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):

[mr e]

3. in your faq you have Elements listed twice, the whole category, and you can tell the info was copy and pasted, not a big error

Plus to HP: This field specifies the amount of HP to give the user to start out with. If you set this field to 40, then when the user first updates his/her stats and is using this element, then they will have 40HP. All additional HP is calculated by the user's post count and forum activity.
Plus to MA: This field specifies the amount of MA to give the user to start out with. If you set this field to 40, then when the user first updates his/her stats and is using this element, then they will have 40HP. All additional MA is calculated by the user's post count and forum activity.
Plus to PP: This field specifies the amount of PP to give the user to start out with. If you set this field to 40, then when the user first updates his/her stats and is using this element, then they will have 40HP. All additional PP is calculated by the user's post count and forum activity.

[PSI|Dr-X]

I hope the new version will come out soon

it also will be better what i had said with that 2 profiles under the battlescene just like that terribly asci lol

and plz think to add features

like clan

you can make a clan with a password then if someones wanna join then you can pm the password then he can join and there is a clan top statistic and a clan may have maximum 5 members and on your postbit $clanname <a href"clan.php?$clanbattlestats> and there you can view the whole clan won and lose and maybe that you can trade items WITHIN the clan like accepting a battle accepting a item for another

That will be cool

[Bitsys]

Originally posted by mr e
1. for the images, just make them all face the same way and in either the left or right image do a "style=fliph" to flip it around.

According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ters/fliph.asp that only works in IE 5.5+. I would like a solution that can be a little more retroactive towards older browsers.

Originally posted by mr e
2. make the "alt" text of your weapons etc in postbit the name of the item so all you have to do is hover over it to find out what it is.

that's all for now

Good idea! That will be in the next version.

Originally posted by mr e
3. in your faq you have Elements listed twice, the whole category, and you can tell the info was copy and pasted, not a big error

Plus to HP: This field specifies the amount of HP to give the user to start out with. If you set this field to 40, then when the user first updates his/her stats and is using this element, then they will have 40HP. All additional HP is calculated by the user's post count and forum activity.
Plus to MA: This field specifies the amount of MA to give the user to start out with. If you set this field to 40, then when the user first updates his/her stats and is using this element, then they will have 40HP. All additional MA is calculated by the user's post count and forum activity.
Plus to PP: This field specifies the amount of PP to give the user to start out with. If you set this field to 40, then when the user first updates his/her stats and is using this element, then they will have 40HP. All additional PP is calculated by the user's post count and forum activity.

Hehe, you've discovered my secret Actually, in order to cover all angles, I decided to copy and paste certain parts so that they would be easier to find. Remember, the help doc is simply a reference material, and not meant to be read straight through. The way I see it, the more places and ways I can present the same information, the more likely people will be able to find it, thus enhancing the usefulness of the document.

Thanks for finding the typos, they will be corrected in the next version.


PSI|Dr-X:
I must agree that the clan idea is a very good one, and I like your suggestions/additions to it. However, if I were to make it, then this hack wouldn't come out of beta for at least another month and a half.

[SpyGuy007]

Originally posted by Bitsys
I must agree that the clan idea is a very good one, and I like your suggestions/additions to it. However, if I were to make it, then this hack wouldn't come out of beta for at least another month and a half.

Does it matter? The beta works very well!

[Bitsys]

Originally posted by SpyGuy007


Does it matter? The beta works very well!

It matters to me

[geniuscrew]

Hey,

Are there any plans for

i) a spell system O:-) [you know how badly i want it!]
ii) integration with lesane's store [the points]

Thanks for a cool hack already

[SpyGuy007]

Originally posted by Bitsys


It matters to me

Oh, fine, have it your way.

[Bitsys]

geniuscrew:
i)Maybe after final release
ii)After Final Release, I will make a new version that works with the store hack

[SpyGuy007]

Bitsys, you may be able to help me. I'm trying to display the richest user's username and amount of points they have on my forum home page.

So far, I've gotten it to display a username and the amount of points they have on hand, but it's not showing the richest user.

Here's the code:

PHP Code:

$mostpoints=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT userid,field5 FROM userfield ORDER BY field5 DESC LIMIT 1");
$richest=$mostpoints[userid];
$richuser=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT userid,username FROM user WHERE userid=$richest");
$richestuser=$richuser[username]; 


Again, it displays a username and their matching amount of points they have on hand, but they are not the richest, nor the poorest either.

Any hints?

[Bitsys]

SpyGuy007:
The user's points are stored in a field that is VARCHAR. String sorting is different from numeric sorting, so you can't query the database in the numeric sense. If you have phpmyadmin, you can verify this by going to the userfield table, clicking on browse, then clicking the field5 column. Note how the values appear to be out of place based onwhat you would expect. There might be another way to do it, however.

EDIT: After a little research, I think this will work:

PHP Code:

$mostpoints = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT round(userfield.field5) as field5,userfield.userid,user.username FROM userfield LEFT JOIN user ON user.userid=userfield.userid ORDER BY field5 DESC"); 


In the forumhome template, you can now try using the following variables:

$mostpoints[userid] - User ID of the person with the most points
$mostpoints[username] - Username of the person with the most points
$mostpoints[field5] - Amount of points the person with the most points has.

EDIT2:
I just did a little more experimentation. I realized that since there are two separate places where you store the amount of money the user has, then you may want to show the person who has the most overall money. The person with the most overall money is the person that has the most money in their pocket (most points) AND the most money in the bank. To do all of this in one query, you can do the following:

PHP Code:

$mostpoints = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT round(userfield.field5) as field5,items_user.bankval,round(userfield.field5+items_user.bankval) AS total,userfield.userid,user.username
                                        FROM userfield
                                        LEFT JOIN user ON user.userid=userfield.userid
                                        LEFT JOIN items_user ON items_user.userid=userfield.userid
                                        ORDER BY total DESC"); 


In the forumhome template, you can now try using the following variables:

$mostpoints[userid] - User ID of the person with the most overall money
$mostpoints[username] - Username of the person with the most overall money
$mostpoints[field5] - Amount of points the person with the most overall money has
$mostpoints[bankval] - Amount of money the person with the most overall money has in the bank
$mostpoints[total] - Amount of money the person with the most overall money has total (points + bank)

On my test forums, this was a rather fast query:

Time before: 0.0881650447845
Time after:  0.0895960330963