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):

[Kyrie]

Thank you Bitsys! It worked! I guess I overlooked that step in the instructions or something on accident... Thanks for the help!

[PSI|Dr-X]

Bytsis thats just an fighter (in ascci (like archer lol) )

[Dribbles]

Once again, great job Bitsys .. don't worry about all the requests ... just work on what you have planned. You're doing a great job.

[saint_seiya]

For those who have noticed that if you click Submit in the healing center a lot of times before the next page loads, you get a lot of health.

Well here is a small bug fix i put together.

Example of the healing center with bug fix is at:
http://www.vgcity.com/forum/heal.php

What does it do?

Once a user clicks the heal button its made unclickable. Only I.E. users are affected. Don't know about Opera, if someone could test it on Opera . I do know that in Netscape they just get an alert saying Thanks!. That will kinda stop them too.

Instructions

Template Modifications: 1
Time: 3m>

Open the rpg_heal template.

Find:

PHP Code:

<head> 


Add After it:

PHP Code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

function disableForm(theform) {
if (document.all || document.getElementById) {
for (i = 0; i < theform.length; i++) {
var tempobj = theform.elements[i];
if (tempobj.type.toLowerCase() == "submit" || tempobj.type.toLowerCase() == "reset")
tempobj.disabled = true;
}
setTimeout('alert("Healing... Thank You!")', 2000);
return true;
}
else {
alert("Thanks!");
return false;
   }
}
</script> 


Find:

PHP Code:

action="heal.php?action=doheal"> 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

action="heal.php?action=doheal" onSubmit="return disableForm(this);"> 


That's it!

[Mystic Gohan]

OK Bitsy The clan hack would have been cool but I can live without it. I think I read about a request of 2 vs 2 battling will that be possible?

[mr e]

he should be releasing the next update soon, so lets wait for that and maybe somebody else will make an addon for it

[Bitsys]

Version 0.62 is done. Upgrade instructions are located in the upgrade folder. There are approximately 4 database queries, 4 file edits, 2 template edits, and 2 new templates. The new .zip file is in the first post.

Bugs Fixed:
All the ones I mentioned previously as being fixed in the next version. Also, some templates were adjusted to fix some visual errors.
I also fixed the bug that saint_seiya just posted a fix for. You can still do his method, they will both work.

New features (the good stuff):

• Added mr e's special classes for mods/admins.
• Added mr e's easier labels.
• Added mr e's Dual-Purpose Spell Add-On (not released before). This add-on allows you to explicitly say what a spell does. You can make a spell heal, attack, do both, or do neither.
• Added VeoMorphine's RPG CP with a few modifications.
• Added VeoMorhpine's Admin Manual. In addition, the admin manual now has a FAQ at the bottom. This FAQ should answer a lot of the most common questions.
• The reset features should now be working. I tested most of them (I think) and they worked. Please be careful with this part of the hack. It has the ability to reset major parts of the RPG.
• You can now determine the amount of MA a spell costs. You can set this to 0 or 1000, whatever you want.
• You can now determine what actions a potion will do when used in battle. You can specify that it heals the user's Ma, or the user's HP, or that it heals one and/or both of the to the Max. The amount that a potion heals (if it doesn't do a full heal) is still determined by the buff column. This is controlled in the Edit Items screen. The additional options won't appear unless the item category's battle type is set to "Potion".
• A new (and shorter) postbit is included in the RPG Manual in the Admin CP. All of the text is removed and you have to hover your cursor over different pictures in order to see what the words are. For example, when you hover over the HP bar, it says "HP: 120/130", or something like that.

If you are upgrading, then you may have to re-do the Battle Types for your Item Categories. Just click on the "Edit" link next to each category name and re-select its battle type, then click submit.

To accomodate the new features with spells and potions, the Itemshop table have been adjusted. There are now some extra columns that tell users what the spell/potion does in battle. The is also a column for spells that tells the user how much MA it costs in battle.

As always, let me know if you experience any problems.

EDIT: This hack works on version 2.3.0 as well as all the other versions previously listed.

[Darkwaltz4]

hmmm....thats gunna be fun redoing all 356 items ive added to my itemshop......well mosta them

i just last night went and revised the system, but now thankfully, i can better set some of things ^_^

--are shields put to use yet? i searched through the php files but i never found anything asking about [battletype] == 2...

if they arent, maybe have the buff of shields be like the 'max' amount of damage it can deflect if you choose to defend in battle...so, if you have a buff of 300 on your sheild, and u defend with it, if the person attacks with 200 damage, nothing happens to u....

also, when will pp be incorporated (just curious) ?

[Bitsys]

Originally posted by Darkwaltz4
hmmm....thats gunna be fun redoing all 356 items ive added to my itemshop......well mosta them

i just last night went and revised the system, but now thankfully, i can better set some of things ^_^

--are shields put to use yet? i searched through the php files but i never found anything asking about [battletype] == 2...

if they arent, maybe have the buff of shields be like the 'max' amount of damage it can deflect if you choose to defend in battle...so, if you have a buff of 300 on your sheild, and u defend with it, if the person attacks with 200 damage, nothing happens to u....

also, when will pp be incorporated (just curious) ?

When upgrading, you don't have to delete the items. Just follow the steps in the upgrade file.

Shields are not used yet and will probably never be used due to bugs. I tried them a little bit, but it was very buggy and I couldn't get it to work.

PP will not be incorporated in this hack. However, it would be relatively easy for someone to make an addon (like a limit break addon) that incorporates PP.

[Darkwaltz4]

lol, i know all about rediting items...but still, there are just the sheer amount of them...

^_^ im into coding lately, so maybe i can do some addons? both the shields and pp would be cool....

also, i know of a way to incorpoate the certain 'monster arena' people have asked about (you pay to fight a monster) would just need a new table for monster stats, and a new php page, which would run the monster and your battle stats thorugh the battle/battleupdate files

one last thought:
like the battle arena can be 'turned off' how about the itemshop?

also, when you edit items, it doesnt update useritem info, like if you changed settings for an item, it rarely takes effect on the alreday-owned item

so in light of that, how about a 'repair user inventory' script?