Major Additions - Gameroom

This is the free version of The Gameroom by http://vbgaming.org, the follow up / expansion of the Casino plugin for vBulletin. It improves the multiplayer gaming aspects by bringing in more games, and allowing users more options when starting and joining games. Included is a upgrade script for transfering your stats from the Casino to the Gameroom.

Multiplayer games are played live, with embedded chatrooms

Features include:

- Lobby
--- Chatroom for arranging games

- Solo Games
--- Blackjack
--- Let it Ride
--- Roulette
--- Video Poker
--- 3 different slot machines

- Texas Hold'em
--- Multiple tables
--- Customize blinds and rules when creating a game
--- Passwords for private games
--- vBulletin avatars in game
--- Alert sounds to notify to alert you when it is your turn

- 7-Card Stud
--- Multiple tables
--- Set Ante
--- Passwords for private games
--- vBulletin avatars in game
--- Alert sounds to notify to alert you when it is your turn

- Chess
--- Standard chess rules, with legal moves enforced.
--- Alert on Check and Checkmate
--- Tracking of the 50-move rule and Threefold repetition rule
--- Passwords for private games

- Reversi (aka Othello)
--- Legal moves enforced.
--- Passwords for private games

- Statistics
--- Redesigned offering graphs and sortable datagrids

- Betting
--- Module can be turned off if not in use
--- pool bets, where the bets are added together and dived amongst the winners

- Optional status bar
--- Choice of flash or html bar
--- Placed in main template
--- Shows current gameroom status (open multiplayer games, messages can be sent from within, # of open bets in betting module)

- Cash Bonuses for actions that benefit your site
--- Posting
--- Starting threads
--- Referalls
--- Daily sign in
--- Giving rep
--- Recieving Rep
--- Voting
--- Rating threads


If you downloaded this and have a file named gameroomBasic.swf, it should be named gameroom.swf, sorry about that, it's fixed in the archive now.

[Justin1592]

Found the plugin on page 6:

Originally Posted by cory_booth

Solution.

Create new plugin under hook:
userdata_start

Insert this code:

PHP Code:

$this->validfields['gameroom_cash'] = array(TYPE_UINT, REQ_NO); 


Tried it and it worked fine.

[PSC001]

I recently downloaded this Gameroom (ibProArcade as well), but now some of my users are complaining that their workplace is blocking the forum due to it being classified as "Games" in their Websense screening.

Any idea what would cause this, and more importantly, is there a way around it?

[BirdOPrey5]

There's no way really to change that, even if you removed it it's doubtful websense would update your listing, websense is meant to block sites and it's working as advertised. What I do is find random, cheap, backup domains to 'point' to my web host and let users visit it from those sites... for example if yourdomain.com is blocked, yourdomain.info or someprofessionalsoundingdomain.net aren't blocked (yet) just add them as 'parked' domains in your cpanel and set the nameservers to those of your web host... you should get months, if not years, before they are blocked again, then just dump them and move on to another.

[PSC001]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

There's no way really to change that, even if you removed it it's doubtful websense would update your listing, websense is meant to block sites and it's working as advertised. What I do is find random, cheap, backup domains to 'point' to my web host and let users visit it from those sites... for example if yourdomain.com is blocked, yourdomain.info or someprofessionalsoundingdomain.net aren't blocked (yet) just add them as 'parked' domains in your cpanel and set the nameservers to those of your web host... you should get months, if not years, before they are blocked again, then just dump them and move on to another.

Thanks for the advice. Question - do using re-directs like that impact SEO or anything?

Also, I recently moved my CMS from Drupal to WordPress, but that was only for my frontpage (which is under construction) and shouldn't have affected by vb forums which are located at mysite/forums (including the vb provided CMS), but I made the change right around the same time I installed these hacks, so I don't know what to think.

[BirdOPrey5]

I do not believe there are any SEO issues with multiple domains, just don't 'advertise' them so anyone who links to your site is consistent using the main link, otherwise you're splitting your link backs for no reason.

[PSC001]

OK great, thanks.

[WxP]

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[neto614]

wow very nice thanks

[esculture]

I lost my admin tab on gameroom. Is there another way to get in and reset it?

[maf1973]

Originally Posted by New Joe

....

2) In the Postbit Template find:

After it add:

You can change the Gameroom Cash to say Casino Cash if you wanted to....

[S]This did not work for me with vb4.04, it shows nothing!
Any ideas?[/S]

i changed the postbit_legacy and now works...