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Miserable Users for vB3
Version: 1.00, by KuraFire KuraFire is offline
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Miserable Users for vB3
Version: 1.01
vB-version: 3.0.0
Developer: KuraFire (original for vB2: Zzed)
Install-difficulty: Easiest
File edits: 0
Template edits: 1 (phpinclude_start)

Description of the Hack:
The Miserable Users Hack for vB3 is an upgrade from Zzed's hack for vB2. The vB3 version is streamlined and works without any file edits. It is purely template based.


Templates modified for this Hack:
phpinclude_start

(the above was generated via the Hack Tracking Log, soon to come)


1.01 update: January 5th, 3:10 pm CET
Instead of a custom check for the usergroup data to see whether the user is a Miserable User, vB3's function is_member_of() is being used now, cleaning up the code even more.


Here's what the Hack does: (original Hack thread)
This Hack will allow you to drive away people from your board without banning them. As explained by Zzed, the author of the original (vB2) hack:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zzed
So here is what really happens to a miserable user:

- There is a random 60-120 second delay each time they click on a link.
- 90% of times they have no search engine acccess.
- 75% of the times they get the server too busy error.

If they don't get the server too busy error:
- 50% of the times they may get a blank page
- 30% of the times they may get forwarded to the forum main page
- 20% of the time they may be able to see the page they asked for.
This vB3 hack uses NO FILE EDITS. Instead, it's all template based and Usergroup-based, making it even easier for you to manage your Miserable Users.



TO INSTALL:

1)
Create a new membergroup, and name it Miserable Users. Give them no particular permissions if you want, as you can use it as a secondary group (so you can effectively give them 0 permissions whatsoever).
Note: make sure to note down the Membergroup id !

2)
Put this code at the top of your phpinclude_start template:
Note: fill in the membergroup id from step 1 where it says "$miserableid = 8;" (replace the 8 with your id number).

PHP Code:
// Miserable Hack for vB3
    // Ported by KuraFire to vB3, original vB2 version by Zzed
    // #######################################################
    // Put the id of your Miserable Usergroup here:
    
$miserableid 8;
   
 
// Check to see if the user is a Miserable User
 
if (is_member_of(array('userid'=>$bbuserinfo['userid'], 'usergroupid'=>$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], 'membergroupids'=>$bbuserinfo['membergroupids']), $miserableid))
    {
        
$glitch rand(60120);
        for(
$x=0$x<$glitch$x++)
        {
            echo 
' ';
            
sleep(1);
        }
    
        
$vboptions['floodchecktime'] *= 10;
        
$glitch rand(0100);
        if(
$glitch 90)
        {
            
$vboptions['enablesearches'] = 0;
        }
    
        
$glitch rand(0100);
       if (
$glitch 75)
       {
           eval(
'$headinclude = "' fetch_template('headinclude') . '";');
           eval(
'$header = "' fetch_template('header') . '";');
           eval(
'$footer = "' fetch_template('footer') . '";');
           eval(
'$timezone = "' fetch_template('timezone') . '";');
           eval(
'$gobutton = "' fetch_template('gobutton') . '";');
           
$vboptions['useforumjump'] = 0;
           eval(
print_standard_error('error_toobusy'));
       }
   
        
$glitch rand(0100);
       if (
$glitch 80)
        {
            if (
$glitch 50)
            {
                exit;
            }
         
$templatecache['headinclude'] = '<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh\" CONTENT=\"5; URL=$vboptions[forumhome].php\" />' $templatecache['headinclude'];
        }
    }
    unset(
$ids$glitch$miserableid$x); 

Done!

Note: this Hack will come in an HTL* package once the HTL is finished.

Toning Down The Pain:

You'll find that this hack is a bit rough on people, and may be getting too obvious. If you want to tone it down, here's what you can do:

Toning down the page load delay:
This line:
PHP Code:
     $glitch rand(60120); 
specifies the random delay, in actual seconds. You can see that Miserable users will have at least 60 and at most 120 seconds loading delay for pages. If you want to dial that down, you could change it to 30, 60 for instance. The first number is the minimum amount of seconds they'll wait, the second is the maximum. A random number in-between the two will be used for each page load.


Toning down the % chance disabling of the Search engine:
This line:
PHP Code:
     if($glitch 90
specifies the chance of the search engine being disabled. Currently it will be a 90% chance. Change the number to (for instance) 50 for a 50% chance.


Toning down the chance of a Server Too Busy error:
This line:
PHP Code:
    if ($glitch 75
specifies the chance of getting a Server Too Busy error. Lower the number for a smaller chance.


