Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Miserable Users

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

The ever popular "miserable users" hack for vb 3.8.

Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. This version is based on the vb 3.7 version. Credit to Zzed for the original idea.

When classed as miserable, a member suffers ;

1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).
2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).
3. A chance that no search facilities will be available (75% by default).
4. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
5. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).
6. Post flood limit increased by a defined factor (10 times by default).
7. If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above options are set in the vBulletin Options.

To install this hack simply download the xml file to your pc and then import it into vbulletin as a product - then create your 'miserable users' usergroup and set the value of this group, and your preferred other settings, in the hacks settings area (vBulletin Oprions > Miserable Users). To make a member suffer just edit their profile to add them to the miserable users group (it will work as either the primary group or as a secondary group).


History:

v3.8.001 - Initial vB 3.8 release.

[LEGS]

Will this work for VB3.8.4?

[Paul M]

Yes.

[Fok you]

I love this hack thanks man.

[fortforum]

Got this error on install:

A conflict was detected in the bitfields. You cannot continue with the installation of this product until this has been fixed. The conflicts found were:

* Bitfield Collision: credits_cantearn = prefixrequired

Any ideas?

[Paul M]

Yes, its nothing to do with this. You have two mods installed that are clashing.

Whenever you install a mod vb runs a bitfield check, and its failing.

[l_amhed]

Hi !

Thanks for this hack, which is very usefull, I love the idea.
This morning I ran a test and it appears that each time I put someone in the "miserable" usergroup the display of the username (postbit legacy) is broken. It's written :

vbmenu_register("postmenu_XXXXX", true);

instead of the nickname.

Maybe it's a problem with another hack I'm testing, but the fact is I don't know where to search. I tried to add an

AND $userinfo['userid'] == XXX

with the ID of a member in the miserable group or even put

AND $userinfo['usergroupid'] == XXX

with the good usergroup ID, in the condition of the postbit legacy but it fails.

(my version 3.8.0)

[Paul M]

Im afraid I dont really understand your issue or what you are trying to do.

[Maverick92]

This thing is the bomb. <3

[adwade]

Originally Posted by stabmyback

This is pretty much my all time favorite hack.

Thank you!

Ditto! Of ALL the MODs I've ever used, I've never had a single problem with any of PaulM's modifications and this particular one just warms my heart to the core.

Having run a TeleGard BBS back in the pre-internet communication era with similar features to this MOD, I was SO PLEASED when I tripped across it.

Kudos PaulM on all your jobs, which are VERY well done! :up:

[onealien]

mwuahahahahaha...love it...*evil grin*

installed and activateddddd....lol