Major Additions - [DBTech] vBCredits II Deluxe

Darkwaltz4 & DragonByte Technologies are proud to present the much anticipated and long awaited [DBTech] vBCredits II Deluxe

Why [DBTech] vBCredits II Deluxe?

vBCredits II Deluxe is the evolution of the points hack that thousands of vBulletin owners have only been dreaming of. Completely rewritten to incorporate three years of requests and improvements, vBCredits II Deluxe is the pinnacle of simplicity and power for casual activity and serious ecommerce engines alike!

vBCredits II Deluxe is the most advanced and feature rich points system ever created. It is the only points system produced by the creator and coder of vBCredits v1-1.4 ? accept no substitutes from impostors.

Why vBCredits II Deluxe is an evolution of the typical points hack of the last decade

The typical points hack installs a standard column to your user table. You are stuck with it, but if you are lucky you can make it switch entirely to a different one.

While vBC2D installs a standard currency, you are free to remove it, and quickly integrate many third party currencies without any technical knowledge. The whole thing is made to be working with multiple currencies especially when they need to work together and the third parties didn't put in a way for that.

The typical points hack installs a couple actions with hardly any way to disable, modify, or add on to them. How they work is different every time.

vBC2D is built around a modular display and action system so actions come in standard formats with standard attributes. They are easy to break off or install more without bothering the main hack for updates. The standardization allows for global features to be available without the need for repeated coding, as well as exposing an API for third parties - all encouraging widespread support. It also means that no matter who made your third party actionset, the settings will automatically be consistent and support all features.

The typical points hack will just blindly add points to user accounts, leaving abuse wide open.

vBC2D records every single transaction and comes with many powerful anti fraud techniques to prevent abuse and limit their effectiveness. Not only are there several ways to qualify user actions, but also ways of obfuscating the system so it is difficult for users to come up with ways to game the system.

The typical points hack is only for earning.

vBC2D supports charging as well as earning for all actions, making the need for a companion shop optional.

The typical points hack is a cryptic mess of settings and math.

vBC2D has been organized in a linear fashion where all related items are in exactly one place. All options are fully explained and you are only ever shown what is relevant. Even advanced and uncommon settings will not be in your way - unless you specifically want to use them. The system holds your hand and it is easy to see exactly what your settings have done and quickly revert them if needed.

The typical points hack gets bloated once you've set up many options.

vBC2D was written in a way to be scalable yet maintain all of its features. A careful watch over database and code was kept to ensure the least amount of impact at all times. So far three big boards have used vBC2D for several months and reported no change in their performance.

The typical points hack is just the same old thing every few months.

vBCredits 1 was the typical points hack, and I had three years of customer support and requests to know what works and what didn't, and what everyone had wished points hacks would do but it just wasn't happening. Finally, vBC2D was written from the ground up and every single request was included in a unified, ultimate package.

Complete Feature List

vBCredits Core:
Pro-only features in red

• Currencies
  • Unlimited concurrent currencies
  • So far ~20 third party currencies detected
  • Wizard for importing found or custom currencies
  • Wizard for transferring found or custom currencies
  • Set rounding and display order
  • Handling for negative and usergroup viewing permissions
  • Limit maximum earned over any timespan
  • Set relative value and transfer to/from permissions
• Users
  • Target any subset for processing, paginated
  • Directly modify amounts and earn/spend permissions
  • Alter mass amounts with custom formulas based on several stats
  • User links to individual transaction log
  • Recalculate transactions
    • Target any actions over any timespan
    • Prune existing transactions
      • Optional reversal
      • Optional target all time / actions
• Displays - Modular (with actionsets)
  • Uses template hooks and individual templates
  • Set currencies to display
  • Create additional combination field
  • One click enable/disable
• Actions - Modular (with actionsets)
  • Supports categories
  • Supports multipliers
    • Includes standardized size option
  • Supports individual forums
  • Supports recalculation
  • Supports reversals
  • Supports verification links
  • Supports ownership entities
  • Supports cancelation
  • Individual applicable settings
• Events
  • Link action with currency
  • Specify applicable usergroups
  • Charge for any action
    • Select participant for currency actions
  • Best scenario per currency chosen for user
  • Set base amount with optional random addition
  • Send email or PM alerts
    
