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):

[roninuta]

Today at 12:54 PM MindTrix said this in Post #1593
I checked out the screenies in like the 2nd post and it looks amazing, but i saw there was a hell of a lot of options and weapons etc etc etc. Are these easy to edit? I run a rap board and would like to change everything to suit it. So like weapons could be guns and knifes etc etc, and potions etc would be drugs and booze ya get the drift lol. Just wondered b4 i attemted to make my brain work and install this beauty

It is mondo simple to edit the items. Hell at this point I've gone edit crazy myself. I have them in about 8 categories including admin equipment (it's good to be the king). I added a musket, a blackpowder pistol, and bows for the archer class.

It really is simple - just make sure that the ID numbers are right in your table - that was where I ran into problems.

[MindTrix]

hmmmmmmmmm sounds like it could be a bit complex

[midnightz]

I would like to give big props to a few peeps here.

Number one for Bitsys, for helping me get the bugs well under control You rock and your a great peep and your hack kicks ass!

To Draco - Man your a great guy as well, and really know this hack from the love you have for it.

Cheers,

Midnightz & Kitten :bunny:

[kevinnguyen]

05-12-03 at 11:51 PM LangTuDaTinh said this in Post #1581
my users cheated by create another username and fight with zero $..so their stats gain so fast because of winning...

i don't care about this. we play this for fun...losing or wining is no matter...

great hack...

if user able to add more items that would be great....but this will be require to rewrite nearly the whole hack.

also i woulld like to request a feature... where member can loan money from the system or other members with interest...hight interest from the system..but lower interest from other members.

to avoid members cheating by this way, i suggest a feature: only allow members that have a specific amount of post to join the battle
that would be great
thanx

[LangTuDaTinh]

hahhahhaha...they still can...it's easy to get that amount of posts in my forum.

as soon as they do..and they just need 1 username...then they can go all the way....hehehe.. ...but no one want to fight /w that person....because they know they gonna lose anyway...that person will soon bored...hehhheeh..

if u want to allow members that have a specific amount of posts to join the battle..then change it in the battle file...the file where member enter to challenge other...add a if and else statment...

[Zalastri]

Well its not the basis... But a major addon. My users will get a newbie and fight them... They will wager lets say 213098243098g gold... Which they dont have. They will OWN the noob.. Then they will get 04398023984098 or however much they wagered gold... which they DID NOT have.. People are cheating pretty badly with it.. Heeeelp.. Either a mod that makes it so you have to have the money for wagering... Or a wager limit would be good.

[roninuta]

I have noticed a small bug (maybe a feature?). Editing Item Type defaults some items to Generic (ID0), I have gone into the table and looked (even edited) the vaules. Somehow the default still comes back to include Generic. Maybe I looked at the wrong field.

Anyone know what field item type is associated in the items table? Where this becomes a problem is people being able to purchase items that obviously don't belong to them (although I love the movie Wizards, I don't want all my users with mages having guns).

What script calls this?

Thanks in advance...

[Bitsys]

Today at 07:05 AM Me! said this in Post #1600
One quick question, are spells used in this game? My users are asking me and I can't find the answer XD

Yes. You need to create a new Item Category and set its Battle Type to Spells. After that, you need to add some spells to it and set how much MA they use.

Today at 08:57 AM Zalastri said this in Post #1601
Well its not the basis... But a major addon. My users will get a newbie and fight them... They will wager lets say 213098243098g gold... Which they dont have. They will OWN the noob.. Then they will get 04398023984098 or however much they wagered gold... which they DID NOT have.. People are cheating pretty badly with it.. Heeeelp.. Either a mod that makes it so you have to have the money for wagering... Or a wager limit would be good.

This is not supposed to happen. If the user does not have enough money, then the battle screen should tell them that they don't have enough to wager. Can you give me a link to your forums so that I can test this for myself?

Today at 10:04 AM roninuta said this in Post #1602
I have noticed a small bug (maybe a feature?). Editing Item Type defaults some items to Generic (ID0), I have gone into the table and looked (even edited) the vaules. Somehow the default still comes back to include Generic. Maybe I looked at the wrong field.

Anyone know what field item type is associated in the items table? Where this becomes a problem is people being able to purchase items that obviously don't belong to them (although I love the movie Wizards, I don't want all my users with mages having guns).

What script calls this?

Thanks in advance...

The script is itemadmin.php located in the admin folder. Do the items default to Generic even after you set them to another value? Or are NEW items defaulting to Generic after you add them? What is the end result that you want the items to do, be Generic or something else?

If you look through itemadmin.php, you may be able to figure it out for yourself if you want to try that.

[engquist]

I have a question before I begin installation of this awesome hack.

1) Will this itemshop interfere in any way with the Lesane Store Hack?

2) This itemshop is only for items which can be used in battle, right?

[roninuta]

Today at 01:10 PM engquist said this in Post #1604
I have a question before I begin installation of this awesome hack.

1) Will this itemshop interfere in any way with the Lesane Store Hack?

No - there is no interefrence. I found it to work quite well.

[2) This itemshop is only for items which can be used in battle, right? [/B]

You can have non-battle items but you can only buy them in the itemshop - they will not show up in the Lesane Store. I have recently added Backpacks and animals of burden - neither of which are useful in battle - just for extra fluff.