Major Additions - Forum Tournaments & Ladders

[Script Demo] [Version History]
Compatible with 3.6.x, 3.7.x, 3.8.x

Tournament Description:
Users or teams can join tournaments. Once full the tournament starts. In single elimination tournaments competitors progress through rounds of tournament with the number of rounds depending on the number of players in tournament which is set on tournament creation. Last Man Standing Tournaments also supported.
[Screenshot of Single Elimination Tournament (Slightly outdated)]

Ladder Description:
Users or teams can also join ladders and challenge other players or teams in the ladder. Elo rating system is used which calculates the difficultly of a match according to the players' ranks and this is taken into account when the ranks are updated after the match is finished.

Feature List:

• Tournament Features
  • Hall of Fame (Top 10 Tournament Players)
  • Permissions can be set per usergroup
    (AdminCP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager -> {Select Usergroup} -> Tournament Permissions)
  • Tournaments start automatically when no slots are left
  • Tournaments have proper Date/ Time converted to users timezone and DST
  • 2 Tournament Modes: Last Man Standing and Single Elimination
  • Filter Tournaments Displayed according to Tournament Status
  • Tournament User Stats Page
  • 'Start Tournament' for Single Elimination adds bye players and creates brackets
• Tournament options
  • Turn on/off tournament
  • Create Thread on Tournament Creation
  • Tournament Stats in Member Profile
  • Tournament Stats in Postbit (Can be turned on/off in Tournament Options)
  • Comments per page
  • Tournament description length shown in tournament List
• Tournament Display
  • LMS realtime ranking shows if players are equal positions
  • Tournament View Counter
  • Tournament creator and last edited by notes at bottom of tournament
• Tournament Moderators can...
  • Add/edit tournament (description uses vBulletin Editor)
  • Edit tournament type if not started yet
  • Add Score type (points, wins, kills, deaths, etc.) for LMS tournaments
  • Tournament mods can remove players if tournament hasn't started
  • Increase/ Decrease Tournament Slots
  • Pm all competitors with custom message and title (permissions set to bypass max pm recipients restrictions)
  • Add players (Ajax/Javascript userid fetch)
  • Swap players in LMS mode
  • Create/ edit/ delete announcements
• Competitors can...
  • Players can remove themselves if tournament hasn't started
  • Users can PM themselves the details of the tournament
  • Sign up to tournament only once
• Tournament Comments
  • Uses vBulletin Editor
  • Comment Display with user avatars and last edited by note
  • User able to edit/delete their own comment (subject to permissions)
  • Tournament moderators can edit all comments
  • If applicable under username on comments Tournament Creator, Tournament Competitor or Tournament Winner
  • Comment paging
• Teams
  • Users can apply to teams
  • Leader can accept/ decline users
  • Team profile shows team stats
  • Team list
  • Can limit teams created by user (in usergroup options)
  • Fields: team website, gamertag, logo, description, slog, tags
• Team leader can...
  • delete players from his/her team
  • Promote players in his/her team to Leader or Co-Leader
  • Join tournaments
• Ladder Features
  • Elo rating system (Javascript Elo calculator @ ladders.php?do=elorating)
  • Players last activity (date)
  • Winning/ Losing Streak
  • Longest Winning Streak
  • Admin can submit scores/ add challenges
  • Report/ dispute challenges
• Ladder Display
  • leader-board for each ladder
  • last 10 upcoming/ past matches per ladder
  • separate page for accepting/rejecting challenges and submitting score (have to be accepted by other user)
• Tournament Announcements
  • Tournament Moderators can create/edit announcements
  • Uses forum last visit for announcement read marking
  • Shows last user to edit announcement
• Categories
  • Share categories for tournaments/ ladders
  • Category displays in navbar when viewing ladder/ tournament

Installation:

1. Follow instructions included in .zip
2. If you are using v3.6.x you will need to download this product file and import it
   (It contains memberinfo css which is used in profile comments in v3.7.x and is in used in Tournaments Comments and Team Profiles)
3. Click Install

Future Features:

• Add more Different Tournament Types (Double Elimination and Round Robin)
• Allowing a player to only join one team per ladder
• Use 3.7/3.8 notification system
• My Teams page
• Easy way to Re-arrange users in tournament
• Limit number of challenges per week/day
• Ladder match finder
• Custom message included in challenge pm sent to user

Donations:

• If you want to donate please click 'Support Developer'

Translations:

• German/ Deutsch http://www.vbulletin-germany.org/showthread.php?t=5594
• French/ fran?aise http://www.vbulletin-ressources.com/...itions-t15101/

[Reinhart]

Originally Posted by bananalive

To use this mod with v3.6.x you will need to create template memberinfo_css with following css
(This is for the css needed for the comments to be displayed properly)

