Major Additions - [DBTech] vBArcade v2 (vB5)

vBArcade is a professional modular flash arcade game system. Easily converts your old favorites, and finds thousands more with the click of a button.

This new modern arcade uses AJAX to enhance the playing experience and encourage users to compete both locally and globally among participating sites. Streamlined import and editing managers put games from mochi, v3arcade, ibproarcade and more into your arcade with ease. Fine-tuned access and scoring tools allow you to keep competition fresh and exciting, as well as social network tools to bring new users in to your site!

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Documentation
https://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/docs/vbarcade

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Major Features:

Modular Game Handling: Currently supports games from pnflash, ibproarcade, v3arcade, mochi, (plus armor, kongregate, flashgamedistribution, spilgames in pro) and more can be added with a single file.

Access and Score Tools: Set exactly when users can play certain games, and for how often. Archive extra or old scores to allow room for new champions.

Social and Global: Not only can games be sent to all the major social networks, but participating sites can rank their scores together and display champions everywhere.

Beautiful Modern Design: Streamlined and professional, using AJAX to enhance and simplify the playing experience, like searching, replays, full screen and cinema mode, and category tabs.

Fast Paced Competition: Ultimate tournament system that rewards fast players while mitigating no-shows, allowing all your matches to finish strong, and everyone has fun.

Lite

Friendly Challenges

• Automatic 1 round tournament of 2 players, with preset config
• Initiated from simple username prompt, while playing a game
• Can disable certain games from eligibility
• Auto-pruned if either player declines invitation

"Most Trophies" Module

• Lists top 3 players and how many trophies they hold
• Displays avatar and link to member profile
• Displays username if avatars are turned off
• "Show Avatars" module configuration
• Respects user's choice to hide avatars if applicable

"Longest Players" Module

• Lists top 3 players and how long they've played
• Displays avatar and link to member profile
• Displays username if avatars are turned off
• "Show Avatars" module configuration
• "Maximum Players to Show" module configuration
• Respects user's choice to hide avatars if applicable

"You Might Like" Module

• Displays a semi-random game similar to existing one
• Fetches random game from the same category if one exists
• "Show Game Icon" module configuration

Global Scoring Integration

• Synchronises scoring with the Global Scoring system
• Displays Global Champion if enabled

Commenting

• Add / Edit comments for your scores on games
• AJAX-powered

Score Alerts

• Receive Email and/or PM notifications when your score is beaten
• Respects vBulletin's notification settings
• Contains link to the game for quick play

Score Tracking

• latest and champion scores
• most winners and longest players
• average scores, plays and playtime
• yourself and locally
• local rankings

General / Other

• Modern streamlined appearance with AJAX for replay and searching
• Tweet, Like, Pin, or +1 a game
• Easy game resizing
• Ajax ratings
• Set descriptions, instructions, controls, keywords - even authors and copyrights
• Assign games to multiple categories - with icons descriptions
• Manually or one-button mass install games from any source
• existing arcade installation (plus scores and settings): ibProArcade, v3 Arcade
• package upload or ftp directory: pnFlash, ibProArcade v3 Arcade, Mochi
• featured games feed: Mochi
• Obtain local scores from supported APIs: ibProArcade, v3 Arcade, pnFlash, Mochi
• Use time played as backup score when unsupported
• Retrieve scores from global network of participating sites
• See global champions with links
• Automatically archive old or duplicate scores

Additional Features (Pro)

Tournaments

• Any local scoring game, with unique titles and descriptions
• Shown as a detailed horizontal tree, while playing the game
• Auto-prune tournaments that don't reach minimum players
• Convert related settings from other arcades
• Invite/Reminder Email/PM alerts, with notifications
• Invite specific users and/or allow specific usergroups to join
• Optionally auto-confirm all invited players to begin immediately
• Create recurring tournaments and optionally rematch players
• Optional privacy hides tournaments from nonparticipants
• Track all matches, with results and standings, from admincp
• Easily search, sort, begin, clone, mass delete from admincp
• Optionally disallow practicing a game a player is competing in

Tournament Matches

• Each tournament sets number of play attempts per match
• Active match highlighted, with clear status messages
• Playing all attempts optional, can be manually forfeit/completed
• Enforced time limit per match, or automatically forfeit/completed
• Notifications throughout, or optional reminder Email/PM alert
• Remaining attempts shown with live countdown for time limit
• Select between best, latest, or average attempt as match score
• Optionally hide scores until match is completed
• Match ties broken by first player who reached that score
• Replays automatically switch to the relevant match with AJAX
• Random player chosen to advance in a double forfeit
• Fast players can advance to future rounds and pair up early
• Optionally count tournament scores towards regular leaderboards

Group

• vBArcade exclusive round-robin format
• Every player matches every other player once
• Player with the best win record at the end declared champion
• Supports any number of players, including odd
• Begins at end of tournament countdown, if minimum is met
• Players paired sequentially, then randomly with unplayed players
• Players can move to new opponent even if match not decided

Knockout

• Familiar multi-round format
• Players pair up, winner of each match advances
• Winner of the final round declared champion
• Currently available up to 6 rounds (64 players)
• Begins immediately on finally required player joining
• Players who win their match can play next match prior to pairing

Score Alerts

• Automatically create a new thread or post on highscore
• Uses vBulletin APIs to insert the content
• Works with vBulletin features like commenting

Category Passwords

• Set passwords to your categories
• AJAX input password before game list loads
• No reloads necessary

General / Other

• Submit your scores to the global network for global display
• Play games from Spil Games, FlashGameDistribution, Armor and Kongregate
• Get local scoring support from GamerSafe games
• Show off the legacy champion even if you archived all scores
• Cinema mode darkens the screen while you play
• Mark games on your personal favorites list
• Retrieve and display global stats to compare
• Get all of your scores ranked globally, with function to sync local scores

Features Still Missing (Lite)

General / Other

• post your score to your Facebook wall
  FB integration with vB5 isn't 100% complete yet, this will be re-examined when that time comes.
• Show off your trophy collection in your postbit
  The vB5 postbit isn't designed to be as cluttered as the vB4 postbit can be, so this will be on the shelf for the time being.

