vBTripleTriad

What vBTripleTriad is:
-vBTripleTriad is a multiplayer modification for playing the addictive Triple Triad from Final Fantasy VIII. For now, If you want to learn how to play, Google it to see one of the many online tutorials. Check Out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Triad for more details.

Requirements:
-Any pre-existing points system in place. If you would like a crude points system for sole use in this hack, please CLICK HERE

Features:

Triple Triad the Game

• • Faithfully Recreated From Final Fantasy VIII
    • Contains All Original Card Images
    • Uses Original Game MIDI Files
    • All Original Game Rules Fully Functional
    • All Original Prize Rules Fully Functional
  • New Gameplay Features
    
    • Five New Game Rules Fully Functional
    • One New Prize Rule Fully Functional
    • AI More Intelligent Than FF8
      • Utilizes All Active Rules for Best Move
    • Every Rule Combination Won't Conflict
    • Manually or Randomly Set Rules
    • Unlimited Concurrent Matches
  • User Matches
    
    • Limit Levels of Cards
    • Set Wagers
  • AI Matches
    
    • Set Level of Difficulty
    • Points Admissions and Prizes
    • Limit Uses Through ACP
• Card Aquisition
  
  • Simple Purchase Process With Alert
  • Easy Inventory Management
  • Dynamic Card Catalog
  • Extras Can Be Resold
• User Interaction
  
  • Helpful Links
    • View Inventory
    • Statistics
    • Challenges
  • Trades
    
    • Donations
    • Your Own Cards
    • Point Offers
• Stadium
  
  • Browse Matches
    • Comprehensive Search
  • Statistics
    
    • Match Leaderboard
    • Hack Usage
  • Links to Everything
  • Existing Match Jump
• Admin Control Panel
  
  • Configure Game Settings
    • Integrate With Any Points System
    • Set Limits for Everything
    • Disable Certain PM Alerts
  • Card and Match Manager
    
    • Edit and Delete Existing Cards
    • Upload New Cards
      • Create Special Unique Usercards
      • Award Users New Cards
    • Restart and Delete Individual Matches
  • Match and Trade Processor
    
    • Consistency
    • Prune for Inactivity
    • Calculate Statistics
• Hack in General
  
  • Exhuastively Bugtested
  • Quick and Easy Installation
  • Integrates With Most Points Systems
  • Complete Control Over Every Aspect
  • Special Formulas for PHP-Illiterate Admins
  • Templates Meld Into vB Style
  • vB Standards PHP and MySQL
  • Concise Descriptions of All Actions

-MANY more which I cannot remember!

Installation:
-Upload a few files, run a couple of them, a small handful of minor file edits, and one template edit. Clean installation should take less than 10 minutes for the average admin. Complete instructions are inside the zip.

Because of attachment limitations, the second set of images is in the second post; CLICK HERE to download this as well.

Upgrade hack version 2.6 to 2.7:
-For upgrade information Please see this post

Upgrade hack version 3.2.5 to 2.6:
-For upgrade information Please see this post

Supplemental Images:
-Additional Screenshots can be found in the second post, CLICK HERE.
-If you are interested in creating new/replacement card images and decks, CLICK HERE. Feel free to submit to me new versions of the base set if you would like them to become the new main set.
-The cardback that is included in vBTripleTriad was selected by my forum in a large contest. If you do not like it, you can CLICK HERE to download the original. Edit it to 105x130 pixels, rename to 'backcard.gif', and upload it to images/triad.

[Tri@de]

i didn't touched your template.
It's strange that if i activate the vbulletin style i have the same problem.
Maybe the style touched something.
I'll try to correct by myself, it's not a big problem!

[Darkwaltz4]

alright, if you find a problem with my template on the vb main style, please tell me so i can fix it, otherwise ill be looking into it myself (still dont see problems though) it might be a browser problem though.

some news: im close to the new version, maybe another day or two.
PixelFX has donated to me the final 15$, so I'll remove that message, but of course donations are still welcome and this means I can have this tested up for the new version, and work on the vb3.5 version. Many thanks to him, but this means I have to work on vbtopsite too :-p

[PixelFx]

your welcome, can't wait to see vbtopsites

[Darkwaltz4]

Okay, I've fresh-installed the current version onto 3.0.8, and everything went off flawlessly SO I hereby brand this for 3.0.8.

Additionally, I looked at the stats screen of the fresh install, and there were NO unanticipated appearances. It also showed me a bug, which is fixed in the upcoming version :-p

[Darkwaltz4]

NEW VERSION 2.6
-Bugfixes: table_prefix, some rules, personal records, new card ordering, italics in catalog, one/difference override bug, removed some ai vulnerabilities

-Changes: vB Standard PHP/MySQL, various template tweaks, preparations for tournaments, removal of automated usercards links, better usage of globalize and actiontemplates etc, revision of pm alert system, reverse means selection is level or higher

-Additions: rulesbox on handchoose, wagers, confirm dialog on purchase, limit certain pm alerts, inventory addition function for new cards

And many more which I didnt keep track of....

