RPG Integration Hack /w Battle (BETA)

RPG Integration Hack BETA by Bitsys
(vBulletin versions 2.2.6?, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, and 2.3.0)

This hack combines several RPG hacks into one and adds a battle hack. The hacks included in this hack are:

• Zajako's Ultimate HP/MP Stats Hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=37720)
• Zajako's RPG Elements Hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=35318)
• Zajako's In battle hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=42715)
• Zajako's RPname hack -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=43651)
• DV class hack used with permission of J2K (aka the RPG Class Hack v3.3) ----- (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=43558)
• Mewtwo's/Rake's Original Itemshop v5 -----(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=38090)

In addition to re-releasing thse hacks, I have added features to all of them (or else there would be no point in re-releasing).

• The RPG hacks are now all editable via the admin control panel.
• The itemshop has been somewhat optimized and some fixes are included that reduce queries in showthread.php and itemshop.php . Also, Lesane's Store Hack has been integrated with the Itemshop. This can be toggled in the admin cp.

This means that the RPG hacks are database driven and have been partially integrated with the Itemshop. This was necessary in order to make a battle hack, which is also included.

Since most people are familiar with the RPG and Itemshop hacks, I will give a brief description of the Battle hack. If you want more information about either of the other two hacks, then refer to their original posts or download the .zip file and read the "readme.txt". If you are a visual learner, then you can scroll down to the second post in this thread, which contains the pictures of all of these hacks.


Battle Features:

• The battle format is turn-based.
• HP, AP, PP, and MA are automatically deducted based on what action a user takes, the damage dealt to an opponent, etc.
• Opponents in battle can use spells, one-handed weapons, two-handed weapons, shields, potions, or their fists.
• A battle is over when a combatant dies, retreats, or there is a draw. Battles can also be ended via the admin control panel.
• A wager can be set on a battle. Whoever wins the battle recieves the amount of money as specified in the wager. Outside bets are not supported yet.
• Battles can be either public or private, as determined by the admin control panel. If private, battles require a password and battles can not be browsed. If public, then any user can view any battle, but only the original combatants can fight.
• The results of a battle can be posted into a designated "Battle" forum, as specified in the admin control panel.
• Inactive battles can be pruned.

Getting started with the battle hack:

• In order to get items to disply in the item shop, you must select which items go with which RPG Type in the "Edit Item Type" Menu of the admin cp.
• In order to assign which weapon categories do what kind of damage in battle, you must go to the "Edit Category" link located in the "Edit Items" menu of the admin cp. Select a Battle type for the category and save changes.
• In order to do damage to your opponent when in battle, you must assign the amount of damage each weapon does in the "Edit Items" menu of the admin cp. The default damage is set to 0. The same principle goes for armor, potions, spells, shields, etc.

Please refer to the screenshots or "readme.txt" for more information.


Why is this a BETA hack?

I have tested the installation of this hack on vBulletin versions 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, and 2.3.0. However, because of the scale of this hack, there is plenty of room for errors. Therefore I am making the following disclaimer while this hack is in the BETA stage:


WARNINGS:

• Do not install this hack on a production board. Please keep this hack, while in the BETA stage, to a test board. The reason for not installing this on a production board is that I cannot provide upgrade instructions for going from one version of the beta hack to the next version of the beta hack. Also, this hack does not have an un-install script yet. So please remember, if you decide to install this on a production board, you are doing so at your own risk.
  
• Do not apply this hack if you already have ANY of the included hacks installed. Please refer to the list at the top to see if you have any of the conflicting hacks installed. Since I am asking that you install this on a test board right now, this should not be a problem since you can re-install a fresh copy of vBulletin in under 5 minutes, as a test board of course.
  
• There is currently no upgrade script for installing this over any of the included hacks. I will make one when this beta is completed.
  
• If you choose to install the postbit features, then an additional query will be added to showthread.php. This query is a SELECT COUNT(*) query and adds around .001 seconds to the page generation. If you don't like the idea of adding an additional query to showthread.php, then you have the option of not installing that part of the hack. See the install file for more information.

