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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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Thanks futureal, this is an exelent hack and if this is only Beta 1 then the final version is going to be very spectacular. Thanks for all the hard work you put into this, its a great addon for my board
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Fixed.
Here is what I did for those (if any) have the same issue that I did above (which will probably be very few lol). I manually installed the games via admin cp. Did NOT reference ANY icons whatsoever because of the safemode issue. I did not get any install errors. I also changed the default dir from /games/ to /forums/games/ in the General Options for ProArcade. I believe this was addressed above already. That fixed it all. Works like a charm, no errors thus far. I'm testing now... |
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Breakout: The song is good, but there is too much of a space (silence) between the end and start during the loop. Anyway to fix that?
Also, the paddle is way too dark for the black background. Also, which template is it, that allows me to type in the comments for a score? I need to edit the coloring on one of my themes, it's just way too dark, we can't see what we are typing, WHILE we are typing. It shows up just fine after we enter it, and we view the scoreboard. *edit* For the Who's Online... Is there a way to show WHICH game the members are playing? Right now, they show the link w/ an ungodly length. It'd be nice to just say: Playing Tetris Viewing Tetris Scoreboard Playing Breakout etc... |
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The hack seems to be working great but I have one problem. When I upload images for the games it adds /forum/ to the image name when there should be nothing. This is in the admin panel only, the images work fine elsewhere. Causing the images to be broken.
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Ok found something else.
As Admin I can play all games etc.. As user or Mod you get a "you do not have permission to access this page" You are trying to access admin features etc... How do you set permissions on games ? Admins are fine everyone else is permission denied |
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If someone is palying a game in the arcade and I go in the in who's online page I get this error:
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edit: I just looked at your site and it looks like the Champions System is working fine. I see Champion titles on users for all five games. I think your users stole two of your crowns from you without you realizing it. |
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How many scores will be recorded? The hack has been installed for only about 4 hours or so, and in the Snake scoreboard, I have 190 rankings (scores recorded).
If there is a limit, what is it? And how do we edit that to suit our own boards needs? And if there is no limit, won't that cause the db to get pretty large? We really don't need anything more than the top 100 scores on the scoreboard. |
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usergroup 2 -- Registered usergroup 5 -- Super Moderator usergroup 6 -- Admin usergroup 7 -- Moderator If you need to change the groups, open up proarcade.php and look at the first switch(...) statement. It is pretty easy to figure out what to change. Also, make sure you have the games set to "Active" in the admin panel! Inactive games will only work for administrators (usergroup 6). A complete access-control system will appear in Beta 2 of this hack. |
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