v3 Arcade - Games Arcade & Challenge System [vB 3.0.3]

v3 Arcade [3.0.3]
Games Arcade for vB3
Game copyrights belong to their respective owners.
v3 Arcade - Copyright ?2004 John Warwick, All Rights Reserved.
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Arcade Verson: 1.0
vB Version: vBulletin 3.0.3
Author: John Warwick
Email: John[at]eovieinteractive.com
Site: www.v3arcade.com
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Updates
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1.0.0 - Initial release

1.0.1 - Bug fix update
? This release addressed a couple of small bugs. Information on fixing
these issues can be found in the FAQ. (Included in this zip.)

1.0.2 - Bug fixes and new features
? This release makes all games on the Arcade main page appear in the
order which they were installed, regardless of whether or not it has
been played. (With the newest games at the top.)
? It includes a
page navigation system, allowing users to browse games by page. By default, 10 games appear per page.
? There is also a new search feature, for finding games by name/description. (Accessible through the "Search" menu in the navigation bar.)
? This release should be less CPU intensive than previous versions.

1.0.3 - Bug fixes
? Security fixes

History & Hack Information
- So, what is the v3 Arcade?
The v3 Arcade is exactly what the name implies - an online games arcade that offers seamless integration with your vBulletin forum.

The v3 Arcade is the first of the new generation of vBulletin additions. Back from its roots, the v3 Arcade is the vBulletin 3 edition of my original Arcade written in late 2002 (not to be confused with futureal's 'ProArcade', which was written during the Arcade's beta phase).

v3 Arcade Features Include:
? Integrated Flash gaming for vBulletin 3
? Advanced leader board system
? FULL Mozilla/Netscape Compatibility
? Moderation abilities for Mods/Super Mods/Admins
? PM & Email notification for events
? Advanced statistics for all users
? A higher level of security
? "Arcade Challenges", 1-on-1 contests between users
? Arcade awards system
? Automated and manual score pruning tools

This installation comes loaded with the following games:
? Tetris
? Snake
? Asteroids
? Chopper Challenge
? Space Invaders

If you have the source (.FLA) for a game that you want to use in the v3 Arcade, you can send the required files to john@v3arcade.com for conversion. (Providing permission has been given by the original author.) Within a reasonable delay, I'll post the converted game and installation script on vBulletin.org.


Testing
Tested on vBulletin 3.0.3, across multiple unhacked installations.


Thanks to...
? Kura: For helping out with vB3 difficulties!
? Erwin: Whose vB2 Flash Player inspired the original hacks
? Paul Neave: For providing the source for 4 of the standard v3 Arcade games


IMPORTANT NOTES
? If you do install this hack, please click on the INSTALL button. There are going to be some updates for this which you're really not going to want to miss!
? Each Arcade page has an Eovie Interactive and Flash Player link at the bottom. This is optional, but greatly appreciated.
? You may have noticed that this release of the v3 Arcade is not fully phrased. To phrase the arcade would require well over a hundred phrases to be added, making for a lengthy installation process! Futures version of the v3 Arcade will be phrased, with a more automated installation.
? And don't forget - BACKUP BEFORE YOU INSTALL!


Regarding the "ProArcade"
There has been a lot of debate on vb.org recently about the ownership of hack "concepts". My original Arcade hack (on which the v3 Arcade is based), was a progression of the my vBTetris Leaderboard hack - both of which came about before the ProArcade. I've spoken to Erwin regarding this, and he can confirm that this has always been an independent development; hence the v3 Arcade was authorised for release.

Fixes
If you're installing the Arcade from scratch, there are no fixes or updates to be applied. Simply follow the instructions in Installation.txt.
If you've already installed the Arcade, make the changes in Updates.txt.

[Click HERE to view a list of released games and modifications!]

Demos/Add-Ons/Beta Testing
www.v3arcade.com

Download the v3 Arcade (1.0.3) here:

[xmorpher]

Originally Posted by John

It's not the standard style, the templates get added to whichever style you're using at the time of the installation. To install to another style, switch over to it and install the templates again.

I changed manually some of the templates...
If i Install the templates again (to add templates to new installed Styles) it will modify the already installed templates or just changes the styles without arcade's templates... ?
:ermm:

[xmorpher]

Small Suggestion: since there are more than 25 games available for V3 Arcade
(and growing) It would be nice to have "Game Categories" (sports, puzzle, classics, most popular, etc)

[DigitalEclipse]

this may have been asked and answered, if so sorry, but 112 pages of posts, I'm not gonna go through all of them.

