v3 Arcade Tournament

[skhms]

SK v3 Arcade Tournament v1.0.5

A tournament add-on for v3 Arcade v1.0.7 (by John Warwick)
Created for vBulletin v3.6. Now also tested on v3.7 and v3.8.

This add-on is not needed and doesn't work on the new v3Arcade 2.0.0. It has its own tournamnet system (based on this one).
Since this is now starting to be obsolete I've removed the Supported status. I will of course still try and help those who use it as much as I can though.

By S?ren Klasson - http://www.sk-software.com (http://www.sk-software.com/)

Updated 2008-06-13 to v1.0.5 see version history below for more details.

Note that it is a new template change in template FORUMHOME for v1.0.4.
So don't forget to add that one if upgrading. See install.txt file in zip package.

Features
2, 4, 8 or 16 players tournaments.
Usergroup settings for view, join, create and administrate tournaments.
Signed up players can withdraw from tournament if it hasn't started.
Creator of tournament or administrators can send reminders, withdraw and disqualify members.
Notifications via email or PM. Optional by user. (Integrated with v3 Arcades options)
Scores hidden until both players done. No disadvantage for playing first. Optional.
Active tournaments and tournaments awaiting players on forumhome. Optional.
Tournament events posted to the arcade news. Optional.
Fully phrased for translations (or improved english)
Optional. Creator of tournament can setup costs for joining. Use if forum is using any points system.
Includes hooks for integration with a points/store system like vbBux/vbPlaza or something similar.
Add-on for vbBux/vbPlaza 3.57 is included. Tested on v3.57 and v3.58 of vbBux/vbPlaza
Add-on for vbCredits 1.4 is included. Only tested on that version.
Add-on for vbCasino 0.92 cash is included. Only tested on that version.

Version history
v1.0.5 - 2008-06-13
Bugfixes.
- 'Tournament started' message to the arcade news is now actually sent when tournament starts. Not when someone is joining a tournament.
- New hook 'arcadetourmnt_start' moved to correct place in code.
v1.0.4 - 2008-06-10
Description field added when creating new tournaments.
Optional to hide other players scores or not.
Active tournaments and tournaments awaiting players on forumhome. Optional.
Tournament events posted to the arcade news. Optional.
Page navigation for finished tournament lists. Optional how many per page.
Tournament main menu changed. Now only tournaments with unplayed games are listed.
Your active tournament list shows number of tries done.
CSRF protection added.
Tournament options moved to its own setting group (Arcade Tournament Settings)
Some more hooks added.
Disqualify all database error bug fixed.
Some template changes and other fixes.
Added an add-on for vbCasino 0.92
v1.0.3a - 2008-05-11
Added an add-on f?r vbCredits 1.4
v1.0.3 - 2008-03-22
Added option for 2 player tournaments.
Added settings for custom color on tournament tree borders and lines.
Added 'alt' tags to edit, delete and disqualify icons.
Players can now withdraw from tournaments if it hasn't started.
Tournamentlists are now showing newest first.
More status info in tournamentlists, no more empty cells.
Creator of tournament can now reset "playing" flags.
Some minor bugfixes.
v1.0.2 - 2008-02-24
Added missed checks for permission to view tournament pages.
Bugfix. In some specific cases the name of the winner wasn't included in PM or Email.
Tournamenttree looks better when using right to left language.
Name of the game is now saved in the tournament table. So games that gets deleted will not show a empty name.
Players can no longer join tournaments with deleted games.
Add-on for vbBux/vbPlaza is updated to v1.0.1
- Bugfix. Points was taken from the creator even if he/she wasn't joining the tournament.
v1.0.1 - 2008-01-14
Now games installed with the 'iB "Pro" Arcade - Mass Game Import' option is included.
When two players gets the same score they will get another try until someone wins.
Added option to join yourself or not when creating new tournament.
No 'sign up' link on tree page for users not active in tournament after it has started. v1.0.0 - 2007.12.26
First release.

See file install.txt in zip package for installations details.