<style type="text/css" id="memberinfo_css">
<!--
#content_container {
	width:100%;
	float:$stylevar[left];
	margin-$stylevar[right]:-256px;
}
#content {
	margin-$stylevar[right]:256px;
}
#sidebar_container {
	width:250px;
	float:$stylevar[right];
}

.list_no_decoration {
	list-style-type:none;
	margin:0px;
	padding:0px;
}

div.fixed_width_avatar {
	text-align:center;
	width:60px;
}

/**
* Memberinfo Small
*/
li.memberinfo_small {
	margin-top:6px;
}
li.memberinfo_small div.fixed_width_avatar {
	margin-$stylevar[right]:6px;
}
li.memberinfo_small div.info_bar, #friends li.memberinfo_small div.info_bar {
	border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px;
	margin-bottom:6px;
}
li.memberinfo_small div.info_bar ul {
	padding:6px;
}
li.memberinfo_small ul.friend_im_list li {
	display:inline;
	margin-$stylevar[right]:3px;
}
li.memberinfo_small ul.friend_im_list img {
	vertical-align:middle;
}

/**
* Memberinfo Tiny
*/
li.memberinfo_tiny {
	height:105px;
	width:75px;
	overflow:hidden;
	float:$stylevar[left];
	text-align:center;
	margin:1px;
}

/**
* Tabs and Blocks
*/
.content_block {
	margin-bottom:6px;
	padding:$stylevar[cellspacing]px;
}
.content_block .block_row {
	padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px;
	margin:$stylevar[cellspacing]px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.content_block .block_title {
	padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px;
	margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
/*.content_block h4.thead, .content_block .block_title {
	padding:4px;
	margin:$stylevar[cellspacing]px 0px 0px 0px;
}*/
.content_block .block_footer {
	text-align:$stylevar[right];
	padding:4px;
	margin:$stylevar[cellspacing]px 0px 0px 0px;
}
a.collapse_gadget {
	float:$stylevar[right];
}

/**
* Popup Menus Built With List Markup
*/
ul.vbmenu_popup li {
	padding:4px;
	margin:0px 1px 1px 1px;
	white-space:nowrap;
}
ul.vbmenu_popup li.first {
	margin:1px;
}
ul.vbmenu_popup li.notext {
	font-size:1px;
}

/**
* Override Menu CSS for 'Send Message' Menu
*/
#minicontact_menu li.vbmenu_option, #minicontact_menu li.vbmenu_hilite {
	padding:0px;
	padding-$stylevar[right]:4px;
}
#minicontact_menu li.vbmenu_option img, #minicontact_menu li.vbmenu_hilite img {
	padding:4px;
}

/**
* Profile Field List Title / Value Pairs
*/
dl.profilefield_list dd {
	margin-bottom:3px;
	margin-$stylevar[left]:16px;
}

/**
* Sidebar profile field blocks
*/
#sidebar_container dl.profilefield_list {
	font-size:11px;
}

/**
* Top Panel
*/
#main_userinfo {
	margin-bottom:20px;
}
#main_userinfo #profilepic_cell {
	 border-bottom-width:0px;
	 padding:4px;
}
#main_userinfo .profilepic_adjacent {
	padding-$stylevar[left]:6px;
}
#main_userinfo h1 {
	font-size:18pt;
	font-weight:normal;
	margin:0px;
}
#main_userinfo h2 {
	font-size:10pt;
	font-weight:normal;
	margin:0px;
}
#reputation_rank {
	float:$stylevar[right];
}
#reputation {
	margin-bottom:6px;
	text-align:$stylevar[right];
}
#rank {
	margin-bottom:6px;
	text-align:$stylevar[right];
}
#send_message_cell {
	padding-bottom:6px;
	text-align:$stylevar[right];
}
#link_bar ul {
	padding:4px;
}
#link_bar li.thead {
	float:$stylevar[left];
	margin-$stylevar[right]:10px;
	white-space:nowrap;
	font-weight:normal;
	background:transparent;
}
#link_bar a {
	text-decoration:none;
}
#link_bar a:hover {
	text-decoration:underline;
}
#activity_info {
	border-top-width:0px;
}
#activity_info div.alt2 {
	padding:4px;
}
#link_bar #usercss_switch_link {
	float:$stylevar[right];
	margin-$stylevar[left]:3px;
	margin-$stylevar[right]:0px;
}

/**
* Visitor Messaging Tab
*/

#qc_error_div {
	text-align:$stylevar[left];
	margin-bottom:6px;
}
#qc_error_header {
	font-weight:bold;
}
#qc_error_okay {
	text-align:$stylevar[right];
}

#message_form {
	display:block;
	margin:0px;
}
#message_form textarea {
	width:98%;
	height:50px;
}
#message_form div.messagetext {
	text-align:$stylevar[left];
}
#message_form div.allowed_bbcode {
	float:$stylevar[left];
}
#message_form div.submit_button {
	text-align:$stylevar[right];
}

