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

[dartho]

default value should be easy, I'll have a quick look at decimal odds...

[edit:]
To make the "To" odds default to 1, edit the vbookie_event_outcome template, search for:

value="{vb:raw odds2.question}"

and replace with

<vb:if condition="$odds2[question]==''">value="1"<vb:else />value="{vb:raw odds2.question}"</vb:if>

Re: decimal odds - too hard, or to be honest after a quick glance at the code there appears to be no "quick fix" and I can't be bothered putting the time in to change it

[mentalageof2]

@dartho

Hi again, back on page 40 of this thread we had a small discussion about vbookies covering their own books and it turned out that you run it this way on your board. You offered to provide some instructions but discovered some issues running it this way on 4.1.

Were you able to resolve those issues? I'd still greatly appreciate those instructions

Cheers!

[combs]

I just installed this and it won't add on my postbit to any skin other than default.

Kind of silly how it is setup having to go in the plugin, is there any other way to do this or make it show up?

[dartho]

@mentalageof2 - Sorry, I haven't yet... Things have been pretty busy for me

@sticky - it can (at least could under 3.8) kinda be done, but punters could easily bypass by placing multiple bets. Refer to my note to mentalageof2 above

@EasyEazy - no, sorry ...

@combs - sounds like those custom styles have removed vbulletin template hooks - kind of a silly thing to do

[DAMINK]

I get a blank page?
First time i installed it was today.
Sounds like a bit of fun if i can get it working that is.

[dartho]

Looks like you got it worked out?

[DAMINK]

Originally Posted by dartho

Looks like you got it worked out?

Yep sure did mate. Not sure what happened actually.
I refreshed the page and it was fine.
Thankyou for the quick reply.

[combs]

Originally Posted by dartho

@combs - sounds like those custom styles have removed vbulletin template hooks - kind of a silly thing to do

I am using this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=236953

How would I add the template hooks back to it? , I really like using that setup, just need to add the vcash to it!

[dartho]

Actually - the hooks are there on that page you linked to. Not sure why you are having issues (could be teh apostrophes around 'posts' in the line before the hook), however you can do it manually. Edit your postbit legacy, search for

<div class="eti_postbit"> 
{vb:rawphrase 'posts'} : {vb:raw post.posts} 
    </div>

add

<div class="eti_postbit"> 
{vb:rawphrase vbookie_cash} : {vb:raw post.vbookie_cash} 
    </div>

immediately below it. You should also disable the vBookie: Add Cash to Postbit plugin if you've manually added the template edit.

[combs]

Thanks man, definitely worked. Just had to add the word "VCash" in front of the code like this

PHP Code:

<div class="eti_postbit"> 
Vcash: {vb:rawphrase vbookie_cash} : {vb:raw post.vbookie_cash} 
    </div> 


Cool stuff.