Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Miserable Users

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

The ever popular "Miserable Users" modification.

Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. Credit to Zzed for the original idea.

When classed as miserable, a member suffers ;

1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).
2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).
3. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
4. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).

If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above are set in vBulletin Options > Miserable Users.

To Install ;

Download the xml file to your pc and import it into vbulletin as a product.
Ceate your 'Miserable Users' usergroup and set the value of this group, and your preferred other settings, in the modifications settings (vBulletin Options > Miserable Users).


To make a member suffer just edit their profile - add them to the Miserable Users group (it will work as either the primary group or as a secondary group). There is also the option to set ip addresses.


History:

v4.0.1 : 24-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 20-Jan-2010 : Not released.
v4.0.3 : 26-Jan-2010 : Various updates.
v4.0.4 : 16-Feb-2010 : Fix server busy, phrase blank page message.
v4.0.5 : 18-Feb-2010 : Installer update.
v4.0.6 : 07-Mar-2010 : Changed the way the delay works.
v4.0.7 : 29-May-2010 : Fix error in upgrade section of install code.
v4.0.8 : 06-Nov-2010 : Install code updated.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[kiddo]

I see that, problem is the mod is not working. I tried it on another user with permission by him to test it out, but he said nothing occured. The pages didn't slow down, no 404 errors, and yes, I did increase the percentages but nothing affected him.

[DemOnstar]

Installed and and left to it's own devices..

[xyzmaria2001]

Works perfectly with vBulletin 4.2.4, and I just tested it myself. Very frustrating experience indeed =))

[mdawg]

How about vb 4.2.5 does it work? running php 7.1

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by mdawg

How about vb 4.2.5 does it work? running php 7.1

I am very confident it does...I have it installed on my local dev site (vB 4.2.5/PHP 7.0.13) and it runs without issue.

[mdawg]

Okay I just added it. This particular forum was carried over from vb3 which had the MU Mod on it too, and I noticed that I still have the category of MU left over from the vb3 forum so it was pretty seamless to install and set up this vb4 Mod.

One thing I noticed is that when I instant ban someone, the forum gives 100 points and makes the user a MU - I looked and at
AdminCP > User Infractions > User Infraction Manager

I had set it when this was a vb3 forum to make 50 points a MU and 100 points instant ban, so I'm not sure why an instant ban is making someone a MU, versus banned?
It seems like when you give someone 100 points via Automatic Ban, that this Mod accounts for the 50 first, makes him MU, and not banned.