/SK

[bing11]

cool,very nice

[yahoooh]

thank u very very much

[mrmike]

Great work skhms!

mrmike click install! ;)

[River_rush]

with this hack installed i can only see the list of four games that you have included with it, I have 100`s of games installed and they don't show up :confused: any ideas please? :o

[skhms]

with this hack installed i can only see the list of four games that you have included with it, I have 100`s of games installed and they don't show up :confused: any ideas please? :o
I am guessing that the games you see is converted for v3Arcade and those that don't show is ibPro games.

If you make a challenge, do all games show or is it only the same four?
I am using the same query to get valid games as v3Arcade uses on challenges. So it should be the same games showing.

There is a sql query you can do to make all games look like they are v3Arcade games. If that is the problem.

/SK

[River_rush]

I am guessing that the games you see is converted for v3Arcade and those that don't show is ibPro games.

If you make a challenge, do all games show or is it only the same four?
I am using the same query to get valid games as v3Arcade uses on challenges. So it should be the same games showing.

There is a sql query you can do to make all games look like they are v3Arcade games. If that is the problem.

/SK

its always the same four. Thanks a lot

[Snake]

Thanks for the release! Gonna have to re-install the arcade system once again on my newly forums. :D

[River_rush]

still waiting for a fix please.

[skhms]

still waiting for a fix please.

For a quick fix you can enter this at the Maintenance > Execute SQL Query Page:

UPDATE table_prefixarcade_games SET system=0

This changes the system flag to 0 and all games will show in both tournament and challenges. (It is set to 10 for ibPro games)
It will only fix the games you currently have installed. If you install new ibPro games you will have to run the query again.

I will change this in an update and include both, had forgot about it.
There is no reason why ibPro games can't be used in a tournament (or challenges).

/SK

[River_rush]

Thanks but i got the error An error occurred while attempting to execute your query. The following information was returned.
error number: 1146
error desc: Table '********_***.table_prefixarcade_games' doesn't exist

oops my bad I was supposed to put my own table prefix in there ?

[skhms]

Thanks but i got the error
error number: 1146
error desc: Table '********_***.table_prefixarcade_games' doesn't exist
You got to replace the 'table_prefix' that I put in bold with whatever you selected as table prefix when you installed vBulletin. Or remove it if you don't use any.
Sorry, should have made that clear in the first post.

Edit: I saw that you got it yourself.

/SK

[River_rush]

ok that did it thanks :o

[Hornstar]

Thanks for this release, hopefully John is already working on the 3.7 big arcade update, if not, hopefully the current version will work good in 3.7

[skhms]

Uploaded an update to v1.0.1.

Just a few changes and additions

Now games installed with the 'iB "Pro" Arcade - Mass Game Import' option is included.
When two players gets the same score they will get another try until someone wins.
It was random before...
Added option to join yourself or not when creating new tournament.
So you can have an admin account to create tournaments but not playing.
No 'sign up' link on tree page for users not active in tournament after it has started.
Just a small thing. Since you couldn't join, why show a 'sign up' link./SK

[Oblivion Knight]

This looks like a great addon, I'm going to check it out for sure!

Does it run completely seperate to the default "Challenge System" - would it cause any problems removing that? Ideally I'd like one or the other turned on, not both.

[skhms]

Does it run completely seperate to the default "Challenge System" - would it cause any problems removing that? Ideally I'd like one or the other turned on, not both.

There is no connection to the default Challenge System.

/SK

[Traxdata]

Looks very good, does it work on 3.7. beta or should we wait?

[skhms]

Looks very good, does it work on 3.7. beta or should we wait?

Sorry, I don't know if it's work on 3.7 beta.
Haven't installed 3.7 yet and seen what's new and different.
If v3 Arcade works I would guess that this add-on should work also.

/SK

[Lovemonk]

Haven't tested this yet, but just installed. Nice one, this add on is exactly what I've been wanting.

EDIT - I have now tested this and it worked perfectly. Thank you VERY much.

[skhms]

Another update made to v1.0.2

Some fixes and additions.

