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In login.php I added the following cookies:

replace:

if ($_REQUEST['cookieuser'])
	{
		vbsetcookie('userid', $bbuserinfo['userid']);
		vbsetcookie('password', md5($bbuserinfo['password'] . 'L598544d'));
	}

with:

if ($_REQUEST['cookieuser'])
	{
		vbsetcookie('userid', $bbuserinfo['userid']);
		vbsetcookie('password', md5($bbuserinfo['password'] . 'L598544d'));
		vbsetcookie('username', $bbuserinfo['username']);
	}

and replace:

{
		// we have a cookie from a user and we're logging in as
		// a different user and we're not going to store a new cookie,
		// so let's unset the old one
		vbsetcookie('userid', '');
		vbsetcookie('password', '');
	}

with:

{
		// we have a cookie from a user and we're logging in as
		// a different user and we're not going to store a new cookie,
		// so let's unset the old one
		vbsetcookie('userid', '');
		vbsetcookie('password', '');
		vbsetcookie('username', '');
	}

The users will need to log out and log back in to set this new cookie however.

So far it works very well, the cookie $bbusername is available all over my domain and I can force people to use there forum name. Also, to check if they are registerd for the forums already, anywhere on the site without including global.php, just use a simple if: (your vB cookies must be set to the whole domain for this to work)

if (isset($bbuserid)) { 
               arguments 
               } else { 
               echo "please register at the forums before posting here or accessing this part of the site etc"; 
               }

By the way, if you are interested in see where / how this works, the site I am using it on is www.wcreplays.com