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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[albibak]

Erwin => Thx for your answer.

hume => Cool an other website and it's a french site

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by StoneHalo

Does this just allow users in the 'Registered users' usergroup to play? Or can it be set to other usergroups?

I have two subscription groups that I would like to have access to this but not those in the normal registered group.

Thanks

It's automatically set up to stop guests from playing, but allow everyone else. In flash.php, find:

PHP Code:

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] == 0)
{
    print_no_permission();
} 


Change it to:

PHP Code:

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] == 0 OR $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 2)
{
    print_no_permission();
} 


And keep adding usergroups to the end of that line you want NOT to be able to play.

[StoneHalo]

Thats great, i'll be installing hacks after vB3 goes gold

[???`S?LV?R???`]

This Is Great Erwin, I Like The Fact That Only Registered Members Can Get To Them. Would You Mind Making One That's Just Let's Members Download Certain Files? Sorta Like vBportal where it has the downloads section and only worked for logged in members. I'd Really Appreciate It

[webrats]

will this work with rc2

[???`S?LV?R???`]

yeah, it works with rc2 aswell.

[SnowBot]

only thing is ppl show up in whos online in UNKNOWN LOCATION Can this be fixed ?

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by SnowBot

only thing is ppl show up in whos online in UNKNOWN LOCATION Can this be fixed ?

I added instructions to the install.txt in the ZIP file to fix this.

[Nmidia]

2) Create new phrase under "Front End Error Messages".
Call it "flash"
Make the contents the following:

You did not specify a file name!

How do I do this then? I'm a total noob

[Nmidia]

Originally Posted by Nmidia

How do I do this then? I'm a total noob

ahh - i opened my eyes and it was right in front of them