RPG Integration Hack /w Battle (BETA)

RPG Integration Hack BETA by Bitsys
(vBulletin versions 2.2.6?, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, and 2.3.0)

This hack combines several RPG hacks into one and adds a battle hack. The hacks included in this hack are:

• Zajako's Ultimate HP/MP Stats Hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=37720)
• Zajako's RPG Elements Hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=35318)
• Zajako's In battle hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=42715)
• Zajako's RPname hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=43651)
• DV class hack used with permission of J2K (aka the RPG Class Hack v3.3) ----- (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=43558)
• Mewtwo's/Rake's Original Itemshop v5 -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=38090)

In addition to re-releasing thse hacks, I have added features to all of them (or else there would be no point in re-releasing).

• The RPG hacks are now all editable via the admin control panel.
• The itemshop has been somewhat optimized and some fixes are included that reduce queries in showthread.php and itemshop.php . Also, Lesane's Store Hack has been integrated with the Itemshop. This can be toggled in the admin cp.

This means that the RPG hacks are database driven and have been partially integrated with the Itemshop. This was necessary in order to make a battle hack, which is also included.

Since most people are familiar with the RPG and Itemshop hacks, I will give a brief description of the Battle hack. If you want more information about either of the other two hacks, then refer to their original posts or download the .zip file and read the "readme.txt". If you are a visual learner, then you can scroll down to the second post in this thread, which contains the pictures of all of these hacks.


Battle Features:

• The battle format is turn-based.
• HP, AP, PP, and MA are automatically deducted based on what action a user takes, the damage dealt to an opponent, etc.
• Opponents in battle can use spells, one-handed weapons, two-handed weapons, shields, potions, or their fists.
• A battle is over when a combatant dies, retreats, or there is a draw. Battles can also be ended via the admin control panel.
• A wager can be set on a battle. Whoever wins the battle recieves the amount of money as specified in the wager. Outside bets are not supported yet.
• Battles can be either public or private, as determined by the admin control panel. If private, battles require a password and battles can not be browsed. If public, then any user can view any battle, but only the original combatants can fight.
• The results of a battle can be posted into a designated "Battle" forum, as specified in the admin control panel.
• Inactive battles can be pruned.

Getting started with the battle hack:

• In order to get items to disply in the item shop, you must select which items go with which RPG Type in the "Edit Item Type" Menu of the admin cp.
• In order to assign which weapon categories do what kind of damage in battle, you must go to the "Edit Category" link located in the "Edit Items" menu of the admin cp. Select a Battle type for the category and save changes.
• In order to do damage to your opponent when in battle, you must assign the amount of damage each weapon does in the "Edit Items" menu of the admin cp. The default damage is set to 0. The same principle goes for armor, potions, spells, shields, etc.

Please refer to the screenshots or "readme.txt" for more information.


Why is this a BETA hack?

I have tested the installation of this hack on vBulletin versions 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, and 2.3.0. However, because of the scale of this hack, there is plenty of room for errors. Therefore I am making the following disclaimer while this hack is in the BETA stage:


WARNINGS:

• Do not install this hack on a production board. Please keep this hack, while in the BETA stage, to a test board. The reason for not installing this on a production board is that I cannot provide upgrade instructions for going from one version of the beta hack to the next version of the beta hack. Also, this hack does not have an un-install script yet. So please remember, if you decide to install this on a production board, you are doing so at your own risk.
  
• Do not apply this hack if you already have ANY of the included hacks installed. Please refer to the list at the top to see if you have any of the conflicting hacks installed. Since I am asking that you install this on a test board right now, this should not be a problem since you can re-install a fresh copy of vBulletin in under 5 minutes, as a test board of course.
  
• There is currently no upgrade script for installing this over any of the included hacks. I will make one when this beta is completed.
  
• If you choose to install the postbit features, then an additional query will be added to showthread.php. This query is a SELECT COUNT(*) query and adds around .001 seconds to the page generation. If you don't like the idea of adding an additional query to showthread.php, then you have the option of not installing that part of the hack. See the install file for more information.

Miscellaneous:

The beta of this hack is free. The full/final release will also be free.

All installation instructions and credits are included in the attachment. If you find a bug or have problems, feel free to post them here and I will try to fix them. Please read the included readme file if you have questions. If you can't find the answer, then post your question here and I will answer it.

