I agree. RealChat has done that. ;)

I find realchat graphically juts doesn't have it. But Amfichat has come along and has. I am not sure why realchat has decided not to upgrade to a more sleek look.

I like the way it looks, just fine, myself. But you can also make new skins for it and change the colors and a lot of other stuff. It really IS more configurable than it seems as first glance. Flash chats have always seemed too "cartoony" for my tatses, plus with all the problems they have with disconnecting because of too many users, it's just not worth the headache to me to mess with them. Why do you think they are so cheap? ;)

IMHO there is no replacement for an IRC server. I've been thinking about trying to sync up user accounts from IRC with vBulletin, I need to look into that some more.

Hey guys,

Is there anywhere on here that will teach us how to use our own server for irc? In other words I don't wanna sign up for an irc channel.....:D

If you want a lot of kids in the chat room, then IRC is the way to go. I prefer it a little less hectic, myself. ;)

Not true on a private network, you can just take care of the trouble makers, no differnt then a forum.

IRC is powerful because it gives the client more then one way to connect. I can use a java-client on my site (no worse then flash as it also requires a plug-in to run), or I can give them the server details and they can use whatever software they want from the desktop.

I know it ain't for everyone, but I honestly couldn't go back to something like flashchat. The only thing these scripts have that IRC doesn't in user intergration, but like I said I've been thinking about that one myself and I am looking into for a site I've been planning to do for some time.

Just wanted to drop in my input aswell, happy hunting. ;)

It comes down to what you make of it yourself. We use flashchat, skinned it ourself, and added our own multimedia player. At the risk of appearing immodest, I think we made about the coolest chat I've seen yet.

http://www.integrityp2p.com/portal/f...ew.php?pg=chat

Thet does look good. Nice job. :)

I'm with Brad on this. Since I went with the IRC based chat, my chatroom is a LOT busier.

I've been thinking of how to do vB user integration with irc as well. I don't want anonymous/guest users to be able to connect.. so some sort of irc user auth would be needed. And how to handle usernames with spaces? Many of my users have them... hmmm

Better graphics are just better. More professional. Check out the new mp3player for amfichat.
http://biblocality.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49

I have seen most skins for realchat, and I don't like any of them. Plus it is always way more expensive to have dedicated server as well as unecessary.

As long as the number of users is say under 50 at any one time, amfichat has no problem, so it is not an issue practically speaking, since I rarely, if ever, see a place with over 50 users online chatting at one time. Even in yahoo chat or msn chat rooms the number is usually at most 15 to 30.

That has been my experience.

Flash chats are laggy. A "real" chatting environment is the way to go....IRC.

vb2 and vb3
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=37424

vb 3.5
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96710

I have FlashChat installed and absolutely LOVE it!

I love your face more.

Actually, if you have a dedicated server, you can run FlashChat in "Socket Server" mode, which makes it as instant as any IRC type server, as it uses the same sort of single tcp connection system as opposed to http.

(not Amfichat btw)

Good to know.
Whenever I would used my flash chat it was pretty bad. I guess compared to what I am used too....running mIRC.

Parture. You have already posted your opinion and a plug to your site in this thread. No need to repeat it. Further repetitions will be considered as spamming and will be removed.

I just found out Realchat does not have voice or audio chat and they say they don't ever plan on getting it. Amfichat, on the other hand, has just released both voice and video chat for its chatroom, wich is nicer looking than Flashchat's. Awesome! Just as I expected! It's really cool.

Hands down. Nothing compares to having a chatroom bot in your chatroom via eggdrop/mIRC and being able to talk to your chatroom guests when you aren't there, being able to automatically talk to guests via support systems and scripts, and then of course the fun aspect of having Trivia games and such to keep groups of people entertained. :)

I like a chat room for music; anything else is really just idleness to me. Anything of significance that needs to be said is done on the forums.

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I would recommend you the *** Link removed (MarcoH64) ***. Their chat is wonderfull, Fully intergrated with Vbulletin, and the ablilty to purchase to Video Chat. Try it out.

Link removed, no links to sites using pirated vBulletin software allowed.

PS Had a look in their pricelist, they surely dare to ask some prizes, especially for the AddOns.

Sorry dear about the link....
So yeah, it's 123FlashChat . The price is kindda high, but their support is great .
I am thinking about to buy their Video Chat Module , but it's 500 USD, i don;t know if it's worth to buy it.
Anyway, when I take a look at Real Chat, it's cool also but it doesn't have Video Chat system, the reason I like the video chat because I am building an adult community, so people can come in and share their webcam (like PalTalk).
Is there any other ideas?

There was 1 more (at least) integration with a video chat system...something like userplane, not sure about the exact name, try searching.

Yeah it was user plane and I beleive Nex released a hack for it.....I may be wrong about the person, but I know that the hack fully integrated it. Also cant remember if it was 3.0.x or 3.5.x.......

But the thing is if you use UserPlan, you will have to pay the service fee each month. But when you go with 123FlashChat, you will only have to pay one time fee for the script and have it installed and up running on your server, unless you want to choose the option to host the chat with them. When I come to Userplane website and view their completed price list, I was shock coz the price is flying high.

Its is cheaper to try userplane for one month and find it unpopular then to buy 123flashchat. ;)

Well, it may be cheap for you but it is expensive for me . I have a dedicated server with 2000 GB bandwith/month allowed, so it doesn't make any senses if I use UserPlane and pay them 150 or more a month to host the chat on their servers while I can host 123 FlashChat on my own server and run it.
Check UserPlane complete price list and you will know how I feel. I think it would be better if they offer the option not to pay them each month, and have it install and running on your own server.

I liked vBChat becuase of it's vB intergration, but it was just to slow really for mass use.

I would like to see an Mirc type chatroom that doesn't require you to download Java, and is fast.

Flashchat here, great stuff for only $5.00

Well after months of trial with VBChat. I took it down. Had way too many problems. So I bought Flashchat and a few extras from FB3 and love it. Have webcam installed and everything.

No vbulletin integration available 4 realchat, you seem to be a die hard fan of it. y not release a addon/plugin for it here ?

I'm angry about Flashchat. The Socket Server is junk, which makes it darn hard to host chats for a rapidly (IMO) growing community.

A great tool for small chats, but not scalable.

I'm looking at 123flashchat and the price is not pretty nor is there usergroup support. But at least I won't have to deal with explaining to members why they aren't allowed into the chat, dealing with post spam as folks try to promote themselves to a "chattable" usergroup or waste my time trying to get stillborn functionality working.

With FlashChat, it's a deal @ $5. But you are still only getting a $5 chat. Never more.

I use an IRC chat plugin. MUCH more in tune with gamers and comp geeks.

is there even a normal, working IRC chat plugin with settings and group permissions that is compatible with vb 3.6?

May I suggest http://gabbly.com/vbulletin.org/forum ;) Nifty little app that I found from an IPS employee recently.

I haven't seen one specially for 3.6 yet (but i may have missed it), but if you are using for example pjirc as the chat software, then it is really a piece of cake to create a page for it. Adding usergroup permissions etc is also not so difficult.

I was using FlashChat for quite some time, but have two caveats:

1. It cannot handle more than 25 users or so without seriously affecting performance
2. My forums were recently hacked and it appears as though it was due to a vulnerability in FlashChat. :(

I have been looking for some new software for some time now. SigmaChat seems fine, but some people have reported problems getting it to load. I'd love to give vbChat a try, but I'm on 3.6.

Anyone have any other (non-IRC) suggestions for ones that integrate with the vB users DB?

Is there any integration with realchat an VB 3.6 ?