Miscellaneous Hacks - uCash 3.x

11/20/09 - uCash 3.9.1 released, adding the option to edit a user's points when editing a user in the Admin CP. For some reason I thought that was already implemented. Whatever, it's there now. Enjoy.

07/27 3:54 AM: Beta 2 is released! New features here are point deduction on infractions, the use of template hooks, and a primitive admin script. Upgrade by re-uploading the files and re-importing product-ucash.xml, allowing overwrite. Then, undo the template edits that you did to memberinfo_block_ministats and postbit/postbit_legacy as they aren't needed anymore.

Welcome to uCash 3.9.0 Beta 2!

uCash is a points system for vBulletin. 3.9.0 is a rewrite of uCash from scratch designed for vBulletin 3.7 and up. Simply upload the files located in the 'upload' folder and import product-ucash.xml in the Product Manager of vBulletin (allowing overwrite if you are upgrading). If you are installing this as a first time user of uCash then congrats, everything should be working and you can configure the options to your liking from there. If you have previously installed and old version uCash or uCash & uShop, continue reading.

This version of uCash will attempt to "upgrade" from the uCS 0.9x database fields. If you have installed this previously and still have its data in your database, it will import over the old forum settings and points.

If you have been using uCash 1.1 or uCS 2.0, the same applies, however, some of the other options may also be carried over. In either case, make sure you remember what you have your settings set to, as some might not be carried over. ONE SETTING SHOULD BE REVERTED TO ITS DEFAULT IF YOU ARE UPGRADING - Set "Points Data Location", the very top option, to "TP.user.ucash". If you don't change this, uCash may not work properly. Make sure all of your options under "uCash Options" as well as the forum-specific options when editing a forum are set to their desired values and have fun.

If you have any issues to report with this addon, please post in the modification thread located at: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=219475. Include all relevant details, such as vBulletin version and any previous install of uCash or uCash & uShop and its version number. I will attempt to give support, but as this is still a beta, I am more interested in bugs or inconsistancies. Please do not PM or IM me for support unless you have a showstopping bug or exploit to report.

Wall of text aside, please enjoy the latest release of uCash, and feel free to post any ideas for new features to add in the vB.org thread linked above. Thanks!

For a more full list of current features in this beta, look at the screenshots displaying the main settings and per-forum settings. Note that screenshots may be out of date. For full-sized screenshots, go here: http://cuphat.com/mods/ucash/

[Hornstar]

Thanks!

Another question. I want to remove points: x from the postbit. (Since I added it manually in the postbit myself and modified it to Tokens: x [event] with it being linked to my event modification. So now I have both showing.

Thanks.

[Hornstar]

Another question. Points are being added in non post counted forums. How do I disable this?

If someone double posts and there post gets merged together (another modification does this) then they are getting points, when I feel they should not.

If someone posts a thread/post and it gets deleted they are not loosing points. I feel they should.

[Link14716]

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

Thanks!

Another question. I want to remove points: x from the postbit. (Since I added it manually in the postbit myself and modified it to Tokens: x [event] with it being linked to my event modification. So now I have both showing.

Thanks.

Two options here: You can either disabled the "Template Hooks - Parse" plugin in the Plugin Manager (this would disabled the profile template hook as well) or you can edit the ucash_postbit template and use your modified code there.

[Link14716]

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

Another question. Points are being added in non post counted forums. How do I disable this?

There's not a hard option for this yet, but you can edit each forum that you don't want points awarded and set "Points For: Creating a Thread Multiplier", etc to 0. Not a bad idea for a future setting, however.

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

If someone double posts and there post gets merged together (another modification does this) then they are getting points, when I feel they should not.

As you said, another modification does that. I haven't looked at its code all that much, so I haven't found a quick fix for this.

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

If someone posts a thread/post and it gets deleted they are not loosing points. I feel they should.

It's debatable. I get where you are coming from and agree with it, but what happens when a thread is deleted? Should everyone lose all the points they made in the thread? It'd seem the most consistent, but not particularly "fair". Though this has made me realize another missing feature - directly editing a user's points in the Admin CP.

All that said, thanks for the feedback and questions, I was getting bored over here.

[Hornstar]

Originally Posted by Link14716

There's not a hard option for this yet, but you can edit each forum that you don't want points awarded and set "Points For: Creating a Thread Multiplier", etc to 0. Not a bad idea for a future setting, however.



As you said, another modification does that. I haven't looked at its code all that much, so I haven't found a quick fix for this.




It's debatable. I get where you are coming from and agree with it, but what happens when a thread is deleted? Should everyone lose all the points they made in the thread? It'd seem the most consistent, but not particularly "fair". Though this has made me realize another missing feature - directly editing a user's points in the Admin CP.

All that said, thanks for the feedback and questions, I was getting bored over here.

Many thanks.


I basically have this set up exactly how I want now except the fact that people don't lost points when the thread/post is deleted or moved to a non post counted forum.


since you find this to be debatable, how about an option to enable/disable such a feature. But I am sure many people will find this good as default, since if you are going to delete a thread or post then it must have not been worth them getting points in the first place.

Thanks again.

[mark1984]

Hi, thanks for this great mod. Can you tell me how i could change it from saying 'Points' to 'Cash' or 'Credit'?

Many thanks

Mark

[Link14716]

Originally Posted by mark1984

Hi, thanks for this great mod. Can you tell me how i could change it from saying 'Points' to 'Cash' or 'Credit'?

Many thanks

Mark

Edit the "ucash_points" phrase in the phrase manager.

[christon26]

Hi! I've downloaded this and am about to install it...it seems just what I need...simple LOL I would like to know though...can points be added when users upload to the gallery? I have vbGallery installed and would love to have points added when images are uploaded and the images commented on...is this possible to add in?

Thanx
Lissa

[christon26]

Also...is there a way for me to be notified when a user reaches a certain amount of points? ....also a list somewhere of all users and their points? lol I know I'm a PITA :P

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by christon26

Hi! I've downloaded this and am about to install it...it seems just what I need...simple LOL I would like to know though...can points be added when users upload to the gallery? I have vbGallery installed and would love to have points added when images are uploaded and the images commented on...is this possible to add in?

Thanx
Lissa

If there are plugins available in the gallery then likely. I'll see if I can't snag a copy of a recent version of the gallery script. Assuming photopost doesn't want an arm and a leg on my copies.