thanks Oblivion Knight for setup of challenges, should be included in manual as well :)

He can install it on his own test forum if he's doing that...it shouldn't take him one or two weeks to install it or not many people will be using this new version... :lol:

Oh dear this doesn't look good for v3Arcade.

Unless something dramatic has happened, I have a nasty suspicion John has gotten fed up with all the +++++ing (again) and pulled the plug (again).

I might be wrong, but closing the site 'for a week or two' seems unneccessary. I think we will be stuck with what we've got (which is actually fine by me, it's great) for the forseeable future.

I hate when you get to the edge of that game then he just falls over. :(

I had a problem with vb logging users out if they played a game for a long time. I fixed this by increasing the cookie time to something like 3 hours. The problem is, this throws things like new posts, who's online, and some other things off. Can you prevent someone from being logged out while playing a game without doing this?

Yeah, tell them to check the box that says "Remember me" when they log in.

You're welcome.. :)


You're right, it doesn't.. Things at v3arcade.com have been on a bit of a downward slope again for a while; limited support, delayed updates and no clear indication of the product's future. Last night, I took the decision to resign from my staff position at the support forums due to numerous different reasons..

I will however, continue supporting my addons for v3arcade here at vbulletin.org, and I hope to continue contributing with the occasional support query and/or addon request.. No doubt John will make a couple of decisions during this "out time", and I wish him good luck for the future.

@Deepdog009

Do you have permission to re-distribute those files from the author?

If not, then please remove them. Thank you.

I hope that's not true, because then I won't be able to suppress the urge to want to *****slap the idiots who complain when they have absolutely no right to, because then they'll have ruined it for the rest of us.

It's happened before, but last time it was more to do with game copyright, although there were again some issues with people over missed deadlines.

Then John closed the site, but several months later reopened it to release the 3.5 version of the arcade. Now it's gone again, who knows if he'll be back this time. Perhaps he's just had enough.

I do get the feeling that periodically he gets "inspired", updates the arcade, but then when it starts to feel like a chore again and people are pressuring him he loses interest, I can understand that if it is indeed the case.

My bad, I forgot about that obstacle. I will delete them...<>

MarcoH64 I will C if I can get permission in the future...<>;)

v3arcade is now closed for 1-2 weeks for maintance wtf lol He is meant to be releasing the new version last week, now I bet it wont happen for quite some time. and as im a premium member on his site, he doesnt even let us know whats going on.

I think this is the most likely explanation too.

The thing to me is that, yes he did promise 12th May, and before that 1st March and probably before that too, and yes he isn't good at communicating.
But, v3 v1.0.6 is actually pretty good. It does what it's supposed to and has nice features.

People who whine because he's not constantly releasing new versions really piss me off. I understand he's going well past his quoted days and there are some valid points to the complaints, but since whining about it clearly isn't going to get it released any faster and it may well demoralise and demotivate him, what's the point?
Just accept that it will come out when it comes out. Check the site occasionally but don't hang on every day late like it's the end of the world.

/My Opinion

Thank you for your fast response.

I couldn't agree more. I think John makes a great product, and it's free, so there's no one has any right to complain about it.

I have just installed it.But I had database problem.I completely installed it.What is the reason of that?

I also agree.

John's was the first arcade I ever used back on vB 3.0. Back then they were much less common than they are now, and his product truly revolutionised my site in terms of what it could offer people.

These days I run both v3Arcade *and* ibproarcade, and wouldn't want to be without either.

John's current version of the arcade offers everything I could possibly need, I have customised it a bit in terms of layout but the basic functionality is all there, with a couple of OK's add-ons to go with it.

John will be back I am sure, but people really need to get off his back and let him get on with it, he always comes up with the goods eventually and he will do so again.

You'd need to post a bit more information on exactly what goes wrong and what the error messages are.

It may be worth installing a copy of your board (password protected as per licence) and installing the arcade on there first, so you can troubleshoot and get copies of errors etc.

So he didn't let us down *phew*
I was a little afraid that after all the comments he received from people, he would.

I'm just glad there is a sign of him, even though the thing I would like to have the most - more games won't be there.

I'd be happy to do about everything to make the whole process go faster, but I don't think I'd be suitable for something like talking to game authors *sighs*

Anyway, I really hope the site will be back soon...

did you maybe find the solution? ... coz i has problems too ... but if i install manually with Oblivion hack works just fine .... thx for the answer

yeah i need my games :D

John, if you read this, your arcade is brilliant and has always been brilliant, never let anyone suggest otherwise!

hey guyz, how do you start challanges?

the person which you wanna challenge must post on forum / and then you must click on username and you will see then a option for challenge ... but user must have activaed challenges under his profile

hey folk how do you have length on every game ... i has this only on games which are with the module .... can someone can explain how to do length on every game

Yeah.
My members keep asking for new games all the time.
I've already seen that few new games got approved by their authors on v3Arcade, I hope John will add them.
That's what I think too.
I actually don't really need the new features, I think the Arcade is great as it is^^

It would be nice to get some updates on the progress from John though.

yeah i cant wait for New Gamez.. lol

untill then im using RPG :D

Finally some good news ^^ i'll be getting the pro version. good luck john with your new server.

i have done this on a clients site, and the file go where they should. and are moved.. but nothing is added to the database ? the acp says no games to add ?? any ideas..

thank you

We can only get the games if we buy it right? And the forums are closed so how are we supposed to buy it?

i have plenty of games, but can't add.. can someone answer post 1631 ?
thx

I have added some games, but it seems it bugs up when we try to add scores to the high score field. can anyone help?

I've joined quite a few IBPro arcade game download sites and its really hit or miss if they will work with V3 Arcade. I like the clean look/fee/use of V3, but there are a bunch of (fun games I like) that are just about impossible to find that will work with v3. I just got a working version of Nanaca Crash for V3 tonite. I've been looking for it since I've installed the arcade. =/

Hopefully the new pro will include some of those games.

everything is fine but i got an Script Error, so i cannot Search Games and Add Favorites on the arcade homepage:

Line:94
Char:12
Code:0
Error:无效的属性值。(that is in chinese, in English i guess it is something like: no avaliable property value...)

anyhelps? thanks a lot!

how do i uninstall this?

We can only get the games if we buy it right? And the forums are closed so how are we supposed to buy it?

For one, he doesn't have it done yet. When he does, he will obviously re-open the forums. Did you even read the message he posted on his site that was also posted here?

If it's not out, how could you buy it to begin with?

people said that there are over hundreds for free, do a google search?

uninstall the product, and recover all the files and templates u have changed.