  • Earn for any action
    • Supports moderation
    • Supports award delay
    • Supports award skipping
    • Limit maximum awarded over any timespan
  • Mix earn / charge currencies on same action
    • Earning discarded if charging fails
  • For applicable actions
    • Specify applicable forums
    • Specify applicable ownership
    • Set reversal amount
    • Set per multiplier and specify max / min bounds
      • Exclude multiplier amount
      • Exclude full amount
      • Stop action
  • One click enable/disable or global switch
• Transactions
  • All events recorded and queued for performance
    • Optional realtime mode
  • Single transaction processed per pageload
    • Optional cron for smaller sites
    • Update Counters function
  • Specify any paginated timespan
  • Drill down by action or user
    • User view allows earn / spend permission and direct amount change
  • Overall totals with comparisons and bar graphs
    • Groupable by usergroup, forum, and/or action
  • Mass moderate or remove, editable notes
• Administrative
  • Admin permissions
  • Intelligent forms display only relevant functions
  • Uncommon or technical features under Advanced buttons
  • Modular API for free third party use
• Public
  • Transaction log, similar to admin version
    • Allow groups to see other users or everyone
  • Richest users for each currency
  • Universal popup panel for seamless currency transfers
    • User suggest and intelligent selections

vBulletin Actionset:

• Displays
  • Dropdown on secondary row in navbar
  • On postbit under post count
  • On profile in section on about me tab
  • Sortable column on memberlist
• Actions
  • Give / Get Reputation
  • Give / Get Infraction
  • Posting / having latest reply
  • Posting in old thread
  • Threads / your threads responded to
  • Thread getting stickied
  • Tagging
  • Viewing threads / having yours viewed
  • Befriending users
  • Give / Get visitor messages
  • Sending PMs
  • Give / Get referrals
  • Entering usergroups
  • Visiting profiles / having yours viewed
  • Polls / voting
  • Rating threads / having yours rated
  • Album images
  • Upload / download attachments
  • Calendar events
  • Adding profile picture / filling out custom fields
  • Someone downloading your attachments
  • Static intervals (paychecks)
  • Birthday
  • General activity on intervals
  • Creating / joining social groups
  • Gaining member to your social group
  • Starting discussion / someone starting discussion in your social group
  • Group discussion post / someone posting in your group discussion

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If you like our modification, Please nominate it for Mod of the Month!
We appreciate the support!

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Professional version available @ www.DragonByte-Tech.com/forum
Priority support for Lite version is handled at the Developers Website.

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[mattpist]

how do you uninstall this? i get database errors when uninstalling:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.5:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM vb_credits_display WHERE displayid IN ('postbit', 'memberlist', 'navbar', 'profile');

MySQL Error   : Table 'squattheplanet.vb_credits_display' doesn't exist
Error Number  : 1146
Request Date  : Wednesday, July 28th 2010 @ 04:39:43 PM
Error Date    : Wednesday, July 28th 2010 @ 04:39:43 PM
Script        : http://squattheplanet.com/community/admincp/plugin.php?do=productkill
Referrer      : http://squattheplanet.com/community/admincp/plugin.php?do=productdelete&productid=credits_vbulletin&s=
IP Address    : 69.20.181.226
Username      : Matt Pist
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.39-log

[kartik786]

any plans of integrating this with facebook credits?

[Darkwaltz4]

Originally Posted by x9751

After i made an event to give my users Credits when ever they posted one of them informed me their was a glitch (i had to threaten to IP ban him if he didn't tell me) and to get credits without posting they can edit one of their post and click save and it gives them more. How do i fix that?

Originally Posted by Sarcoth

Ahhh. That may explain it then. I have a couple users stating that they have more credits than they should. And, I went through their transaction log and I am noticing that problem. One of my users have 23 credits and their transactions say they should only have 9 credits.

Both of you need to set negation amounts on the post events. The way it works is that during editing, it negates the event and then reissues it, so that any different in credits will be realized. So if you didnt put a negation, then you effectively get a new reward by just editing your post.

Originally Posted by Sarcoth

Oooo, oooo! I got another suggestion. For the transferring of credits to someone else, the admin can set a charge to the users sending the credits, receiving, or both. In addition to that, can we have something that allows us not only to charge an certain amount, but a percentage of the amount sent? For instance, I'd like to set mine up to charge 5 credits to the sender as a flat rate when sending credits to someone else. Then, on top of that, I want them to get charged an additional, say 5% on the amount they send.

