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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[apokphp]

Sounds interesting, but w/o screenshots I just can't "bite". I went to your site to see if there was more info (or screenshots)...I found posts and requests of members/users/potential clients asking for screenshots instead.

The standard is to have screenshots for potential installers/clients. It not only saves time for the prospective "client", but entices your market into installing/buying the project.

You have a lot of interesting sounding scripts that I found at your site...but w/o being able to see what I'm getting...I just can't take that extra leap. If you decide to change your mind about showing potential clients your product, let me know, I may be interested in a few of them.

[thenekoboy]

Hello!

I was wondering, is it possible to donate credits to entire usergroups with vBCredits? I used iCash on my old forum, which allowed me to award credits every month to all users who were in the "Active Users" usergroup, but sadly, they have not released an update for 4.0.

And if not, I don't suppose you (or anyone else reading this), can possibly point me in the direction of a vbulletin 4.0 cash system that will all me to do this? It was a system that was perfectly suited to my forum, and I'd really like to continue using it

Thanks!

[mikeylikesitz]

few questions...

is donating between users possible
upgrading from vbc 1.4 possible
paypal for credits possible
bank from vbc 1.4 what happens to that?

[Darkwaltz4]

Originally Posted by hcmls.net

I dont know, I want members must pay credits before they view thread, but they still view dont need pay, this most only show "-" value on their pro5. How must I config?

In 1.0 the lite version will not stop you if you dont have enough credits. In 1.1 I am actually restoring that pro feature back to lite.

Originally Posted by EquinoxWorld

Hello Dark, can this be confirmed as compatible with 4.0.5?

Maybe this fixes an issue we have been having with transactions. For example I transfer from one account to another, The beli get's discounted from the credits account but never adds in the savings account. It leaves but it never get's there. This has happen a few number of times, I am unaware if this has to do with the mod itself or vb or server side, I just feel I need to report it in case someone else has had this. This upgrade to vb4.0.5 fixes as a main memcache bug among others, which could be the culprit of our issues. Please let me know if there has been any recurrences to diminish possibilities. Thank you very much for your time.

As far as I can tell it works fine with 4.0.5. vBC2D works by queuing transactions. When you load a vb powered page it will process one of your pending transactions so that the server load is spread out. This means if you donate, the other person needs to log in to actually receive the credits. Now, this kind of sucks, so in the next version will be some options to process transactions in realtime, with the caveat that you will crash your server if you misjudge the amount of work you are trying to set up

Originally Posted by apokphp

Sounds interesting, but w/o screenshots I just can't "bite". I went to your site to see if there was more info (or screenshots)...I found posts and requests of members/users/potential clients asking for screenshots instead.

The standard is to have screenshots for potential installers/clients. It not only saves time for the prospective "client", but entices your market into installing/buying the project.

You have a lot of interesting sounding scripts that I found at your site...but w/o being able to see what I'm getting...I just can't take that extra leap. If you decide to change your mind about showing potential clients your product, let me know, I may be interested in a few of them.

I'll get some screenshots It is essentially admin screens detailing exactly the features I described, so I hope they wont be underwhelming.

Originally Posted by thenekoboy

Hello!

I was wondering, is it possible to donate credits to entire usergroups with vBCredits? I used iCash on my old forum, which allowed me to award credits every month to all users who were in the "Active Users" usergroup, but sadly, they have not released an update for 4.0.

Thanks!

Yep - you can set up an event using the paycheck action and specify usergroups that get it and the time and reference frame of it.

Originally Posted by mikeylikesitz

few questions...

is donating between users possible
upgrading from vbc 1.4 possible
paypal for credits possible
bank from vbc 1.4 what happens to that?

Yes, yes, not yet (it will be in an update to the pro version), you will start out with both currencies

[EquinoxWorld]

As far as I can tell it works fine with 4.0.5. vBC2D works by queuing transactions. When you load a vb powered page it will process one of your pending transactions so that the server load is spread out. This means if you donate, the other person needs to log in to actually receive the credits. Now, this kind of sucks, so in the next version will be some options to process transactions in realtime, with the caveat that you will crash your server if you misjudge the amount of work you are trying to set up

What if the member is already logged in, how long would it take for the transfer, donation or adjust to be implemented? I have turned on the task in the task manager to run every 10 minutes and process about 150 transactions per cycle, so far we haven't had any troubles with the server although it has happen more than a couple of time that the credits are deducted form the outgoing account but are never received in the other. The defualt way vbcredit came was with this task turned off. If this task is turned off as by default what is the time it would take for the transaction to appear if both members are logged in? Thank you for your help and support Dark, hope everything is well.

[Darkwaltz4]

Originally Posted by apokphp

Sounds interesting, but w/o screenshots I just can't "bite". I went to your site to see if there was more info (or screenshots)...I found posts and requests of members/users/potential clients asking for screenshots instead.

The standard is to have screenshots for potential installers/clients. It not only saves time for the prospective "client", but entices your market into installing/buying the project.

You have a lot of interesting sounding scripts that I found at your site...but w/o being able to see what I'm getting...I just can't take that extra leap. If you decide to change your mind about showing potential clients your product, let me know, I may be interested in a few of them.

Just for you, I added 22 screenshots to the first post!

Originally Posted by EquinoxWorld

What if the member is already logged in, how long would it take for the transfer, donation or adjust to be implemented? I have turned on the task in the task manager to run every 10 minutes and process about 150 transactions per cycle, so far we haven't had any troubles with the server although it has happen more than a couple of time that the credits are deducted form the outgoing account but are never received in the other. The defualt way vbcredit came was with this task turned off. If this task is turned off as by default what is the time it would take for the transaction to appear if both members are logged in? Thank you for your help and support Dark, hope everything is well.

If they are logged in they should get it on their next couple pageloads as they surf the site. With the task on and the user not on, then it should be processed within the 10 mins it takes for the scheduled task to run. Again.. I am working on ways to make this weird part more streamlined, and you should have it in your hands by next friday.

[EquinoxWorld]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

Just for you, I added 22 screenshots to the first post!



If they are logged in they should get it on their next couple pageloads as they surf the site. With the task on and the user not on, then it should be processed within the 10 mins it takes for the scheduled task to run. Again.. I am working on ways to make this weird part more streamlined, and you should have it in your hands by next friday.

sounds good my friend. Can't wait!! thank you for the reply.

[hcmls.net]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

In 1.0 the lite version will not stop you if you dont have enough credits. In 1.1 I am actually restoring that pro feature back to lite.

Thanks, but do u want say about 1.1 lite or pro? And if it's 1.1 lite, can u share that version, because version in this topic's 1.0. I only use lite version, so can I stop member if they dont have enough credits?

Thank for support.

[x9751]

Keeps saying "Transfer of this currency not configured" and idk how to configure it i have looked every where and i can't seem to find it. and my members are getting ruthless to get their credits D:

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by hcmls.net

Thanks, but do u want say about 1.1 lite or pro? And if it's 1.1 lite, can u share that version, because version in this topic's 1.0. I only use lite version, so can I stop member if they dont have enough credits?

Thank for support.

1.1 (pro and lite) is still being worked on =) It'll be released here once complete.