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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[EquinoxWorld]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

Yes, the handful of stuff marked in red is for the pro (paid) version only. If you are interested please PM me.

I am interested as well for the pro version. I sent pm : ).

[Darkwaltz4]

Originally Posted by Sunka

Pop-up window destroy my forum layout, because it is open on right side, and I do not use legacy postbit.
Is it possible to open down or left of clickable link?
See picture for better understanding of my problem!
Thank you!

that is a complicated problem because those links can appear in relation to any side of your screen but i will see what I can do

[EquinoxWorld]

Hello Dark, I have a important query. For some reason when I go to see transactions manager I get no transactions at all. We have done alot of them adjusting and testing transfer but none of them appear. Let me explain better..... If I go to the transactions manager directly I get all the transactions , but if I go to the event manager and select adjust (which I have the amount set to 0 because the moderators will only be giving awards through this action they don't get paid for that adjustment, only weekly salary) there is no transactions to be displayed. Is this because I have the amount set to 0? If so is there anyway to go around this so we can award credits for post without having to charge or pay for the adjustment? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated my friend.

[Darkwaltz4]

i am wrapping up some bugs which were found with the transfer box; they will be done in a couple hours - you are probably being affected by one of them. thanks for your patience

also - to anyone hoping they can use this with vb3.x, i am wrapping that up for release today as well

[EquinoxWorld]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

i am wrapping up some bugs which were found with the transfer box; they will be done in a couple hours - you are probably being affected by one of them. thanks for your patience

also - to anyone hoping they can use this with vb3.x, i am wrapping that up for release today as well

That is great Darkwaltz, can this have any relation to the Scheduled Transaction Processing option(which I have yet to fully understand). When we go to adjust or a transfer it says the action was successful yet the changes to dot appear in the credit count. I was wondering if this had to do with the scheduled transaction option to be enabled but now that I see your post maybe I should leave the default settings and wait for the bug fix and see if that resolves it.

[Darkwaltz4]

that plugin is crucial to the functioning of this addon and yes, if possible just wait for my update a little later today

[EquinoxWorld]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

that plugin is crucial to the functioning of this addon and yes, if possible just wait for my update a little later today

My default setting for this was set to off , should I turn this on and let it run every 10 mins? In which case the value of "Scheduled Transaction Processing" is the interval time of "vBCredits II Deluxe - Transaction Processor" which should be set to "on" in the task manager? Sorry for all the questions , I'm just trying to fully understand this amazing and complex masterpiece. We are really impressed with your work as usual.

[Darkwaltz4]

We have someone writing up detailed documentation this very minute

If you have a smaller/quieter site, then the scheduled task is a good idea. 500 people online at once = pretty bad idea That is not the interval time, but rather the number of transactions it will process every 10 minutes. You can adjust that up if you think your server is idle enough for it.

[EquinoxWorld]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

We have someone writing up detailed documentation this very minute

If you have a smaller/quieter site, then the scheduled task is a good idea. 500 people online at once = pretty bad idea That is not the interval time, but rather the number of transactions it will process every 10 minutes. You can adjust that up if you think your server is idle enough for it.

We have around 400 to 700 all day. Server load stays below 0.5 most of the time, what would be a reasonable value considering the server load averages or better yet can these be done on cue?

P.S. promise no more questions : ) I'll be patient.

[Darkwaltz4]

hmm thats in the grey area. you can give it a try and see how your server load looks - please report back with the results