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vbProArcade Beta 2 · **Released**: 08-28-2002

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!

seangworld · #**1422** 07-06-2003, 06:37 PM

hi, thanks mist, but that also didn't work. see, i had reviewed about 1/4th of the replies in this thread, hoping that someone else had this problem and found a solution. well, someone did, but this someone didn't say how they solved it (i forgot who it was AND where in this thread it is).

Dean C · #**1423** 07-07-2003, 11:23 AM

Well i can't think of anything else. I assume your games directory is in your forums root directory too?

- miSt

seangworld · #**1424** 07-08-2003, 12:40 AM

yes: dcforum/games

chavalo2 · #**1425** 07-08-2003, 04:05 AM

In the control panel when i click on vbProArcade i get this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: dotableheader() in /home/httpd/vhosts/chavalo.com/httpdocs/forums/admin/proarcadeadmin.php on line 30

strange thing that all esle seems to be working:

http://www.chavalo.com/forums/proarc...session=&game=

any ideas whats wrong on line 30 ?

thx in advance

seangworld · #**1426** 07-08-2003, 06:16 AM

reupload the proarcadeadmin.php and redo that/those hack(s).

seangworld · #**1427** 07-09-2003, 05:15 AM

ok, im good to go. someone in the vb chat here helped me out, gave me a tip that i havent seen in this thread yet, so here goes.

if, after you've tried and installed everything correctly, and your forum looks all in place, but your games do not load up, then you need to go:

admin cp > vbProArcade/General Options > Path to games

change that from whatever you have it to: admin/games/

access your server, where all this is located at, and move your "games" dir to your "admin" dir.

now go to your forum and refresh, check your games. should work now.

Dean C · #**1428** 07-09-2003, 09:45 AM

Some kind gentleman has been helping me get rid of this query loop in the main arcade page. I have like 20 games and 13 queries atm. Still one tiny error though

- miSt

GDH · #**1429** 07-10-2003, 05:43 PM

Quote:

A data mismatch has been discovered between the game and the arcade, normally as the result of a cheating attempt. This attempt has been logged, and the score invalidated. If you feel that you are receiving this message in error, please contact the system administrator.

can anyone help me to fix it? It happens on all games
I can play, but cannot store the score

I am using 2.30

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on page 60, I found out how to make this work. If anyone have the same problem, just change a line in proarcade.php

PHP Code:


			
// now, we check gamehash

if ($newhash == $hashcheck) {



to this:



// now, we check gamehash

if ($newhash == $newhash) {

-Sidekick- · #**1430** 07-10-2003, 09:33 PM

GDH you get that error when you get to the game using your back button on your browser. You didn't have to modify anything. Just refresh instead of using the back button. That's why the message is under every game. =]

I'm guessing that change in your code opened up a security issue for the scores.

GDH · #**1431** 07-10-2003, 10:16 PM

Thanks Sidekick,
I now know change the code will opened up the security issue

but I can't run it if I don't change the code
I tried it, and it is not the "back" button issue

I just click to my forum -> click the arcade page -> select game -> play game -> when it end, the error message come up

not sure is it a v2.3 problem

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instead of opening a new post, I put it here

I have just tried to restore that line, ended up showing the error. I have also try to refresh on that page before I play, but the error still occur after the game ended!

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