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):

[Bitsys]

Today at 11:50 AM legendarysk8er said this in Post #2014
Still had the same problem with the category order, I set it to yes. Will the bank be compatible with lesane's store hack anytime soon or ever?

What are the order values for each category?

This hack is compatible with lesane's store hack. All you need to do is go into the Itemshop Options menu and select "yes" for "I have Lesane's Store Hack installed and I want to use Lesane's Store's points system rather than the RPG Integration Hack's point system."

Note that when using Lesane's Store points the bank will not work.

[saint_seiya]

Today at 03:57 PM Bitsys said this in Post #2013


I am thinking about re-writing the heal/battle code to only deal with cash and leave the bank account alone.

That would be cool.

I also just got::


just to let ya know people sometimes get robbed by the store

Ahh i wish i could go to the previous version, it didnt have so many bugs.

[Lord Man]

i have been asking this addon many times
i think it is not hard thing
CAN ANY 1 make IT ?
user add a new battle without challenged person
then in browse battles page .. in the challenged person field .. make a link (enter) and fight the challenger ..

too esey .. right ?

so, can any 1 make it ?

THX

[kaotic]

... could you repeat that?

[Elly]

I would like to appolgoize in advance if this has already been answered I read up to page 15 and didnt see it even asked x.x

It is a simple problem, why when I try to put in a RPG Name for my character in the User CP it doesn't stick, but if I change it in the Admin CP it will stay, what needs to be changed?

Did I forget to add something, perhaps did something wrong. Besides this everything seems to be working wonderfully and I really do like this hack ^.^

EDIT: I just realized this also is affecting some of the other profile fields, Location, Biograhpy, Intrests and Occupation.

Can anyone please tell me how to fix this I really enjoy this hack.

[Moreliator]

Bitsys, I'd just like to let you know that my forums have now hit over 2,000 battles. I still do not have any major glitches. We had a few monetary problems in the past, but with the rewritten money part for wagering and stuff that you released in the past week I have had no problem since.

I just wanted to let you know this, because my users are using this hack extensively and it is holding up very nicely. I have multiple addons made for this RPG, and still no problems.

Rewriting the script to take money from pocket and not bank would, however, be beneficial IMO.

The only problem we have now is battle records. Is there anyway you could write a script that goes through and corrects battle records? Some of our members have like 90 battles played, but only 5 wins and 2 losses... it works the other way too, sometimes a member will have 30 games played but like 90 wins. I've narrowed it down to two things:
1) Battle Records mess up when our Database goes down in the middle of a battle ending report

2) There have been instances where a user repeatedly presses the "Acknowledge Results" button, causing record errors.


Its not really a glitch though, just a small problem :P

Good Work, and thanks. Looking forward to that final version

[kaotic]

Today at 04:23 AM Moreliator said this in Post #2020
Rewriting the script to take money from pocket and not bank would, however, be beneficial IMO.

The bad part about that is that they can do something like create a post, deposit the money, and delete the post. They'd be able to keep the money with no problem. I have it set up like that (was forced to because I use the store hack), and the members found out how it worked.

[Moreliator]

hmm, good point kaotic. Well then I would just leave it alone, because the only downside of it is that it stops the interest process... but if they really wanted to save they will just have to not do any transactions.

[Darkwaltz4]

Yesterday at 10:23 PM Moreliator said this in Post #2020
Bitsys, I'd just like to let you know that my forums have now hit over 2,000 battles. I still do not have any major glitches.

ahh yep ^_^ i believe the latest battle id is 3012 on my forums, and ive gotten all the glicthes out of my version. in fact i dont think ill be updating any more unless there is something being added on which i havent already :-p although there was just a nagging problem with interest not working on time on my forums, but i rewrote it myself. did that ever happen to anyone? i honestly never checked or bothered to report it cause i fixed it :-p

also, if your users cant help but hit the submit button a zillion times....i suggest you put up a javascript submit-disabler script. we currently use one on a different hack, and that solves all the problems of hitting submit too much :-p

[TheVoidz]

Bitsys, I am having some problems with the rpg variables in memeber.php and showthread.php can I send you the code and can you check it for me, becasue I am lost..