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!

[DeeperImage]

Yesterday at 09:21 PM saint_seiya said this in Post #1339
When i go to the games page the games dont load, anyone can help? Thanks!

http://www.vgcity.com/forum/proarcad...23209a76&game=

Saint make sure your games folder link is correct in the settings. i had that problem at first because i had the link pointing to the wrong folder. Example if your games are at localhost/games and the link is pointing to localhost/forums/games it wont work. Good luck.

[bharvey42]

At one point I thought I had the game icons uploaded but I guess, not. I keep trying to upload the icons via the admin CP and it's not working.

Which is really weird because the other icons work for the crowns.

Any suggestions on this or another way to get the icons to display? It looks bad without them and with these big boxes with the red X's

Thanks

[engquist]

when I play pacman, I get asked to login again after I finish the game, once I re-login, my score won't get recorded...I am using VBulletin version 2.3.0

can anyone give potential reasons why?

in my user CP I use cookies and in the admin CP I have the session length as 20000 seconds, so I don't know why I get asked to login so many times anyway....

[keepow]

05-18-03 at 10:35 PM DPoole said this in Post #1320
one small problem !!!

PHP Code:

$post[avatar]
<br>
$vpachampicon 
$vpachamptext 


i know i dont need both but both are added as none are working
anyone else had this prob ????? and solved it

Hack is installed perfect - everything works just this dont now

and i am the champion as im the only one who played for testing purpose only so i got all the crowns

The two variables work perfect on me test board but not on main board so any clue what would be stopping it and where about is the code that calls it in then i can re-check the info.

I have done this twice now so i reckon it must be a hack that is interfering with it.

I've got the same problem on my board :cry:

does someone know what caused it??

[reismarktq2]

I'm experiencing the same problem DPoole and keepow are. Could the store hack possibly be interfering with it somehow? Everything else is working perfectly otherwise...

[keepow]

Today at 10:41 PM reismarktq2 said this in Post #1345
I'm experiencing the same problem DPoole and keepow are. Could the store hack possibly be interfering with it somehow? Everything else is working perfectly otherwise...

I don't have the store hack so i don't think that the store hack is interfering..

[sonic3d]

it happens like that. it happened to me once. then it worked again. dunno how. i might of done sumthin.

l8er
sonic

[Bulleh]

my games arent loading aswell
www.gamers-source.com/forum/proarcade.php :| lol

[WEForums]

The Champion icon and text need worked on. While it does work for my forums, like I said before, it doesn't at another board.

Could this have anything to do with PHP versions? WEForums' is PHP v4.3.1, and it works fine.

[PixelFx]

*cough* futureal,
I was wondering you had any news as to when vbproArcade Beta 2.1 would start?