the display.

http://www.darkhandofvalor.com/vbguild.php

It doesn't show the name listed. I do have one created, with a server and about 5 user fields. Not sure what to check otherwise.

This is pretty cool though, something I've been waiting for and too lazy to write myself. =)

Ok, found the issue there.

Didn't have any character data added yet so it didn't show the game listed on the left.

Only issue I have now is that I did the template edits as required, but I am not getting the "Character History" link to appear in the userCP. I checked and my usergroup (admin) does have this set to "yes".

I manually went to the link and it let me in though (something you might want to check in the future).

Everybody got it!

Ok, more updates.

I have the character history working in the UserCP now.

Found another bug though. My first field is "Character Name", it's a required field.

In the editor, things look fine. However when I edit/add a new character, there are two fields called "Character Name" shown. They appear to be different. I'm guessing that this is a field that you automatically add in? So my adding another made it a duplicate field. Not a big deal, but it'd be nice if this wasn't added automatically.

Also, config values for changing the look at feel would be good. the color scheme looks really bad on my dark background. I haven't looked into what it'd take to tweak it yet though.

Trek, yes, character name is the one thing you never have to add as a trait because it's common across any game you'll play. I had to make that assumption.

Styling is a big deal and vbGuild is very poor in that regard. The idea was function first, form second.

vibedream, just to confirm, is your admincp folder renamed to something else? I'm out of town tomorrow through next week but once I get back priority #1 will be to fix that bug. After that I'm going to start adding some cool functionality to the full version. You should be able to see the project list here. I'm also looking forward to hearing your own feedback and ideas since that'll shape what happens.

this looks like a great enhancement to vBulletin, and I am definitely interested in purchasing the full product ( hope its not expensive though Im broke :( ) for use at my gaming community website. Thanks for the hard work!

*Nominated

Wow only 5 bucks, even better. You're awesome. Thanks!

Thanks for the nomination but it's definitely not finished enough to be worth winning anything yet. I'll put some work into it and in 6 months maybe this'll be everything anyone would want or need.

yea, i'd say some cosmetic improvements which can definitely be improved after functionality...

i dont have a big community, but this is definitely a script which my little website could take advantage of. after installing ill be sure to make some hopefully helpful suggestions and critique.

much too problematic.
product install failed with saying smtg like "no fulltext support". but after adding ENGINE=MYISAM after every query in product.xml it installed without displaying an error.

but now i am having the same "include(" errors as others. somehow it fails to get $vbGuildPath .

I don't get that warning error so it's probably configuration specific. Not sure what the author would be looking for, but...

Anyway, it needs some work, but the author is aware of that and will continue to work on it. I have it setup now myself. Debating on how much I want to tweak it myself or wait for the author to do. heh

it is a very good mod, a simple idea with so many people needing it. i am just frustrated with the install errors. If i manage to install free version i will surely buy the paid version. :)