Added missed checks for permission to view tournament pages.
Bugfix. In some specific cases the name of the winner wasn't included in PM or Email.
Tournamenttree looks better when using right to left language.
Name of the game is now saved in the tournament table. So games that gets deleted will not show a empty name.
Players can no longer join tournaments with deleted games.
Add-on for vbBux/vbPlaza is updated to v1.0.1
Bugfix. Points was taken from the creator even if he/she wasn't joining the tournament./SK

[skhms]

Yet another update is uploaded. v1.0.3


Added option for 2 player tournaments.
Added settings for custom color on tournament tree borders and lines.
Added 'alt' tags to edit, delete and disqualify icons.
Players can now withdraw from tournaments if it hasn't started.
Tournamentlists are now showing newest first.
More status info in tournamentlists, no more empty cells.
Creator of tournament can now reset "playing" flags.
Some minor bugfixes.


/SK

[Polo]

This is a great addon, is working just fine on vbulletin Version 3.7.0 Beta 3, the only thing that doesnt seem to be workin is the reminders.. the players are marked in red in the last activity section, but when I click send reminder it says "0 reminders sent" any idea on how to fix this?

[skhms]

This is a great addon, is working just fine on vbulletin Version 3.7.0 Beta 3, the only thing that doesnt seem to be workin is the reminders.. the players are marked in red in the last activity section, but when I click send reminder it says "0 reminders sent" any idea on how to fix this?
Have never tested the mod on v3.7.

Does any other event PM being sent?
PM is sent when a tournament starts, new round is started and when its finished.
Users must also have checked the 'Tournaments events' box in Usercp -> Arcade Options -> Notifications events

If no PM is received at all I guess there is something that must be fixed for v3.7 and I shall look into it.

/SK

[John3971]

This is a great addon for v3arcade and i have a suggestion for next version and that is when a tournament is created it should show it in the News & Events column on v3arcades sidebar.
it would also be good if you can see your competitions currently score and when you are playing the game you see what he´s score is so you know what to beat.

[John3971]

I want on forumhome under statistic how many tournaments that is active and how many that is waiting for players. and something that would be nice is if you could add a little description when you starting a tournament where you can write if its a contest with prices etc

[msimplay]

Thank you working very nice :)

[skhms]

Thanks for the suggestions John, I'll probably add them.
Will see when I will get around to do a new release, don't expect it very soon...

Not sure about the score thing, I consider it to be a great disadvantage to play first if the other player can see your score.

About the stats on forumhome.
If you are up to it, take a look at the first couples of lines in the plugin "Arcade Tournament menu". That will get number of active tournaments and how many that are waiting for players.
Also take a look at the template "arcadetourmnt_mainmenu" to see how they can be used.

If you are not up to it, I might be able do a simple plugin. :)

/SK

[John3971]

Thanks for the suggestions John, I'll probably add them.
Will see when I will get around to do a new release, don't expect it very soon...

Not sure about the score thing, I consider it to be a great disadvantage to play first if the other player can see your score.

About the stats on forumhome.
If you are up to it, take a look at the first couples of lines in the plugin "Arcade Tournament menu". That will get number of active tournaments and how many that are waiting for players.
Also take a look at the template "arcadetourmnt_mainmenu" to see how they can be used.

If you are not up to it, I might be able do a simple plugin. :)

/SK

well im not so good but i will try, but would be good with a plugin (a little lazy to :p)

and about the score thing you can maybe make an option that allows you to turn it on or off in the acp

[paulvev]

Im using 3.6.7 and this mod is working ok, except for:

Im using VB credits as a cost to enter the tournament. The tournament works fine and determines the winner, but the credits arent awarded to the winner automatically. I have to do it manually. Do you know whats wrong? Hope somebody can help. Thanks.

[skhms]

Im using 3.6.7 and this mod is working ok, except for:

Im using VB credits as a cost to enter the tournament. The tournament works fine and determines the winner, but the credits arent awarded to the winner automatically. I have to do it manually. Do you know whats wrong? Hope somebody can help. Thanks.
You need a modification for vbCredits that take care of payment.
The one included in the package is for vbBux/vbPlaza.

I have never used vbCredits and don't know how it works. So I am not sure if I will be able to do such a mod at the moment.

/SK

[skhms]

An add-on for vbCredits v1.4 has been added to the zip package in the first post.
It has only been tested briefly for v1.4. And I am pretty certain it wont work on older versions.

You can download the complete package again or download the attachment to this post for the vbCredits add-on only.

Sorry, no other news this time...

/SK

[flapjack]

Is there any way to disable "two person tournaments", as people in my arcade are continually running .2 person tournaments instead of challenges to become the "tournament champion".. stupid, I know, but ..

