iBotPeaches

There were quite a few defaults, so I added one for VIP and the -1000 rank. This current ranking system sucks.




I think we should do it again based on some video game's ranking system. Any opinions?

Is there any way you can add a view recent posts thingy?
The view new content thing only shows threads that you havnt looked at...

I hate the new way the "New Content" works. I went ahead and changed the coding back to the way it was in the last version. Hope thats better.

I went through about a week of making bots, and when you make a bot you have to be able to download the image from the CAPTCHA (or in this case ReCaptcha) so you can display it to the user to be entered, or send it to decaptcher for them to crack it.

If you don't understand what that meant, this tutorial isn't for you. I'm just going to walk through how to pull the image from the ReCaptcha field. This tutorial assumes you have a hidden web browser in which you are using to navigate some page. This is assuming the basic GetElementByID doesn't work, since its generated dynamically per pageload.




This is our code.

Were using a foreach loop to go through every image in the Webbrowser

foreach (HtmlElement images in webBrowser1.Document.Images)

Now were doing a quick if statement to see if that image path has the URL of the recaptcha in it.

if (images.GetAttribute("src").Contains("http://api.recaptcha.net/image?c="))

GetAttribute allows you to lots of things with a specific HTMLElement (in this case images)

If it matches a simple line will dump that URL to an imagebox.

string url = images.GetAttribute("src");

Then dump the variable url to your imagebox. Ignore the code tCount++; in there, it was part of that application.

So it starts as a picture box.

Assuming you grabbed the URL of the image correctly, it should show the image like so.

Obviously theres rules in place.

Only 10 positive REPs per 24 hours
Only 3 negative REps per 24 hours

Even if you did this, I would notice before you get VIP and ban both of you at a perma -2000 REP.

Welcome to IPB 3.

I've stressed enough about it, I will keep this short and simple.

Topic Markers are messed up, scroll to bottom left and click "Mark Board as Read"

Important Things to Know
-You need to change your uploader to the "flash" uploader so you can upload 20 images at once.
-REP has been added
-Forum stats are at bottom of Forum View
-Lots of AJAX/Javascript
-Forced to use Lo-Fi skin, if on iTouch or IE6 and lower
-The Shoutbox and Downloads were just a conversion release, the new feature for those are coming later. Right now, they just converted them for the IPB 3 framework.
-Your username will soon be the color of your usergroup. Tiny thing I forgot
-IPB 3 works only good in Firefox 3, Safari 4 or Opera and kinda IE8.
-I know people are complaining about the skin already. Frankly, I love it. I will add other skins once they come out
-Signatures, Avatars and Posts are cached to a PHP file for increased loading times. So the more topics people visit the faster the site will become.

Things you will hate
-If your signature was past the limit, the upgrader removed it
-All posts got re-counted


Report all bugs in the Problems/Suggestions Forum. If you need help using the new IPB or anything, MSN me (ibotpeaches@ibotmodz.net) or AIM me (xboxhalopriceles) I'll be on for about 2 hours after the public release to fix problems and help people.

Me and Twam did all the upgrading, hope you like it

The RC stage of IPB 3 is coming either today, tomorrow or Monday. With that the team feels the product is stable for a live board. However, they know there will be some bugs as the product goes into 1000's of different server configurations. I've tested the Beta's live here on this server and they've been fine. We can upgrade to RC1 with minor minor bugs (Such as unrounded corners and stuff like that) Or we can wait for the final.

The shoutbox I don't think will be a problem any more. Twitters are saying

Wooo! Shoutbox now at 95% approximately, tell no one, but maybe we could expect a beta this week

Let's see how progress on Shoutbox goes today, hoping to wrap it up within a few days

I think I want to upgrade to RC1 (about a day after its release to make sure there is no big bugs) and upgrade the shoutbox and download manager too.

I'm using IPB 3 day or two of offline time to re-adjust majorly the forum structure of the site. Currently we have a setup where you have

• Category A
  • Forum A-1
  • Forum A-2
• Category B
  • Forum B-2
  • Sub-Forum B-2-i
• Forum B-3

Something along the lines of that. Use Category B as an example, you can redo it to match our current section.