All hacks included in this hack have been re-released with permission of their original creators.

Screenshots are in the second post of this thread.


Installation:

Installation instructions are included in the .zip file.


ACKK! I NEED HELP!!!

If you are having trouble and need some help, please refer to the help documentation included in the .zip file. It is located in the "extra" directory.

If you need help and you have already installed the hack, make sure you check the RPG Manual link in the admin cp. Also, make sure you read the FAQ included with the manual.

MY THREADS STOPPED DISPLAYING CORRECTLY!!!
See if you are experiencing one of the following symptoms:

• All of my users are being labeled as "Guest" in the postbit template.
• No posts are showing up.
• None of the RPG variables will display in the postbit. The element/gender/class images are broken.
• I get database errors when I go to showthread.php

If you are experiencing one or more of the above problems, then your showthread.php file was not edited correctly by the installer. This problem usually occurs on boards with other hacks installed that modify the queries in showthread.php. Please go to https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=2261 and follow the instructions there.


Add-ons:
The following add-ons are not included in the default installation. You must apply these add-ons after you have installed the hack successfully.

Member profile add-on
This add-on let's you display the user's RPG Stats in their member profile. See the .zip file for the add-on. It is located in the "Member Profile Add-on" directory.

Auto-update stats after posting
This add-on automatically updates the user's stats after they make a post, instead of having to click on the update stats button in the user cp. This add-on involves 2 file edits. The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...452#post356452

Donation Queue by Darkwaltz4
Moderate all Donations. See Who is Donating to Who. All Donations go through Admins or Mods. The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...652#post408652

Battle Background Midi System by Darkwaltz4
Full control over the music that plays during your battles! The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...530#post410530

Randomized First Turn Addon by Moreliator
"The following code gives the challenger a 33% chance to start the battle and the challenged person a 66% chance. Works quite well. I also included instructions on how to display "Determining..." on the battle.php browse page, that way people won't decline a challenge if they see they aren't going first. ". The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...614#post410614

Lock RPG Options at a Specified Level Addon by Moreliator
This addon allows you to lock all users' RPG options in their USER CP when they reach a certain level. This add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...111#post411111

Personal Shop Items Have Battle Bonuses by Triade
The original personal shop, allows to have an item the don't do nothing in battle. With this add-on, you can build items with bonus in battle (the bonus is in the attack now). This add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...328#post426328

Challengable Option by Darkwaltz4
Allows users to set themselves against recieving battle challenges. This add-on can be found at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...143#post411143


Contact Info:
Bitsys
Email: bitsys AT mail DOT com
PM me for a faster response. I prefer PMs.

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Update 09/04/03 @ 1:46pm
v0.68c

Battle debug messages were accidentally left on.
Minor shield bug was fixed in battlefight.php (Thanks Telchar).

Re-upload battleupdate.php and battlefight.php.

The new .zip file is located at the bottom of this post.


Finally, here is the .zip file (v0.68c):

[Xyphen]

SB2002, thats a nice idea. I can't wait til Bitsys comes back, i have to talk to him about this...

[VeoMorphine]

Found a problem. You can wager negativbe amounts of money.

[SB2002]

well the members on our site like it, plus it means that even on the none rpg style, they still have access to the rpgcp, and on the rpg style, the postbit is still pretty uncluttered.

On top of that we have a link to rpgcp through the top menu now too, so all in all we conduct all our rpg business through the rpgcp, it cuts down on the loading time for postbits etc, plus with the new GTA stuff i'm doing now, the images are much bigger etc, so the cp makes it easier to manage rather than breaking all the tables in the posts with huge postbits.

[sonic3d]

Originally posted by VeoMorphine
Found a problem. You can wager negativbe amounts of money.

thats what i said in my post. i think this is major since it can take away all of money even though u won.

l8er
sonic

[lioncool1589]

anyone know why how come Battle Statistics not save
my friend got 20 wins

now his stats 0-0-0-0

[Bitsys]

03-07-03 at 10:46 PM Vivi Ornitier said this in Post #1190
Bitsys: i thought u fixed teh healing problem with this recent update?

Sometimes fixes create new bugs. I am looking in to some of the alleged problems.

