Major Additions - Casino (w/ 10 player poker)

The Gameroom is the follow up to this, and expands on its features. This mod will no longer be supported, Gameroom is here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=219483

This is a casino addition for vBulletin, so far containing video poker, blackjack, Slots, a lottery, Let 'em Ride, Roulette and a betting pool.

It can use it's own cash as well as cash fields from other products for easy integration. Cash bonuses are also awarded for various actions (posting, starting threads, etc.), you can alter the bonus values through the admincp.

Each of the 10 games can be turned on or off through the control panel, and the casino can be restricted by user group.

I'd consider this a test run, everything should work, but some of the template's and all of the phrasing are not done yet.

Screenshots are attached.

If you want to see a demo, it's live at http://vbgaming.org, it does require registration though as it needs a userid to attach your money too Bug reports and requests can also be posted there, and will probably have less chance of getting buried in this rather massive thread. If you are having a problem, please look there. If it is one that others have been having, there will likely be a solution there (as well as in this thread, just harder to find here)

v 0.90 (Jan 6)
- Fixed a bug in lottery odds calculation that was casuing problems with the jackpot.
- Completed Phrasing of all games & admincp
- Removed card flicker some people experienced in Texas Hold'em
- Removed unused table limit setting from Video Poker settings
- Handled a DB error that occasionally came out of the slots game
- Sports Pool groups are now edited through the game, not the admincp
- Blackjack: Dealer checks for blackjack on A or 10
- Blackjack: Added Five card charlie rule
- Texas Hold'em: poker mod groups can now use the command "/kick username" to kick people out of the game. If a hand is in progress it counts as a forced fold, not returning their share of the pot.
- Blackjack - Fixed bug on bet amount when splitting more then once on a hand

v 0.91 (Jan 13)
- Added missing field for holdem mod groups to settings table
- Removed 0.90 test code of drawin same numbers in lottery
- Piped all the ajax files through casino.php, this should solve some of the conflicts people where having (ex. mkportal)
- Added missing link to add / edit groups in sports pool
- Fixed extra \'s in chatbox some users where getting
- Added a reset cash button in the ACP
- Fixed a bug where the blackjack_dealt table wasn't getting cleared properly
- Fixed "Most Lost" stat calculation


v 0.92 (Feb 18)
- Fixed Default Cash not saving
- Texas Hold'em no longer shows hand after folding
- Texas Hold'em buttons should not reappear after clicking if a request was in progress when they where clicked
- Fixed some of the reinstall issues people have been having

This is pretty minor, working on some major changes to the Texas Hold'em game that are taking longer then I planned due to other things coming up.

Known issues:
- The same player attempting to play more then one instance of the same game at the same time will cause errors.

To update overwrite all of the old files and import the product, revert any modified (casino) templates and don't forget the files in other folders Also some of the images have changed, those need uploaded again. (as well as the includes and admincp files) You DO NOT need to uninstall the previous version to upgrade, this will cause problems. Just overwrite existing files and import the product again, allowing overwrite.

**Make sure you overwrite ALL existing files and revert ALL casino templates**

[jay007]

any suggestions / Help appreciated ?

Got the first four games working, but cant seem to get the last four working, they just go to a full white screen when pressed?

These game
Slots
Texas Hold 'em
Let em Ride
Ninja Slots

[Andrew Green]

link?

Usually that only happens when some files or templates are missing, might want to check to make sure all the files made it to the server and import the product again (don't need to uninstall, just check the overwrite box off and import again)

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by perju

The thinking behind creating that thread was to somehow preserve the rest of the board. I would rather flood one thread with pointless posts than have it spread to the entire forum.

The problem with taking money away from the members is we're all friends (well, just about).

Yes this is similar to the arcade issues, getting people to post who only want to play the arcades. I tried restrictions on playing until posts had been made, that just got a ton of spam. I then tried a giant flashing red and yellow box as a sort of "nag screen", and all we got was dozens of posts saying "only posting to get rid of the box, don't like forums", which actually felt even worse since they were so blatant.

But on the flip side, with 13,00 arcade games over two arcades, you NEED a lot of arcade players to keep it competitive.

So in the finish we just opened it up pretty much unrestricted and said "as long as you have an account you can play games". Things are more peaceful and the arcades are well used and popular. We try to just *encourage* arcade players to post but if they don't, fine.

That's similar to the idea of having a dedicated thread for casino cash posts, but that will fill up the database with junk.

I have gone with a generous daily login bonus ($100), and I have also adapted that code a bit and created a "weekly wage" which works the same way but adds $250 on a Friday evening to everyone who has logged in in the last seven days. I guess you could easily change that to anyone who has POSTED in the last seven days.

That seems to have pretty much sorted it as there's a steady flow of cash coming in for people to play with. Only thing is that non-players get massive cash totals pretty quickly.

[Andrew Green]

A scheduled task that resets anyone under a given minimum back up to it is possible as well. Then if they go broke, they just have to come back the next day.

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Andrew Green

A scheduled task that resets anyone under a given minimum back up to it is possible as well. Then if they go broke, they just have to come back the next day.

Yes, that sounds like a fantastic idea.

[lasto]

cant install the 0.50 version get dataabse error that let it ride table already exists.

Should be a query in it if table exists then drop and re do table

also ive got these now on my casino page

Video Poker Jacks or better to win.
Blackjack Classic Casino Game.
Sports Betting Pool Place bets on upcoming events.
Lottery Buy into the lottery
Slots 3 wheel slot machine
Texas Hold 'em Limit game of Poker, up to 10 players
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation
Let 'em Ride 5 Card stud variation

how do i remove the excesses that have been added

[Andrew Green]

Scheduled reset to a minimum value if a user goes under:

http://vbgaming.org/forum/showthread.php?p=15#post15

[Andrew Green]

Originally Posted by lasto

cant install the 0.50 version get dataabse error that let it ride table already exists.

What version does it way you have installed?

I can send you a script to clean house and reset things to where they should be for what is installed, then the upgrade should work.

[perju]

Originally Posted by Mark.B

I have gone with a generous daily login bonus ($100), and I have also adapted that code a bit and created a "weekly wage" which works the same way but adds $250 on a Friday evening to everyone who has logged in in the last seven days. I guess you could easily change that to anyone who has POSTED in the last seven days.

That seems to have pretty much sorted it as there's a steady flow of cash coming in for people to play with. Only thing is that non-players get massive cash totals pretty quickly.

I don't know if the daily allowance will mean much. I give out 250 per night, and as fast as the members receive the cash, they bet it (and lose it). I think the same will happen if i increase the amount to 500. But like you said, non-casino members will just accumulate tons of cash, skewing the "Top Winners" board. Instead of it being a daily allowance for signing in, maybe it should be a combination of "sign in" + "casino". If a member didn't play the casino that day, then they shouldn't get cash. If they do get cash, it shouldn't be as much as those who play the casino.

I even considered allowing members to purchase $5000 casino bucks for $5 in real cash, but i really don't want members spending real money on a fake casino. Users have already brought this up saying "i'd rather spend $5 for casino cash than spend all night posting in this thread."

It's quite a pickle...

[perju]

Originally Posted by Andrew Green

Scheduled reset to a minimum value if a user goes under:

http://vbgaming.org/forum/showthread.php?p=15#post15

If this is set to every minute, will it slow the server to a crawl?