vB3 Flash Player - Play Any Flash Game / Movie - Tetris, Pacman, Frogger, Minesweeper

vB Flash Player 1.1 - Play Any Flash Game or Movie in vB!
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vB3 RC 2 version
Updated: Added instructions to fix Who's Online location!
Updated: Fixed browser width bug!

This is such a simple hack I am almost embarassed to re-release it. But people wanted me to update it, so here it is.

Purpose:
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Install this hack ONCE and you can play any SWF game or movie totally integrated inside your forum! The name of the game or movie will be automatically shown in the page title, forum nav bar, and table heading! Just upload the SWF file to your forums directory and then use this URL (changing it to suit your forum directory):

http://www.your-forum.com/forums/fla...?play=filename
"filename" being the name of the SWF file (without the .SWF) - the name must be exact (including the capitals or small letters)

You can even set the width and height or background color of the Flash movie or game using the URL command line and parameters.

http://www.your-forums.com/forums/fl...h=768&b=000000

Good for those of you who run your site at HIGH resolutions. If you don't enter the width or height parameters, the Flash game or movie will automatically default to 600 x 400. If you don't enter the background color, it will default to your forum page background color. Only registered members will be able to play the game or movie - unregistered users will get the "no permission" log-in page.


Installation
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EASY! Takes 1 minute. All you need to do is create 1 template, 1 phrase and upload 1 file, and you're done. (No db queries to run, no php file edits! )

Create a new "games" subdirectory and upload your SWF files there.

********** optional ******************************
To show that the member is playing using the Flash Player in "Who's Online", you can edit another file and add a Who's Online Phrase - instructions added.


Parameters:
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play = name of SWF file (without the .swf extension - make sure the capitals and small letters are the same!)
w = width of Flash movie or game
h = height of Flash movie or game
b = background color of Flash movie or game (in hex WITHOUT the # - eg. 000000 for black or FFFFFF for white)

To use default width and height is 600 x 400, or default background color which is your forum background color -
http://www.your-forum.com/forums/fla...?play=filename
"filename" being the name of the SWF file (without the .SWF) - the name must be exact (including the capitals or small letters)

To set your own width or height:
http://www.your-forums.com/forums/fl...h=768&b=000000


Tetris
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For example, with this hack I've included the Tetris SWF file that was included in my original tetris hack. This game is public domain. To let your members play good old-fashioned Tetris on your forums:

1) Upload Tetris.swf to your games directory (included in the zip file).
2) Link to this URL (change it to suit your forums directory):
http://www.your-forum.com/forums/flash.php?play=Tetris
The Tetris Flash Game will play integrated into your forums. This works for any Flash game or Movie.


Flash Games Attachments:
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Snipers

Attachment: snipers.zip
A very cool FPS game.

Asteroids2000

Attachment: asteroids2000.zip
The classic Asteroids game now in 3-D.

Mars Massacre

Attachment: mars3d.zip
A 3-D with twin cannons to shoot spaceships.

Spaceship

Attachment: spaceship.zip
Spaceship shootemup with nice graphics.

Minesweeper

Attachment: minesweeper.zip
The classic windows game.

5Stones

Attachment: 5stones.zip
A classic Chinese board game.

Samurai Warrior

Attachment: samurai.zip
A fighting game that's quite high quality.

Flash Pacman

Attachment: flashman.zip
The classic!

Frogger

Attachment: frogger.zip
Another classic!

Galactic Warrior

Attachment: warrior.zip
A Space Invaders-like game.

Pong

Attachment: pong.zip
This is a very basic version.

Donkey Kong

Attachment: DonkeyKong.zip
The classic game!


Other Flash Games:
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Go here to download 27 other free Flash games that you can integrate into your site using this hack:

http://www.miniclip.com/experienced.htm

Just upload the SWF file into your forums directory, put the name into the URL and you and your members can play integrated Flash games in your forums! You can basically play ANY Flash game or even MOVIES! If you have any other cool Flash Games to share, or a link to a site with good Flash Games or Movies, just post in this thread!


The vB Flash Player ZIP File:
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[Holidazed]

Awesome work Erwin.

If I might make a suggestion. Any possibility to having a ACP portion of this? Kinda of like the Arcade hack where you can add/remove the flash games in the ACP and they have their own page to display it on. This way the admin does not have to create a page or make a link to put it on his/her site.

[Intex]

I guess everybody has this problem? Has any solution been found yet?

Originally Posted by 7thgenCivic.Com

I got a little problem.
When in a game and u go to the arcade menu, it loads in the background.
Possible we only need to change the z-order or something?

[Natch]

Originally Posted by Intex

I guess everybody has this problem? Has any solution been found yet?

I've managed to alter the z-index of the popup menu - however it doesn't impact on the Flash issue ...

On a side note, here's another funny bit of code - look out for e_by_gum LOL

Open clientscript/vbulletin_menu.js, find:

		// do popup menu object
		var popupobj = fetch_object(menuid);
		popupobj.style.display = "none";
		popupobj.style.position = "absolute";
		popupobj.style.left = "0px";
		popupobj.style.top = "0px";
		popupobj.onclick = e_by_gum;

Replace with:

		// do popup menu object
		var popupobj = fetch_object(menuid);
		popupobj.style.display = "none";
		popupobj.style.position = "absolute";
		popupobj.style.zIndex = "999";
		popupobj.style.left = "0px";
		popupobj.style.top = "0px";
		popupobj.onclick = e_by_gum;

However, even setting the z-index value to 999 (or 9999999 to be ove the top), the popup menu still loads behind the Flash games ...

Sorry guys ...

[Natch]

Belay that "Sorry" - I found it!

[brag mode] check it out ! [/brag mode]

Found the solution on DevShed - you need <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> in your object definition, and in your embed tag, add wmode="transparent" and you should find your menu's over the top of your Flash movies

Note: there are three instances of the Flash call in the arcade_play template, so be warned

Some Flash movies will misbehave in this state - in that they need tohave explicit backgrounds in this scenario or they will mount on the backdrop of your arcade_play template ... so you may also wanna add a <div style="background-color:black"> wrapper round your Flash call as well - as flash movies default to a black background if they don't already have a explicit backdrop.

HTH y'all

[MajorFm.com]

Great hack... so simple but yet so useful, is it possible to have external swf's though? i.e. a swf on a diffrent server, diffrent domain?

[mojo8850]

Originally Posted by MajorFm.com

Great hack... so simple but yet so useful, is it possible to have external swf's though? i.e. a swf on a diffrent server, diffrent domain?

Yes Thats Exactly What I Want To Know..

Can We Have Them On A Different Server Or Domain..!

:nervous:

[blue_chi]

Thanks so much on the great hack. Could someone please tell me how I can change the persmissions for this page?

I created a flash game sometime ago , you guys can save it from this link and upload it to your game collection if you wish!

Right-Click and save target
http://www.oman3d.com/forum/games/o3d.swf

The width is 550px and the height is 400px, it even has a high score board as well.

Enjoy!

[LEAD_WEIGHT]

Well what you have here? Games

[oninuva]

does this game have a high score?

[stinger2]

is there any port for this to vb 3.6.4???