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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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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[Darkwaltz4]

Originally Posted by RedDevil

Is there a feature where members have to pay credits to view post, or something like this planned?

That is part of the pro version.

Originally Posted by jojojijijojo1

Everything was working fine then I started receiving this database error everytime I enable the plugin and view a thread

Invalid SQL:
SELECT t.* FROM credits_transaction AS t LEFT JOIN credits_event AS e ON (t.eventid = e.eventid) WHERE t.userid = 1 AND t.status = 0 AND t.timestamp <= 1310730072 ORDER BY t.transactionid ASC LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : Table '***.credits_transaction' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146

Just run the import again, and it should restore any missing tables, although its a huge mystery why it was missing in the first place.

Originally Posted by Miss Buruku

I have poked around in this thread, but could not find an answer to some of my questions. I hope someone can answer these without too much inconvenience.

1. Are there any plans to add CMS comments as an action? I would like my members to get points for posting article comments.

2. Is there a way to add an image for the currency? I'd like a little symbol next to the currency in the postbit.

3. I get charged far too much to edit a post. I often get charged 5 credits to edit a post I only earned 1 credit posting. I don't want my members feeling like they cant edit their posts, but I've searched and searched and have not found a "reversal" or "edit" action to change the settings.

I would buy pro for all these features I listed.

1) Its a very low priority.
2) Can you add the image as part of the currency name via the multiple currency integration menu item?

Originally Posted by Sm1th146

I just tried to install the mod onto my site and ran into an error. I uploaded all the files to the correct folders and created the new plugins folder as well. The error I am receiving is below on the import of the xml.

PHP Code:

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.4:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE `usergroup`
        CHANGE `credit_referral` `credit_referral` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '100',
        CHANGE `credit_paycheck` `credit_paycheck` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
        CHANGE `credit_induction` `credit_induction` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '100',
        CHANGE `credit_post` `credit_post` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '5',
        CHANGE `credit_thread` `credit_thread` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '10',
        CHANGE `credit_active` `credit_active` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '20',
        CHANGE `credit_postsize` `credit_postsize` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.05',
        CHANGE `credit_refbonus` `credit_refbonus` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.05',
        CHANGE `credit_birthday` `credit_birthday` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '100',
        CHANGE `credit_repgive` `credit_repgive` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.1',
        CHANGE `credit_threadrate` `credit_threadrate` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
        CHANGE `credit_ownthreadpost` `credit_ownthreadpost` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '3',
        CHANGE `credit_pollmake` `credit_pollmake` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '5',
        CHANGE `credit_pollvote` `credit_pollvote` DOUBLE NOT NULL DEFAULT '1';

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'credit_referral' in 'usergroup'
Error Number  : 1054
Request Date  : Monday, August 15th 2011 @ 11:35:28 AM
Error Date    : Monday, August 15th 2011 @ 11:35:28 AM
Script        : http://www.tokengaming.com/forums/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer      : http://www.tokengaming.com/forums/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address    : 75.149.133.5
Username      : Sm1th146
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.92-community-log 


I'm pretty sure thats for the old vbcredits, not this one.

Originally Posted by Voeltz

I have it installed and working, but how the heck do i remove the transactions nav link? it's not even enabled in the config in the acp!

Its a global config option, and it surely obeys it, please double check "enable navbar".

[Darkwaltz4]

Originally Posted by Shardy

I created another currency called "GP". After posting a bit and earning more of these "GP" I wanted to remove them (reset them), so I went into "Currency" in my account and I tried doing 'take'. It seems it is only possible for the default "Credit" points/coins. How do I enable/allow it to be for the new "GP" coins as well?

(Only "credits" is shown on the right side, not the "GP")

Create an adjust event for your GP currency, similar to the one present for Credits.

Originally Posted by hoadiem

it just happened.

i just notice one of my members keep changing birthday to earn credits, how do i prevent this. ?
should it be a custom mod that will disallow member to change their birthday after registration?

thanks for reading.

The pro version allows you to set duration limits on events.

[SpikedRocker]

I'm having some issue trying to remove the Currencies part out of the navbar_end....I found where I need to uncheck the box, but it never saves.

[creppello]

I have a quick ?. We have alot of DBTech stuff on our site, it's fantastic, but a couple of the mods (like this one) don't have the "DBTech -" in front of them in the admin panel. How can I add that, as I would like to se all of your mods lined up together when I am "adminning"....

[ozzy47]

Open the upload\includes\xml\cpnav_credits.xml and find this line;

<navgroup text="vBCredits II Deluxe" permissions="credits" hr="true" displayorder="105">

And change vBCredits II Deluxe to DBTech - vBCredits II or what you wish

[creppello]

Thanks Ozzy, you're so awesome people should have to open their door every morning and shout your name

[farhanisfarhan]

Question: I am trying to use vbCredits II deluxe for "get paid per thread". Members are allowed to request for payout anytime they like. How do I create the payout transaction as "Admin" to send them real-life payment which will deduct the amount from their "vbCredits currency total" as well.

Members have posted and made the money and its shown in their postbit but how does the Admin can make the payout transaction onto their accounts.

Looking for a solution, anybody can help ??

[pandusetiawan]

Great mods
I just installing, how can I reccount the credits for all my member events (thread,post,etc) since the first my forum build to now?And how to manually add certain sum of credits to certain user, for example,if I want to give user A 5000 credits as he donate to my forum. thank you.

[nCODE]

any option for link exchange?
like users will get points on per ad view on his site (using PHP script of-course, to determine the number of views)
and deduct points is that user's ad is shown on another user's site?

[zombieshack]

How can I make it that in a certain forum any post does not get credits?
I have already made it that the area does not increase post counts but now I need it for the credits. It is for a spamboard area.
Thanks