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of all pages which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[DragonByte Tech]

Hey,

That would indicate you are attempting to import games from ibProArcade, could you please confirm the exact steps you are taking when you see this error?

Fillip

[halkum]

Hello.

Is there a way to import games that were installed to vb4 to the vb5 installation? I lost my games drive a couple of years ago and only have what is installed to my vb4 board I'd love to pull into vb5.

[BugOutGirl]

I too get a blank white page when I click on the arcade tab.

Is this maybe because I have no games installed yet?

I'm also having trouble browsing games...

When I click browse here:
http://i.imgur.com/B6X9f3E.jpg

I get this screen:
http://i.imgur.com/MQvwklV.jpg

Would love to get it working.

[kylek]

Same thing as people already posted. Click arcade get blank page. Go to import game that the tar file was uploaded to the import folder, click begin and nothing happens except get taking back to "forums" page" that shows this - Invalid Page URL. If this is an error and the page should exist, please contact the system administrator and tell them how you got this message.

Then get database error in email:


Database error in vBulletin 5.2.1: Invalid SQL: SELECT c_id, cat_name FROM games_cats ORDER BY pos ASC, cat_name ASC /**fetchGameCategories-ipA- vbarcade**/; MySQL Error : Table 'xxxxxxx_testvb.games_cats' doesn't exist Error Number : 1146 Request Date : Sunday, April 24th 2016 @ 01:39:16 AM Error Date : Sunday, April 24th 2016 @ 01:39:16 AM Script : http:///testvb/admincp/arcade_admin.php?do=import Referrer : http://xxxxxxxxx.xxx/testvb/admincp/index.php?do=nav IP Address : xxxxxxxx Username : xxx Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi MySQL Version : 5.6.29

Looking in the database I see dbtech_vbarcade_category but nothing to do with game_cats Is there any info to create the missing games_cats table?

[kylek]

Also when you are on the import games page or manage games page this is also showing:


Strict standards: Declaration of DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring_ipA:utput() should be compatible with DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring:utput($prevR esult) in .../packages/dbtechvbarcade/api/vbarcade/scoring/ipa.php on line 10 Strict standards: Declaration of DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring_ipA::input() should be compatible with DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring::input($prevRe sult) in .../packages/dbtechvbarcade/api/vbarcade/scoring/ipa.php on line 10 Strict standards: Declaration of DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring_Moc:utput() should be compatible with DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring:utput($prevR esult) in .../packages/dbtechvbarcade/api/vbarcade/scoring/moc.php on line 0 Strict standards: Declaration of DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring_PBA::input() should be compatible with DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring::input($prevRe sult) in .../packages/dbtechvbarcade/api/vbarcade/scoring/pba.php on line 0 Strict standards: Declaration of DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring_v3a::input() should be compatible with DBTechvBArcade_Api_vBArcade_Scoring::input($prevRe sult) in .../packages/dbtechvbarcade/api/vbarcade/scoring/v3a.php on line 0

[DragonByte Tech]

I put out a hotfix that should resolve ACP issues.

Fillip

[kylek]

Uploaded the latest version from dbtech - installed.

Still cant see anything except forum home page when clicking on the "Arcade" link in the navigation bar.

When I am in admincp - dbtect vbarcade - configurations - all 3 settings when clicked takes me to a highlighted forum tab page that shows this:

Invalid Page URL. If this is an error and the page should exist, please contact the system administrator and tell them how you got this message.

Now have tried to upload a game - have tar file (for example game_towerblasterv32.tar) and uploaded it via ftp to .com/testvb/core/packages/dbtechvbarcade/import

Now go to admincp - dbtech - vbarcade - import games - click begin,

Once again, get taken back to the forums page with the message 0
Invalid Page URL. If this is an error and the page should exist, please contact the system administrator and tell them how you got this message.

At the same time via email get database error;

Database error in vBulletin 5.2.1: Invalid SQL: SELECT c_id, cat_name FROM games_cats ORDER BY pos ASC, cat_name ASC /**fetchGameCategories-ipA- vbarcade**/; MySQL Error : Table 'xxxx_testvb.games_cats' doesn't exist Error Number : 1146 Request Date : Wednesday, April 27th 2016 @ 07:49:48 PM Error Date : Wednesday, April 27th 2016 @ 07:49:48 PM Script : http:///testvb/admincp/arcade_admin.php?do=import Referrer : http://xxxxxxxxx.com/testvb/admincp/index.php?do=nav IP Address : xx.xx.x.xxx Username : xxxx Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi MySQL Version : 5.6.29

Would be nice to see this working on vb 5.2.1 stable release as this is what is holding me back from updating a couple of vb4 sites to vb5.

[DragonByte Tech]

You should not try to import games from ibpArcade unless you have this mod's tables still active in your database.

Fillip

[kylek]

I am not trying to import from ibparcade at all and am trying to get this to work on a test vb setup, new install of vb5 and arcade, database is new so no old vbarcade database settings.

I have a couple of discs of saved games saved over several years, most are ibproarcade games.

[DragonByte Tech]

If your live site is not running vB5 I would strongly recommend sticking with vB4, as it is very stable and not prone to these kind of issues.

Fillip