#visitor_messaging #inlinemodsel {
	float:$stylevar[right];
}

#visitor_messaging #view_my_conversation_link {
	float:$stylevar[right];
	text-decoration:none;
}

#visitor_message_inlinemod_form {
	margin:0px;
	display:block;
}

#message_list {
	border:none;
}
#message_list li {
	margin-bottom:6px;
}
#message_list div.fixed_width_avatar {
	margin-$stylevar[right]:6px;
	float:$stylevar[left];
}
#message_list div.visitor_message_avatar_margin {
	margin-$stylevar[left]:66px;
}
#message_list div.info_bar {
	border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px;
	margin-bottom:6px;
}
#message_list div.info_bar div.alt2 {
	padding:6px;
}
#message_list div.info_bar a.username {
	/*font-weight:bold;*/
}
#message_list .visitor_message_date {
	float:$stylevar[right];
}
#message_list .group_message_date {
	float:$stylevar[right];
}
#message_list .inlinemod_checkbox {
	float:$stylevar[right];
}
#message_list div.visitor_message_body {
	overflow:auto;
}
#message_list ul.controls {
	margin-top:6px;
	text-align:$stylevar[right];
}
#message_list ul.controls li {
	display:inline;
	margin-$stylevar[left]:6px;
}
#message_list ul.controls a:link, #message_list ul.controls a:visited {
	text-decoration:none;
}
#message_list .deletedmessage{
	float: $stylevar[left]
}

/**
* About Me Tab
*/
#aboutme li.profilefield_category {
	font-weight:bold;
	margin-top:6px;
}
#aboutme dl.profilefield_list {
	font-weight:normal;
	margin:6px 16px 0px 16px;
}
#aboutme dl.profilefield_list dd {
	margin-bottom:6px;
	margin-$stylevar[left]:0px;
}
#aboutme #signature {
	width:100%;
	overflow:auto;
}
#aboutme #simple_aboutme_link {
	text-align: $stylevar[right];
	display: block;
}

/**
* About Me Tab (Alternative)
*/
#aboutme2 dl.profilefield_list dd {
	margin-bottom:6px;
	margin-$stylevar[left]:0px;
}

/**
* Statistics Tab
*/
#stats fieldset.statistics_group {
	margin-top:6px;
}
#stats fieldset.statistics_group ul {
	padding:6px;
}
#stats fieldset.statistics_group ul li {
	margin-bottom:3px;
}

/**
* Statistics Tab (Alternative)
*/
#statistics2 ul.statistics_group li {
	margin-bottom:3px;
}

/**
* Friends Tab
*/
#friends a.edit_friends_link {
	float:$stylevar[right];
}
#friends_mini a.edit_friends_link {
	float:<if condition="$prepared['friendcount']">$stylevar[left]<else />$stylevar[right]</if>;
	<if condition="$prepared['friendcount']">margin-$stylevar[right]<else />margin-$stylevar[left]</if>:10px;
}

/**
* Infractions Tab
*/
div#infractions.content_block {
	padding:0px;
}

/**
* Contact Info Tab
*/
#contactinfo fieldset {
	margin-bottom:6px;
}
#contactinfo div.fieldset_padding {
	padding:6px;
}
#contactinfo #messaging_list li {
	margin-bottom:3px;
	margin-$stylevar[right]:16px;
	float:$stylevar[left];
	white-space:nowrap;
}
#contactinfo #instant_messaging_list li {
	margin-top:6px;
	margin-$stylevar[right]:6px;
	position:relative;
}
#contactinfo #instant_messaging_list .im_img_link {
	vertical-align: middle;
}
#contactinfo #instant_messaging_list .im_txt_link {
	position:absolute;
	$stylevar[left]:75px;
}
#contactinfo #additional_contact_details dd {
	margin-$stylevar[left]:0px;
	margin-bottom:6px;
}

/**
* Albums Block
*/
#albums_mini_list li {
	text-align:center;
	margin-bottom:6px;
}

/**
* Mini Friends Block
*/

#friends_mini_list a.username {
	display:block;
	margin-top:3px;
}
#friends_mini div.friends_counter {
	padding-bottom:6px;
}

/**
* Groups Block
*/
span.group_count {
	float:$stylevar[right];
}
ul.group_list {
	margin:6px 0px 0px 6px;
}
ul.group_list li {
	display:inline;
	margin-$stylevar[right]:3px;
}
#public_usergroup_list a:link, #public_usergroup_list a:visited {
	text-decoration:none;
}

/**
* Traffic Block
*/
ol.last_visitors_list {
	margin:0px;
	margin-top:6px;
}
ol.last_visitors_list li {
	display:inline;
	margin-$stylevar[right]:3px;
}

$template_hook[memberinfo_css]
-->
</style>

OMG OMG.. thanks so much banana!
Thought I might have to churn this all out myself!

