Add-On Releases - v3 Arcade - Professional vBulletin Gaming (vB4)

v3 Arcade is now a member of the vBadvanced family!

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47571

The support forums & data from v3Arcade.com have been merged into the vBadvanced.com site.



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v3 Arcade for vBulletin 4.x.x
For vBulletin 3.x.x, please see here.
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Please note... until v3Arcade.com is upgraded to vBulletin 4, some demo sites can be found here. Also, because of styling changes introduced in vB 4.0.8 to allow customized user profile pages, this version requires 4.0.8+ to be installed.

"v3 Arcade" is the premiere arcade system written specifically for vBulletin. It's coded from scratch - not a port of an older version - and because it was coded specifically for vBulletin it uses the product system for code modifications & utilizes AJAX technology throughout. Here's a brief rundown of the features in this version of v3 Arcade.

Supports MochiAds, v3 Arcade and IBPArcade games!

• Download THOUSANDS of *legal* free and premium games directly from Mochi Media to your v3 Arcade installation. Earn money from people playing games on your site! With just a few mouse clicks you download games directly from within your ACP or from the Mochi Media web site. You have to check it out it to see just how easy it is.
• Tournaments! Challenge your friends to see who the champ is!
• Integrated arcade statistics on your user's profile pages!
• AJAX based instant ratings, for simple to use game ratings.
• AJAX based inline score moderation.
• AJAX based instant game searching.
• Tabbed, customizable categories.
• Challenge system for one-on-one contests.
• User-permission based settings for email/PM notification, challenge settings.
• Streamlined viewing modes for users with lower resolutions.
• AJAX based quick stats, for viewing statistics by passing the cursor over a username.Mass import tools for importing games in bulk.
• Reverse and decimal based scoring.
• Arcade-only closure with customizable message.
• Per game criteria, allows you to control access to games by reputation, posts, registration length.
• Postbit based awards.
• Personalized recommendations for other games users might like, based on what they?re playing.
• Quick stats, letting a user know how many other scores are above and below theirs.
• Score ranking.
• Admin customizable ?score feedback?, displays a message based on how well as user has done.
• Numerous Admin CP settings to control things like popup opacity, maximum comment length, hover delay length, and numerous other behaviors.
• Full admin control over the types of content allowed in comments (BB code, HTML, smilies, etc.)
• Usergroup based access permissions.
• Fully phrased, for each translation into other languages.
• An ever growing collection of third party add-ons
• A slick, professional layout.
• Edit-free template updates!
• User ability to specify viewing resolution while playing games.

v3 Arcade for vBulletin 4 also has some feature differences versus v3 Arcade for vBulletin 3. Currently that list includes....

• The separate Arcade navbar has been replaced with the options being moved up to the standard vB navbar. Be sure to turn on the navbar link! (ACP => v3 Arcade => v3 Arcade Settings => v3 Arcade General Settings => Navbar Link Position)
• When viewing a game categories other than the 'All' category, the category name will now be included in the navbar breadcrumbs.
• Added a new template "v3arcade_postbit_userid_trophy_wrapper" to allow adding some HTML around the arcade award images in the postbit.
• The category tabs shown on the main page will use the vB styling instead of their own defined styles. As we go forward the vB4 version of v3A will lose more & more of it's custom styling and instead use more of the new vB4 styling features elements.
• New option to display a "New" game category tab that will display all games in newest to oldest order. In addition to the new tab a "New Games" link will also be shown in the vB "What's New" navbar link. (ACP => v3 Arcade => v3 Arcade Settings => v3 Arcade Homepage Settings => Display "New" Category Tab)

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Branding Free
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All v3 Arcade installations carry and require a small "v3 Arcade" logo in the footer, as well as the text "Powered by v3 Arcade" which links to http:www.v3arcade.com. For information on legally removing the branding, please visit www.v3arcade.com.


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www.v3arcade.com
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If you're looking for more games, add-ons, support, tutorials, or anything Arcade related - www.v3arcade.com is the place to go.


