Major Additions - The Gameroom - Multiplayer gaming (follow up to Casino)

For vb 4.x: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239817

This is a late-Beta, it has been tested fairly extensively and all the big kinks should be worked out. That said, once this hits more sites a couple other bugs are bound to work themself out. It works going back at least as far as the 3.6 branch of vBulletin, not sure about 3.5.

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


August 1st - 0.9.8
- Added Settings to admin section
- Reversi board colours can now be changed
- Reset stats option
- Delete event option (event must be closed & settled first)
- Reduced cpu load of chess and reversi
- Blackjack - Added Surrender option
- poker - players with no money cannot continue
* Update -> upload & overwrite, import product file


0.9.9

- Added volume control
- Added "/buzz" chatroom function
- Added alert to user entering room
- Added audio alert to 'check' in chess
- Fixed bug with getting list of games when certain tabs are dissabled
- Fixed get games timer not shutting off properly when switching tabs
- Fixed decimals in poker when using different cash type
- Fixed names with certain characters messing up stats
- Fixed bug that caused "start game" box to uncheck if you entered a message
- Adjust cash can use userid / usergroupid as well as name
- Not logged in screen in language (can be translated / edited)
- The user that imports the product file is made a admin & mod, rather then using "1" as a default
- cash type to 64-bit value in flash component (for those with really high values)
- Poker time out is set up. You have 60 seconds to act, then forced fold. Warning buzzer and countdown starts at 20 seconds remaining
* Update -> upload & overwrite, import product file


August 3rd (0.9.9RC)
- Update cash in solo games and betting on enter & transfer
- Change event listener on colour selectors in settings, makes it stick properly.
- Theme colour updates on the fly when changed, so you can see what things will look like as you adjust it.
- Fixed a glitch in the board games that would bring text into the game chatroom from the Lobby chat room.
- Fixed a bug relating to the board games when other sections had been turned off
- Added payout chart to game screen for Slots, Video Poker & Let it ride
- Border changes with theme color

1.0.0
- Fixed up some language things
- Added a plugin to cache the html banner templates

1.0.1
- Bug: checkmate on promotion
- Bug: poker all in led to dropping player early
- Bug: foreign language fixes
- Bug: Double posts in chatrooms
- Bug: Update betting cash on tab click
- Bug: Poker Blinds go into pot, even if player can't make them
- Status bar colour updates with Theme
- Possible outcomes in betting up from 8 to 18

Note: There is a 2mb upload limit, so the flash banner came out of the main .zip which finally pushed itself over 2mb.



1.1.1


1.1.1
- Bug: Double entries on betting resolved
- Bug: Fixed error when two players tie with full house
- Bug: Top Poker Players stats displays properly
- Bug: User name colours in lobby now 'stick'
- Edit language is now a tree view, default phrase displays properly
- in game & add game phrases for poker are now in language
- "Players" phrase in Flash Banner reacts to changes in language
- Default Cash is now editable
- Disabled Hooks on XML calls, may improve speed slightly, decrease chances of conflict
- Can override general usertype permissions for each group of games
kjack push when both player & dealer have a blackjack
- Chatroom 'flicker' on new message
- castle through check
- Add users in gameroom count to link
- Seperated framework, Flash caches this once, and only once. Resulting in a smaller file size everytime after the first. It is cached across sites as well, so there is a good chance most people already have it
- Roulette history was showing '37' when it landed on '0'
- Chess - Optional grid labels / moves in chat box

Updating:
1) Upload the framework files, they should go into the main forum folder with the .swf files folder. You will only need to do this once, which is why they are in a seperate file.
2) Upload the files in the main package, make sure everything overwrites old copies.


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** Common Problems **
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Non-english letters are not working properly

This is a problem with flash player and has been in there bug tracker for a long time. The workaround is to edit the "gameroom" template, remove the line that ways "wmode='transparent'", the downside it your popup menus will come up behind the flash box, rather then in front of it.

Images are working in IE, but not in Firefox

You likely have some form of image hot linking turned on, it is causing the requests for the images to be blocked.

Locked self out of admin panel

In the tools folder there is a file called 'makemeadmin.php', upload this and go to that page. It will make you admin, don't leave it on your server when you are done.

Updated and it is acting funny

Make sure all of your files are up to date. When you update ensure that all files are overwritten. Having mix matched files will cause funny behaviour. You may also have to clear your cache and reload the page after uploading a new gameroom.swf file.

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** Uninstall **
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If you want to uninstall the following procedure will get you through it without tossing any DB errors:

1) Dissable the product, this shuts down all the plugins. If the files are removed and plugins are still active you may see errors on your site.

2) Undo the template changes, changes where made to the navbar template and the postbit / postbit legacy template.

