vB3 Pets

vB3 Pets v1.0
by AutomatikStudio and others

+What This Hack Does+
This hack gives your users the option to have their very own furry little pets. Posting on your boards is what keeps them alive!

+Installation+
+ Queries - 4
+ File edits - 3 files
+ Template Additions - 1
+ Template Edits - 2
+ Image Uploads

+UPDATE+
+Thanks to Link14716, your selections stay selected after your users save them in their profiles. The ZIP file has been updated with the new code. Or if you just want the code then check out THIS post.
+IF YOUR HACK HAS THE ANIMAL 'CATEPILLER' MAKE SURE YOU FIX THE SPELLING ERROR!! Silly me, I misspelled the word 'catepiller'. You need to update /includes/functions_showthread.php and the MODIFYPROFILE template from the word 'catepillar' to 'catepiller' with an E.

*Note: I no longer support this mod in any form or fashion. Please don't PM me with questions about it.

[JackG]

This was a great hack until the creator aboned us. We take the time to install & troubleshoot it.. then we tell our members how great it is and how it will be better.. then this dude just Quits with some lame excuse. Anyways.. Hopefully someone else can take over it because it was good..and our members wanted more..

[AutomatikStudio]

Originally Posted by JackG

This was a great hack until the creator aboned us. We take the time to install & troubleshoot it.. then we tell our members how great it is and how it will be better.. then this dude just Quits with some lame excuse. Anyways.. Hopefully someone else can take over it because it was good..and our members wanted more..

I swear Jack...you are pushing my buttons. First off, you act like this was some huge hack...it has 3 small file edits and 3 template edits. Hardly a large complicated hack. I didn't force you to install it in the first place. So "take the time to install it" is a stupid excuse at best. Second...DON'T YOU DARE CRITICIZE MY DECISIONS! When you're in my shoes, then I'll give half a crap about anything you have to say. Jack, it's people like you that are bringing vb.org down. You criticize, complain, moan, and demand from coders and NEVER give back. I did my best and took time out of my own busy schedule to convert this hack as well as provide support for it. Heck, I STILL provide support for it. And what do you do? You complain!! I haven't received a dime for my time...and I don't want any money for this. What I wanted to do was contribute to this community. And it was my pleasure to do so...it's my pleasure until ungrateful people such as yourself start thinking that coders owe you something. If you don't like the fact that I don't have time to further this hack (frankly I don't care), here are your optioins: 1) Install the other Pet Hack...it's a good hack...just doesn't have the greatest graphics. or 2) GO AWAY!

[AutomatikStudio]

Originally Posted by Anarchy

So whats happening with this, is there going to be no new versions? will this hack die or will it live on, it looks like a good idea, but if i install it and then it doesn't work in future 3.X.X versions then what is the point????

To answer your question. I'll continue to keep this hack up to date to work with the newest versions of vB. I just don't have any plans to add any major new features.

[JackG]

Josh, this is amazing... you have the time to post away but not the time to develop the hack. On antoher note, it's not people like me who mess it up it;s programmers who do not follow through with their intentions after hyping us up.
Leaving is out in the cold with no new updates. If everyone was like you here then
our forums would be filled with 1/2 ass hacks with none truly complete.

I am not here to insult you but it looks like you are getting insulted at the truth.
What I am sugesting is that you Push On and develop vBpets a little furthur. Heck
you took a great name...it deserves a great hack and nobody can deny that.

[AutomatikStudio]

Originally Posted by JackG

Josh, this is amazing... you have the time to post away but not the time to develop the hack. On antoher note, it's not people like me who mess it up it;s programmers who do not follow through with their intentions after hyping us up.
Leaving is out in the cold with no new updates. If everyone was like you here then
our forums would be filled with 1/2 ass hacks with none truly complete.

I am not here to insult you but it looks like you are getting insulted at the truth.
What I am sugesting is that you Push On and develop vBpets a little furthur. Heck
you took a great name...it deserves a great hack and nobody can deny that.

Posting here takes FAR less time than developing a hack...but you wouldn't know...you've never contributed one. And FYI I wasn't doing the programming for the 2nd version of this hack. Someone else was...and they didn't come through on their part. I just happen to be the one who has to hear the complaints from people like you. And you are still avoiding the issue that there is another pet hack here that has EVERYTHING I planned on doing...b/c remember...he stole all of our ideas. The only plans I have for future versions are very small changes to add a little functionality. The other pet hack has taken the role of the major pet hack. I stand behind it as a quality hack. So go use it. You have no reason to complain that we didnt' do our part when there is a hack out there already that is basically what we would have released anyways. And don't say you aren't trying to instult me...that is exactly what you are trying to do. You take a jab at me every chance you get. You are rude and I have absolutely no respect for you.

[Barto]

Have This hack some problem with vb 3.0.1 ?

[AutomatikStudio]

I personally haven't tried it for 3.0.1 but it is very highly unlikely that it wouldn't work.

[JackG]

What is the URL to the other pet hack?

[AutomatikStudio]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=64058" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=64058</a>

[welo]

Originally Posted by AutomatikStudio

And you are still avoiding the issue that there is another pet hack here that has EVERYTHING I planned on doing...b/c remember...he stole all of our ideas. The only plans I have for future versions are very small changes to add a little functionality.

Pardon me for jumping in here, but I've been looking over these hacks and think you now have the ability to take yours a slightly different direction a lot of people would appreciate. Much as I admire the amount of work having gone into these, I would never install zsdave's hack on my board because it's too ... violent (for lack of a better word).

My forum is designed to appeal to mature minded people - most of them pet lovers - who have no desire whatsoever to engage in "Petz Wars". However, they would be more than willing to interact with a clever system that addresses everything else you must do to keep, raise, and maintain a pet.

The stuff you had about pets losing health points if a member didn't show up to feed it etc. is good, but this can be endlessly extrapolated. For instance pets need shots (and other medical attention), grooming, you have to clean up their poop, make sure they have a nice place to sleep, give them special treats, make sure they get exercise ... the list is endless.

You could build in something that allows people to customize their pets so pet shows could be held every once in awhile where everybody votes on the best one, and the winner gets a chunk of added reputation. Maybe find a way to train pets, so maybe if you've proven over time you've taken care of your pet they can do things for you, like automatically respond to a preselected user's post with a funny random comment. Stuff like that.

Might not sound as exciting as a whole roomful of pets fighting each other, but damn, a detailed system operating a little closer to reality would find an endearing market quickly, I'm betting.