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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[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by motorola

Is it possible to integrate this plugin with a hide hack?

The current Pro version has a hide function included.

I will have the mod author pop on to answer other questions as soon as he is able - please bear in mind that priority support is handled at our forums, and support on vb.org will be significantly delayed in comparison.

Iain

[Darkwaltz4]

Originally Posted by Wifey

I have edited my points on a test board to be 1000000. When I try and transfer to a test user, it tells me I'm not allowed to do that. "Could not complete transfer"

Additionally, before in vB3.x.x version, I could have points in a bank, then transfer them into my actual account from the bank so I could donate them to users - what has changed with this? I only want my members to get the points that I or other staff members give them - for winning contests, challenges, etc.). I have it set to where nobody gets points for referrals, etc. because I have all those things set to be inactive. What am I missing here?

You need to create a Donate event with the currencies you are trying to use. You should be able to do exactly what you describe - PM me for guidance if you are having trouble setting it up that way.

Originally Posted by siriuxs

It is possible integrate this plugin with post thank you hack?

Thanks!

Discussion for that is here: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/threa...for-mod-Thanks (i know you are already there, but for anyone else)

Originally Posted by motorola

Is it possible to integrate this plugin with a hide hack?

Charging to reveal hidden content is part of the pro version

Originally Posted by Antidepresiv

Thanks for this mod. Is there any way to disable the credits from showing up anywhere, because i have a custom menu, and i want to set that page in my custom menu.. Curently the Currency dropdown is showing twice in my navlinks, can i disable it from showing in navtabs and in navlinks ? Thanks..

Yes, but you will need a quick patch from here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=253

It sounds like the template hook appears twice in your template though, not a bug in vbcredits.

[washingtonboise]

May benefit to have install instructions in package which address how to do an upgrade (if there is any difference)

[Darkwaltz4]

The upgrade process is identical.

[Wifey]

I'm helping code a Harry Potter site after they upgraded to 4.0. Before with this hack in vB3.x, we were able to have on the welcome panel the points standings for the four houses. We accomplished this by creating a user for each of the four houses - Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, etc. Anytime a staff member would donate to a member in each house, they would turn around and donate the exact same amount to the "house" account, so a running tally could be kept of how many points each house was earning. So, for example on the welcome panel it would say:

Gryffindor : XX points
Hufflepuff: XX points

and so forth and so on. I would like to add this back and have it auto update, instead of having to go into the welcome panel (the dbtech one, I might add - fab, by the way) and manipulate it manually every time an update is made. To accomplish this, in the welcome panel coding, what would my code be? In other words, here's my code:

<smallfont><b><font color="crimson">Gryffindor</font>:</b> WHAT CODE GOES HERE?</smallfont>

Thank you in advance!!

[Arboristsite]

It appears that users get a credit(s) when they edit a thread. Is there a way to disable this? Seems like a pretty simple way to get tons of points.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Arboristsite

It appears that users get a credit(s) when they edit a thread. Is there a way to disable this? Seems like a pretty simple way to get tons of points.

You should set a negation amount (equal to the amount given for a post) This will prevent people from gaining credits for editing/deleting posts.

Iain

[Wifey]

Originally Posted by Wifey

I'm helping code a Harry Potter site after they upgraded to 4.0. Before with this hack in vB3.x, we were able to have on the welcome panel the points standings for the four houses. We accomplished this by creating a user for each of the four houses - Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, etc. Anytime a staff member would donate to a member in each house, they would turn around and donate the exact same amount to the "house" account, so a running tally could be kept of how many points each house was earning. So, for example on the welcome panel it would say:

Gryffindor : XX points
Hufflepuff: XX points

and so forth and so on. I would like to add this back and have it auto update, instead of having to go into the welcome panel (the dbtech one, I might add - fab, by the way) and manipulate it manually every time an update is made. To accomplish this, in the welcome panel coding, what would my code be? In other words, here's my code:

<smallfont><b><font color="crimson">Gryffindor</font>:</b> WHAT CODE GOES HERE?</smallfont>

Thank you in advance!!

Still looking for an answer to this.

Addtitionally, the points column is NOT showing up on our member list. Any idea why?

and yes, I have inserted the
{vb:raw template_hook.memberlist_resultsbit} in the memberlist_resultsbit template. It still shows up funny on the members page - all the places where the points should be are just dead link boxes that when you click on them take you to a 404 page.

[reddyink]

Hello, Can we set credits by threads/posts per forum. I would like to provide X credits for posting a thread in a forum-x, and y credits for posting a thread in forum-y.

How do I do that? Thanks.

[imcool2121]

Suppose if i want to run the credit or point system only for a special usergroup, not for all registered members, how will i do that ?