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.

[indyprocentral]

Since upgrading to 4.2, after playing a game instead of submitting the score it redirects to the activity stream page.

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by indyprocentral

Since upgrading to 4.2, after playing a game instead of submitting the score it redirects to the activity stream page.

Did you apply the index.php edit stated in the post above yours?

[Gemma]

Until an update is released for 4.2 you can follow these steps to set up the arcade navigation system. Shouldn't take any more than a few minutes to do.

1. Disable the plugin - Arcade Navbar Link
2. In the new Navigation Manager, create an Arcade Tab

Active: Yes
Product: v3 Arcade
Title: Arcade
Target URL: arcade.php
Tab Script(s): arcade

3. Now we will create an Arcade Games Link

Active: Yes
Product: v3 Arcade
Title: Arcade Games
Target URL: arcade.php
Parent: Arcade

4. Next, we want to create a View Leaderboard link

Active: Yes
Product: v3 Arcade
Title: View Leaderboard
Target URL: arcade.php?do=leaderboard
Parent: Arcade

5. Now, we need to create a Tournaments dropdown menu. In the Navigation Manager go back to the Arcade Tab we created in step 2 and from the dropdown box choose Add Menu

Product: v3 Arcade
Active: Yes
Title: Tournaments
Parent: Arcade

6. Now we can populate the dropdown menu, first up is Your Tournaments. In the Navigation Manager you should now see a record for Tournaments (Menu); select Add Link

Product: v3 Arcade
Active: Yes
Title: Your Tournaments
Target URL: arcadetourmnt.php?do=viewyour
Parent: Tournaments

You now want to create the rest of the tournament links following the same steps but replacing the Title and Target URL as follows -

Title: Tournaments Awaiting Players
Target URL: arcadetourmnt.php?do=viewwaiting

Title: Active Tournaments
Target URL: arcadetourmnt.php?do=viewactive

Title: Finished Tournaments
Target URL: arcadetourmnt.php?do=viewfinished

Title: Start A Tournament
Target URL: arcadetourmnt.php?do=newtourmnt

7. Now, one final link to create for Edit Your Settings, in the Arcade (Tab) record select Add Link

Active: Yes
Product: v3 Arcade
Title: Edit Your Arcade Settings
Target URL: profile.php?do=editarcade
Parent: Arcade

[Linux123]

Instead of saying you do have permissions to access this page if a user is not allowed to view arcade how can I change it to a custom message? Thanks

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by Linux123

Instead of saying you do have permissions to access this page if a user is not allowed to view arcade how can I change it to a custom message? Thanks

What message are you trying to change??

[Linux123]

Originally Posted by Gemma

What message are you trying to change??

If say a user group does have access to view the arcade you get a message which says:

User, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

I want it to change that so I can have a custom message like "Hey there, you can't access this yet, read more on how to get access here"

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by Linux123

If say a user group does have access to view the arcade you get a message which says:

User, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

I want it to change that so I can have a custom message like "Hey there, you can't access this yet, read more on how to get access here"

It uses vbulletin's built-in permission system and error messages, so you would either need to either create a new error message phrase in the AdminCP and have reference to it in arcade.php where you would like it to appear.

Or, an easier method would be to use conditionals and create your own message within the template. For example, in your v3ARCADE_PLAY template search for:

<!-- main -->
            <div class="blockrow">{vb:raw flashcode}</div>

And replace it with:

<!-- main -->
<vb:if condition="$show['guest']">
<div class="standard_error">
    <h2 class="blockhead">Arcade Error Message</h2>
    <div class="blockbody formcontrols">
                
                <p class="blockrow">Sorry, guests cannot play games in the arcade, you must be a registered member of {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle} to play games and submit scores.<br/><br/> This will also allow you to compete on our arcade leaderboards, play tournaments or challenge other players to a 1v1 match.<br/><br/> Registration is quick, free and simple. Click <a href="register.php">HERE</a> to join our site.</p>
    </div>
</div></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$show['member']"><div class="blockrow">{vb:raw flashcode}</div></vb:if>

Changing the message (red bit) to suit yourself.

[Amaury]

So we've had our arcade disabled since February 27th because of the whole exploit thing.

We still have version 2.0.3, the bad version, and the download that's available here is 2.0.3, so where can the patch be found?

I'd like to know so I can direct our owner here so we can get our arcade back up and running!

Thanks!

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by Amaury25

So we've had our arcade disabled since February 27th because of the whole exploit thing.

We still have version 2.0.3, the bad version, and the download that's available here is 2.0.3, so where can the patch be found?

I'd like to know so I can direct our owner here so we can get our arcade back up and running!

Thanks!

v3 Arcade has never had any security issues, so you don't have a 'bad version' and you haven't disabled this arcade 'because of the whole exploit thing'. The version here is the latest version (2.0.3A)

[Amaury]

Originally Posted by Gemma

v3 Arcade has never had any security issues, so you don't have a 'bad version' and you haven't disabled this arcade 'because of the whole exploit thing'. The version here is the latest version (2.0.3A)

Sorry, wrong thread. Just found what I was looking for.

So, wait, our arcade has been the OP's here the whole time if it's 2.0.3? I guess we had a different arcade than KH-Vids.Net Forum.