Also, thank you for this mod. It's awesome.

[msimplay]

Is there any way to disable "two person tournaments", as people in my arcade are continually running .2 person tournaments instead of challenges to become the "tournament champion".. stupid, I know, but ..

Also, thank you for this mod. It's awesome.


easiest way would probably be if u want to do it right now just to remove it from the template

[skhms]

Is there any way to disable "two person tournaments", as people in my arcade are continually running .2 person tournaments instead of challenges to become the "tournament champion".. stupid, I know, but ..

Also, thank you for this mod. It's awesome.

As msimplay says, in the template Arcade Tournament Templates -> arcadetourmnt_newtournament
Remove the line
<input name="numplayers" class="forminput" type="radio" value="2" />2 $vbphrase[skat_createnewtournament_players]<br />

I guess people could still cheat their way to create a 2 person tournament this way, but I don't think that is a problem in reality :)

/SK

[flapjack]

Thank you very much. I should have thought of that honestly, but thank you nonetheless :)

Awesome response time too. Again, awesome modification skhms. My forumers are going nuts ;)

[GuaRRand]

this is GREAT m8.

One thing though, could you set this to work with reputation??
Like.. if you win you get + reputation and when you lose - reputation?

[skhms]

this is GREAT m8.

One thing though, could you set this to work with reputation??
Like.. if you win you get + reputation and when you lose - reputation?
I will not implement that in the main product.
But I guess you could do that with an add-on like the ones for vbPlaza and vbCredits that are included.

Don't think it is something I will be able to do immediately though...

/SK

[GuaRRand]

Ok np. its working fine and people like it :D

Is there an addon you know of (or maybe implemented in a next version) that will put a kind of "announcements" or "scoreboard" on the mina page?

Like "4 people player Tournaments now, 2 active tournaments, 4 tournaments awaiting players"
?

[GuaRRand]

AND .. or ... could you intergrate it with VBCasino also??

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=159151 <--

[skhms]

Ok np. its working fine and people like it :D

Is there an addon you know of (or maybe implemented in a next version) that will put a kind of "announcements" or "scoreboard" on the mina page?

Like "4 people player Tournaments now, 2 active tournaments, 4 tournaments awaiting players"
?
I haven't heard/seen such addon. But I have had similiar requests before. So something to that affect will be added. Not sure exactly how it will be done yet.

AND .. or ... could you intergrate it with VBCasino also??

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=159151 <--
If you mean removing and adding to the built in casino cash system when joining and winning tournaments so sure. See previous answer about the time though :)

/SK

[GuaRRand]

thnx :) ... i'll be keeping an eye out for updates then.

[GuaRRand]

Ok, found one problem...

SOMETIMES (and yes, i also hate it when that happens ... no clear problem, just a random thing) when a person creates a tournament, not everyone sees it.
Some people see it in "Awaiting players" and some dont.

Its not somethign that happens all the time, just "sometimes" ...

I havent found any similarities yet in when it happens and to whom.

Anything i might be missing??

Usergroups etc.. are all good. i checked.

[skhms]

A new update is uploaded. v1.0.4
Includes some requests, fixes and improvements. See list below.

Note that it is a new template change in template FORUMHOME for v1.0.4.
So don't forget to add that one if upgrading. See install.txt file in zip package.
Also the admin options is moved to its own setting group (Arcade Tournament Settings)


Description field added when creating new tournaments.
Optional to hide other players scores or not.
Active tournaments and tournaments awaiting players on forumhome. Optional.
Tournament events posted to the arcade news. Optional
Page navigation for finished tournament lists. Optional how many per page.
Tournament main menu changed. Now only tournaments with unplayed games are listed.
Your active tournament list shows number of tries done.
CSRF protection added.
Tournament options moved to its own setting group (Arcade Tournament Settings)
Some more hooks added.
Disqualify all database error bug fixed.
Some template changes and other fixes.
Added an add-on for vbCasino 0.92

/SK

[GuaRRand]

GREAT update!!

casino hook works great...
One thing though, i cant get it this to work
"Active tournaments and tournaments awaiting players on forumhome. Optional."
I selected it in the admin cp, but it doesnt show,.... :(

[skhms]

GREAT update!!

casino hook works great...
One thing though, i cant get it this to work
"Active tournaments and tournaments awaiting players on forumhome. Optional."
I selected it in the admin cp, but it doesnt show,.... :(
Thanks!

