Major Additions - [DBTech] vBCredits II Deluxe

Darkwaltz4 & DragonByte Technologies are proud to present the much anticipated and long awaited [DBTech] vBCredits II Deluxe

Why [DBTech] vBCredits II Deluxe?

vBCredits II Deluxe is the evolution of the points hack that thousands of vBulletin owners have only been dreaming of. Completely rewritten to incorporate three years of requests and improvements, vBCredits II Deluxe is the pinnacle of simplicity and power for casual activity and serious ecommerce engines alike!

vBCredits II Deluxe is the most advanced and feature rich points system ever created. It is the only points system produced by the creator and coder of vBCredits v1-1.4 ? accept no substitutes from impostors.

Why vBCredits II Deluxe is an evolution of the typical points hack of the last decade

The typical points hack installs a standard column to your user table. You are stuck with it, but if you are lucky you can make it switch entirely to a different one.

While vBC2D installs a standard currency, you are free to remove it, and quickly integrate many third party currencies without any technical knowledge. The whole thing is made to be working with multiple currencies especially when they need to work together and the third parties didn't put in a way for that.

The typical points hack installs a couple actions with hardly any way to disable, modify, or add on to them. How they work is different every time.

vBC2D is built around a modular display and action system so actions come in standard formats with standard attributes. They are easy to break off or install more without bothering the main hack for updates. The standardization allows for global features to be available without the need for repeated coding, as well as exposing an API for third parties - all encouraging widespread support. It also means that no matter who made your third party actionset, the settings will automatically be consistent and support all features.

The typical points hack will just blindly add points to user accounts, leaving abuse wide open.

vBC2D records every single transaction and comes with many powerful anti fraud techniques to prevent abuse and limit their effectiveness. Not only are there several ways to qualify user actions, but also ways of obfuscating the system so it is difficult for users to come up with ways to game the system.

The typical points hack is only for earning.

vBC2D supports charging as well as earning for all actions, making the need for a companion shop optional.

The typical points hack is a cryptic mess of settings and math.

vBC2D has been organized in a linear fashion where all related items are in exactly one place. All options are fully explained and you are only ever shown what is relevant. Even advanced and uncommon settings will not be in your way - unless you specifically want to use them. The system holds your hand and it is easy to see exactly what your settings have done and quickly revert them if needed.

The typical points hack gets bloated once you've set up many options.

vBC2D was written in a way to be scalable yet maintain all of its features. A careful watch over database and code was kept to ensure the least amount of impact at all times. So far three big boards have used vBC2D for several months and reported no change in their performance.

The typical points hack is just the same old thing every few months.

vBCredits 1 was the typical points hack, and I had three years of customer support and requests to know what works and what didn't, and what everyone had wished points hacks would do but it just wasn't happening. Finally, vBC2D was written from the ground up and every single request was included in a unified, ultimate package.

Complete Feature List

vBCredits Core:
Pro-only features in red

• Currencies
  • Unlimited concurrent currencies
  • So far ~20 third party currencies detected
  • Wizard for importing found or custom currencies
  • Wizard for transferring found or custom currencies
  • Set rounding and display order
  • Handling for negative and usergroup viewing permissions
  • Limit maximum earned over any timespan
  • Set relative value and transfer to/from permissions
• Users
  • Target any subset for processing, paginated
  • Directly modify amounts and earn/spend permissions
  • Alter mass amounts with custom formulas based on several stats
  • User links to individual transaction log
  • Recalculate transactions
    • Target any actions over any timespan
    • Prune existing transactions
      • Optional reversal
      • Optional target all time / actions
• Displays - Modular (with actionsets)
  • Uses template hooks and individual templates
  • Set currencies to display
  • Create additional combination field
  • One click enable/disable
• Actions - Modular (with actionsets)
  • Supports categories
  • Supports multipliers
    • Includes standardized size option
  • Supports individual forums
  • Supports recalculation
  • Supports reversals
  • Supports verification links
  • Supports ownership entities
  • Supports cancelation
  • Individual applicable settings
• Events
  • Link action with currency
  • Specify applicable usergroups
  • Charge for any action
    • Select participant for currency actions
  • Best scenario per currency chosen for user
  • Set base amount with optional random addition
  • Send email or PM alerts
    
  • Earn for any action
    • Supports moderation
    • Supports award delay
    • Supports award skipping
    • Limit maximum awarded over any timespan
  • Mix earn / charge currencies on same action
    • Earning discarded if charging fails
  • For applicable actions
    • Specify applicable forums
    • Specify applicable ownership
    • Set reversal amount
    • Set per multiplier and specify max / min bounds
      • Exclude multiplier amount
      • Exclude full amount
      • Stop action
  • One click enable/disable or global switch
• Transactions
  • All events recorded and queued for performance
    • Optional realtime mode
  • Single transaction processed per pageload
    • Optional cron for smaller sites
    • Update Counters function
  • Specify any paginated timespan
  • Drill down by action or user
    • User view allows earn / spend permission and direct amount change
  • Overall totals with comparisons and bar graphs
    • Groupable by usergroup, forum, and/or action
  • Mass moderate or remove, editable notes
• Administrative
  • Admin permissions
  • Intelligent forms display only relevant functions
  • Uncommon or technical features under Advanced buttons
  • Modular API for free third party use
• Public
  • Transaction log, similar to admin version
    • Allow groups to see other users or everyone
  • Richest users for each currency
  • Universal popup panel for seamless currency transfers
    • User suggest and intelligent selections

vBulletin Actionset:

• Displays
  • Dropdown on secondary row in navbar
  • On postbit under post count
  • On profile in section on about me tab
  • Sortable column on memberlist
• Actions
  • Give / Get Reputation
  • Give / Get Infraction
  • Posting / having latest reply
  • Posting in old thread
  • Threads / your threads responded to
  • Thread getting stickied
  • Tagging
  • Viewing threads / having yours viewed
  • Befriending users
  • Give / Get visitor messages
  • Sending PMs
  • Give / Get referrals
  • Entering usergroups
  • Visiting profiles / having yours viewed
  • Polls / voting
  • Rating threads / having yours rated
  • Album images
  • Upload / download attachments
  • Calendar events
  • Adding profile picture / filling out custom fields
  • Someone downloading your attachments
  • Static intervals (paychecks)
  • Birthday
  • General activity on intervals
  • Creating / joining social groups
  • Gaining member to your social group
  • Starting discussion / someone starting discussion in your social group
  • Group discussion post / someone posting in your group discussion

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We appreciate the support!

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Professional version available @ www.DragonByte-Tech.com/forum
Priority support for Lite version is handled at the Developers Website.

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[Darkwaltz4]

Members list - there is one small template edit you need to make described in readme.txt

Postbit markup - I can try adding something in the next version to clean that up, but really it's a PMS "bug"

Adjust action - it only shows on the user that you adjusted

See others' transactions - I have that on the list for next versions

Immediate transactions - I am still investigating the load impact this has and am looking for ways to speed up transactions. The queuing model is to compensate for busy environments with many events.

[EquinoxWorld]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

Members list - there is one small template edit you need to make described in readme.txt

Postbit markup - I can try adding something in the next version to clean that up, but really it's a PMS "bug"

Adjust action - it only shows on the user that you adjusted

See others' transactions - I have that on the list for next versions

Immediate transactions - I am still investigating the load impact this has and am looking for ways to speed up transactions. The queuing model is to compensate for busy environments with many events.

Thanks Darkwaltz, I'll take a closer look at the readme.txt file to get the Members list to show correctly. I hope you can find a workaround or at least give the option in the next release for the user to decide weather they want Immediate transactions or added to the task manager, that way if they have a large board they could opt for the queuing model or if they have a good server and not that large of a board they could have it on cue. Thanks again for all your hard work, this has helped us out tremendously.

EDITED:.Performed the template edit;....works fine and appears in the members list, thank you Dark.

[rule0]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

a post thank you actionset is in development.
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perfect! :up:

[Xencored]

Awesome mod thanks all working now

[TheMayhem]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

Postbit markup - I can try adding something in the next version to clean that up, but really it's a PMS "bug"

Dark's right, it is a Point Market bug not a vbcredit bug. I tried to address it in the next version of the Market coming out soon. In the mean time you can just disable the plugins related to postbit or member and it will stop what your experiencing without removing total functionality.

[EquinoxWorld]

Originally Posted by TheMayhem

Dark's right, it is a Point Market bug not a vbcredit bug. I tried to address it in the next version of the Market coming out soon. In the mean time you can just disable the plugins related to postbit or member and it will stop what your experiencing without removing total functionality.

Good to know Mayhem. What I did was give the option to the members who have custom colors for their usernames in the postbit to either keep them and just erase the markup and leave the username in the transaction pop-up or to revert their usernames colors to default. Thanks again for the update Mayhem.

[balkanboy]

sorry just having trouble finding anyway to update everyone on the forum's credit to rebuild and to check how many posts they have added to automatically set credits depending on number of posts?

[Darkwaltz4]

The user manager in vBC2D lets you recalculate - the controls for it appear after you target a group of users and then click the show advanced options button. The list of users also display their post counts for easy reference when setting events (needs to be done prior to recalculation). If you have any questions please let me know!

[hcmls.net]

I dont know, I want members must pay credits before they view thread, but they still view dont need pay, this most only show "-" value on their pro5. How must I config?

[EquinoxWorld]

Hello Dark, can this be confirmed as compatible with 4.0.5?

Maybe this fixes an issue we have been having with transactions. For example I transfer from one account to another, The beli get's discounted from the credits account but never adds in the savings account. It leaves but it never get's there. This has happen a few number of times, I am unaware if this has to do with the mod itself or vb or server side, I just feel I need to report it in case someone else has had this. This upgrade to vb4.0.5 fixes as a main memcache bug among others, which could be the culprit of our issues. Please let me know if there has been any recurrences to diminish possibilities. Thank you very much for your time.