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Copyright
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All code & images distributed in this zip is Copyright ?2010 CinVin, with the following exceptions:

• class_tar.php - Credits within.
• All games & associated images, unless otherwise noted.

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Many thanks to...
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• All branding-free customers and donors, for supporting the project!
• John, the original founder behind the v3 Arcade platform.
• Tigga, the v3 Arcade lead developer (as well as all of the vBadvanced products! )
• Everybody who has provided feedback & suggestions to help us make v3 Arcade to be the best arcade platform.

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Change Log
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For the complete change log, please click here. The change log is getting too big to include inline with this thread.

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by etca

err how to add a new games?

For IBPro Games (tar) and v3a (zip)
There are tons of sites that supply 'converted' games that work with the arcade, IPB v32 games which come as .tar files and v3 Arcade games which are .zip files - you simply upload the .tar or .zip files to your 'admincp/games' folder via FTP and then in AdminCP>v3Arcade>Import Games>Choose the Mass Import option that coincides with either .tar or .zip and click Start.

Mochi Games
This thread explains how to setup and install Mochi games - http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46531

Manually Install Games
If the files are just .swf you would need to add them manually and would also need to upload 2 images to go with each game. To do this the .swf gets uploaded to your 'forumroot/games' folder and the two images (one 20*20px and one 50*50px) get uploaded to your 'images/arcade' folder. You would then need to go into your AdminCP>v3Arcade>Install Games>Manually Add Game, then fill in the details........

Using Pacman as an example

Game Title: simple enough ie Pacman
Description: blah blah blah
Category: You choose
Game Shortname: If the swf is pacman.swf the shortname is pacman
Game System: Mochi, v3 Arcade or IBPro
Description: Eat dots. Kill ghosts
Instructions: Arrow keys to move.
Keywords: dots, ghosts, classic, retro, pacman
Game SWF File: pacman.swf
Height: 400 (varies per game)
Width: 550 (varies per game)
Standard Thumbnail Image: pacman1.jpg (uploaded to images/arcade)
Miniature Mode Thumbnail Image: pacman2.jpg (uploaded to images/arcade)

Then fill in the last couple of details.

Firstly you would need to know if the .swf had been decompiled and altered to allow submission of scores to either v3arcade or IPB Arcade, unaltered .swf won't record scores. Mochi games can be uploaded using the exact same process.

*Can't post any sites where you can obtain IPB games on vbulletin.org because it is against their site rules but a simple Google search should give you plenty of sites.

[Gemma]

Remember if you've upgraded your vbulletin with the release of 4.1.11 you may need to re-apply the file edits to index.php in order to save IPB game scores

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=469

[nando99]

so... just installed this and i cant see any games on chrome... i've disabled my adblock extension... any help?

http://www.digitalnoob.com/forums/arcade.php

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by nando99

so... just installed this and i cant see any games on chrome... i've disabled my adblock extension... any help?

http://www.digitalnoob.com/forums/arcade.php

Can you enable your arcade so guests can see/play or set up a test account for me?

What do you mean you can't see any games - in the game list? when you click to play? games to install via AdminCP?

Does it work using a browser other than Chrome?

[nando99]

Originally Posted by Gemma

Can you enable your arcade so guests can see/play or set up a test account for me?

What do you mean you can't see any games - in the game list? when you click to play? games to install via AdminCP?

Does it work using a browser other than Chrome?

it should be up now... and yes, it works fine in firefox but not chrome...

[Gemma]

Do you have another style you can try?

[nando99]

Originally Posted by Gemma

Do you have another style you can try?

just tried the default style and it worked in chrome.. wtf lol

have you seen that b4?

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by nando99

just tried the default style and it worked in chrome.. wtf lol

have you seen that b4?

Yes, can you set me up with an admin account on your site (and PM me the details)? I need to do some template edits but can't remember what they are so I'll need to play around

[Gemma]

Should be fixed nando99. Can you have a quick check and see

[nando99]

it is, thanks!!