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

[jonty]

fantastic <clicks install> :up:

[GreigM]

How can we change the starting value for vcash? I am sure it was a DB query on the old mod would it still be the same?

Also on the main forum display a vbookie thread displays the poll icon, thread view shows the vbookie icon, would that be able to be changed?

Also when a bet is settled it does not seem to give the details of who won etc



other than that all seems great, so nice to see this mod back, thanks :-)

[dartho]

Originally Posted by ti07shadow

There is a template issue in alignment.
the private betting check mark is on the far left while the rest is centered.

As an initial release, there are bound to be a few things like this. I'll look into this.

Originally Posted by GreigM

How can we change the starting value for vcash? I am sure it was a DB query on the old mod would it still be the same?

The DB query would be the same, as the DB structure is the same. If you find it before I get around to looking, post it here and I'll link to it in the first post and try and implement at some time.

Originally Posted by GreigM

Also on the main forum display a vbookie thread displays the poll icon, thread view shows the vbookie icon, would that be able to be changed?

I see that - I'll look into it. :up:

I've notice one or two other "small things" which I'll fix up soon also.

[dartho]

actually - the small things are a little obtrusive, although they won;t affect any data - just look odd to your users, I'll fix up tonight (next few hours) and get a new release out.

If you want to manually get rid of the most obvious one in the mean time, edit the vbookie_eventresults_table template, scroll to the end and you'll see a table with data such as "Hello World" etc. Delete that whole table block

To see who won, click on the winning "Outcome" in the thread

[GreigM]

Originally Posted by msu2k

For people wondering how to reset all user's vCash to 500, you need to execute this SQL query:

UPDATE user SET vbookie_cash=500;

If you totally want to clear all past events as well, execute these SQL queries:

DELETE FROM vbookie_news;
DELETE FROM vbookie_bets_placed;
DELETE FROM vbookie_item_options;
DELETE FROM vbookie_items;
DELETE FROM vbookie_groups;

Run these at your own risk...you may want to backup your DB first before running them. I run these once each year and have not had any problems with them.

from the old thread, just ran it on my install and it set everyone to 1000 which is what I set the vcash too

edit: actually this will work for members currently registered but anyone new would still start with 500, would it be possible to add a admincp option to set the default vcash value? I guess the 500 default is set in the xml import, maybe we could just change it in there?

[TimberFloorAu]

Note:

The postbit icon isnt displaying for us.

Also wish to change title of navbar menu name from vbookie to The Bookies

[TimberFloorAu]

Okies Icon is displaying lol ( thought it would be in the postbit ...duhhh)

Ste

btw love the roman numerals postcount on twf

[dartho]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

Also wish to change title of navbar menu name from vbookie to The Bookies

Edit the vbookie_navbar_link template and change the 2 occurences (currently on 3rd line and 2nd last lines) of {vb:rawphrase vbookie} with what you want...

Other wise you can just change teh phrase "vbookie" to be what you want and this will change all occurences

btw love the roman numerals postcount on twf

see here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=222213 Should work under 4.0 also :up:

[dartho]

Originally Posted by GreigM

edit: actually this will work for members currently registered but anyone new would still start with 500, would it be possible to add a admincp option to set the default vcash value? I guess the 500 default is set in the xml import, maybe we could just change it in there?

You could edit your database with phpmyadmin and set teh default value for user.vbookie_cash then all new users will start with the default

[TimberFloorAu]

Changed navbar link plugin to:

if (defined('The Bookies') )
{ 
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab'] = 'The Bookies'; 
} 
$template_hook['navtab_middle'] .= vB_Template::create('vbookie_navbar_link')->render();

Didnt change anything. Will look at phrases