Major Additions - The Gameroom - Multiplayer gaming (follow up to Casino)

For vb 4.x: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239817

This is a late-Beta, it has been tested fairly extensively and all the big kinks should be worked out. That said, once this hits more sites a couple other bugs are bound to work themself out. It works going back at least as far as the 3.6 branch of vBulletin, not sure about 3.5.

This is the free version of The Gameroom by http://vbgaming.org, the follow up / expansion of the Casino plugin for vBulletin. It improves the multiplayer gaming aspects by bringing in more games, and allowing users more options when starting and joining games. Included is a upgrade script for transfering your stats from the Casino to the Gameroom.

Multiplayer games are played live, with embedded chatrooms

Features include:

- Lobby
--- Chatroom for arranging games

- Solo Games
--- Blackjack
--- Let it Ride
--- Roulette
--- Video Poker
--- 3 different slot machines

- Texas Hold'em
--- Multiple tables
--- Customize blinds and rules when creating a game
--- Passwords for private games
--- vBulletin avatars in game
--- Alert sounds to notify to alert you when it is your turn

- 7-Card Stud
--- Multiple tables
--- Set Ante
--- Passwords for private games
--- vBulletin avatars in game
--- Alert sounds to notify to alert you when it is your turn

- Chess
--- Standard chess rules, with legal moves enforced.
--- Alert on Check and Checkmate
--- Tracking of the 50-move rule and Threefold repetition rule
--- Passwords for private games

- Reversi (aka Othello)
--- Legal moves enforced.
--- Passwords for private games

- Statistics
--- Redesigned offering graphs and sortable datagrids

- Betting
--- Module can be turned off if not in use
--- pool bets, where the bets are added together and dived amongst the winners

- Optional status bar
--- Choice of flash or html bar
--- Placed in main template
--- Shows current gameroom status (open multiplayer games, messages can be sent from within, # of open bets in betting module)

- Cash Bonuses for actions that benefit your site
--- Posting
--- Starting threads
--- Referalls
--- Daily sign in
--- Giving rep
--- Recieving Rep
--- Voting
--- Rating threads


August 1st - 0.9.8
- Added Settings to admin section
- Reversi board colours can now be changed
- Reset stats option
- Delete event option (event must be closed & settled first)
- Reduced cpu load of chess and reversi
- Blackjack - Added Surrender option
- poker - players with no money cannot continue
* Update -> upload & overwrite, import product file


0.9.9

- Added volume control
- Added "/buzz" chatroom function
- Added alert to user entering room
- Added audio alert to 'check' in chess
- Fixed bug with getting list of games when certain tabs are dissabled
- Fixed get games timer not shutting off properly when switching tabs
- Fixed decimals in poker when using different cash type
- Fixed names with certain characters messing up stats
- Fixed bug that caused "start game" box to uncheck if you entered a message
- Adjust cash can use userid / usergroupid as well as name
- Not logged in screen in language (can be translated / edited)
- The user that imports the product file is made a admin & mod, rather then using "1" as a default
- cash type to 64-bit value in flash component (for those with really high values)
- Poker time out is set up. You have 60 seconds to act, then forced fold. Warning buzzer and countdown starts at 20 seconds remaining
* Update -> upload & overwrite, import product file


August 3rd (0.9.9RC)
- Update cash in solo games and betting on enter & transfer
- Change event listener on colour selectors in settings, makes it stick properly.
- Theme colour updates on the fly when changed, so you can see what things will look like as you adjust it.
- Fixed a glitch in the board games that would bring text into the game chatroom from the Lobby chat room.
- Fixed a bug relating to the board games when other sections had been turned off
- Added payout chart to game screen for Slots, Video Poker & Let it ride
- Border changes with theme color

1.0.0
- Fixed up some language things
- Added a plugin to cache the html banner templates

1.0.1
- Bug: checkmate on promotion
- Bug: poker all in led to dropping player early
- Bug: foreign language fixes
- Bug: Double posts in chatrooms
- Bug: Update betting cash on tab click
- Bug: Poker Blinds go into pot, even if player can't make them
- Status bar colour updates with Theme
- Possible outcomes in betting up from 8 to 18

Note: There is a 2mb upload limit, so the flash banner came out of the main .zip which finally pushed itself over 2mb.



