RPG Integration Hack /w Battle (BETA)

RPG Integration Hack BETA by Bitsys
(vBulletin versions 2.2.6?, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, and 2.3.0)

This hack combines several RPG hacks into one and adds a battle hack. The hacks included in this hack are:

• Zajako's Ultimate HP/MP Stats Hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=37720)
• Zajako's RPG Elements Hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=35318)
• Zajako's In battle hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=42715)
• Zajako's RPname hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=43651)
• DV class hack used with permission of J2K (aka the RPG Class Hack v3.3) ----- (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=43558)
• Mewtwo's/Rake's Original Itemshop v5 -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=38090)

In addition to re-releasing thse hacks, I have added features to all of them (or else there would be no point in re-releasing).

• The RPG hacks are now all editable via the admin control panel.
• The itemshop has been somewhat optimized and some fixes are included that reduce queries in showthread.php and itemshop.php . Also, Lesane's Store Hack has been integrated with the Itemshop. This can be toggled in the admin cp.

This means that the RPG hacks are database driven and have been partially integrated with the Itemshop. This was necessary in order to make a battle hack, which is also included.

Since most people are familiar with the RPG and Itemshop hacks, I will give a brief description of the Battle hack. If you want more information about either of the other two hacks, then refer to their original posts or download the .zip file and read the "readme.txt". If you are a visual learner, then you can scroll down to the second post in this thread, which contains the pictures of all of these hacks.


Battle Features:

• The battle format is turn-based.
• HP, AP, PP, and MA are automatically deducted based on what action a user takes, the damage dealt to an opponent, etc.
• Opponents in battle can use spells, one-handed weapons, two-handed weapons, shields, potions, or their fists.
• A battle is over when a combatant dies, retreats, or there is a draw. Battles can also be ended via the admin control panel.
• A wager can be set on a battle. Whoever wins the battle recieves the amount of money as specified in the wager. Outside bets are not supported yet.
• Battles can be either public or private, as determined by the admin control panel. If private, battles require a password and battles can not be browsed. If public, then any user can view any battle, but only the original combatants can fight.
• The results of a battle can be posted into a designated "Battle" forum, as specified in the admin control panel.
• Inactive battles can be pruned.

Getting started with the battle hack:

• In order to get items to disply in the item shop, you must select which items go with which RPG Type in the "Edit Item Type" Menu of the admin cp.
• In order to assign which weapon categories do what kind of damage in battle, you must go to the "Edit Category" link located in the "Edit Items" menu of the admin cp. Select a Battle type for the category and save changes.
• In order to do damage to your opponent when in battle, you must assign the amount of damage each weapon does in the "Edit Items" menu of the admin cp. The default damage is set to 0. The same principle goes for armor, potions, spells, shields, etc.

Please refer to the screenshots or "readme.txt" for more information.


Why is this a BETA hack?

I have tested the installation of this hack on vBulletin versions 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, and 2.3.0. However, because of the scale of this hack, there is plenty of room for errors. Therefore I am making the following disclaimer while this hack is in the BETA stage:


WARNINGS:

• Do not install this hack on a production board. Please keep this hack, while in the BETA stage, to a test board. The reason for not installing this on a production board is that I cannot provide upgrade instructions for going from one version of the beta hack to the next version of the beta hack. Also, this hack does not have an un-install script yet. So please remember, if you decide to install this on a production board, you are doing so at your own risk.
  
• Do not apply this hack if you already have ANY of the included hacks installed. Please refer to the list at the top to see if you have any of the conflicting hacks installed. Since I am asking that you install this on a test board right now, this should not be a problem since you can re-install a fresh copy of vBulletin in under 5 minutes, as a test board of course.
  
• There is currently no upgrade script for installing this over any of the included hacks. I will make one when this beta is completed.
  
• If you choose to install the postbit features, then an additional query will be added to showthread.php. This query is a SELECT COUNT(*) query and adds around .001 seconds to the page generation. If you don't like the idea of adding an additional query to showthread.php, then you have the option of not installing that part of the hack. See the install file for more information.

Miscellaneous:

The beta of this hack is free. The full/final release will also be free.

All installation instructions and credits are included in the attachment. If you find a bug or have problems, feel free to post them here and I will try to fix them. Please read the included readme file if you have questions. If you can't find the answer, then post your question here and I will answer it.

