Standard vb/flashchat integration already does that - this enhances it.


FYI: Hack updated to 1.75 (for the release of Flashchat 4.0.12).

Your chat is fixed. I recommend you get a better text editor, whatever you used made a mess of your files. :)

I have heard this as well - that FlashChat hangs and crashes with more than 20-30 concurrent users, largely because of poor flash-to-file i/o interface (though this last part has not been verified). What is known is that FlashChat tends to lag out and crash with concurrent users numbering 20-30 or so, but I'd like to see some hard data on that. Does anyone know of any FlashChat running with many concurrent users, and report on the type of performance (both in the chat room, as well as to the server)?

I would be surprised if it coped well with more than 30. I don't think it would on our server.

FlashChat, though, is being sold from its site as something that can conceivably host many, many users.

Then I suggest you take it up with the author. It's not my problem, nor anything to do with this hack. :)

Sorry, I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers. I was simply asking if anyone had any data to suggest whether or not FlashChat is stable beyond 20 concurrent users.

I do have the answer, however -- it is not. On a dedicated server solution (Dual Xeon 2.2Ghz, 2 Gigs of RAM, on a 100 Mbps HE/Above backbone), Flashchat experienced flock errors beginning at around 28 users, and at 35 users, it crashed. It's not something that can be mitigated by simply performance; there are inherent flaws with the script. Just something that users might want to know before they decide to use FlashChat as their community chat solution.

i dont want to upgrade it i want to install it with vb 3, but i cant find a link for a hack here, i need help

There isn't one - the instructions come with flashchat when you buy it.

Paul check out userplane... I am working with that company to have intergration with vBulletin... Nexia has done a lot of work so far on it. I hired him to do intergration and somehow he jumpped to working with them directly but you should check it out. It is on their servers so all the weight flashchat does is eliminated.