Major Additions - ibProArcade - professional Arcade System

ibProArcade
the professional Arcade System
for your vBulletin-Board

the most installed Modification for vBulletin ever
here on vbulletin.org

works with vBulletin 3.0.x / 3.5.x / 3.6.x / 3.7.x / 3.8.x / 4.0.x / 4.1.x / 4.2.x

Click here
to jump to the
ibProArcade-Support-Forum
in the Premium-Modification-Section

ibProArcade v2.7.6+ is compatible to PHP5.6 and PHP7.0/7.1
Please notice that vBulletin itself needs minimum version 3.8.11 or 4.2.5 to work with PHP7.0/7.1

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Converters available

If you made your way with another Arcade in your forum, maybe it's time to evolve and migrate to ibProArcade.
No problem, there are converters available to smoothly port your games, scores ect. to ibProArcade

CONVERTER for v3arcade
CONVERTER for DBTech vBArcade (Lite and Pro)
Use any converter for easy and safe conversion without losing any Game or Score - and even complete uninstall help for your old arcade

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For Branding-Free-License and Donations check the "Information"-Section in your AdminCP's Arcade-Section after installing

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Click INSTALL to get an email when an update for ibProArcade is released

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This Hack provides you a professional Arcade fully integrated in your vBulletin-Forum. Your Members can play Games, hunt for Highscores and do Tournaments.


Some Feature that come along and make this ibProArcade outstanding:

• Styles
  different Styles (ibProArcade, v3arcade)
  in AdminCP you define the default Style and if users can select their own preferred Style
• Languages
  this Hack comes along with multiple languages, selectable via AdminCP
  currently included: english, german, french, dutch, portugese
• Custom Game Sorting
  you can set a default sorting in AdminCP while each User can select his own sorting, e.g. by name, rating, times played ect.
• Game Ratings
  Members can rate each Game
• Arcade UserCP
  each user can set his own preferences for the Arcade: game sorting, games/scores per page, notifications, Skin, default category
• Arcade ModCP
  an Adcade-Moderator can take care of scores, tournaments, comments ect.
• Tournaments
  you can create Tournaments via AdminCP or Arcade-ModCP with either 2, 4 or 8 participants
  Users can create Tournaments with open slots other players can join in
  Creation of Tournaments is based on Usergroup and User-Permissions
  Each Game can be set to be selectable for Tournaments or not
• Automatic Game Installation
  in the AdminCP you can easily install new games, just upload the Archives to your server and install with a single click. There even is mass-installing included to install all uploaded games at once.
  No more worrying about putting certain files in certain folders and running an installer.
  This Feature works with ibProArcade-TAR-Archives and v3arcade-ZIP-Archives.
• Categories
  you can create categories for the games, e.g. genre
  categories can be protected with a password and/or restricted to certain usergroups
• advanced Game Statistics
  alot of information are provided for each game:
  • best score of all times
  • your personal best result
  • actual highscore-champion
  • game-rating
  • times played
  • time played
• Active Users in the Arcade
  this shows who currently is in the Arcade and what everybody is doing there. In AdminCP you can select in which areas of the Arcade this will be shown
• Game Information
  while playing a game some information gets displayed: current highscore and champion, the objective of the game and the controls for this game
• Group-Permissions
  you can set alot of permissions for each usergroup:
  • Access to the Arcade (can not view, can view but not play, can view and play)
  • total posts requirement
  • posts per day requirement
  • max. plays per day
  • can create Tournaments
  • which categories can be played
• User-Permissions
  you can set individual permissions per user:
  • can create Tournaments
  • is banned from the Arcade
  • is Arcade Moderator
  • which options this Arcade-Moderator has (scores, comments, tournaments ect.)
• automatic Score-Pruning
  scores can be pruned after a period of time you can choose in AdminCP
• Game Options
  each games has individual settings for height, width, background-color, how many decimal points, which result is best (high or low), the game's objective, the keys, a description ect.
• Arcade-Information in the Forum
  in AdminCP you can select which Information will be in Postbit of each Posting a Member does in the Forum: Highscores and/or won Tournaments. The Style of this Information is available in different types (marquee, Icons only, static)
• Full Integration in vbBux/vbPlaza
  if you have vbPlaza installed you have alot of options to sell in your Plaza-Shop:
  • Costs per Play
  • static or raising Jackpot to win per Game
  • Tournaments have Costs to participate and the Winner earns the Jackpot of this Tournament
  • Arcade-Pass for free playing (without winning)

For additional information just check out the attached Screenshots


ibProArcade is compatible to ibProArcade-Games (*wow* surprise!), v3arcade-Games and PNflashgames (www.pnflashgames.com, use POSTNUKE format).
PNflashgames does even offer Multiplayer-Games.


