Add-On Releases - vBookie for vBulletin 4

Please See the first post for a F.A.Q.
I will endevour to link to useful posts within this thread there as I spot them. You should check there before posting issues etc.

This is a port of vBookie for vBulletin 3.5 by Andreas which was a port of vBookie - vBulletin Betting Hack by tjdrico. Permission was given by tjdrico to port this.

vBookie is a 'bookmakers' or betting extension to vBulletin. It enables authorised members to post Events and Outcomes that forum members can bet on. Each Outcome has its own set of odds, and odds can be modified through the life of an Event (bets that are placed are stored with the prevailing odds, so even if the odds change, your users are paid at the correct rate).

Once the results are known, Events can be settled and forums members awarded their winnings.

vBookie uses its own vCash by default, but this has no more use than as 'bragging rights'.

Although vBookie does not have any built-in facility to integrate with any other store hacks, it's a very simple job to hack vBookie itself to integrate it with any store/points system you care to use.

Install Instructions
1. Unzip product file
2. Upload files from 'Upload' folder to your forum
3. Install product XML
[S]4. Edit "newthread" template as per readme.txt ionstructions[/S]
5. Set usergroup permissions
6. Set vBookie settings
7. Enjoy.
8. Check out Dismounted's Activity Stream addon
9. Click Mark As Installed and Rate

Upgrade instructions
same as above, but undo edits made in point 4 if upgrading from pre 4.0.7! (see readme.txt for more info)

Version Control
4.0.0 (19 Jan '10 ) - Initial Release
4.0.1 (21 Jan '10 ) - Removed some junk from templates, added enable private bets option
4.0.2 (24 Jan '10 ) - fixed options for hiding vcash, added some more stuff to teh settings screen, added some vCash utilities (reset balances, give to everyone, set default balance) and fixed some template bugs.
4.0.3 (25 Jan '10) - fixed bugs I introduced in 4.0.2 see post #109
4.0.4 (25 Jan '10) - fixed time zone not being saved, can delete events, + plus a couple other things.
4.0.5 (Australia Day '10) - no longer uses bitfields for permissions, fixed vCash display, fixed stats page error
4.0.6 (27 Jan '10) - fixed TABLE PREFIX issue in vBookie stats page
4.0.7 (23 Mar '10) - fixed redirect bug when editing events, fixed display of cash holdings in events, added plugin to make template mods (no template mods needed now) and updated code to 4.0.2 standards, added hooks for vbcredits integration.
NOTE 0- if upgrading from pre 4.0.7, you will need to eitehr revert your "newthread" temp[late, or manually undo template edits as there is now a plugin which does this for you. Check teh readme.txt in the archive for more info.
4.0.8 (31 May '10) - hopefully fixed bug with updating number of outcomes when editing events. To upgrade from previous version (4.0.7) just overwrite vbookie.php
4.0.9 (25 July 10) - Added ability to select Reputation points for currency. Phrased had coded text. Fixed bug in displaying vCash balance in postbit.
4.2.0 (21 August 12) Added in navigation manager Code for vBulletin 4.2, disabled old nav plugin
4.2.1 (24 January 13) Added missing template, fixed Nav code, fixed some small bugs

[dartho]

Originally Posted by LgsOfChampions

is there a way to fix this? It messes my site up

Looks like you fixed it?

[1320Nation]

Originally Posted by dartho

You would need to know those numbers mean (which I don't) but I just looked at a betting site which had this to say:



So taking your example of:
Glover Teixeira (-440) vs. Ryan Bader (+350)

You would risk $440 in order to win $100 if you bet on Teixeira and you would risk $100 in order to win $350 by if betting on Bader.

To convert this to odds, just reverse the numbers. "100 to 1" means win 100 for every 1 bet, so using that based on the information above would give us:

Odds for Teixeira to win would be 100 to 440 (Win 100 for every 440 bet)
Odds for Baden to win would be 350 to 100 (win 350 for every 100 bet)

Thanks for the response. So based on that, would you then enter the odds as....
Teixeira to win "1 to 4.5"
Bader to win "3.5 to 1"

Also is anything you know of that can simplify setting up say all the weeks scheduled NFL game's?

[dartho]

Yep - although I can't remember if vbookie takes decimals, if not 2 to 9 and 7 to 2 would be the same as "1 to 4.5" and "3.5 to 1". That being said, "100 to 440" is totally valid, and possibly looks more "right" to those that are familiar with odds in the -440 / + 350 format

No easy way to set up the weekly schedules, other than get someone else to do it On my site I have the normal moderators AND I also created a "bookmakers" group with the permissions necessary to do the vbookie stuff.

[LgsOfChampions]

Originally Posted by dartho

Looks like you fixed it?

nope! here is link, scroll to bottom when u get a chance....thanks

http://www.leaguesofchampions.com/vbookie.php

[EasyEazy]

Originally Posted by LgsOfChampions

nope! here is link, scroll to bottom when u get a chance....thanks

http://www.leaguesofchampions.com/vbookie.php

Had an issue with my template a while back. I tried this

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=846

Not sure if it will work for you though.

[kylek]

Did a quick search but found nothing.

On a site I have just set vbookie up to use vcash and everything looks like its working however when I place a bet, and click bet now, the page refreshes and the bet does not show, and it also does not show in the vcash postbit display as removed.

Now after doing another refresh then the bet shows and the proper amount of vcash shows. Same with settling a bet, you select winner, click on settle, it doesn't show bet settled until you do another refresh and then it shows as settled.

Is this the way its supposed to work or should it update bets, vcash amounts, etc without having to do extra page refreshes?

[dartho]

No - that's not how it's meant to happen. Sounds like your database is slow to be updated, or that there is some caching going on either in your browser or server ?

[dartho]

Originally Posted by LgsOfChampions

nope! here is link, scroll to bottom when u get a chance....thanks

http://www.leaguesofchampions.com/vbookie.php

Try EasyEazy's suggestion

Originally Posted by EasyEazy

Had an issue with my template a while back. I tried this

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=846

Not sure if it will work for you though.

[1320Nation]

Originally Posted by dartho

Yep - although I can't remember if vbookie takes decimals, if not 2 to 9 and 7 to 2 would be the same as "1 to 4.5" and "3.5 to 1". That being said, "100 to 440" is totally valid, and possibly looks more "right" to those that are familiar with odds in the -440 / + 350 format

No easy way to set up the weekly schedules, other than get someone else to do it On my site I have the normal moderators AND I also created a "bookmakers" group with the permissions necessary to do the vbookie stuff.

Great and again thanks for the info.

Do you know of a method that can simplify setting up say all the weeks scheduled NFL game's? Or do we have to enter them individually as it appears?

[kylek]

Originally Posted by dartho

No - that's not how it's meant to happen. Sounds like your database is slow to be updated, or that there is some caching going on either in your browser or server ?

Thanks Dartho for the quick reply. We have xcache set on the server so that could be why its not updating right away, will see if thats the culprit.

Edited: found out its firefox cache thats doing it, works in chrome and IE instantly, now have to figure out what to do with firefox.