Upgrade:
-Download the zip file in the first post, and the upgrade zip in this post. Follow the instructions in the upgrade zip.

Notes:
Just because I decided against automated usercards, doesnt mean your hack cant use them.
If you are interested in creating new cards/decks for this hack, or for creating special unique cards for a particular hack user (Usercards) then download the attached card creation kit, and read the text file in it.
If anyone would like to create a new cardset for my hack, or even a new board, feel free to do so, and I'll see about including it in new versions (or having whole new decks) Many sites do this, just don't steal their images and resize them

Be sure to click install!


EDIT:
A second version of a card creation kit, along with more detailed instructions for the actual creation of the images, has been attached, thanks to AllenSam

[Schansche]

Hello!

Im using vBulletin 3.0.1
I installed TripleTriad just as u said to do.
Then i installed the "Crude Points System" (well, just altered the "triad_user" table with "points")
In the AdminCP i changed the settings to "triad_user" and "points", templates are installed correctly too.

Now when i try to play (go to the stadium for example) i get following message:

Ungueltige SQL-Abfrage: 
		SELECT triad_user.*,
			triad_user.points AS points
		FROM triad_user
		LEFT JOIN triad_user ON triad_user.userid = triad_user.userid
		WHERE triad_user.userid = 1

mysql error: Not unique table/alias: 'triad_user'
mysql error number: 1066

Can anyone help me?
thx ^^

Edit: In the CP i changed "triad_user" to "user" and it now seems to work... but im not too sure if this fix is correct

[Darkwaltz4]

Yes, thats exactly what I was going to say. I'm going to edit the post with my points hack, to specify NOT to put the points onto the triad_user table.

For those who would understand why: doing so would be left-joining a table unto itself, which you can't do :-p And this saves a query, so I see no reason to change it (especially when I keep stressing that I wanted the points to be handled by another hack)

Good work Schansche


Version 2.7 is well under way, and the items planned for release: (I won't tell you what's already done!)

AI Limitation System (for users who play my ai instead of each other)
A Newly Designed Personal Scorecard (Cause the original is ugly, and not efficient)
Stadium Leaderboard (yes, see whos better than who)
'Various Stats' statistics page (such as the amount of cards in play, and other fun stuff)
AI Chooses its hand unless its random (instead of always random)
Nice recoding to be more efficient in places such as saving data
Admin pruning tools (Instead of the cron, which would be too intensive. This will remove bad matches/trades for reasons such as deleted cards/users, or you can specify a prune for abandoned matches)
And lots more... Should be done in less than a week, hope 2.6 is holding up well to your expectations

Any further suggestions, and I will consider them as well.

Also, I plan that after this version, I will complete the tournament section. Right now I've been setting up in various places where some tournament links/display will go, but the actual tournament hack in its completion will be after this version. Once that is done, only thing left to do is phrasing, wol locations, and maybe adminhelp/faqs for the hack, and then I label this as completed.

[Tifa Lockheart]

Thanks Darkwaltz4

Installed without too much confusion. Really looking forward to the tournament feature.

Keep up the good work!

[Darkwaltz4]

NEW VERSION 2.7
-Bugfixes: various game/trade/acp bugs, reverse+bonus bug, added some globals in some functions, one alert-blocking bug

-Changes: some heavy and some light template tweaks, optimizations for all stats pages, removed need of backcards in colored folders, moved many match and trade related things into functions

-Additions: match/trade pruner/rebuilder for the acp, usage stats, leaderboard stats, ai limitations system, trades track more data, new record storing, take_cards checker, guest-friendly browsing capability

And many more which I didnt keep track of....

Upgrade:
-Download the zip file in the first post, and the upgrade zip in this post. Follow the instructions in the upgrade zip.

Notes:
I removed the cron idea because it would be too server-intensive, and also harder to control. Therefor I created handy match/trade processors for the ACP, which you must use upon upgrading, to convert your data into the new datatypes used by the new version. So DONT forget to do that last step!

Be sure to click install!

I've also updated the bluecards zip, the screenshot zip, added some updated screenshots to the first post, and ordered up the features listing for the first post.

That's right, TOURNAMENTS ARE NEXT!

[DS MrSinister]

can any one help me to get this hack to work with ushop/ucash hack..

i am not sure what to put in the config fields.. I am using prefixs if that helps at all..

Thanks for any help.