[kh99]

I think maybe it only works in newpost_complete because when newpost_process is called, the new post has not been saved yet. Maybe you can do something like, in newpost_process:

if(//Condition) 
{ 
$dataman->set('forumid', $vbulletin->options['search_duplicate_thread_forumid']);  
$update_counters = 1;
}  
else
   $update_counters = 0;

then in newpost_complete,

if ($update_counters)
{
// forum counter build code here
}