03-08-03 at 02:15 PM SB2002 said this in Post #1193
I've just upgraded to v.65 and hadn't had any problems at all until now. But since this upgrade i've found that money options (money in pocket, money in bank etc) in the rpg cp don't seem to work (the userid isn't being inserted as it should be). It COULD be a template problem our side, but i've already checked over it once or twice and also rehacked several times.

If you are still having a problem, try re-uploading rpgcp.php. If that doesn't work, then in the rpg_cp template, change the 3 instances of $rpguser[userid] that deal with the links to the popups to just $userid.

03-08-03 at 02:15 PM SavgeDusk said this in Post #1194
I've been getting reports that members can heal and then later cannot heal, even tho they have enough money to do so.

What is the exact message that they are getting? There is a unique message for every possible outcome of that script, so by knowing the exact message, I can more easily locate problems in the .php file.

03-08-03 at 02:15 PM SavgeDusk said this in Post #1194
Also, how do you use a Phoenix Down if you're KOed and can't use it in battle since you need to revive yourself? A member asked me and I didn't know. ^^; Do any of you know?

The item descriptions in the itemshop are left-over from the original itemshop hack. They should not be used as accurate descriptions of what items can currently do. Back when the items were used for thread-based battles, the moderator would apply the effect of the item by replying to the thread saying "So and so revived himself after almost certain death!" etc.

03-08-03 at 07:53 PM lioncool1589 said this in Post #1196
my friend installed RPG Integration Hack /w Battle on my forum but how can i check which version did he installed i asked him he dont remember which version i want to upgrade to .65 please help me out

All of the .zip files have the version attached to the name. Ask him the name of the .zip file he downloaded and it will tell you the version.

03-09-03 at 11:19 AM _Mantis said this in Post #1197
Has anybody expended thier banking system yet? I.E., another way to aquire rpg money other than interest and battle wages?

Several people have offered money for referrals.

03-09-03 at 11:19 AM _Mantis said this in Post #1197
See, the giving money for post thing is nice but Im not a believer in rewarding for just posting, it incites spam on the boards.

I also use lesanes store hack but didnt want to integrate it in the RPG system.

Maybe I'll just run periodical updates on db to bank value to give users a extra cash from time to time.

Ideas welcomed.

Although you may not want to combine the two monetary systems (Lesane's and Itemshop), you may be able to find a way to use Lesane's Store's methods of giving money as a way to give Itemshop money as well.

03-09-03 at 12:45 PM PSI|Dr-X said this in Post #1198
Some of my members saying that when somebody have fought
Some of their money are going away not the battle money

See response below to later post.

03-09-03 at 06:07 PM Zack MacKracken said this in Post #1201
It's really a cool hack! I was just wondering, what about magic? Does it work yet? or do we have to wait?
*waits patiently ;p*

Magic is done in the form of spells. Mages can cast spells to heal themselves, or do damage to opponents, hence the attack and defense spell types. To turn items into spells, make sure the item's category has its battle type set to "Spells".

03-09-03 at 06:21 PM SavgeDusk said this in Post #1202
How can a member buy a clan for 7,000 coins if there's no option to buy one in the Itemshop?

That is a specific feature from the forums of the author of the tutorial/faq. You should remove it from the tutorial/faq if you do not want to try to implement something like that on your forums. This hack does not have clan support.

03-10-03 at 09:20 AM PSI|Dr-X said this in Post #1205
When oomm fights another oomm en put a money like 20$$ or zero or whatever and when the fight has ended then one of them loses money like 200 or 600 they neither put that in the box

so how does it happens? that member loses money afterfighting they didin't put in the box

more members are complaining

oomm = one of my member

Does this happen every time? Does it only happen to some people? Are they sure they didn't spend the money somewhere else? Does the money get taken away from the bank or from their pocket? Or are you using Lesane's Store Points as the monetary system?

Your member aren't trying to get free money out of you, are they? Has this happened to you before?

03-10-03 at 05:47 PM bharvey42 said this in Post #1210
How do you pull up the users RPG Profile if you didn't integrate it into the main getinfo template?

I don't want my profile to be super cluttered so, I would like to have two templates.