1.1.1


1.1.1
- Bug: Double entries on betting resolved
- Bug: Fixed error when two players tie with full house
- Bug: Top Poker Players stats displays properly
- Bug: User name colours in lobby now 'stick'
- Edit language is now a tree view, default phrase displays properly
- in game & add game phrases for poker are now in language
- "Players" phrase in Flash Banner reacts to changes in language
- Default Cash is now editable
- Disabled Hooks on XML calls, may improve speed slightly, decrease chances of conflict
- Can override general usertype permissions for each group of games
kjack push when both player & dealer have a blackjack
- Chatroom 'flicker' on new message
- castle through check
- Add users in gameroom count to link
- Seperated framework, Flash caches this once, and only once. Resulting in a smaller file size everytime after the first. It is cached across sites as well, so there is a good chance most people already have it
- Roulette history was showing '37' when it landed on '0'
- Chess - Optional grid labels / moves in chat box

Updating:
1) Upload the framework files, they should go into the main forum folder with the .swf files folder. You will only need to do this once, which is why they are in a seperate file.
2) Upload the files in the main package, make sure everything overwrites old copies.


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** Common Problems **
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Non-english letters are not working properly

This is a problem with flash player and has been in there bug tracker for a long time. The workaround is to edit the "gameroom" template, remove the line that ways "wmode='transparent'", the downside it your popup menus will come up behind the flash box, rather then in front of it.

Images are working in IE, but not in Firefox

You likely have some form of image hot linking turned on, it is causing the requests for the images to be blocked.

Locked self out of admin panel

In the tools folder there is a file called 'makemeadmin.php', upload this and go to that page. It will make you admin, don't leave it on your server when you are done.

Updated and it is acting funny

Make sure all of your files are up to date. When you update ensure that all files are overwritten. Having mix matched files will cause funny behaviour. You may also have to clear your cache and reload the page after uploading a new gameroom.swf file.

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** Uninstall **
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If you want to uninstall the following procedure will get you through it without tossing any DB errors:

1) Dissable the product, this shuts down all the plugins. If the files are removed and plugins are still active you may see errors on your site.

2) Undo the template changes, changes where made to the navbar template and the postbit / postbit legacy template.

3) Delete all files. If the files are still present and you remove the database entries by uninstalling the product anyone that attempts to access one of them will cause a error. The Flash Banner could cause many as it could still be making calls after the template changes are undone.

gameroom.php
gameroom.swf
gameroomBanner.swf
gameroom/*
includes/cron/gameroom_nightly.php


4) Uninstall the product file, which removes all database entries, that means the following are removed:

tables with 'gameroom_' as a prefix
gameroom_cash field within the user table

[Andrew Green]

As you have figured out, all board positions are logged. This served too purposes, tracking draw conditions and giving me the ability to add the ability to replay games later on.

From what you are saying I don't think you are going to have a ideal result. If games stay in hte list after ending you are very quickly going to end up with a very large list that will be hard to navigate, not to mention it only allows users who played a game to reenter a game that has started, so most of the list would be useless to most people.

[imported_silkroad]

Well, we currently don't have anyone playing board games, except our "debug games" so, if the list becomes large, then that is a different problem. I can expire them over time, etc.

Our users would like to see the results of finished games. It is pointless to play a game and then have it disappear "forever"... what happens if a forum member was watching the game and then had to do something, then he comes back, and nothing! That is really a terrible setup. There is no way we will implement the current "games disappear forever" setup, ROTFL.

We like our users at our forums :-)

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by macc

I think that you must upload files from framework.zip in your forum root and your gameroom should work fine!

regards
macc

Thank You Very Much macc for your Help. I Uploaded the Files on that Zip File on the Root of the Forum Directory and now the gameroom.swf File is working Fine.

My Best Regards.

[cad2go]

Auto deal in poker please.