• Halo 3
• H3 Modding
• Usermap Modz

[/list]It gets quite annoying having to navigate into sections that far. However, with the addition of more and more sections it becomes quite a pain to navigate to the bottom. I propose 2 ways we can list the forums.

The first way would be the way we normally do it, except for IPB 3. Which would look like this. All the forums get listed with their summary. (Just random IPB 3 forum. Our forum names will not be that)



The second way would be to collapse them like HaloMods. Which would decrease page-load time significantly. However, you cannot see the last post in every forum since their collapsed to such a small space.



I have plans to intergrate a more user friendly Xbox 360: Modding and Game Modding forums, and collapse the Halo modding into a section called "Halo's" or something along those lines. I will also remove probably 2 or 3 forums and merge them into another closly related to what it was.

Thanks
Peaches

This went live on March 23.

Hey All,

The much anticipated Title Update 3 is out of certification and is going live on March 24th at 2 AM PST/5 AM EST. Please remeber it takes awhile for the update to propagate so it may take up to several hours after that time before it's available locally. Also, if you start getting matchmaking connection issues, it means others have the update and you don't, so please exit the game and fire it up again in order to download the update. Also please note that some of the new achievements require the next map pack "Snowblind" which will be released next week.

We want to thank the community again for their patience and support and we hope you enjoy the changes we're bringing with Title Update 3.

Now for the details -

Gears of War 2 Title Update 3 Detailed Release Notes
The following fixes and improvements are included in Title Update 3.

Improvements
Title Update 3 makes these new improvements:

• Adds 100 levels of player experience that you can gain based on your score in Public matches. The game still uses Trueskill for matchmaking to find the most competitive matches, but the skill rank is now hidden. The new level of experience appears next to your gamertag, with levels 1 through 99 displayed as numbers and level 100 displayed as an icon. The game normalizes experience based on match type so that players earn an equivalent amount of experience across all modes.
• Adds an experience penalty for players quitting before a match is complete.
• Adds bots automatically to a Public Match if players quit and cause unbalanced teams. This ability has always existed in Private Matches if the bot count is set higher than zero.
• Optimizes playlists to only have two modes per playlist. Ties are decided by random selection.
• Adds the ability for teams to talk to each other between rounds in a Private Match.
• Adds the ability to save Public and Private Horde high scores after each complete wave, in case the host loses connection before failing or completing all fifty waves.
• Makes minor changes to general bandwidth usage.
• Adds region preference to matchmaking.
• Improves standby detection.
• Adds nine new achievements worth 250 points. Progress toward them starts after Title Update 3 is applied. Six of the new achievements require the Snowblind Map Pack, a set of four new maps to be released soon. The nine new achievements:

  o "Rookie Gear" (10 points): Earn enough multiplayer experience to reach level 5 (Public only).
  o "Seasoned Gear" (20 points): Earn enough multiplayer experience to reach level 15 (Public only).
  o "Battle-Tested Gear" (30 points): Earn enough multiplayer experience to reach level 25 (Public only).
  o "Battle-Hardened Gear" (50 points): Reach level 50 and play a match on each of the four Snowblind Map Pack maps (Public only).
  o "Veteran Gear" (75 points): Reach level 100 and win a match on each of the four Snowblind Map Pack maps (Public only).
  o "Never Eat Red Snow" (20 points): Complete waves 1 through 10 on all Snowblind Map Pack maps in Horde (any difficulty).
  o "Icy Dead People" (25 points): Complete waves 1 through 50 on any Snowblind Map Pack map in Horde (any difficulty).
  o "Frigid Body Dynamics" (5 points): Play a multiplayer match on each of the four Snowblind Map Pack maps (any mode).
  o "The Weather Outside Is Lethal" (15 points): Win a multiplayer match on each of the four Snowblind Map Pack maps (any mode).

Exploit Fixes
Title Update 3 fixes these possible exploits, where under certain circumstances:

• A player could swap from a pistol to a two-handed weapon during a cover slide and then mantle greater distances.
• Players could kill themselves in Wingman to avoid giving their opponents more points. Now, suicides and team killing will reduce team score.
• A player holding a meatshield could melee through some walls.
• A player could equip a two-handed weapon with a shield using either the Boltok or the Gorgon pistol.
• A player could equip a two-handed weapon with a meatshield using either the Boltok or the Gorgon pistol.
• A player could prevent planted shields from being picked up by other players.
• Players could launch themselves into the air with a smoke grenade while mantling.

