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]

Yeah - I just made that change on mine - and it started throwing errors, bu tthe original is OK.

What is your MySQL version?

Any MySQL folk able to see what could be wrong with the query
SHOW Columns FROM user WHERE Field = "vbookie_cash"; ?

In the mean time Arved you could just not use the vCash utils section and make the changes manually - it wouldn't affect any otehr area of vBookie

[dartho]

One other suggestion - change that line to
[s]WHERE field = "'. TABLE_PREFIX . 'user.vbookie_cash"
I wouldn;t havce thought it was necessary, but you never know ...[/s]

Edit : No that wouldn't work either.

[Arved Yagami]

Why me?

SQL version is 4.1.21-standard

[TimberFloorAu]

Wouldnt be old xml files residning on the server from previous upgrades would it, including old db

[Arved Yagami]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

Wouldnt be old xml files residning on the server from previous upgrades would it, including old db

Dont think so, its my first installation of vBookie in this DB. How can I check any conflictive file or XML?
I guess the problem is just my admin file.

[dartho]

It wouldn;t be anything to do with the installation...

Whilst MySQL 4.1.21 is supported, it is quite old now. If you (or your host) are up for any maintenance, and upgrade may be worthwhile? I don't know if this will fix the issue, but would *guess* it does.

Minimum Requirements: vBulletin is designed to run on every server that has PHP 5.2 or greater and MySQL 4.1.0 or greater installed.

It is recommended to use PHP 5.2.6, or later and MySQL 5.0.19 or later.

[Boots]

So what's the consensus, is this running well for people?

[ProFifaLeagues]

yes mate running a1 here!

[w-elbalad.com]

nice work

[Arved Yagami]

Originally Posted by dartho

It wouldn;t be anything to do with the installation...

Whilst MySQL 4.1.21 is supported, it is quite old now. If you (or your host) are up for any maintenance, and upgrade may be worthwhile? I don't know if this will fix the issue, but would *guess* it does.

Gotta ask my hosting to upgrade.

Thanx.