Overall it's very buggy. Come have a game sometime

It's laughable. Doesn't payout on hands, skips peoples calls, the works.

pm for url (full version)

Flex Error #1001: Digest mismatch with RSL http://www.xxxxxx.com/forum/framework_3.3.0.4852.swf. Redeploy the matching RSL or relink your application with the matching library

tourney feedback

1. if you win a hand it doesnt always give you the pot
2. if someone leaves the dealer button might completely dissapear

People were calling 10x pre flop raises with A2. Need to get that fixed.

When xxx left, who was after me, I had to check after everybody else's turn.

Good feedback people. That no dealer thing is annoying as fxxk. Also xx went all in versus me and I was still asked if I wanted to raise and was able to too.

Originally Posted by xx

When I went all in it was still asking me to check or fold on every street.

i was seeing the flop before i betted

Jesus it is bug ridden.

[cad2go]

no dealer button ffs!

By the way I was last to leave the room.... I left the table and then joined again and the dealer button "appeared"..... if thats any help???

[Andrew Green]

Originally Posted by cad2go

Auto deal in poker please.

Overall it's very buggy. Come have a game sometime

It's laughable. Doesn't payout on hands, skips peoples calls, the works.

Well, I've played hundreds of hands in testing, and never had it skip a player or fail to payout. If you can provide more specific information on the state of the game when this occurred, preferably with a screenshot and a description of what happened and what should have happened I will have a much easier time verifying the error, and fixing it.

Flex Error #1001: Digest mismatch with RSL http://www.xxxxxx.com/forum/framework_3.3.0.4852.swf. Redeploy the matching RSL or relink your application with the matching library

Gotta follow the instructions and put those framework files up. Without them, you get that error.

As for this:

if someone leaves the dealer button might completely dissapear

If the dealer leaves it goes to the next person.

By the way I was last to leave the room.... I left the table and then joined again and the dealer button "appeared"

Which it should, you can't deal, but if you are the only one there you are the dealer.

[cad2go]

Originally Posted by Andrew Green

Well, I've played hundreds of hands in testing, and never had it skip a player or fail to payout. If you can provide more specific information on the state of the game when this occurred, preferably with a screenshot and a description of what happened and what should have happened I will have a much easier time verifying the error, and fixing it.



Gotta follow the instructions and put those framework files up. Without them, you get that error.

As for this:


If the dealer leaves it goes to the next person.




Which it should, you can't deal, but if you are the only one there you are the dealer.

We all left because the deal button disappeared. There were 5 at the table when it happened. It only reappeared when 4 of us left.

Anyway I'll do the bug reports over at vbgaming in future. Have you ever tried a 6+ player game of poker there btw? why not arrange one sometime for proper testing if you don't believe my bug reports.

[imported_silkroad]

Originally Posted by cad2go

We all left because the deal button disappeared. There were 5 at the table when it happened. It only reappeared when 4 of us left.

To help Andrew (since this is free and so we should make debugging easier for him), it would be helpful if you could post screenshots of when images disappear, etc.

When a developer is giving away free software, and then folks post bugs with information the developer cannot easily see, it slows down development progress for all concerned.

So, next time you see some bug, please take a quick screen capture or two and upload them.

Cheers.

[cad2go]

Originally Posted by imported_silkroad

To help Andrew (since this is free and so we should make debugging easier for him), it would be helpful if you could post screenshots of when images disappear, etc.

When a developer is giving away free software, and then folks post bugs with information the developer cannot easily see, it slows down development progress for all concerned.

So, next time you see some bug, please take a quick screen capture or two and upload them.

Cheers.

I'm testing the paid version hence why I mentioned I'd post over at vbgaming in future.

[goxy63]

Users who are using hack "Chief First Post - Every Page [Forum Based]" will have problem to display cash in postbit/postbit legacy on some settings within mentioned mod
Is it posible to get this fixed?

Or even better and without messing with other mods.... just to display cash in user profile within mini statistisc block on bottom, for me that would be best as I already got lots of stuff within postbit...(how to do that?)

Great mod

Nominated, rated, installed

Cheers