General Fixes
Title Update 3 fixes these other issues as well:

• An issue that caused chainsaw interruption when a player is shot to be less reliable in some body positions than in others.
• An issue where a third player could join a Public Wingman party lobby and remove another player from the game.
• An issue in Submission games where occasionally the meatflag would immediately run back to the spawn point after being dropped.
• An issue where players that were knocked down but not out (DBNO) while planting the Boomshield would appear to be standing.
• An elevation-based issue where the detection for a headshot might not align properly with certain character model heads.
• An issue that could cause Wingman teammates to have different character models.
• Additional miscellaneous bug fixes.

Balancing
Title Update 3 makes these balancing changes:

• Reduces stun duration of smoke grenades. Currently, characters always start to get up after 2 seconds.
• Gives melee the same delay after roadie running that shooting received in Title Update 2.
• Removes spawn protection from the Horde in Horde mode.
• Increased the forward angle that triggers chainsaw duels so that players with Lancers equipped won't be sawn from the side without a duel.
• Reduces the delay before a player can climb up after entering low cover.
• Makes minor changes to weapon spawns on the Subway map to provide greater balance.

We continue to test internally and monitor online gameplay to determine what else may need adjusting.

Thanks,

Rod. _________________

Personally, I think its sucks. Ranks got reset, and you can't punch as you come out of roadie run.

Halo 2 AIO
iBotPeaches

After Halo 2 Modding died down I decided to bind up some of the "better" programs in hopes to restart some modding for the community and newcomers. I started this program during UMP v5 release trying to create a competing program. All failed and I lost that application. Early in 2009 I found it and spent a little each day reworking it. This program now holds 12 categories of programs featuring (Map Editors, BSP/Chunk Tools, HUD/Menu Tools, Effect Tools, Other Tools, Patchers, Resigners, Misc Tools and Extras). For a total of 112 unique programs. The Map Editors tab features all the top editors with the old versions and updated versions. I'm not going to painfully explain each tab since you can do that. Plugins are located on the Links tab along with Yelo. During making this program I also starting adding some tutorials into it. The one thing I hated about UMP v5 was that the tutorials were located online and the server was offline half the time. I included like 20 tutorials since it takes too long to add them. There pretty advance tutorials, but I felt they needed to be added.

I hate explaining programs. Heres the pics.













I dislike dotnetbar since its overused so I stayed with the basics. That green is my default color scheme so don't worry it won't look that ugly on your computer. Report all bugs here (Should be next to none) and thanks.

Credits
-Dark Slipstream: Tons of vb help
-SmokiestGrunl: Added Tutorials, and tons of testing
-Fattwam: Absolutely nothing
-xDansomee: Beta Tester
-Fatal Error: Beta Tester

Download

MediaFire

Um....

1) Its not my program, thus not my decision.
2) I could care less if people leech or not. The dedicated torrent servers already picked it up and are seeding it
3) Your right, because of that we should eliminate all torrents
4) If you get 20,000 downloads on a 300MB file in the course of about 3 days on one server. I think that server will crash so yes it will
5) There not plain fail. There a source for a buttload of illegal virus spreading. However, there very good for spreading large legal programs fast since you can connect to more than one server

6) There is no direct download for this, as it would be abused greatly. Before you bash me for putting a torrent, look at what it is and why it needs it.

IPB 3 introduces a new type of profile. In addition to a Profile Page, there is now a Profile Card which is a tiny version of your profile. By clicking a username you can simply view their profile page, clicking the tiny button next to their username will bring up their profile card.


Anywhere you see username you will see this tiny button This button will be anywhere your username is (Topic, Online List, Member Search, Index, Chatbox) This allows you to load anyone's profile card anywhere. I've posted a few comments to my own profile page to show an example of how it looks. Its a clean javascript pop up that works only in updated browsers. No IE6, IE5, FF2 etc. It has a clean shadow around it, and makes it look good. Heres an example of my card.



As you can see there is a "status" part which I'll go into later. I know some people will have fun changing every 2 seconds. I'm trying to give some updates to the tools in a news topic frequently so the change isn't so big, and you'll know how to work most features.

