Major Additions - vBArmy - vBulletin Army System

This hack is currently still in its BETA stages. This hack was developed on a server running PHP5 and has not been checked for compatibility with PHP4. To my knowledge it uses no PHP5 specific functions. It is missing a few key features, which will be added in subsequent versions. Please post any bugs you encounter. The final version will be released for vBulletin 3.7.

Currently the following cannot be customized, but will be modified in future versions:

• Users start with 1000 gold.
• Users start with 20 turns.
• Users start with 5 spies.
• Users get 15 turns every 24 hours.
• Gold can only be obtained by battling other members.

About the Game

vBArmy is a game for vBulletin.

Each member begins their adventure by choosing a Race which had certain advantages over other races. They begin with a few soldiers and a bit of gold, and must build their army by fighting other players.

Players can buy weapons for their soldiers to increase their attack strength, and buy armor to increase their soldier's defense strength. However, each soldier can only use one weapon and one item of armor. Players can also upgrade their Defense and Offense to increase their defensive and offensive strengths by a percentage.

Players can browse through a list of participating players. They can conduct intelligence operations by sending Spies, which cost a set amount of gold to purchase. The more spies you send, the more accurate the intelligence you gather will be. Gathered intelligence gives you an estimate of the players total gold, offensive power, and defensive power.

If you choose to attack a player you must use "Turns." You only get a certain amount of turns every 24 hours. The more turns you use, the more gold you will steal from your opponent. Be warned though, your opponent will know that you attacked them by viewing their Defense Log.

Naturally it is important to grow your army. The only way to get soldiers in the game is to have your friends click your "Recruitment Link" They can only click it once every 24 hours, and each time they do you will recieve one soldier.

Please click Install, there will be a status notification upon the release of major updates.

[WEBDosser]

that would depend on what sort of hosting you have.. first does it include cpanel?..

[kevcj]

This looks like a nice add-on, it reminds me of the kings of chaos.

Being able to delete accounts created by users would be nice, and being able to deny access to the army system based on usergroup would be really nice.

I have a limited access group, kinda like a probation group for problem members. I do not want the limited access group having access to the army system.

Is there a way to reorder equipment once new ones have been added? Such as - new weapons, high and low priced are added at the bottom of the list. It would be nice to be able to reorder them based on price and damage.

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Also, being able to deny access based on usergroup could make this into a premium (paid) members only section. My site has a paid members group using the built in subscription manager of VB. Being able to turn this into a paid members only game could work out well.

And maybe a reset button. Like what kings of chaos does every few months and resets the playing field?

[joker2040]

Originally Posted by kevcj

Also, being able to deny access based on usergroup could make this into a premium (paid) members only section. My site has a paid members group using the built in subscription manager of VB. Being able to turn this into a paid members only game could work out well.

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[TonySkullz]

It's better to just limit game features by usergroup instead of the whole game. If they don't know what they're missing they won't care to subscribe. It's the noticeable advantages people enjoy.

PS: If it was a premium member only game, wouldn't that cripple the recruitment feature? =P

[GuaRRand]

To bad the final wont be for 3.6.x
Not gonna install a beta thats never gonna be released for 3.6.x
Good idea though

[kevcj]

Originally Posted by WEBDosser

goto your database and clear them out there

I have a member that I need to remove from the army system, we wants to change race. My hosting is linux with mysql, and I have access to Cpanel.

This is a great mod, my members love it. Less then 24 hours after being installed, I already have about 40 people sign up in the army system.

I have been waiting for a game like this to be released for a long time!!!

Thank you Attilitus!!

[WEBDosser]

the goto cpanel select phpmyadmin then select the database your forum uses look down to as_user click edit then put a click in the box beside the user to remove then click the little red X under that..

[kevcj]

Originally Posted by WEBDosser

the goto cpanel select phpmyadmin then select the database your forum uses look down to as_user click edit then put a click in the box beside the user to remove then click the little red X under that..

That got it - thank you!!!!!

Do the players get X amount of gold every 24 hours along with 15 attack points??

[WEBDosser]

no problems... it would not take much to be able to do that in adminCP let's hope there working on it..

[kevcj]

Do players get gold every 24 hours like attack points? If not, would adding a % to the classes Gold Bonus help?

I installed this mod and in two days over 100 of my members signed up. They are asking a lot of questions - especially about gold production.

This game fits perfectly with the membership of my site. Its like the icing on the top of the cake.