Started doing my first if...else chain in 2004, and released my first major vBulletin modification in August 2004 with the first version of the RPG Integration Hack.
Id like to recommend novice as well as more experienced hack writers to avoid whenever possible to have the "replace with" instruction in your readme.
For instance, I am as we speak installing a mod where the author wants me to replace the entire "$globaltemplates" array with something, and the only real modification made is ONE line added to the end.
While this might be useful on an unhacked board, this would not be good on mine since I already got about 4 hacks installed interfering with said variable and its replace instruction.
Of course, most of you experienced hack installers or writerts might say "Bah, any dumass is clever enough to pick out the important bit and add it if theres conflicts!".
Remember, we have newbies among us. Hell we all were newbies once.
So my small tip is:
Unless your hack modifies large parts of ONE single bit of coding (example: the $posts query for the RPG hack), then please use "Add below" or "Add above"
Hear Hear! I've been silently thinking the same thing for a long time.I love vbulletin, but their thought on making life easy for the hackersis, well, let's say insufficient. I don't want to criticize thembecause they do so much right, but vb3 was even worse than vb2. The bitsystem made it less extendable.
Hear Hear! I've been silently thinking the same thing for a long time.I love vbulletin, but their thought on making life easy for the hackersis, well, let's say insufficient. I don't want to criticize thembecause they do so much right, but vb3 was even worse than vb2. The bitsystem made it less extendable.
1. You are determining age by date on the thread, which I didn't even look at. It was on page 2 of Modification Hints and Tips which isn't that old in my book.
2. I only just read it now.
3. Why not? Is the thread no longer relevant?
I suppose it still is, however the HTL had its day and was never overly in favor, a new system the HIS has come into exsistance and is not widely used but is gaining favor.
I didn't know that. I probably wouldn't use any external system,neither as a hack writer or one who uses it. Why invest in somethingthat won't be integrated into vbulletin? This idea would only havevalidity imho if it was built into vbulletin. Or at the very leastactively acknowledged by the developers and built around, along withsanction and cooperation by vb.org. For example, specs by/sanctioned byvb.org, and all hacks to be accepted need to be compatible.
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