Bans

• 5 temp suspensions = 1 perma ban
• Suspensions expire after 90 days
• A moderator can "temp" suspended you up to one month max
• A "warn" is a suspension, that does not change your user group, just suspends you from board
• A "ban" could also mean warn/suspension
• The only way to get your name black with the line through it, is to get 5 "warns" in a row
• Posting of virus intentionally is automatic perma ban
• Posting of virus accidentally is still a warn (I'm sorry) of 1 week
• Posting inappropriate images is a one week suspension

Spam

• Topics ARE allowed to be brought up from ANY time in order to request a new working link/image/download
• Topics ARE allowed to be brought up from ANY time in order to request support about that topic
• Topics are NOT allowed to be bumped from more than 3 months just to say "sweet", "cool" (2 day warn)
• Multiple reply's of "sweet" or "cool" to lots of topics in a fast time frame will be classified as spam and result in 2 day warn

Staff

• Do not lock topics, if topic gets slightly off topic. Let the thread continue then step in if nessacary
• Never directly delete a topic (unless its virus or porn) otherwise just lock then delete later. This helps the poster/other staff know where the topic went
• Please don't ban people for random reasons
• We are trying to be nicer, and less strict. Theres a fine line between being nice, and just being an ass

Etc

• Display name changes are allowed once at 500 posts, then at every 200 post intervals.
• 5 negative reps allowed a day
• Topics about a specific person are to be ONLY in SPAM section
• Positive reps infinite per day

I've been looking around at other sites and made some conclusions. Some sites have no features, they don't color the name of administrators and have strict rules on the length and size of your signature. I'm sure everyone knows which site I'm referring to. However, they are a great community which has started the modding of all Halo games. When it comes down to the "dirty" modding they take no part. So there "upper class" members branch off to other sites and post that content there. It seems normal xbox is done, and modding 360's is not as fast as it was 2 years ago. However, technology is still being updated and theres always more things to mod.

Some newer members are spamming our forum, and creating an overall disturbance. I have a general theory on how the new iBotModz will be and would like people to take part in shaping the new site.

iBotModz IPB 3.0 will use "Hide Hack"

This feature allows multiple things.

• You must reply to this topic to see the post
• You must reply to this topic to access links
• You must reply to this topic to access Downloads/Pictures
• You must be in "this usergroup" to see this post
• You must have <5 to get into this topic

I see the down fall of most forums is un-organize content posted and then stolen and posted on another site. Image watermark programs will take place of instantly watermarking all images uploaded to this site. This feature of Hide Hack will allow members to post content and hide to other members till they post or what not. VIP will no longer have a post limit. It will be based solely on who we want in there. VIP then can only see VIP topics.

So say Heres an example

Heres Halo 4 Soundtrack
Filefront Link
iBotModz VIP Direct Link

iBotModz VIP Direct Link will be only be to VIP or above members. This makes the VIP section not just contained within a little forum.

Forums are being mass re-done. Heres the general overview.

Halo Series (consist of 1,2,3 Modding sections w/ help and mod showoff)
Xbox Consoles (Consist of support, apps, tuts, Gamesave section)
Other Consoles (A breif overview of other consoles, this will include roms and emulators)
Tech Lab (Same as now, with minor changes)
GFX (no changes)
VIP (remove VIP talk)
Lobby (no changes)

Also with the inclusion of roms and emulators all related DL links must be uploaded to a 3rd party site (such as MediaFire, RapidShare or FileFront)

With the addition of the gamesave section that will require a Legendary Member rank (more details on that latter)

You will start as Member
then Heroic member
then Legendary
then Mythic member

(exactly like bnet)
(I will need someone to make user bars for those)

This powers change nothing on how you see the forum, except the features you get such as avatar, sig, similes, upload limit, access to gamesaves


Please give some insight on what features you want this site to become, or what you want to not become.

Test iPB 3 bot.

This just proves how stupid mankind is. If there was even a millionth of a chance that the entire world would be destroyed by this thing then mankind should be smart enough to not use it all.

If you never take chances you'll never get anywhere. I was nervous when I clicked "Install SoftMod" on my first xbox, but it worked. Point being to get somewhere you need to do something.