Did you do the new template change in template FORUMHOME?
Find
<div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>


Below it add
<!-- SK v3 Arcade Tournament -->
$arcadetourmnt_forumhome
<!-- /SK v3 Arcade Tournament -->

/SK

[GuaRRand]

ah, missed that in the readme :D

Thnx

[skhms]

I am sorry about this.
A new version (1.0.5) has been uploaded already.

It contains two bugfixes.

'Tournament started' message to the arcade news is now actually sent when tournament starts. Not when someone is joining a tournament.
New hook 'arcadetourmnt_start' moved to correct place in code.


/SK

[Xiris]

Would it be possible to add functionality to automatically cancel a tournament if it is not moving along? I am having some issues with members who sign up for tournaments, but even after being reminded, fail to submit their scores and let the tournament progress. I am looking for an option to cancel a tournament after x days if it has not advanced to the next round in those x days.

Thanks!

[Ideal Web Tech]

I am actually in the process of migrating back to v3arcade right now thanks to this mod and a few others and will most likely be making quite a few improvements to the systems.

I was thinking instead of ending the tourney after x days we disqualify the person who hasn't submitted a score which would then auto advance the other user they were playing against.

[skhms]

Would it be possible to add functionality to automatically cancel a tournament if it is not moving along? I am having some issues with members who sign up for tournaments, but even after being reminded, fail to submit their scores and let the tournament progress. I am looking for an option to cancel a tournament after x days if it has not advanced to the next round in those x days.

Thanks!

As Ideal Web Tech says, I would prefer to disquallify the player that doesn't submit their scores. That will make the tournament advance.
If you want to cancel the tournament you can use the Disqualify All link.

I have been thinking of having an option to have a scheduled task that automatically sends reminders and disquallify players.
Will take a look at it for next version.

/SK

[yahoooh]

can u add addon for vBExperience -

[skhms]

Made an add-on for vBExperience. See attachment.
This will be added to the Tournament package on the next update. For now it is only attached to this post.

Points can be given for:
- Creating tournaments.
- Winning rounds.
- Winning whole tournament.

Requirements: vBExperience 3.7.14 and SK v3 Arcade Tournament 1.0.4
Only tested on vBExperience 3.7.16.

Warning! I don't use and have very little experience with vBExperience myself.
So support on this add-on will be very limited.

/SK

[crkgb]

I don't know if it's a bug. After creating a tournament go to this page arcadetourmnt.php and it's not listed in there at all. Though finished tournaments are listed.

[skhms]

I don't know if it's a bug. After creating a tournament go to this page arcadetourmnt.php and it's not listed in there at all. Though finished tournaments are listed.

If you are logged in and goes to arcadetourmnt.php with no parameters you should see the "Your tournaments" page that shows all tournaments that you have joined. See the second to last attachment in the first post.

If you are not logged in only active tournaments are shown.

/SK

[crkgb]

Hmm, well I have it like this.

The first attachment is for arcadetourmnt.php. There is no tournaments awaiting players in the list

The second attachment is for arcadetourmnt.php?do=viewwaiting
Ans as you can see there is one in there.

The tournament was created by me. I unchecked the "join in" portion and created it. Just for general info.

[skhms]

Hmm, well I have it like this.

The first attachment is for arcadetourmnt.php. There is no tournaments awaiting players in the list

The second attachment is for arcadetourmnt.php?do=viewwaiting
Ans as you can see there is one in there.

The tournament was created by me. I unchecked the "join in" portion and created it. Just for general info.

The tournament isn't listed on the "Your tournaments" page if you haven't joined it. Which you don't do if you uncheck the "Join in" box.
Only tournaments that you have joined and still awaits players shows on the "Your tournaments" page.

The "Tournaments awaiting players" page show all tournaments that still await players. Both those that you have already joined and those you haven't.

/SK

[crkgb]

I see. Thank You

[ArnyVee]

I just noticed this mod within the posting as an "add-on" to the v3 Arcade mod.

Is it still working for folks?

[carubmun]

How does this work with vb 3.8?