In the getinfo template, you can put a link such as

<a href="rpgcp.php?userid=$userid">RPG Info</a>

which will take them to that particular user's rpgcp page. The rpgpcp page gives all of the necessary info about the user's RPG status, so it is in effect the same as the member profile data.

03-10-03 at 09:34 PM bharvey42 said this in Post #1212
Also anybody know of an easy way to have the battle messages e-mailed to your instead of using pm's?

I had this feature in the alpha version of the hack, but decided against it since it generated quite a bit of spam in my mailbox. A solution would have been to give user's an option, but that would have involved another userfield, which I did not feelwas appropriate.

03-11-03 at 11:43 AM NuclioN said this in Post #1215
I've a question about the postbit display. Can you make it so that the huge infoblock with mp, hp etc. is only visible in the battleforum? There are members on our forum who don't like roleplaying and so the stats would be useless for them. I hope this can be done. Great hack btw.

Several people gave some good ideas, so I would try those before anything else.

03-11-03 at 05:03 PM Zack MacKracken said this in Post #1217
Anyhow - Does magic work yet?

Yes. If you feel it does not work, then could you explain what is missing?

03-11-03 at 06:33 PM sonic3d said this in Post #1218
ok i have come across a small problem. members can put negatives in the wager and whatever the outcome is u will lose thats amount.

ne1 have a fix?

l8er
sonic

My members found this out a long time ago and reported it as a bug. I too thought that it wasa bug. After a while, however, my members began to have so-called "Loser-Takes-All" battles. These battle are based on the concept of negative wagers and one opponent purposely attempting to lose the battle in order to avoid losing a lot of money. Indeed, the art of losing can be just as difficult as the art of winning. Additionally, the "Loser-Takes-All" battle created a nice money sink for the economy, since they took away money instead of generating it. If you feel that you do not want this then I can post a fix for it that involves a simple if-then statement.

03-11-03 at 07:48 PM Moreliator said this in Post #1219
I really would like to try this out on a board for my members.... I have it working on a test board and it is very stable... do you think I should give it a try? How hard would it be to uninstall if something went wrong?

Uninstallation is painless if you can effectively restore your database and re-upload unhacked versions of your .php files. However, it is still a pain to do. The final version will have an auto-uninstaller that can be applied through vbhacker.

03-11-03 at 07:53 PM bgtking said this in Post #1220
Big problem.... the game doesn't recognize weapons.

Are you still having problems? If so, make sure you have gone assigned a battle type to the item categories. To do this, go to the Edit Items menu in the Admin CP. From there, look for the [edit] link next to the item category names. Click on the link and on the next screen, assign a battle type to the item.

This problem is addressed in the FAQ located in the RPG Manual.

03-11-03 at 08:37 PM Zack MacKracken said this in Post #1221
I tried to play as a black mage, and I'm lvl 30 now, with a lot of posts and everything - But I dont have any spells!
How do I aquire those?

Thx!

Could you explain what steps you have taken so far to obtain these spells? I assume you have created them in the admin cp, assigned them to an item type, and have attempted to buy them from the itemshop, correct?

03-12-03 at 11:20 AM lioncool1589 said this in Post #1228
why claw weapon do so much dmg

claw weapon 400-450+ dmg cost 300/ buff 15

Masamune weapon 300-450 dmg cost 5600/ buff 280

someone could explain how does dmg work

A good explanation of the battle forumla can be found at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...314#post359314

03-12-03 at 02:33 PM AViO 07 said this in Post #1231
SB2002, thats a nice idea. I can't wait til Bitsys comes back, i have to talk to him about this...

I'm back

Yesterday at 11:51 AM lioncool1589 said this in Post #1235
anyone know why how come Battle Statistics not save
my friend got 20 wins

now his stats 0-0-0-0

Try running DB Fix from the admin cp.



I have attempted to answer all outstanding questions posed during my absence. If I missed your question, then please notify me and i will respond accordingly.

[bharvey42]

Is there any way we might see NPC's or Monsters?

[sonic3d]

if u can bitsys can u give me the fix?

l8er
sonic

[chrisz]

I closed my forum until all the bugs are fixed I cant run it if there is so many problems...
Until then I will uninstall soz Bitsys..

[lioncool1589]

Bitsys
i still have problems battle stats not save even i run data fix
also claw weapon do alot dmg

i think those are bugs