All hacks included in this hack have been re-released with permission of their original creators.

Screenshots are in the second post of this thread.


Installation:

Installation instructions are included in the .zip file.


ACKK! I NEED HELP!!!

If you are having trouble and need some help, please refer to the help documentation included in the .zip file. It is located in the "extra" directory.

If you need help and you have already installed the hack, make sure you check the RPG Manual link in the admin cp. Also, make sure you read the FAQ included with the manual.

MY THREADS STOPPED DISPLAYING CORRECTLY!!!
See if you are experiencing one of the following symptoms:

• All of my users are being labeled as "Guest" in the postbit template.
• No posts are showing up.
• None of the RPG variables will display in the postbit. The element/gender/class images are broken.
• I get database errors when I go to showthread.php

If you are experiencing one or more of the above problems, then your showthread.php file was not edited correctly by the installer. This problem usually occurs on boards with other hacks installed that modify the queries in showthread.php. Please go to https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=2261 and follow the instructions there.


Add-ons:
The following add-ons are not included in the default installation. You must apply these add-ons after you have installed the hack successfully.

Member profile add-on
This add-on let's you display the user's RPG Stats in their member profile. See the .zip file for the add-on. It is located in the "Member Profile Add-on" directory.

Auto-update stats after posting
This add-on automatically updates the user's stats after they make a post, instead of having to click on the update stats button in the user cp. This add-on involves 2 file edits. The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...452#post356452

Donation Queue by Darkwaltz4
Moderate all Donations. See Who is Donating to Who. All Donations go through Admins or Mods. The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...652#post408652

Battle Background Midi System by Darkwaltz4
Full control over the music that plays during your battles! The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...530#post410530

Randomized First Turn Addon by Moreliator
"The following code gives the challenger a 33% chance to start the battle and the challenged person a 66% chance. Works quite well. I also included instructions on how to display "Determining..." on the battle.php browse page, that way people won't decline a challenge if they see they aren't going first. ". The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...614#post410614

Lock RPG Options at a Specified Level Addon by Moreliator
This addon allows you to lock all users' RPG options in their USER CP when they reach a certain level. This add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...111#post411111

Personal Shop Items Have Battle Bonuses by Triade
The original personal shop, allows to have an item the don't do nothing in battle. With this add-on, you can build items with bonus in battle (the bonus is in the attack now). This add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...328#post426328

Challengable Option by Darkwaltz4
Allows users to set themselves against recieving battle challenges. This add-on can be found at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...143#post411143


Contact Info:
Bitsys
Email: bitsys AT mail DOT com
PM me for a faster response. I prefer PMs.

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Update 09/04/03 @ 1:46pm
v0.68c

Battle debug messages were accidentally left on.
Minor shield bug was fixed in battlefight.php (Thanks Telchar).

Re-upload battleupdate.php and battlefight.php.

The new .zip file is located at the bottom of this post.


Finally, here is the .zip file (v0.68c):

[Jitway]

This is the url http://www.jitway.com/forums/images/...whitemagem.gif and it should be http://www.jitway.com/forums/images/...whitemagef.gif

[PSI|Dr-X]

no no lol it is on a localhost not a public forum yet
but you better may fix this on the next version

[DestyNova]

04-11-03 at 11:45 PM bharvey42 said this in Post #1445
Thats like those people in school who sit there and like to show off and tease people. If you wanna make something cool, if you wanna hold it over everybodys head and say look at this cool thing i made nananananan, thats lame. Those kids got beat up.

True, I don't mind if Chrisz decide to keep it to himself as long as he did not make any announce or keep us update with progress. If he decide to not release, of course some of us don't care if he did make progress or not.

General hacking forum will do for you, Chrisz.

[Jagang]

04-10-03 at 07:46 PM Bitsys said this in Post #1420
What is the URL that the link is pointing to?

I have since deleted the battle but the urls that are PMed In the battle invite are of this type:

http://beta.evhallion.com/forums/bat...r=4&battlekey=

This will give you a page reading:

Invalid battle or password

Now battles are set to public. But even setting them to private will produce the same error. I have found I can go to "View Battles" in the cp and enter a password into the battle and then go and type in the battle number and the password I gave it in the Battle arena main page and I can enter the battle. however I don't want to have to do this for every battle played on my boards. Any idea what code I need to adjust here?

