Major Additions - Casino (w/ 10 player poker)

The Gameroom is the follow up to this, and expands on its features. This mod will no longer be supported, Gameroom is here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=219483

This is a casino addition for vBulletin, so far containing video poker, blackjack, Slots, a lottery, Let 'em Ride, Roulette and a betting pool.

It can use it's own cash as well as cash fields from other products for easy integration. Cash bonuses are also awarded for various actions (posting, starting threads, etc.), you can alter the bonus values through the admincp.

Each of the 10 games can be turned on or off through the control panel, and the casino can be restricted by user group.

I'd consider this a test run, everything should work, but some of the template's and all of the phrasing are not done yet.

Screenshots are attached.

If you want to see a demo, it's live at http://vbgaming.org, it does require registration though as it needs a userid to attach your money too Bug reports and requests can also be posted there, and will probably have less chance of getting buried in this rather massive thread. If you are having a problem, please look there. If it is one that others have been having, there will likely be a solution there (as well as in this thread, just harder to find here)

v 0.90 (Jan 6)
- Fixed a bug in lottery odds calculation that was casuing problems with the jackpot.
- Completed Phrasing of all games & admincp
- Removed card flicker some people experienced in Texas Hold'em
- Removed unused table limit setting from Video Poker settings
- Handled a DB error that occasionally came out of the slots game
- Sports Pool groups are now edited through the game, not the admincp
- Blackjack: Dealer checks for blackjack on A or 10
- Blackjack: Added Five card charlie rule
- Texas Hold'em: poker mod groups can now use the command "/kick username" to kick people out of the game. If a hand is in progress it counts as a forced fold, not returning their share of the pot.
- Blackjack - Fixed bug on bet amount when splitting more then once on a hand

v 0.91 (Jan 13)
- Added missing field for holdem mod groups to settings table
- Removed 0.90 test code of drawin same numbers in lottery
- Piped all the ajax files through casino.php, this should solve some of the conflicts people where having (ex. mkportal)
- Added missing link to add / edit groups in sports pool
- Fixed extra \'s in chatbox some users where getting
- Added a reset cash button in the ACP
- Fixed a bug where the blackjack_dealt table wasn't getting cleared properly
- Fixed "Most Lost" stat calculation


v 0.92 (Feb 18)
- Fixed Default Cash not saving
- Texas Hold'em no longer shows hand after folding
- Texas Hold'em buttons should not reappear after clicking if a request was in progress when they where clicked
- Fixed some of the reinstall issues people have been having

This is pretty minor, working on some major changes to the Texas Hold'em game that are taking longer then I planned due to other things coming up.

Known issues:
- The same player attempting to play more then one instance of the same game at the same time will cause errors.

To update overwrite all of the old files and import the product, revert any modified (casino) templates and don't forget the files in other folders Also some of the images have changed, those need uploaded again. (as well as the includes and admincp files) You DO NOT need to uninstall the previous version to upgrade, this will cause problems. Just overwrite existing files and import the product again, allowing overwrite.

**Make sure you overwrite ALL existing files and revert ALL casino templates**

[Andrew Green]

Styling is definitely something I need to clean up before I call it version 1.0

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Andrew Green

Styling is definitely something I need to clean up before I call it version 1.0

I think it's pretty close at the moment to be honest. Other than the table thing, I've only made minor alterations, and added a column down the side of the lottery pages. That's pretty much it. I prefer to keep things clean and uncluttered, too much clutter puts people off.

The main thing I've done really is added a casino navbar that's common to every page in the casino, for ease of navigation (and to match what I did with my arcades). This was simply a matter of creating a template casino_navbar, calling it in the relevant files, and then adding $casino_navbar into each template under [i]$navbar[i].

There may well be a better way of doing that, but I'm no programmer.

[Andrew Green]

What I mean is some buttons need to be redone, the chips need a little polishing, I'll never go for a cluttered interface, but I do still plan on a little clean up work for what is there

As for the navbar, that's pretty much the proper way to do it, although depending on how you did it turning a game off might not take it out of there.

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Andrew Green

What I mean is some buttons need to be redone, the chips need a little polishing, I'll never go for a cluttered interface, but I do still plan on a little clean up work for what is there

As for the navbar, that's pretty much the proper way to do it, although depending on how you did it turning a game off might not take it out of there.

Yes, that's definitely an issue with my navbar. Turning off a game wouldn't remove the link. I might have a play about sometime and see if I can sort that. It hasn't been a big issue for me since I plan to run all the games.

[Andrew Green]

wouldn't really worry about it as a change for your site, slightly speedier your way, as oppose to pulling a list of active games first.

[deezelpope]

Originally Posted by Mark.B

Thanks...seems to be ok now.

I should add, whilst I'm in the thread pointing out bugs, that this modification is fantastic and it's proving very popular on my site.

My ultimate aim now, as I also have both v3arcade and ibproarcade, AND the inferno quiz running, is to install vBcredits and integrate all four via that, as they are all compatible.

One small template bug, in slots_main you have a rogue apostrophe. Up to date browsers seem to just ignore it, but in IE6 it makes the "Payout" block in slots have no background, instead of the thead background it is meant to have.

<td style='vertical-align:top;width:150px;text-align:center;' 'class='thead'><p style='font-size:18pt;'>Payout<br/><span style='font-size:36pt;font-weight:bold;' id='outcome'></span></p></td>

Change to:

<td style='vertical-align:top;width:150px;text-align:center;' class='thead'><p style='font-size:18pt;'>Payout<br/><span style='font-size:36pt;font-weight:bold;' id='outcome'></span></p></td>

The rogue apostrophe is just before class='thead'.

Really minor but worth noting.

Looks good, Mark B.!! Thanks for mentioning it, and showing the correction. Like you said, it's minor, but looks better now.:up:

And Andrew, I think things look "polished" as they are!!:up:

[rwilkins108]

I've been playing slots a lot, but i've yet to get any payout other than 1 or 2 cherrys. anyone getting 3 of a kind at all???

[deezelpope]

<i>No, not so far.</i>

[Andrew Green]

They are rare, but do happen. Like a real machine, it's weighted towards certain stop points, but all combinations are possible. I've hit 3 cherries, strawberries and lemons

3 x Strawberries are the most common, and will occur about 1.5 % of the time.

Put everything together and do the math gives pretty much dead on 100% payout though.

[rwilkins108]

Is it possible to put in a lenient setting or something like that for slots, it's fun, but annoying to not ever get any 3 of a kind.

Thanks again for the great casino!