This Hack was originally done for Invision Power Board (IPB) by Chris Kelly and later adapted to work within vBulletin 3.0.x but had no real integrated AdminCP and even some illegal licensed Files from IPB included, so it was removed from official vBulletin-Sites.

ibProArcade for vBulletin comes along with a complete new AdminCP with even more options and improved functionality, has been bugfixed alot and I implemented some additional feature that where missing. All known security-issues found have been fixed.

ibProArcade is full compatible to PHP4 and PHP5 and works with all vBulletin 3.x.x (yes, 3.0.x + 3.5.x + 3.6.x + 3.7.x + 3.8.x) with all the same Scripts !
ibProArcade v2.7.5+ and later is full compatible to PHP5.6 and PHP7 and works with all vBulletin-versions 3.x/4.x with all the same Scripts !
PHP7.0/7.1 require minimum vBulletin 3.8.11 or 4.2.5 and ibProArcade v2.7.5+

Installation of ibProArcade is very simple and easy:

vBulletin 3.0.x
upload the Files
run the Installer
edit 4 PHP-Files
edit 3 Templates
add 1 new Template


vBulletin 3.5.x & 3.6.x & 3.7.x & 3.8.x & 4.x.x
upload the Files
import the Product-XML-File
edit 3 Templates



If you are upgrading from an existing Arcade, some information:

• For existing ibProArcade-Installations (v2.6.6+ and older) check the included Upgrade-Information (look in Archive)
• For existing ibProArcade-Installations (v2.5.1) just do everything like a fresh installation, your Games and Scores should be kept automatically
• For existing v3arcade-Installations (v1.0.x) for vBulletin 3.5/3.6 there is the converter available.

I want to say a big THANK YOU to everybody who helped in the 3 months of development, testing and bugfixing the initial v2.5.3+ (in alphabetical order):
---MAD---, Acers, Aftermath, beacher, dede1, E=mc?, Esposito, Feckie (Roger), Gemma, ggiersdorf, GrendelKhan{TSU, Huijting, jbd, JTyson, kall, kylek, MasterMaik, matrix, media4you, micheal332001, MissKalunji, MrLister, nitro, nullified, Okie, Paul_Hollibone, Scotty2k, Ski-Whiz, slank, Smoker, stangger5, Synper, soniceffect, Sooner95, tcs, Tekram, Willy, Wordplay and everybody else I forgot to mention here

Special thanks to Chris Kelly for his permission to re-release this new, extended ibProArcade to the vBulletin-Community !


Please remember to click INSTALL


If you want to support me, feel free to donate (use the "support developer" button in the upper right) or just check out the Installation-Instructions included in the ZIP-Archive, Thank You!


For Branding-Free License check the AdminCP -> Arcade -> Information after you installed it, all information can be found there.


...and now you should stop reading this and start downloading this awesome addition for your vBulletin to make your Members happy...


Enjoy



Download-History:
v2.6.7a+ (9880 Downloads)
v2.6.8+ (9849 Downloads)
v2.6.9+ (456 Downloads)
v2.7.0+ (10833 Downloads)
v2.7.2+ (4626 Downloads)



** Please do not post any information, request or offer of Games here in this Thread ! And remember that Support is given in the ibProArcade-Support-Forum **

[Vizionz]

exactly

[Jenta]

Originally Posted by wcbryant

It's optional, troll.

Post reported for name calling. Keep things civil please.

[wcbryant]

Originally Posted by Jenta

Post reported for name calling. Keep things civil please.

Isn't that a bit like reporting me for saying the sky is blue? Do as you please. Who did you report it to? Boofo?

