vbProArcade Beta 2

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!

• Main Arcade Screen: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...106#post292106
• Game Screen: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...107#post292107
• Game Over Screen: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...109#post292109
• Scoreboard: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...110#post292110
• Top Score Board: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...111#post292111
• Admin Modify Game: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...112#post292112
• Who's Online Display: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...113#post292113
• User Detail Screen: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...811#post337811
• Admin Score Editor: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...736#post338736
• Champ System in Postbit: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...745#post338745
• Modify Games in Admin CP (contracted): https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...858#post389858
• Modify Games in Admin CP (expanded): https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...859#post389859

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!

[MaDCaT75]

05-03-03 at 11:37 PM AViO 07 said this in Post #1274
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.

I have this exact same problem too! I am using windows XP!

[MaDCaT75]

07-05-03 at 01:42 AM -Sidekick- said this in Post #1412
You seem to be the only one having this problem, so I don't think it's a bug.

I doubt there will be another release untill vB3.0 goes gold but who knows.

Nope I'm having this problem too its definetley a bug!

[Littlebit]

Also any one using a Mac browser (IE etc.) and anyone using Netscape cannot have their scores saved.

[arifagic]

hi im getting a lot of errors in the files that come with the hack.

FIRST:

proarcadeadmin.php

im getting this error:

Parse error: parse error in /home/9722459219/www/web/forums/admin/proarcadeadmin.php on line 696

____________________


693 makelabelcode("Total Score Groups","$numgroups Group".iif
694 ($numgroups == 1,"","s")." with $nums
695
696 ?>




-------------

i havent done any thing with the file.

so in the:

proarcade.php

im getting:


Parse error: parse error in /home/9722459219/www/web/forums/proarcade.php on line 1040

----------

1034 // get the right suffix
1035 $userposition = suffixlogic($userposition);
1036
1037 // make the number pretty
1038 $userscore = number_format($userscore);
1039
1040 if (($userposition == "1st") and ($arc

-----


im prety sure that the files are not complet.. that something is missing.. so if you have the files that work plese send them to me or something.

[RetroDreams]

10-26-02 at 12:03 PM snyx said this in Post #552
I installed it, and now its working great except it doesnt record comments, it just keeps the "no comment" in place?

any ideas on what could be wrong?

Did you ever find a solution?

[pjc420]

Today at 04:22 AM MaDCaT75 said this in Post #1475
I have this exact same problem too! I am using windows XP!

Same here, using xpSp1 and IE6 , also tryed with opera but after the game it brought me to the www.mainsite.com/proarcade.php rather then my bburl www.mainsite.com/~subdomain/forum

odd....can anyone shead some light on this? im glad its not just me thats having the scoreboard problem, ive been ripping my hair out trying to get it going right

PJC

[edit]Oh yeah, also cleared cache/cookies , turned off firewall, changed all browser settings, upgraded ie6 to sp1, and still nada [/edit]

[MaDCaT75]

Today at 07:08 PM pjc420 said this in Post #1480
Same here, using xpSp1 and IE6 , also tryed with opera but after the game it brought me to the www.mainsite.com/proarcade.php rather then my bburl www.mainsite.com/~subdomain/forum

odd....can anyone shead some light on this? im glad its not just me thats having the scoreboard problem, ive been ripping my hair out trying to get it going right

PJC

[edit]Oh yeah, also cleared cache/cookies , turned off firewall, changed all browser settings, upgraded ie6 to sp1, and still nada [/edit]

I tried the same things as you did to try to get this to work and alas I have failed. I dunno about you but I'd say this hack needs an overhaul or something before it goes full release!

[pjc420]

well i agree with the author in his previous post, it HAS to be something about our machines...i had another user test it, and sure as hell he got his highscore up....hmmmm

[MaDCaT75]

I dont know what it could possibly be..... I am clueless at this point... its really not fair because I get higher scores than my members and they dont get recorded!! :cry:

[dgessler]

I'm tryign to install Hexxagon, I uploaded the game, and ran the query, but the game isn't showing up when I click to play the game. The flash box isn't showing up at all. I triple checked filenames, and everything is correct?

I appreciate any help!

Thanks,
Dan Gessler