Miscellaneous:

The beta of this hack is free. The full/final release will also be free.

All installation instructions and credits are included in the attachment. If you find a bug or have problems, feel free to post them here and I will try to fix them. Please read the included readme file if you have questions. If you can't find the answer, then post your question here and I will answer it.

All hacks included in this hack have been re-released with permission of their original creators.

Screenshots are in the second post of this thread.


Installation:

Installation instructions are included in the .zip file.


ACKK! I NEED HELP!!!

If you are having trouble and need some help, please refer to the help documentation included in the .zip file. It is located in the "extra" directory.

If you need help and you have already installed the hack, make sure you check the RPG Manual link in the admin cp. Also, make sure you read the FAQ included with the manual.

MY THREADS STOPPED DISPLAYING CORRECTLY!!!
See if you are experiencing one of the following symptoms:

• All of my users are being labeled as "Guest" in the postbit template.
• No posts are showing up.
• None of the RPG variables will display in the postbit. The element/gender/class images are broken.
• I get database errors when I go to showthread.php

If you are experiencing one or more of the above problems, then your showthread.php file was not edited correctly by the installer. This problem usually occurs on boards with other hacks installed that modify the queries in showthread.php. Please go to https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=2261 and follow the instructions there.


Add-ons:
The following add-ons are not included in the default installation. You must apply these add-ons after you have installed the hack successfully.

Member profile add-on
This add-on let's you display the user's RPG Stats in their member profile. See the .zip file for the add-on. It is located in the "Member Profile Add-on" directory.

Auto-update stats after posting
This add-on automatically updates the user's stats after they make a post, instead of having to click on the update stats button in the user cp. This add-on involves 2 file edits. The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...452#post356452

Donation Queue by Darkwaltz4
Moderate all Donations. See Who is Donating to Who. All Donations go through Admins or Mods. The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...652#post408652

Battle Background Midi System by Darkwaltz4
Full control over the music that plays during your battles! The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...530#post410530

Randomized First Turn Addon by Moreliator
"The following code gives the challenger a 33% chance to start the battle and the challenged person a 66% chance. Works quite well. I also included instructions on how to display "Determining..." on the battle.php browse page, that way people won't decline a challenge if they see they aren't going first. ". The add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...614#post410614

Lock RPG Options at a Specified Level Addon by Moreliator
This addon allows you to lock all users' RPG options in their USER CP when they reach a certain level. This add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...111#post411111

Personal Shop Items Have Battle Bonuses by Triade
The original personal shop, allows to have an item the don't do nothing in battle. With this add-on, you can build items with bonus in battle (the bonus is in the attack now). This add-on is located at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...328#post426328

Challengable Option by Darkwaltz4
Allows users to set themselves against recieving battle challenges. This add-on can be found at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...143#post411143


Contact Info:
Bitsys
Email: bitsys AT mail DOT com
PM me for a faster response. I prefer PMs.

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Update 09/04/03 @ 1:46pm
v0.68c

Battle debug messages were accidentally left on.
Minor shield bug was fixed in battlefight.php (Thanks Telchar).

Re-upload battleupdate.php and battlefight.php.

The new .zip file is located at the bottom of this post.


Finally, here is the .zip file (v0.68c):

[Darkwaltz4]

okay...more suggestions

move the bank interest update function to global.php......ive had far too many complaints on 'my gils been in there for a week and i havent gotten any interest!!!' (and they have to visit the bank at least once a day to get it...)

status effects? no? lol

ill find more, trust meh

ive also edited your hack so that hp is not based on posts per day, and mp/pp are not based on how long u been registered.....it helps put everyone on the same level (i randed it a little, so its not exact)
and weve added to the battle page to play randomly chosen midis of ff battle themes ^_^ seems to go over well with my members-

we are also considering editing elements so that they are multiplicatively additive (so....earth would give +20% hp to hp) and not be so static

[Bitsys]

Originally posted by Darkwaltz4
lol, i know all about rediting items...but still, there are just the sheer amount of them...