[KHALIK]

Has this been incorporated in the new release ?

Originally Posted by KHALIK View Post

also will there be a feature to correct any mistakes, Example, wrong player put forward to the next round as an error.

Can I not just delete him and redo it again?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by KHALIK

Has this been incorporated in the new release ?

No, View Version History Here

[EDIT] See post below [/EDIT]

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by KHALIK

Has this been incorporated in the new release ?

This is now in v2.2.1

[VGPelega]

I have a small issue with the description box, displaying the opening text in the tournaments listing page.

Its a good Idea, but because there is no "Intro area" into the tournament information, I use a main headline banner-image followed by text, in the description, to make it more appealing to the members.

But thing is, the description now takes just the text from the description box, and it starts the description off by spitting out the URL where the image is meant to be, then continues on with displaying the rest of the text.

Does this make sense?

Call of Duty 4 Last Man Standing Event:
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/xxx/xxx/xxx.jpg The Call of Duty 4 Last Man Stand...

Suggestion: Perhaps an option to either disable it, or add a custom field in for a short description of text to add underneath the tournament name?

This would avoid the URL of the image being spit out onto the tournaments listing page?

[Chris11987]

^ I haven't installed the new version yet, but I had that same problem originally, and I think in this case you would just have to set the limit of the caption to 0, so it doesn't show on the listings page.

[harlita]

UserID fetch inputs HTML header information into the USERID feild which, of course doesn't work.

I'm using 3.7.3 and just did a new install of this hack.

Would you like a screenshot to see what it's doing or are you already familiar with what I'm describing?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by VGPelega

I have a small issue with the description box, displaying the opening text in the tournaments listing page.

Its a good Idea, but because there is no "Intro area" into the tournament information, I use a main headline banner-image followed by text, in the description, to make it more appealing to the members.

But thing is, the description now takes just the text from the description box, and it starts the description off by spitting out the URL where the image is meant to be, then continues on with displaying the rest of the text.

Does this make sense?

Suggestion: Perhaps an option to either disable it, or add a custom field in for a short description of text to add underneath the tournament name?

This would avoid the URL of the image being spit out onto the tournaments listing page?

As Chris says just go into vbulletin options -> Tournament (at bottom of list) -> Description length => 0

[WNxWakko]

Originally Posted by harlita

UserID fetch inputs HTML header information into the USERID feild which, of course doesn't work.

I'm using 3.7.3 and just did a new install of this hack.

Would you like a screenshot to see what it's doing or are you already familiar with what I'm describing?

I am having the same issue. Everything else in this mod works very well.

When I try and add a member, I have two boxes, one for ID one for username. When I enter a name and click fetch, I get this,

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>404 Not Found</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><H1>Not Found</H1>The requested document was not found on this server.<P><HR><ADDRESS>Web Server at warriornation.net</ADDRESS></BODY></HTML><!-- - Unfortunately, Microsoft has added a clever new - "feature" to Internet Explorer. If the text of - an error's message is "too small", specifically - less than 512 bytes, Internet Explorer returns - its own error message. You can turn that off, - but it's pretty tricky to find switch called - "smart error messages". That means, of course, - that short error messages are censored by default. - IIS always returns error messages that are long - enough to make Internet Explorer happy. The - workaround is pretty simple: pad the error - message with a big comment like this to push it - over the five hundred and twelve bytes minimum. - Of course, that's exactly what you're reading - right now. -->

I learned that the only way to bypass and add a member is if I enter both their username and go hunting down their userID.

How do I resolve this issue?

[butler312]

I haven't installed the newest version yet, but I have some issues/suggestions:

1) Tournament creator doesn't see an actual bracket. He/She just sees it in a list form. They are in the correct order so you can still figure out the bracket by going down the line and pairing them up, but this is extremely annoying if it is a large tournament. Also, if the tournament creator is also in the tournament, they don't have an option to submit their score the same way everyone else does. Of course they could just use their power to make themselves advance, but thats not what I want.

2) It doesn't handle byes correctly. For example, in a 12 person tournament, there should be 4 matches in round 1 in order to get the field down to an even 8 (with the rest of the people getting byes). Instead, it will will out a 16 person bracket from the top down, leaving a very awkward bracket, which results in very unfair byes in multiple rounds.

3) Tournaments start automatically when they fill up. There should be an option for it to start automatically, or for it to require the creator to start it manually. There are some tournaments I want to start on a certain date, or to start maybe the day after it fills up, or some other time other than as soon as it fills.

I think I had more suggestions, but they are escaping me. I will post if I think of some I believe to be useful.