[Airs]

like giving the rpg its on cp is better than putting that chunk of code in the usercp..

[PixelFx]

Bitsys
I'm still testing but got the battle system install cleanly, so far with no problems, I also made a custom post bit to try and keep them a bit smaller. Then linked up everything to my vbhome page and profile with addons, everything seemed to install great so far.

if anyone wants to have a look, click the www link in my profile The site is script heavy.

Thanks to everyone that is working on this my self and few others are going to convert the hack over to AD&D 2nd & 3rD Editions.

[Moreliator]

Today at 05:01 AM Bitsys said this in Post #1476
Ok, I think I figured out what happened. You say that the user went from level 1 to level 2. The formula affecting MA and PP multiplies the Level by the user's time on the boards. Therefore, when the level jumped to twice as much as it was before, it also made the MA/PP jump by more than twice since the user's get more than 1 MA/PP per level.

This theory should only work for low levels. Can you tell me if this happens with people who are at higher levels? There should be a diminishing return based on how high the user's level is.

Hey,
That makes sense... I recently installed it on a board where I have members who have been registered over 2 years... even though I have the MA and PP to only raise about two each level, it goes to 950/950 after one level up. I shut it down after that, so I don't know about higher levels. Is there anyway to alter the formula so the stats won't jump so much? Will it self fix itself after a few levels?

Thanks.

[Bitsys]

Yesterday at 10:43 AM Jitway1 said this in Post #1481
This is the url http://www.jitway.com/forums/images/...whitemagem.gif and it should be http://www.jitway.com/forums/images/...whitemagef.gif

In the admin CP, go to the Edit Classes menu and scroll down to the female classes. What is the value of the "Folder" column in the White Mage row?

Yesterday at 01:36 PM Jagang said this in Post #1484
I have since deleted the battle but the urls that are PMed In the battle invite are of this type:

http://beta.evhallion.com/forums/bat...r=4&battlekey=

This will give you a page reading:

Invalid battle or password

Now battles are set to public. But even setting them to private will produce the same error. I have found I can go to "View Battles" in the cp and enter a password into the battle and then go and type in the battle number and the password I gave it in the Battle arena main page and I can enter the battle. however I don't want to have to do this for every battle played on my boards. Any idea what code I need to adjust here?

When you create a new battle, does the password get properly set in the database? Or is it blank?

Yesterday at 03:44 PM PixelFx said this in Post #1486
Bitsys
I'm still testing but got the battle system install cleanly, so far with no problems, I also made a custom post bit to try and keep them a bit smaller. Then linked up everything to my vbhome page and profile with addons, everything seemed to install great so far.

if anyone wants to have a look, click the www link in my profile The site is script heavy.

Thanks to everyone that is working on this my self and few others are going to convert the hack over to AD&D 2nd & 3rD Editions.

Hmm, interesting spam system you have there. Is that a released hack on vbulletin.org, or a custom job?

Yesterday at 04:17 PM Moreliator said this in Post #1487
Hey,
That makes sense... I recently installed it on a board where I have members who have been registered over 2 years... even though I have the MA and PP to only raise about two each level, it goes to 950/950 after one level up. I shut it down after that, so I don't know about higher levels. Is there anyway to alter the formula so the stats won't jump so much? Will it self fix itself after a few levels?

Thanks.

It should fix itself over the next few levels, however if it does not, then you can try searching this thread for "update stats code" or the like for instructions on how to change the formula.

[Rusty_Boi]

Yesterday at 12:54 AM Oricon said this in Post #1473
Well this has kinda screwed up my modify profile and it won't update stats or keep the element in the profile it pretty muchly keeps all the other stuff besides that. Look in the ss for what I mean by messing up it. Any help would be greatly appriciated.

i am getting this problem also..

well.. more or less... i fixed the dupilication thing. but when i choose Alignment or class... i get a "error on page" error. anyone have any ideas?

[Jitway]

Today at 07:43 AM Bitsys said this in Post #1488
In the admin CP, go to the Edit Classes menu and scroll down to the female classes. What is the value of the "Folder" column in the White Mage row?

Thanks Bitsys that was it. Don't know why but that was the only one that was labeled wrong.