Add-On Releases - vBookie for vBulletin 4

Please See the first post for a F.A.Q.
I will endevour to link to useful posts within this thread there as I spot them. You should check there before posting issues etc.

This is a port of vBookie for vBulletin 3.5 by Andreas which was a port of vBookie - vBulletin Betting Hack by tjdrico. Permission was given by tjdrico to port this.

vBookie is a 'bookmakers' or betting extension to vBulletin. It enables authorised members to post Events and Outcomes that forum members can bet on. Each Outcome has its own set of odds, and odds can be modified through the life of an Event (bets that are placed are stored with the prevailing odds, so even if the odds change, your users are paid at the correct rate).

Once the results are known, Events can be settled and forums members awarded their winnings.

vBookie uses its own vCash by default, but this has no more use than as 'bragging rights'.

Although vBookie does not have any built-in facility to integrate with any other store hacks, it's a very simple job to hack vBookie itself to integrate it with any store/points system you care to use.

Install Instructions
1. Unzip product file
2. Upload files from 'Upload' folder to your forum
3. Install product XML
[S]4. Edit "newthread" template as per readme.txt ionstructions[/S]
5. Set usergroup permissions
6. Set vBookie settings
7. Enjoy.
8. Check out Dismounted's Activity Stream addon
9. Click Mark As Installed and Rate

Upgrade instructions
same as above, but undo edits made in point 4 if upgrading from pre 4.0.7! (see readme.txt for more info)

Version Control
4.0.0 (19 Jan '10 ) - Initial Release
4.0.1 (21 Jan '10 ) - Removed some junk from templates, added enable private bets option
4.0.2 (24 Jan '10 ) - fixed options for hiding vcash, added some more stuff to teh settings screen, added some vCash utilities (reset balances, give to everyone, set default balance) and fixed some template bugs.
4.0.3 (25 Jan '10) - fixed bugs I introduced in 4.0.2 see post #109
4.0.4 (25 Jan '10) - fixed time zone not being saved, can delete events, + plus a couple other things.
4.0.5 (Australia Day '10) - no longer uses bitfields for permissions, fixed vCash display, fixed stats page error
4.0.6 (27 Jan '10) - fixed TABLE PREFIX issue in vBookie stats page
4.0.7 (23 Mar '10) - fixed redirect bug when editing events, fixed display of cash holdings in events, added plugin to make template mods (no template mods needed now) and updated code to 4.0.2 standards, added hooks for vbcredits integration.
NOTE 0- if upgrading from pre 4.0.7, you will need to eitehr revert your "newthread" temp[late, or manually undo template edits as there is now a plugin which does this for you. Check teh readme.txt in the archive for more info.
4.0.8 (31 May '10) - hopefully fixed bug with updating number of outcomes when editing events. To upgrade from previous version (4.0.7) just overwrite vbookie.php
4.0.9 (25 July 10) - Added ability to select Reputation points for currency. Phrased had coded text. Fixed bug in displaying vCash balance in postbit.
4.2.0 (21 August 12) Added in navigation manager Code for vBulletin 4.2, disabled old nav plugin
4.2.1 (24 January 13) Added missing template, fixed Nav code, fixed some small bugs

[neverstop]

ahh fair enough. ty

[neverstop]

Not sure if this is another feature but I cannot edit the number of outcomes on events that I did not create, I get the standard vbulletin permission denied page.

neverstop, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Editing the # of outcomes on my own events works fine.

I am of course in admin usergourp and admin has all creating/editing privs

[neverstop]

Another bug:

When editing an event the Accept bets month gets changed to the payout month. For example:

I have an event where bets close in october, and bets payout in november. When I go to edit the event the "accept bets until" month always says november. Its not a big deal and is easy to just change the month before you hit save but I thought you would want to know

[mikem164]

Originally Posted by DS MrSinister

do a Search in Phrases vbookie_event_thread_prefix. make sure u have Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name click.

Perfect! Thank u sir.

[DS MrSinister]

your very welcome

[dartho]

Originally Posted by neverstop

Not sure if this is another feature but I cannot edit the number of outcomes on events that I did not create, I get the standard vbulletin permission denied page.

neverstop, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Editing the # of outcomes on my own events works fine.

I am of course in admin usergourp and admin has all creating/editing privs

Originally Posted by neverstop

Another bug:

When editing an event the Accept bets month gets changed to the payout month. For example:

I have an event where bets close in october, and bets payout in november. When I go to edit the event the "accept bets until" month always says november. Its not a big deal and is easy to just change the month before you hit save but I thought you would want to know

Confirmed both of these. 2nd one is a quick fix, I'll look into the 1st one

[neverstop]

Originally Posted by dartho

not built in, but I should add that sometime. If you really need to add an event to an existing thread, you can manually craft the URL to do so.

Take note of the threadid, and then head to the URL "vbookie.php?t=nn&do=newevent" where nn is the thread ID, you should then be able to add a book to the thread.

Just an FYI, I tried doing this to a thread that I didnot create and got a permission denied error. Maybe it checks the userid of the thread starter rather than the current user?

[dartho]

It does check thread starter as part or auth checking in addition to other permissions

[tms433]

This would be perfect for what I'm trying to do.. it installed fine, I told it groups 4,5,6 (mods & admins, basically) could create bets.. but it seems as though no one can.. or we at least can't find an option to.

[neverstop]

Originally Posted by tms433

This would be perfect for what I'm trying to do.. it installed fine, I told it groups 4,5,6 (mods & admins, basically) could create bets.. but it seems as though no one can.. or we at least can't find an option to.

When you create a thread look down by where you check the box for a poll. There is an option there to "add book event to thread" (or similar).