^_^ im into coding lately, so maybe i can do some addons? both the shields and pp would be cool....

also, i know of a way to incorpoate the certain 'monster arena' people have asked about (you pay to fight a monster) would just need a new table for monster stats, and a new php page, which would run the monster and your battle stats thorugh the battle/battleupdate files

Yeah, I was just not too enthusiastic with having different monster types, each with different classes of weapons and stats, each with an AI routine (which could be as simple or cmplex as you want), and each with an image. Not to mention the issue of monster drops, and loot. Just too much work and testing for me.

Originally posted by Darkwaltz4
one last thought:
like the battle arena can be 'turned off' how about the itemshop?

Just take the battle check code from the top of the battle.php files and add it to the top of itemshop.php (making sure to query the database) and every time you turn off the battle, you also turn off the itemshop. Or, you could make a new option for the itemshop and query the database for it in itemshop.php (making sure to display an error message if it is indeed turned off, of course).

Originally posted by Darkwaltz4
also, when you edit items, it doesnt update useritem info, like if you changed settings for an item, it rarely takes effect on the alreday-owned item

so in light of that, how about a 'repair user inventory' script?

This version is supposed to fix that error (after updating the items once). Let me know if this is not the case.

Originally posted by Darkwaltz4
okay...more suggestions

move the bank interest update function to global.php......ive had far too many complaints on 'my gils been in there for a week and i havent gotten any interest!!!' (and they have to visit the bank at least once a day to get it...)

I am against modifying global.php for any reason, even if it is only to query the database once every 24 hours only for users who visit that often. However, I may be looking into fixing the itemshop script so that you don't have to visit the bank to get interest.

Originally posted by Darkwaltz4
status effects? no? lol

ill find more, trust meh

ive also edited your hack so that hp is not based on posts per day, and mp/pp are not based on how long u been registered.....it helps put everyone on the same level (i randed it a little, so its not exact)

Make sure that you edited the update user stats code in rpgadmin.php to reflect the changes you made in member.php. The update stats code in rpgadmin.php should be in a function near the top.

Originally posted by Darkwaltz4
and weve added to the battle page to play randomly chosen midis of ff battle themes ^_^ seems to go over well with my members-

Maybe you could release that as an add-on? I know some people would probably like it

[Red Blaze]

Ummm...Hi, I would like to know if there is a way to show the rpg info (class, hp, mp, etc.) in the user's profile. I have tried many ways but none worked. Thanks

EDIT: Oops!! Sorry, never saw the Member Profile Add-on inside the .zip! ^^;

[chrisz]

Yeah Yeah Yeah!!!
Thnx Bitsys you rock dude!!!!
Now I can open my forum and it will be the best around!!

Yes Yes YES!!!!

[mr e]

ok i just installed a brand new version of vb and installed the latest version of this hack, but in my user cp i set all my stats and stuff then i refresh the page or come back to it later and my class's default setting is always "Archer" that is always selected when i return to the page...

[Bitsys]

Originally posted by mr e
ok i just installed a brand new version of vb and installed the latest version of this hack, but in my user cp i set all my stats and stuff then i refresh the page or come back to it later and my class's default setting is always "Archer" that is always selected when i return to the page...

That is probably due to the Special classes add-on, I will re-check the code and see what is going on.

[geniuscrew]

Mmmm can people use weapons in battles?

[Bitsys]

Originally posted by geniuscrew
Mmmm can people use weapons in battles?

Yes.

[geniuscrew]

Oh - coz some forums I've seen the hack on seem to be only using fists - or is that before this new version? Anywayz thanks for clarifying

[PSI|Dr-X]

(offtopic)Bytsis don't you have an forum? (ontopic)

Once agaian great hack i think the full version is coming soon
keep up the good work

Genuiscrew :
That are the people who don't know the hack good cuz they don't`switch the itemshop items as fighting too