3) Delete all files. If the files are still present and you remove the database entries by uninstalling the product anyone that attempts to access one of them will cause a error. The Flash Banner could cause many as it could still be making calls after the template changes are undone.

gameroom.php
gameroom.swf
gameroomBanner.swf
gameroom/*
includes/cron/gameroom_nightly.php


4) Uninstall the product file, which removes all database entries, that means the following are removed:

tables with 'gameroom_' as a prefix
gameroom_cash field within the user table

[tandy]

Still better from rev to rev.
One thing last, the template cache, there are two templates not in cache
gameroom_html_status_box
gameroom_html_status_box_cell

[Andrew Green]

Originally Posted by Megatr0n

Andrew, how do you edit the text under the Settings tab within the AdminCP? Seems like I can't find them in the language.php file plus is there a branding free version we can purchase?

Not gonna, lie, right now that language is hard coded.

Although if you are editing language you should probably do it through the "Edit Language" piece, which will save it and not cause you problems when the language file changes (as it will to bring the language in the settings tab into it)

Originally Posted by DeanLag

I modified: Currency to Credits (For vBcredits)
Currency name from $ to Monies, set 0 to all variables which you get creditted for (Dont want it to overwrite vBcredits settings)
Refreshed the page and got:

Did you get this working? If not PM me a link and I might be able to pick out what setting is causing the problems.

Originally Posted by Skyline_GT

Is it possible to use vbplaza points?

Yes, I believe the field you need is listed in the readme

[Megatr0n]

Originally Posted by Andrew Green

Not gonna, lie, right now that language is hard coded.

Although if you are editing language you should probably do it through the "Edit Language" piece, which will save it and not cause you problems when the language file changes (as it will to bring the language in the settings tab into it)



Did you get this working? If not PM me a link and I might be able to pick out what setting is causing the problems.




Yes, I believe the field you need is listed in the readme

If I edit it under "Edit Language" will it change the text/phrase?

What, about a branding free version?

[Andrew Green]

Originally Posted by Megatr0n

If I edit it under "Edit Language" will it change the text/phrase?

Basically what happens is the language.php file is the defaults.

The "Edit Language" tab allows you to overwrite those defaults with whatever you like.

That way if I add to the language.php and you upload it file the defaults will be in place, and any that you have overwritten will still be overwritten.

[/QUOTE]
What, about a branding free version?[/QUOTE]

Probably, Need to work out how I want to handle that though.

[crazymook]

I'm a bit confused...everything installed fine...went to test out hold em and people can join the room but the cards dont show up and nobody can see anything. u dont see anyone sitting in the squares..no avatars, nothing. the game continues to play but the only thing that shows up is the betting box, haha.

what did i do wrong?

[Andrew Green]

Originally Posted by crazymook

I'm a bit confused...everything installed fine...went to test out hold em and people can join the room but the cards dont show up and nobody can see anything. u dont see anyone sitting in the squares..no avatars, nothing. the game continues to play but the only thing that shows up is the betting box, haha.

what did i do wrong?

Can you pm me a link and a test account?

[Megatr0n]

Originally Posted by Andrew Green

Basically what happens is the language.php file is the defaults.

The "Edit Language" tab allows you to overwrite those defaults with whatever you like.

That way if I add to the language.php and you upload it file the defaults will be in place, and any that you have overwritten will still be overwritten.

What, about a branding free version?[/QUOTE]

Probably, Need to work out how I want to handle that though.[/QUOTE]

Andy, if I make a donation can you send a version without the branding?

Plus, in the next version do you mind making all the text under the "Settings" editable?

[Andrew Green]

Originally Posted by Megatr0n

Andy, if I make a donation can you send a version without the branding?

When the option is available, it will be through vbgaming.org, will likely be up there fairly soon.

Plus, in the next version do you mind making all the text under the "Settings" editable?

They will be, I have a couple little things that only effect the odd person in a minimal way that I want to clean up tonight to finalize things.

[dancue]

Originally Posted by dancue

Any sports event. Let's say I'm positive A particular sports team is going to beat another. I want to be able to enter and/or select an amount of vbcredits I am willing to bet. Then I want to be able to place a limit on the amount of people who accept the bet. That would allow me to choose if I want to do a one on one bet. Selecting more than one for this option would either split the amount amongst my opponents if they win, or they are each given the amount I bet. Of course I would have to be able to select that as an option.

Would be nice to also be able to invite/challenge someone to a bet. A thread could be posted in a forum of my choice with the title "x has challenged y".

Any thought on this? This got kinda lost with all the replies these past couple of days.

[Lima Bean]

Originally Posted by yotsume

IMPORTNAT:

When you uninstall this virus of a mod make sure you delete all the uploaded files or your site will spit out many database errors!

Grow up a bit yosume. Plenty of folks have installed and are successfully using the mod. Backstabbing isn't going to provide you with any solutions.