vBTripleTriad

What vBTripleTriad is:
-vBTripleTriad is a multiplayer modification for playing the addictive Triple Triad from Final Fantasy VIII. For now, If you want to learn how to play, Google it to see one of the many online tutorials. Check Out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Triad for more details.

Requirements:
-Any pre-existing points system in place. If you would like a crude points system for sole use in this hack, please CLICK HERE

Features:

Triple Triad the Game

• • Faithfully Recreated From Final Fantasy VIII
    • Contains All Original Card Images
    • Uses Original Game MIDI Files
    • All Original Game Rules Fully Functional
    • All Original Prize Rules Fully Functional
  • New Gameplay Features
    
    • Five New Game Rules Fully Functional
    • One New Prize Rule Fully Functional
    • AI More Intelligent Than FF8
      • Utilizes All Active Rules for Best Move
    • Every Rule Combination Won't Conflict
    • Manually or Randomly Set Rules
    • Unlimited Concurrent Matches
  • User Matches
    
    • Limit Levels of Cards
    • Set Wagers
  • AI Matches
    
    • Set Level of Difficulty
    • Points Admissions and Prizes
    • Limit Uses Through ACP
• Card Aquisition
  
  • Simple Purchase Process With Alert
  • Easy Inventory Management
  • Dynamic Card Catalog
  • Extras Can Be Resold
• User Interaction
  
  • Helpful Links
    • View Inventory
    • Statistics
    • Challenges
  • Trades
    
    • Donations
    • Your Own Cards
    • Point Offers
• Stadium
  
  • Browse Matches
    • Comprehensive Search
  • Statistics
    
    • Match Leaderboard
    • Hack Usage
  • Links to Everything
  • Existing Match Jump
• Admin Control Panel
  
  • Configure Game Settings
    • Integrate With Any Points System
    • Set Limits for Everything
    • Disable Certain PM Alerts
  • Card and Match Manager
    
    • Edit and Delete Existing Cards
    • Upload New Cards
      • Create Special Unique Usercards
      • Award Users New Cards
    • Restart and Delete Individual Matches
  • Match and Trade Processor
    
    • Consistency
    • Prune for Inactivity
    • Calculate Statistics
• Hack in General
  
  • Exhuastively Bugtested
  • Quick and Easy Installation
  • Integrates With Most Points Systems
  • Complete Control Over Every Aspect
  • Special Formulas for PHP-Illiterate Admins
  • Templates Meld Into vB Style
  • vB Standards PHP and MySQL
  • Concise Descriptions of All Actions

-MANY more which I cannot remember!

Installation:
-Upload a few files, run a couple of them, a small handful of minor file edits, and one template edit. Clean installation should take less than 10 minutes for the average admin. Complete instructions are inside the zip.

Because of attachment limitations, the second set of images is in the second post; CLICK HERE to download this as well.

Upgrade hack version 2.6 to 2.7:
-For upgrade information Please see this post

Upgrade hack version 3.2.5 to 2.6:
-For upgrade information Please see this post

Supplemental Images:
-Additional Screenshots can be found in the second post, CLICK HERE.
-If you are interested in creating new/replacement card images and decks, CLICK HERE. Feel free to submit to me new versions of the base set if you would like them to become the new main set.
-The cardback that is included in vBTripleTriad was selected by my forum in a large contest. If you do not like it, you can CLICK HERE to download the original. Edit it to 105x130 pixels, rename to 'backcard.gif', and upload it to images/triad.

[The Equivocate]

I'm planning on reworking the whole thing to work with professional wrestling, which means deleting all the cards and making whole new ones. My question is... when a pack is given out, are the cards completely random, or does it specifically take a certain percentage/odds of getting each level card? Lets say I just have 50 Level 1 cards and 50 Level 9 cards in my database - when someone buys a pack, are there odds that say 1 out of X times they'll receive a Level 9 card, or does it just give them 10 cards completely at random (expected five Level 1 and five Level 9 cards in the pack)?

[Darkwaltz4]

right now the hack will use a progressively rarer appearance rate as it gets to higher levels, but i think it will error if there are no cards at a particular level (because its hard coded). the new version has definable card packs

[The Equivocate]

Oh, i definitely plan to have cards of every level, that was just for example's sake. I just wanted to be sure that if I had more cards of each level that it wouldn't affect the odds of them appearing in a pack.

When the new version comes out, will it be easy to transfer everything over, or will I have to start from scratch?

[The Equivocate]

A few more questions...

1) How do I give out UC cards? I assume it's something in phpMyAdmin since there's no option for it in the AdminCP.
2) The card catalog (both overall and your own cards) are displayed in order in which they were added to the database; in my case, cards were not added in order of strength so the list is random and kind of confusing. Is there any way to organize the catalog by card level (level 10's at the top, 1's at the bottom of the page)?
3) Is there a way to delete pending match challenges via phpMyAdmin? Since I'm using 3.6 and the updated version provided by someone else, there's a MySQL error when you try and do a lot of match/trade editing or deletion in the AdminCP. Also, does the hack automatically remove a pending match if the challenge is not accepted within a certain timeframe?
4) When selling back cards, the error "
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')' in /home/*********/public_html/pwdiscussion/triad_cards.php(245) : eval()'d code on line 1" is received. This didn't happen at first, it only started happening within the last day and I haven't touched any of the files or anything...


http://www.pwdiscussion.com/triad_main.php is my implementation of the game if anyone wants to check it out.

[Pacman15]

Is this hack compatible with version 3.6.7 ?

[PixelFx]

its currently in development.

[Darkwaltz4]

it will be for vb3.6.* I plan for it to be ready by mid-june if not sooner.

UC cards were an afterthought, and I dont plan to include them in the new version. Maybe as an addon. We will be offering deck building and purchasing systems though, should anyone want decks outside of the classic default. more on this later.

Deleting matches via PHPMyAdmin is not recommended, because there are cards which need to be returned to their owners as well. Any SQL errors are from the porter of the current 3.6 version. The new version will have expiry times for most actions, including making a move during a match.

I am not aiming for the new version to allow conversion with the old version, but I may look into it as an addon at a later point.

[Vegetrunks]

Is there an integrated points system in Triad³?

[Darkwaltz4]

not exactly. i will also be releasing a points script for vb3.7.* which will be automatically integrated with Triad³, although it will still maintain the global integration ability with whatever third party points system you may have (pretty much exactly like it did before, with a little bit of extension). But it wont come bundled with one, no.

[Vegetrunks]

Any news on Triad³?