Is there a way to reset the champions? I have the arcade on my site now and I reset the scores, but it still shows the champion icons by people's names

[John]

DigitalEclipse, run the Arcade cron script to update the champions.

Also, you can use the "search this thread" function to find the answers you need. The reason this thread is 112 pages long is because people don't bother doing a little research.

Edit: ^ Re: the above, I'm not talking about you - I don't think I've ever answered that question before. Just pointing out, most of the 112 pages are duplicate answers.

[nitro]

Originally Posted by John

It's not the standard style, the templates get added to whichever style you're using at the time of the installation. To install to another style, switch over to it and install the templates again.

while that would appear to be true as it installed first time round to the selected style trying to install templates to different selected styles wasnt doing it hence my force method in the install script

wierd but still I got what i wanted its in all my active styles with relevant ease
No detrament to you or your hack its great, just keep the template install as the first step till you add style options, if you ever do personally I think, tho theres a nice selection allready, more quality games is more important.

oh and how about the irc announce new champions idea, im sure it would be easy to implement, you could probly take the irc notify with eggdrop for vb2.x and hack that too work or get the base code method from it, I just dont have enough knowledge on php to make it. Got np installing well documented hacks like this one or even making minor changes to hacks to suit my purpose.

And to anyone having troubles installing this hack, the problem is more than likely install error with php editing than a bad installer script, except the style problem,
The instructions are clear and precise and works flawlessly here on vb3 gold

[DigitalEclipse]

Originally Posted by John

DigitalEclipse, run the Arcade cron script to update the champions.

Also, you can use the "search this thread" function to find the answers you need. The reason this thread is 112 pages long is because people don't bother doing a little research.

Edit: ^ Re: the above, I'm not talking about you - I don't think I've ever answered that question before. Just pointing out, most of the 112 pages are duplicate answers.

I dont know if I messed up in installing, but I got this error when I tried that

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /nfs/home/alclub2/public_html/forums/includes/cron/arcadeupdate.php on line 14

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /nfs/home/alclub2/public_html/forums/includes/cron/arcadeupdate.php on line 14

[John]

I presume you uploaded the cron script?

[DigitalEclipse]

yes its there.

I should also mention that i upgraded from RC4 to gold. I dont know if that would make any difference.

[Ogmuk]

I've tested this locally and it worked then when changing my live forums I think I uploaded each file that needed to be edited but after playing a game it won't submit the score so right now it says "score 0" at each game. Any idea what I did wrong? Sorry if this has been answered. A search didn't come with anything useful.

Uploaded 47 files and only manually made another edit to functions.php to make vbadvanced work (only difference between the test and live forum), made the changes to templates, etc.

[John]

Originally Posted by DigitalEclipse

yes its there.

I should also mention that i upgraded from RC4 to gold. I dont know if that would make any difference.

According to that error message, it isn't.

[ptbyjason]

I feel like an idiot. I should have known better but after upgrading to Gold, I updated all of my php files and templates, and then I ran the install_arcade.php file again. It gave me an error and now when a game is completed it just takes me back to the arcade.php screen. Did this put an extra table in my database or something? Any help that someone can give me on correcting this would be much appreciated.

[Ogmuk]

Search showed that some others have or had the same problem I do related to the score submit not working but I couldn't find a solution. Is this a database problem or is one of the files missing a required change?

edit:
A bug maybe related to this: I have 4 styles, 3 childs and 1 parent. The arcade templates were added to a child style which was selected during the installation/default layout.

[Kyle0515]

Originally Posted by Dart1337

I find it easier to make everything a child style and just install all of the templates to the single parent style.

That's exactly what I did and it was a breeze! Of course if your styles aren't already set up like this you may as well do what John suggests.

[ptbyjason]

This is really odd. I got it going again, everything is ok database wise now, from what I can tell. However it only works on one style. I see the suggestion above so I will go back and correct that by hand. However on the one that does work, the scores are not saved at all. I play the game and it takes me right back to the list of games. I guess that the same problem that Ogmuck is having. I wonder what the deal is.

[Ogmuk]

When I play snake for example it just keeps saying that it is submitting the score. What I did to get it to work with all the styles is copy and pasting every arcade template. So making new custom templates in the parent style and then revert them in the child style. But this doesn't fix the score issue. The database looks fine too upon glancing at it through phpmyadmin