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vbProArcade Beta 2
1/5/03: Beta 2 released 9/12/02: Beta 1.03 zip updated to include safe mode fix 9/3/02: Beta 1.03 released -- small bug fixes, see below 9/1/02: Beta 1 of vbProArcade has been posted. Please see below for installation instructions. Background Information vbProArcade is a fully-customizable Flash arcade add-on for vBulletin, complete with game-by-game scoreboards, forum integration, a "champions" system, statistics, and more. This is an extensive hack that is still in BETA form, and I don't recommend installing it if you are not willing to work through potential issues and future updates/upgrades! I am working on making the installation instructions as easy as possible, but it will probably be some time before it is perfect. Watch this post for updates as they happen, and check out screenshots from the list below. If you would like to see the hack in action, you may visit my Shadows of Namek forums. You will need to register to play, but you can view the scoreboards and the arcade itself as a guest. Credits This hack materialized thanks to work and help from a number of people and forums. Here they are:
So far, there are FIVE GAMES that work correctly with this hack. They are: Breakout Pacman Snake Space Invaders Tetris All five .SWF files are included in the release archive. There is now a Flash Games Development Thread for the purpose of modifying existing games to work with vbProArcade, or for creating new games to be compatible with vbProArcade. If you have a game that you wish to see modified but don't know how, post the .FLA source in that thread and hopefully somebody can assist you. Installation Instructions Download the file attached to this post, unzip it and familiarize yourself with the contents BEFORE doing anything. There are TWO separate files worth reading, the Documentation and the Installation Instructions. I recommend that you read both BEFORE doing anything else. Once you have done this, the instructions to be followed are contained in vbproarcade-install.txt. Follow them as precisely as possible. If you encounter an error somewhere, it is likely that you missed a step or made a small error. Please double-check your work BEFORE posting about problems here. And it cannot be said enough: read that file before you do anything, and if you are unsure of something, please post your question(s) before attempting to install the hack. Problems and Fixes/Workarounds (as of 1/5)
Here is the list of stuff that I know does not work. I will be working towards correcting these bugs BEFORE adding new features for the next release.
Here is the list of posts from this thread that contain screen shots for the new version. Check them out!
This is the stuff that is in progress for future release:
All donations received go directly back into supporting my websites and my design activities. You may click here to donate via Paypal. Note that donations are by no means required, and not donating does not mean you won't get support for the hack. Last but not least, thanks for checking this out! Show Your Support
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Sanni, the file worked perfectly, thanks
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One of my members score did not post... they took a screen shot of they scores.. but it didnt show up at all...
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Wondering what impact on the rest of the board, the increase in stored high scores is going to have?
Is there any way to limit the number stored? Also... How do you reset the scores ? |
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There is no current way to limit the number of scores stored (I am still not sure why you would want to). You can reset the scores in the Admin CP in Beta 2. |
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Known things that will be fixed in 2.01:
- security problems, hash security toggle - showing people as playing in the arcade when viewing threads - bad SQL query (trying to insert an Array) Anything else of note? Those are the main ones I keep saying. I also can't stress enough the fact that this hack will not work with non-IE browsers. To those that have emailed me, it's not my fault, and I'm sorry that things are the way they are, but Netscape, Mozilla and Opera simply don't handle POST data correctly (or well, to put it a different way). |
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BUT.. The reset scores option in Beta 2, does not seem to work on my board ![]() Is it just me, or have I missed something obvious? |
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I really don't see why so many people seem concerned about the number of scores kept in the database. I've had this installed since around the 2nd day it was released. I currently have 1,300 scores that are recorded and it takes up 133kb of space. My entire database takes up 260mb, so that would be around 0.0005% of the space.
As long as your asking for suggestions futureal, here's a couple of things I noticed... The places it checks the time & date of scores uses the date function instead of the vbdate function, so it doesn't show the correct time if it's been changed in the Admin CP. None of the templates the arcade uses are called at the beginning of the script, so of course that adds unnecessary extra queries for each template. I also noticed that you didn't use the free_result function after you were done with the queries, which of course isn't good for high traffic sites. Not that I think it's really affecting things too much, but it still wouldn't hurt. As far as I remember those were the only suggestions I had for the script. Looking forward to the update and thank you for your hard work on an excellent script. ![]() |
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is there any particular reason why I can't unzip tetris from the vbproarcade zip file? i would expect its just a bad attachment, but I kept trying to redownload it with no success. can someone attach an unzipped swf file or email it to mvpaudio@comcast.net ? i would appreciate it greatly!
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nvm it finally worked - after I restarted my computer about six times. thanks.
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