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

[literatestylish]

Does the person who starts the thread have to make the payouts?

[Wseries]

Originally Posted by literatestylish

Does the person who starts the thread have to make the payouts?

No, anyone in the usergroup which has permissions to do so can settle the event. I would recommend keeping that group to a smallest number possible. vBookie does not have an undo function so if you make an error when settling an event you are basically screwed.

[dartho]

Originally Posted by Wseries

Having an eye for detail I've just noticed the required template edit for the new vBookie doesn't quite match the new styling of vBulletin 4. So with much respect to the author of this mod I've updated it to match. To see the differences view the before and after pics I've attached to this post. Be aware I changed the 'yes_post_a_vbookieevent_thread' phrase on my forum in the after shot.

Here is the code:

		<vb:if condition="$show['vbookieevent']">
		<fieldset class="blockrow">
			<legend>{vb:rawphrase vbookie}</legend>
				<dl class="group dep_group">
					<dt>
						<label for="cb_postvbookieevent">
							{vb:rawphrase yes_post_a_vbookieevent_thread} 
						</label>
					</dt>
					<dd class="rightcol">
						<label for="cb_postvbookieevent">
					<input type="checkbox" name="postvbookieevent" value="yes" id="cb_postvbookieevent" tabindex="1" {vb:raw checked.postvbookieevent} class="dep_ctrl" /> 
					</dd>
				</dl>
		</fieldset>
		</vb:if>

Dartho I hope you don't mind?

I think you will find that is because you are not using the default style and your code changes will only be useful to people using teh same style you are

Here's a default screen shot:

[Wseries]

Originally Posted by dartho

I think you will find that is because you are not using the default style and your code changes will only be useful to people using teh same style you are

But I am using the default style dartho. Well, at least I think I am! I only have one style that I've made all my customisations to and it's called 'vB4 Default Style'. So now your screenshot has got me wondering what's going on. Perhaps it had something to do with my recent upgrade to vB4?

[dartho]

Although I just this minute upgraded from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 and you are correct - they've changed the style around in 4.0.2.

Thanks!

Sounds like you've edited your default style, which is OK - but it means you can no longer view what it looks like out of the box - which often is useful as a sanity check.

Just add a new style with no parent and call it "vBulletin Original" and it will be the vbulletin default style unmodified.

[Wseries]

You're welcome dartho. Just noticed something else I think needs to be looked at though. In previous versions of vBookie, on the showthread page, there was a notice above an events outcomes and odds that went along the line of "{1}You may bet on this event. You have x cash and have placed x bet(s) on this Event. {2}You may bet more than once on this Event." Obviously {1} and {2} are updated to reflect the correct permissions.

Anyway, any chance you could include this in a future update please? As it stands a member doesn't know how much vCash they have to bet with when viewing an event.

[dartho]

see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...01#post1965601 for adding vcash balance

[ed: actually, I have implemented the above from wseries' post- will add in next release]

[iamme1]

by chance does anyone know if this will work w/ vbulletin 3.6.x ?

[mandingo]

Not sure if this has been covered. went to edit event to add new options to an existing bookie and it won't let me save it.

This thread already has a vBookie event attached to it

[dartho]

Sorry, that is a wee bug which is fixed in teh next version when I get around to releasing. To fix manually in the mean time:

Edit vBookie.php and at line 1763 add:

$templater->register('item_id', $item_id);

which should be just after

PHP Code:

    // Main page content
$templater = vB_Template::create('vbookie_new_event');