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vbProArcade Beta 2
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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:
  • Original vbTetris Hack by Erwin Loh
  • Original vbTetris Leaderboard Hack by John Warwick (john.eovie)
  • One of my users, Simon Steel, for work on Flash coding/recoding
  • The users of one of my forums, Shadows of Namek, for their extensive testing of the system
  • And The Kryptonian for pre-release and release candidate installation testing.
Games

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)
  • None
Known Bugs/Limitations

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.
  • Netscape will allow you to play the games but not record scores
  • If a user uses the "Back" button to go to the game screen, and does not refresh before playing, the score will result in a Security Violation. This is by design.
Screen Shots for Beta 2

Here is the list of posts from this thread that contain screen shots for the new version. Check them out!Upcoming Features

This is the stuff that is in progress for future release:
  • Complete Admin Panel Scoreboard Editor
  • Additional integration with vB
  • Even better Who's Online screen
Some have emailed or PM'd me asking if I would accept donations for my work on this hack, and yes, I certainly will, and any and all support is greatly appreciated. With over 2,000 lines of original PHP code, in addition to HTML and Flash work, I have spent a great deal of time developing and debugging the source for this, and it is a great feeling to have people like it so much that they want to give something back.

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!

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  #1272  
Old 05-03-2003, 04:19 PM
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Does it give you an error message or anything like that? It's always worked fine for me when trying to add new games, so unless it's giving you some kind of SQL error there's not much I could do.
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PHP Code:
Database error in vBulletin Control Panel 2.2.9:

Invalid SQLINSERT INTO arcadegames  (name,title,description,filename,active,hashoffset,scorevar,gamecode,championactive,championtext,championcolor)
                   
VALUES ('hexxagon','Hexxagon','','hexxagon.swf','1','5','$hexxagonscore','<object classid="clsid<img src="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/newsm/grin.gif" border="0" alt="">27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="400" height="500">
<param name="movie" value="$vpa_gameurl?location=$vpa_bburl&gamename=$game&gamehash=$gamehash&s=$session[sessionhash]">
<param name=loop value=false> 
<param name=menu value=false> 
<param name=quality value=high> 
<param name=bgcolor value=#000000>
<embed src="$vpa_gameurl" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="500">
</embed>
</object>'
,'1','Hexxagon Champion','','20','0','10')
mysql errorColumn count doesn't match value count at row 1

mysql error number: 1136

Date: Friday 02nd of May 2003 04:47:06 AM
Script: <a href="http://www.ebslive.com/forums/forums/admin/proarcadeadmin.php" target="_blank">[url]http://www.ebslive.com/forums/forum...arcadeadmin.php[/url]</a>
Referer: <a href="http://www.ebslive.com/forums/admin/proarcadeadmin.php?action=addnew&s=" target="_blank">[url]http://www.ebslive.com/forums/admin...ction=addnew&s=[/url]</a> 
is the error i get via the cp when trying to add games, yet when i use your query it works perfectly, so i'm wondering what you took out or added that made it work, oh i just realised it wouldn't let me add games because of the store hack, oh well, i'll try and figure a way around it
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Brilliant hack
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Can someone help me? Why doesn't my score get saved? It never forwards me to the Comments Page, this only goes for me, all my other members can Play Fine, their scores get saved... is something wrong with my pc's setting? please help..

I am using PC, Windows 98, IE 6, Macromedia Flash Player 6.

I am using Internet Explorer 6.0, everytime i play a game, when the game is over, i just get forwarded to the main page of the arcade and not the comments page. Everyone else on the forums is doing fine.
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sabret00the - Just see what extra fields you have in your arcadegames table, add those to the end of the list of fields it's trying to insert into with that query, and it should fix the problem.
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The times in the high score tables are incorrect, how do I adjust for the correct timezone?
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The times in the high score tables are incorrect, how do I adjust for the correct timezone?
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don't double post plz..
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Quote:
Today at 05:37 PM AViO 07 said this in Post #1274
I am using Internet Explorer 6.0, everytime i play a game, when the game is over, i just get forwarded to the main page of the arcade and not the comments page. Everyone else on the forums is doing fine.
I have heard of this problem before, and unfortunately, I have not been able to duplicate it or figure out why it is happening. I know I have worked with others in the past who had this problem; if any of you are reading this now and have fixed it, let us now!

My suggestions were:

- clear browser cache
- update IE to the latest build
- temporarily set security settings to Low to see if it affects it
- temporarily disable any routing/firewall activity

It's a difficult problem to debug, since without having a misbehaving system right in front of me, I can't figure out how
or why it is happening. In all of my tests, any Windows-based PC with a true version of IE (not an AOL, MSN, hacked version, etc.) have all worked.
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Today at 06:59 PM poolking said this in Post #1276
The times in the high score tables are incorrect, how do I adjust for the correct timezone?
This feature is not yet supported in the arcade. Right now, everything goes by server time.

Look for it in a future release.
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