Toning down the chance of a blank page:
This line:
PHP Code:
        if ($glitch 50
specifies the chance of getting a blank page. Lower the number for a smaller chance.


Increasing the chance of getting a normal page:
This line:
PHP Code:
    if ($glitch 80
specifies the chance of not getting a normal page. So, if you want to increase the chance of getting a normal page, decrease this number!


Toning down the chance of a refresh to Forum home:
This section:
PHP Code:
    $glitch rand(0100);
       if (
$glitch 80)
       {
           if (
$glitch 50
specifies the chance of getting a refresh. If the 20% chance of getting a normal page is not the case, there will be a 50% chance of a white page, and if that doesn't happen, there will be a refresh. If you want to change it, meddle with those two options to find a balance you like.





Hope you guys enjoy this update of the excellent hack by Zzed, with the improvements I've made to it for higher maintainability (and, no file edits ).

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  #182  
Old 07-10-2005, 09:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Joint
this is my FAVORITE HACK!

Thank You Kura and Zzed! Excellent work!
Howdy!

I heared there was a vBulletin crack to bypass this hack. Anybody who knows about it??
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Installed Thanks a lot for this!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bfoot045
I am still a beginner in PHP, but this may suffice (Use this code instead of the one above : (Put the IPs you want banned in the format it says below, between the ' and ' for the $ips variable.)

Code:
    // Miserable Hack for vB3
    // Ported by KuraFire to vB3, original vB2 version by Zzed
    // #######################################################
    // Put the id of your Miserable Usergroup here:
    $miserableid = 8;
    // Put the IP of the users you want to have this effect here
    /*
    * Example of how to input IPS into here: 127.0.0.1 OR 192.168.1.0 OR 125.455.854.555
    $ips = '';
   
// Check to see if the user is a Miserable User
if (is_member_of(array('userid'=>$bbuserinfo['userid'], 'usergroupid'=>$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], 'membergroupids'=>$bbuserinfo['membergroupids']), $miserableid) OR $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]!=$ips)
    {
        $glitch = rand(60, 120);
        for($x=0; $x<$glitch; $x++)
        {
            echo ' ';
            sleep(1);
        }
        $vboptions['floodchecktime'] *= 10;
        $glitch = rand(0, 100);
        if($glitch < 90)
        {
            $vboptions['enablesearches'] = 0;
        }
    
        $glitch = rand(0, 100);
       if ($glitch < 75)
       {
           eval('$headinclude = "' . fetch_template('headinclude') . '";');
           eval('$header = "' . fetch_template('header') . '";');
           eval('$footer = "' . fetch_template('footer') . '";');
           eval('$timezone = "' . fetch_template('timezone') . '";');
           eval('$gobutton = "' . fetch_template('gobutton') . '";');
           $vboptions['useforumjump'] = 0;
           eval(print_standard_error('error_toobusy'));
       }
   
        $glitch = rand(0, 100);
       if ($glitch < 80)
        {
            if ($glitch < 50)
            {
                exit;
            }
        $templatecache['headinclude'] = '<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh\" CONTENT=\"5; URL=$vboptions[forumhome].php\" />' . $templatecache['headinclude'];
        }
    }
    unset($ids, $glitch, $miserableid, $x, $ips);
What you've done here would make everyone miserable...

I think you should change the following in the code above:
PHP Code:
if (is_member_of(array('userid'=>$bbuserinfo['userid'], 'usergroupid'=>$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], 'membergroupids'=>$bbuserinfo['membergroupids']), $miserableid) OR $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]!=$ips
to this:
PHP Code:
if (is_member_of(array('userid'=>$bbuserinfo['userid'], 'usergroupid'=>$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], 'membergroupids'=>$bbuserinfo['membergroupids']), $miserableid) OR $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] == $ips
By using a NOT you're making all of your users, except the targeted ones, miserable.

- Sid
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this isnt working for me.
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nice :squareeyed:
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why is this not working for me???

im using it on 308. and when i test it out with another account, everything loads fine.
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Originally Posted by Da_GoTTi
why is this not working for me???

im using it on 308. and when i test it out with another account, everything loads fine.
Is there a 3.5 version?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by anne123456
This is brilliant!

Quick question-I tried it and was only getting white pages, I kept lowering that variable to 0 and still get white pages, but never a server busy page. I don't understand the code enough to know why this is...any ideas?
Same here. I don't like the emails being sent about the down pages.
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brilliant.

If God made vb hacks this would be His.
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Great
/me clicks install.
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