You can already do this. Set the event to Charge, then if you put a value on the Donate Amount = flat fee, Currency Amount = percentage fee (entered as a decimal). both work together, and you select who to apply it to (sender or receiver). You could, if you wanted, also award for donating at the same time

Originally Posted by mattpist

how do you uninstall this? i get database errors when uninstalling:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.5:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM vb_credits_display WHERE displayid IN ('postbit', 'memberlist', 'navbar', 'profile');

MySQL Error   : Table 'squattheplanet.vb_credits_display' doesn't exist
Error Number  : 1146
Request Date  : Wednesday, July 28th 2010 @ 04:39:43 PM
Error Date    : Wednesday, July 28th 2010 @ 04:39:43 PM
Script        : http://squattheplanet.com/community/admincp/plugin.php?do=productkill
Referrer      : http://squattheplanet.com/community/admincp/plugin.php?do=productdelete&productid=credits_vbulletin&s=
IP Address    : 69.20.181.226
Username      : Matt Pist
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.39-log

Import the product for vbcredits again, then run the uninstall. Looks like you are missing a table somehow, but importing will restore that for you so you can complete the uninstall. Let me know how that goes.

Originally Posted by kartik786

any plans of integrating this with facebook credits?

Where is that?

[Darkwaltz4]

Originally Posted by Linux123

How do I make a savings currency?

In the currency manager, create a new one, and call it whatever you want. For the column, put something like credits_saved. An interest action will be implemented for the pro version on the next update

Originally Posted by Sarcoth

Very cool, I like the addition of buying credits via paypal and redemption codes. How about the same with the Subscription Manager. For instance, adding an extra column to the Cost table at the bottom of the subscription (access via the Subscription Manager). See attached screenshot.

If credits are added via the subscription, then the number of credits should be included in the subscription dropdown (accessed via Settings -> Paid Subscriptions). See attached screenshot.

Something like that will be available, however altering that subscription page is difficult without making you do file edits.

Originally Posted by Sarcoth

I'd like to request some integration with ibProArcade if you can. I know we had it working back in 3.6. If you don't do this with the main release, any chance for a separate addon like the older version?

I'd post this over at DragonByte, but sadly I can't get there from work anymore.

I am working on integrations with the arcade, but that one will need many file edits

Originally Posted by ProSportsForums

Here is an odd error: The mod works fine excepting it is producing this error when I manually run the RSS feed manager ...

RSS Poster Robot


Fatal error: Call to a member function escape_string() on a non-object in /home/content/58/6028658/html/dbtech/credits/credits_core.php on line 297

I have logged this bug in our bug tracker. You can see its progress here, or add your comments if they would be helpful. I will also post instructions to fix there if they are easy enough:
http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/project.php?issueid=362

Originally Posted by TNERatedEdge

vBookie integration in a few days?!

Yes!!

almost have this ready - thanks for the patience everyone!

[Darkwaltz4]

vBookie Actionset now available free here: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/threa...tionset?p=7001

[merk_aus]

Thanks for that mate installing now

[ayam]

the addition of buying credits via paypal and redemption codes is what i'm looking for from many epoint systems

however, if you can add more payment processor, like liberty reserve or anything more else, will worth a try for some of us.

[Darkwaltz4]

Purchasing credits through payment processors, and redemption features are both pro only; see the website in my sig for details, where you can also submit your suggestions for other services like LR.

[Sarcoth]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

Both of you need to set negation amounts on the post events. The way it works is that during editing, it negates the event and then reissues it, so that any different in credits will be realized. So if you didnt put a negation, then you effectively get a new reward by just editing your post.

I do have negation amounts set. Maybe this was not the cause, but some of my members have more points than the transaction log shows them to have. Just out of curiousity, what point values do you use for post amount and character amount? I am using 1 pt for post and .001 for characters. Could the number of decimals cause an issue.

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

You can already do this. Set the event to Charge, then if you put a value on the Donate Amount = flat fee, Currency Amount = percentage fee (entered as a decimal). both work together, and you select who to apply it to (sender or receiver). You could, if you wanted, also award for donating at the same time

Well look at that. Always learning something new. Thanks.

[Darkwaltz4]

Sarcoth, are you sure you are using the latest version? Says you havent downloaded if you got it from dbt, probably best to post support questions there for faster responses.

Yes, rounding can play a role in that, so long as the difference is very small. I dont set any default point values and havent figured out any personally everyone has their own idea of the economy they want to promote.