Add-On Releases - vBookie for vBulletin 4

Please See the first post for a F.A.Q.
I will endevour to link to useful posts within this thread there as I spot them. You should check there before posting issues etc.

This is a port of vBookie for vBulletin 3.5 by Andreas which was a port of vBookie - vBulletin Betting Hack by tjdrico. Permission was given by tjdrico to port this.

vBookie is a 'bookmakers' or betting extension to vBulletin. It enables authorised members to post Events and Outcomes that forum members can bet on. Each Outcome has its own set of odds, and odds can be modified through the life of an Event (bets that are placed are stored with the prevailing odds, so even if the odds change, your users are paid at the correct rate).

Once the results are known, Events can be settled and forums members awarded their winnings.

vBookie uses its own vCash by default, but this has no more use than as 'bragging rights'.

Although vBookie does not have any built-in facility to integrate with any other store hacks, it's a very simple job to hack vBookie itself to integrate it with any store/points system you care to use.

Install Instructions
1. Unzip product file
2. Upload files from 'Upload' folder to your forum
3. Install product XML
[S]4. Edit "newthread" template as per readme.txt ionstructions[/S]
5. Set usergroup permissions
6. Set vBookie settings
7. Enjoy.
8. Check out Dismounted's Activity Stream addon
9. Click Mark As Installed and Rate

Upgrade instructions
same as above, but undo edits made in point 4 if upgrading from pre 4.0.7! (see readme.txt for more info)

Version Control
4.0.0 (19 Jan '10 ) - Initial Release
4.0.1 (21 Jan '10 ) - Removed some junk from templates, added enable private bets option
4.0.2 (24 Jan '10 ) - fixed options for hiding vcash, added some more stuff to teh settings screen, added some vCash utilities (reset balances, give to everyone, set default balance) and fixed some template bugs.
4.0.3 (25 Jan '10) - fixed bugs I introduced in 4.0.2 see post #109
4.0.4 (25 Jan '10) - fixed time zone not being saved, can delete events, + plus a couple other things.
4.0.5 (Australia Day '10) - no longer uses bitfields for permissions, fixed vCash display, fixed stats page error
4.0.6 (27 Jan '10) - fixed TABLE PREFIX issue in vBookie stats page
4.0.7 (23 Mar '10) - fixed redirect bug when editing events, fixed display of cash holdings in events, added plugin to make template mods (no template mods needed now) and updated code to 4.0.2 standards, added hooks for vbcredits integration.
NOTE 0- if upgrading from pre 4.0.7, you will need to eitehr revert your "newthread" temp[late, or manually undo template edits as there is now a plugin which does this for you. Check teh readme.txt in the archive for more info.
4.0.8 (31 May '10) - hopefully fixed bug with updating number of outcomes when editing events. To upgrade from previous version (4.0.7) just overwrite vbookie.php
4.0.9 (25 July 10) - Added ability to select Reputation points for currency. Phrased had coded text. Fixed bug in displaying vCash balance in postbit.
4.2.0 (21 August 12) Added in navigation manager Code for vBulletin 4.2, disabled old nav plugin
4.2.1 (24 January 13) Added missing template, fixed Nav code, fixed some small bugs

[dcuellar]

Originally Posted by dartho

Sorry - no chance of me adding that and very little chance of me adding much else which isn't trivial to this product.

That's cool. Any chance for a Pro version?

[tms433]

This is a very popular little item, I definitely need to contribute some support to the developer!

I have two small suggestions:

(1) Is there a way to have a "leaderboard" ? a way to quickly list the top10/20 users as far as vCash? IE "Most Successful this weekend" ? That would be a big hit.

And

(2) I've ran into one snag: an admin test, create an event and then deleted the thread; but the "event" stays within the vBookie console, and we can't delete, close or edit it

[dartho]

An overall leaderboard would pretty easy, and the stats page altready shows top 5. Top 20 for a time period may also be possible - but I'd have to have a look first.

As for the orphaned event, I'm not sure how that happened. It has been reported once before so isn;t a regular occurence. Was it the same user that created and deleted the thead?

To remove it, you will need to edit the database.

Do you have access to phpMyAdmin? If so, look in the vbookie_items table for item_id n (check the value of item_id in the links to the event on the vbookie home page) and delete that row.

Got this message when I tried to go to the vBookie on my forum:


Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_vbookie.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/vbookie.php on line 74

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/*****/public_html/includes/functions_vbookie.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/*****/public_html/vbookie.php on line 74

I'm guessing I've uploaded it wrong or placed the file(s) in a different location. Any help?

[Wseries]

Originally Posted by wrestlingv123

I'm guessing I've uploaded it wrong or placed the file(s) in a different location. Any help?

You guessed right. Just start over by uploading the files again to your server.

[tms433]

Ok, I can take care of that. Yes, same user.. a mod was testing the script with vegas odds to see how the payouts worked, and just and an event "X -3 V Y" and then deleted the thread.. but the vbookie event stuck, and you can't go to info/thread on it because they don't exist.

[neverstop]

Originally Posted by neverstop

had a problem today where someone bet on an event and no credits were removed from their total.

These problems seem to be random and I cant make heads or tails of when or why they happen

Still having a problem with this.

It is completely random but every once in a while the credits are not removed from a user when he makes a wager.

No one else has this prob?

[New Joe]

Originally Posted by Robbed

Been working with style creators on the same issue. If a style uses additional.css it doesn't display right with a few addons

Fix:

Since version 4.0.1, there has been an additional template variable call (to grab additional.css) in the HEAD.

Please add the following:

{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}

Before </head> in your template and you're all set.

Which Template do you do the above?

[mentalageof2]

Been using this mod for quite a while now and think it's great.

I was wondering if there are any plans to expand the functionality so that creators of the events can accept the responsibility for settling the book, and of course, keep losing bets.

We have a gambling related forum and many of our members fancy themselves amateur bookmakers.

It would add an extra element of realism for the serious gambler

[dartho]

You mean that money goes in and out of their own account balances?