[rjordan]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Still, if that is available in the v3Arcade, what else is there that you don't know about? An arcade connecting to any other server for ANY reason is only inviting problems and complaints.

I believe that it should go both ways as far as bashing or fact finding for v3arcade and ibProArcade. It was announced by John that v3 had this in it. Unless someone can say for a fact citing example, code, whatever where it is a problem, then it should not be made an arguement for one or the other. For that matter, you may as well say that because vBulletin software talks to the Jelsoft servers that it is only inviting problems and complaints.

Quite honestly, I think what John is doing may be the more author-friendly (sure-fired legal) approach for approved games and a user-friendly approach for those that want a game all they have to do is get it from the "approved" list and the AdminCP grabs it from John and installs it. That will not stop others from converting games for it. I have not viewed either arcade nor their code, so I cannot say I like either new version yet. Yes, I chose v3 before, but that does not mean I would pick it now over ibPro until I see them for myself.

Before anyone gets off to say this is a bash or starts the flames, I am looking for facts, not opinions. If someone says that something is happening, I would like to see the proof of it. I wonder if some of those (honestly) are going off of what has been stated and working off of assumption or they have seen it for themselves by installing and viewing the arcade code. I will be downloading ibProArcade and v3arcade tonight and will do my own comparisons. Although you were quoted, the above comment was not directed at you, Boofo.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by wcbryant

Disappointing to see you playing such petty and political games, Boofo. Always respected the way you carried yourself. This seems beneath you.

Let Jenta be your willing and eager troll.

The petty bickering and such is so completely pointless. Spreading misinformation and bashing another hack that is the product of another coder's long-running efforts is just pathetic.



It's optional, troll. But you haven't let facts get in the way of your rhetoric yet, so why worry about them now?

Just so you know, I have no idea what or how v3Arcade connects to any server. All I was stating was if that IS the case, it is wrong, just as it is wrong for ANY piece of software to connect to another server when it does not have to to run properly. And Jenta has nothing to do with my opinion. I wouldn't run this arcade either is it connected to any other server. It doesn't need to.

I don't appreciate your remark above. I am not conducting myself any different than I always have.

[ConqSoft]

Well I guess vBulletin is wrong too, since it connects to their server. And it does it without even telling you it's doing it. With v3Arcade it's only if you click a link that basically says "Click here to download a list of available games.", so, you know that it's going to go somewhere to pull a list.

[Vizionz]

i see no wrong in it connecting to a server. the choice is yours you dont have to connect and download games from the v3arcade server you can manually install them all day. its just a option if you want to download games from there server you connect it sends the game it disconnects.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

What's in THIS one that we don't know about? It's not like the code is encrypted. Anyone and everyone will be pouring through it.

You use your moderator powers to warn others about bashing this or other arcade hacks, then turn around and do it yourself.

Notice the word IF in the above quote.

[wcbryant]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Just so you know, I have no idea what or how v3Arcade connects to any server. All I was stating was if that IS the case, it is wrong, just as it is wrong for ANY piece of software to connect to another server when it does not have to to run properly. And Jenta has nothing to do with my opinion. I wouldn't run this arcade either is it connected to any other server. It doesn't need to.

I don't appreciate your remark above.

Appreciate them or don't. They're my perspective after following through the thread. If they're unfair, then perhaps my perspective is somehow skewed, but I'm just calling it as I saw it. I was surprised in several of your posts to see you taking thinly veiled shots at v3a. Not sure what the point is.

Frankly, I'm glad both arcades are out here. I'm glad we have options. I just don't know why it's turned into a confrontational issue.

Originally Posted by Boofo

I am not conducting myself any different than I always have.

Then perhaps it's my older perspective on your demeanor that is flawed. I have no idea.

Anyway, I've said my bit. If you (or Jenta) have additional issues, we can take it to PM so that it's not polluting the thread for those with legitimate technical issues.

--edit--
Er, what Danny said below.

Please lets keep the discussion of arcade systems and there individual advantages and disadvantages somewhere else. (A thread in General Modifications forum would suit perfectly. ) This thread is for ibProArcade only, it isn't fair for the author and other users trying to find valuable information concerning this hack to have to read through tons of posts concerning an entirely different hack.

Also, please keep the name calling...etc...etc out all the forums.