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vbProArcade Beta 2
Version: 1.00, by futureal futureal is offline
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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!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!

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  • This modification may not be copied, reproduced or published elsewhere without author's permission.

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  #587  
Old 11-02-2002, 03:39 AM
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Limpkinw: You say you are having trouble getting the icons to upload? I worked hard for awhile to eliminate every problem of that nature that I could find, but I think that some servers are just configured in such a way that uploads to a temporary file just don't work. Do the game icons appear in the Admin CP at all after you upload them?

No the icon never shows in the admin CP. Is there a way I can manually edit the DB to make them appear?
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Old 11-02-2002, 08:28 AM
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Futureal...

I found out that problem im having with pacman. Its not actually a problem with pacman itself.

Whenever you click out of the window say on an instant message in the taskbar none of the controls work..

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- miSt
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Old 11-02-2002, 11:25 AM
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Just be sure to click on the actual flash in the page when you go back to it. Just clicking on the page won't work, but if you click on the game it should work fine.
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Old 11-02-2002, 07:58 PM
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No i've tried that and it doesn't work either

- miSt
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Old 11-03-2002, 12:28 AM
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No the icon never shows in the admin CP. Is there a way I can manually edit the DB to make them appear?
Same here! i can browse to the file, slect it, when i hit apply changes (er whatever it is) it does its thing, brings me back to the page and BAM! same as it was before, no icon listed


Redhat 8.0
Apache 2.sumthin
Vbulletin 2.8

newest versions of php and mysql

no idea what im doing
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Old 11-03-2002, 04:21 AM
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My members are getting restless....

someone needs to start pumping out the games!
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Is this still buggy?:
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* Netscape will allow you to play the games but not record scores
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Is this still buggy?:
Yes.
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Old 11-05-2002, 03:33 PM
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JaZzOr,
Bummer
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Old 11-08-2002, 02:08 AM
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I added this hack yesterday, working great so far.
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Old 11-09-2002, 10:33 PM
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Hey guys, sorry for the lack of info recently. I have been busy writing a complete Content Management System (integrated with vB) for one of my websites. It's pretty much done now, so I can get back to this project.

I am going to get the .FLAs released so that new games can be modified. I will start a thread somewhere on vbulletin.org specifically for this purpose, and post a link here. Then I will keep track of whichever games people modify, as well as various versions of the current games (which I assume people will change).

I'll keep you posted.
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Old 11-10-2002, 01:39 AM
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great hack futureal

installed without any errors but now when i go to the CP

General Options
Modify Game Data

i'm not able to make any changes from there ... i try to update game options it doesn't do it ...

also except me noone is able to se the game info .. all they see is links to Visit the Arcade | Games to Play:

i checked my proarcade file and this is what i see

// access check (here for future expansion)
switch($action) {
case "arcade":
case "scoreboard":
case "topscoreboard":
break;
case "play":
case "gameover":
if (($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] != 2) and
($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] != 5) and
($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] != 6) and
($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] != 7)) {
show_nopermission();
}
break;
default:
// if no action specified, go to arcade page
$action = "arcade";
break;
}

any ideas ?

thanks
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Old 11-10-2002, 09:01 AM
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Please keep it all in this hack futureal..

Its pain checking other threads for updates as well as this one

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I don't think it's such a bad idea keep the fla/swf files apart from the main arcade, this would help stop the thread getting cluttered up with junk about the php files if you wanted to know about the flash files, etc...

I trust that a new thread will be started once this hack is finished anyway?
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looks like none interested in helping out
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