Require X posts in the last Y hours to play games in the arcade
 

Require X posts in the last Y hours to play games in the arcade

by ~006

Let me start out by saying that I made this hack for the V3Arcade system. All credit for that hack goes to John. If you can think of any other pages that this limitation hack could be used for, let me know and I can code it.

I know ever since the V3Arcade was released, we all have been noticeing new members signing up only to spend time in the arcade. They may post once or twice, but for the most part they do not post. Instead they just suck your bandwidth. What can you do about this? Well, with this hack you can customize the number (x) posts required in the last (y) hours. This is all on a per usergroup basis.

There are other ways people have been doing this, such as base arcade access on postsperday. This is a bad way to do this because if somebody goes out of town for a week, their posts per day will suffer. Soon it becomes impossible to get your posts back to the minimum posts per day level. This hack is fair to all members based on usergroups.

This hack adds two new usergroup fields, and adds the option to edit these fields directly form your admincp. It is very self explanatory.

The hack may not seem like much, but I put a lot of time into it, so I would appreciate it if everyone would click install!

PLEASE CLICK INSTALL! That's all I ask. :)

*Please do not edit or redistribute this hack without my permission. Thanks!

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Queries: 2
File edits: 2
New Phrases: 1
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TOTAL INSTALL TIME: ~5 minutes or less

~006

well i will be the first to say THANKS :)

small question before i install, if i have a min post required to enter the arcade via another user hack will this only then take effect after that post count has been made?

Most likely yes. They shold both work together just fine. :)

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /ww.exasko.info/forum/arcade.php on line 515


any idea what the problem is? and if ur qondering this is line 515

Sounds like you didn't add the tables. Make sure you add both queries. I have this running perfecty and exactly the same as the install file shows. Make sure you follow the install. Let me know if you still have trouble after double checking the instructions. :)

i doubled checked.. copied and pasted the querys in the run box.. :confused:

those two i ran exactly liek that

Go to your usergroup manager and set values for the groups. Maybe I need to make the defaults greater than 0. Try setting values and try it then.

i have both set up.. and yet i still get the error :confused:

What version of VB3 are you running? I am using 3.01. I noticed at least your profile shows 3.0. Perhaps upgrading first wouldn't be a bad idea?

has anyone else got this to work?

I definitely need this. I had the same problem too.

Installed and no errors, now just to hang about for 24h to see if the 2 hacks work together, the first hack worked by saying i have not got enough posts.

Set to 2 posts in 24h

/me clicked installed already

It's dynamic. Set it to 30 posts in 24 hours temporarily for your usergroup and try playing a game. :) Basically, it runs a query and counts your total posts in the defined period of time. No need to wait to see results. :) Should take effect immediately.

I have added a step in the arcade.php edits. My appologies. Redownload the file and look at the arcade.php edits. You may have to clear your history to get the most recent file. Sorry for the extra troubles! Everything should work fine now. :)

~006

i am running none extra hacks for arcade...

all i've done is made a post requirement for user groups to be able to play in it.. but that shouldn't be causin a problem

hhhmm infact i got the error now.

I updated the install file. Did you rehack the arcade.php edits? It should work now.

so its just the added

part ?

Correct. I forgot to put that in the install file. It's been added now though. Try that and let me know how it works :)

works but with the other hack its not realy working...

I set the other hack to require 1 post to get to the arcade.

I have set yours to 2 posts in 24h.

So its now saying

Original hack


this works off post count so if posts are deleted they may loose arcade rights depending on what number is set. I only have it at 1 for the moment.




your hack
so i have to set these 2 fields to the same i guess but its a shame as it would be good to allow new reged people just to make 1 post so they can see the arcade and then after 24h they loose it unless they post X number.

Is there anyway to delay it for 24h before the hack kicks in ? or anything like that?

Well my hack will check for whatever value you set for minimum posts. If another hack checks for less, and you have this set for more, the other won't work. There is an easy way to get what you want by adding a quick if else statement. I don't have time now to look into it now though because I have to get up in the morning and go to work. :)

ok np but can you PM me the code and where to add it when you have time please ?

works now (smile) glad it wasn't due to my error.. great hack!

This one sound nice

Umm. I need to know which pieces to edit. Theres like a piece that says

Enter time requirements here (in hours) // what would i put there?

'arcademinposts' => 2, 'arcademintime' => 24 // What are those 2 numbers mean? 24 as in hours?

and then this

$definedtime = ($minimumtime[time] * 3600 // whats that number?

Also why I'm here. Does this work with 3.0.0? Hope it does.

You cannot play games in the arcade unless you have made $minimumposts[number] posts within the last $minimumtime[time] hours. << Do I have to take out the $minimumposts[number] and replace that with a number. or replace number with the number.? same for the time.. sorry i'm just coding stupid

Add the number in hours that they have to make a post within. So you may do something like this.....

2
24

2 is for the ammount of time they have to make there 2 posts within.

thats just code needed to make the hack work like it should, just do all the changes it says and it will work fine, dont change the code.

Same for this do not change it as they are variables the hack looks for in order for it to function.

It should work fine.

NO DO NOT change these, they are variables it has to look for, they will check what you have set in the usergroup settings and display that amount, if you change these it will not work. But you can add other phrases to it such as $bbuserinfo[username] to dispay the username of whoever is doing it.

I have this

so I only change these: Enter time requirements here (in hours) // the posts one too. and then the

'arcademinposts' => 2, 'arcademintime' => 24 If I wanted 5 posts in the last 2 hours it would be like

'arcademinposts' => 5, 'arcademintime' => 2

?

Okay. Now I have this
The eval $arcade header is that line. any ideas? www.gameraxis.com/forum/arcade.php

leave that as it says in the instructions. thats just code.

Don't change any numbers in the code. If you do, the hack will not work properly. Add all the code and then to change the time and posts variables, go to your usergroup settings and enter the numbers there.

/me installs. Thanks!

OK, I ran the queries, did the file edits, added the phrase, retraced my steps to double check I did everything right and even clicked install :), but I must be missing something. Can't find any new user group fields in ACP. Where do I set the values? Please help because I've really been waiting for this hack. Thanks.

You MUST not have done the admincp/usergroup.php edits. Go double check that part. :)

I really want to install this hack. But it's being like you have an error in the last lines of your code. Which is only like eval = ARCADE and fetching those templates. :( So I reuploaded the other files :(

You installed it wrong. Where it says "find," do just that. Then ADD below the template code. You mentioned something about changing that code. There are no changes. Just adding the next section that says "add below" below it..

Double checked and triple checked. All edits done as per instructions. Maybe I'm just low on sugar right now, but where in ACP should I be looking for the new settings? Under Usergroups, yes?

Go to yourforums.com/forums/admincp/usergroup.php?do=modify

Click "Go" next to a usergroup. Scroll down to the "Arcade Permissions"

It should show two new options there.

Guess I'm not that familiar with usergroups... :surprised: You are my hero, seriously you are! :banana: I wish I could see the faces of the arcade addicted freeloaders when the get the error message. Woohoo!!!

Haha! Sorry for not releasing this earlier. I had originally coded it right after installing the arcade for this very reason, bandwith freeloaders.. :) Who needs em! ;)