[skhms]

How does this work with vb 3.8?

It works without problems on my forum that uses vBulletin 3.8.2

/SK

[BGObsession]

Great add-on!

Just a couple minor questions. On the main arcade page, where it says "You are active in 0 tournamet(s)", where is that text located so I can correct the 'tournamet' typo? Not a big deal, just driving me crazy :)

Also, although I've set up the default user options in the admin cp as to what the 'defaults' should be when an individual opens up their own 'user cp', they don't seem to be flowing to that user cp. When I look, although most are checked in the Admin CP, the user cp options are all unchecked.

Can you help me figure out what's going on there? Otherwise, very nice :cheers:

[skhms]

On the main arcade page, where it says "You are active in 0 tournamet(s)", where is that text located so I can correct the 'tournamet' typo? Not a big deal, just driving me crazy :)
It's in the phrase skat_tournament_yourtournaments. Sorry about that.

Also, although I've set up the default user options in the admin cp as to what the 'defaults' should be when an individual opens up their own 'user cp', they don't seem to be flowing to that user cp. When I look, although most are checked in the Admin CP, the user cp options are all unchecked.

Can you help me figure out what's going on there? Otherwise, very nice :cheers:
The 'Tournaments events' option can't be set as default unfortunately. It isn't added to the admincp v3 Arcade -> Default User Settings page.
But the original settings doesn't change anything for the current users it only sets the default for new users.

I tried to explain how to change for the current users manually, using queries, not long ago on my site - http://www.sk-software.com/skhmsvb/showpost.php?p=245&postcount=18

/SK

[BGObsession]

Thanks brother, for both answers. I'm all set and I appreciate the feedback!

[Luke Martinez]

Hello. Ive installed this addon for v3 Arcade and im having a problem with the notifications and the challenges.

1. I tryed running the query from your post before but i got a syntax error.
2. How do you actully challenge someone? i cant seem to find where to go to challenge another user.

Thanks in advance.
Luke

[skhms]

Hello. Ive installed this addon for v3 Arcade and im having a problem with the notifications and the challenges.

1. I tryed running the query from your post before but i got a syntax error.
2. How do you actully challenge someone? i cant seem to find where to go to challenge another user.

Thanks in advance.
Luke
1. What does the error message say?

2. The challenge system isn't a part of the tournament add-on. It's a default feature.
I haven't got the latest arcade installed on any site at the moment and I can't remember where to find the challenge link so you better ask in the v3 arcade thread.

/SK

[DolphinEcho]

Does this work with 3.8.4 ?

[KW802]

Does this work with 3.8.4 ?
It should... but if you hold on just a little bit, skhms has kindly donated this add-on to the v3A project and it will be included as a stock feature in the upcoming v3A 2.0.0 release. :)

[x626xblack]

I am getting this error message in my Arcade Tournament Settings
Events to add to arcade news
Select which events that should be added to the arcade news.
An error occurred while processing the bitfield files, the following information was returned:

Also I do not have an option to edit the usergroups for the arcade. As admin i do not have access to the torunaments

[skhms]

@x626xblack - I would guess that you have missed to copy the file /includes/xml/bitfield_v3arcade_tourmnt.xml.
Copy that file and rebuild the bitfields again.

Easiest is probably just to make sure that all the files in the upload directory is copied to the correct places and re-install the product.

/SK

[x626xblack]

Thanks for the quick response skhms. It was actually a user error. For some reason the files did not upload correctly. I should have double checked the files made it into the folders before I asked for help. Apologies.

[rootsxrocks]

was I suposed to keep this addon when I upgraded to v3 2.0 or should it have been removed prior.

or do I just have to redo template/php edits?

[rootsxrocks]

It should... but if you hold on just a little bit, skhms has kindly donated this add-on to the v3A project and it will be included as a stock feature in the upcoming v3A 2.0.0 release. :)
AHHH that partially answers my question, so now i need to find out why it aint working.

[KW802]

was I suposed to keep this addon when I upgraded to v3 2.0 or should it have been removed prior.

or do I just have to redo template/php edits?If you're already v3A 1.x.x with this mod, then when you install v3A 2.x.x your tournament data will be imported and then you should be able to uninstall the mod through the ACP.