v3 Arcade - Games Arcade & Challenge System [vB 3.0.3]

v3 Arcade [3.0.3]
Games Arcade for vB3
Game copyrights belong to their respective owners.
v3 Arcade - Copyright ?2004 John Warwick, All Rights Reserved.
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Arcade Verson: 1.0
vB Version: vBulletin 3.0.3
Author: John Warwick
Email: John[at]eovieinteractive.com
Site: www.v3arcade.com
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Updates
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1.0.0 - Initial release

1.0.1 - Bug fix update
? This release addressed a couple of small bugs. Information on fixing
these issues can be found in the FAQ. (Included in this zip.)

1.0.2 - Bug fixes and new features
? This release makes all games on the Arcade main page appear in the
order which they were installed, regardless of whether or not it has
been played. (With the newest games at the top.)
? It includes a
page navigation system, allowing users to browse games by page. By default, 10 games appear per page.
? There is also a new search feature, for finding games by name/description. (Accessible through the "Search" menu in the navigation bar.)
? This release should be less CPU intensive than previous versions.

1.0.3 - Bug fixes
? Security fixes

History & Hack Information
- So, what is the v3 Arcade?
The v3 Arcade is exactly what the name implies - an online games arcade that offers seamless integration with your vBulletin forum.

The v3 Arcade is the first of the new generation of vBulletin additions. Back from its roots, the v3 Arcade is the vBulletin 3 edition of my original Arcade written in late 2002 (not to be confused with futureal's 'ProArcade', which was written during the Arcade's beta phase).

v3 Arcade Features Include:
? Integrated Flash gaming for vBulletin 3
? Advanced leader board system
? FULL Mozilla/Netscape Compatibility
? Moderation abilities for Mods/Super Mods/Admins
? PM & Email notification for events
? Advanced statistics for all users
? A higher level of security
? "Arcade Challenges", 1-on-1 contests between users
? Arcade awards system
? Automated and manual score pruning tools

This installation comes loaded with the following games:
? Tetris
? Snake
? Asteroids
? Chopper Challenge
? Space Invaders

If you have the source (.FLA) for a game that you want to use in the v3 Arcade, you can send the required files to john@v3arcade.com for conversion. (Providing permission has been given by the original author.) Within a reasonable delay, I'll post the converted game and installation script on vBulletin.org.


Testing
Tested on vBulletin 3.0.3, across multiple unhacked installations.


Thanks to...
? Kura: For helping out with vB3 difficulties!
? Erwin: Whose vB2 Flash Player inspired the original hacks
? Paul Neave: For providing the source for 4 of the standard v3 Arcade games


IMPORTANT NOTES
? If you do install this hack, please click on the INSTALL button. There are going to be some updates for this which you're really not going to want to miss!
? Each Arcade page has an Eovie Interactive and Flash Player link at the bottom. This is optional, but greatly appreciated.
? You may have noticed that this release of the v3 Arcade is not fully phrased. To phrase the arcade would require well over a hundred phrases to be added, making for a lengthy installation process! Futures version of the v3 Arcade will be phrased, with a more automated installation.
? And don't forget - BACKUP BEFORE YOU INSTALL!


Regarding the "ProArcade"
There has been a lot of debate on vb.org recently about the ownership of hack "concepts". My original Arcade hack (on which the v3 Arcade is based), was a progression of the my vBTetris Leaderboard hack - both of which came about before the ProArcade. I've spoken to Erwin regarding this, and he can confirm that this has always been an independent development; hence the v3 Arcade was authorised for release.

Fixes
If you're installing the Arcade from scratch, there are no fixes or updates to be applied. Simply follow the instructions in Installation.txt.
If you've already installed the Arcade, make the changes in Updates.txt.

[Click HERE to view a list of released games and modifications!]

Demos/Add-Ons/Beta Testing
www.v3arcade.com

Download the v3 Arcade (1.0.3) here:

[John]

Originally Posted by Ajay

John, do you think you could write a tutorial on how to modify games to work with v3 Arcade? Like what vbProArcade has.

I'll be posting one within a day or two.

[MaDCaT75]

Make it snappy

[Detomah]

Originally Posted by snatty

I have a problem with my Arcade. I followed the instructions carefully and everything seems to work except for the high scores. After playing a game it doesn't forward me to enter my comments but rather keeps me at the game over screen. I thought it might of been a problem with me but I believe everyone else is having this problem. It doesn't record any high scores but under the Champion column it'll say :

That's the exact same problem some of my users have been having too, that I mentioned before.

Any fix for that bug I mentioned for Maede a few posts back yet?

[badboy1]

Originally Posted by John

Obviously, there's no way to combat that - it's just a case of hoping that there aren't any people sad enough to go to those lengths!

if your talking about my forum then :ermm: but it is very very easy to find the values of a game into flash. I will show you if you have aim.. Its a 5 minute job. Obviously you cannot change your score due to your security or what ever. But you can change the motion of the game. Say the shooting game. You could stop the timer for 5000 sec's then put it back on.

[zenmasteril]

From some reason the trophis are not shown in the champions' post bit :ermm:
Also can't challenge people (only the champions from the arcade section) - there's no "challenge" in the drop-down menu...
What should i do ?

[Dart1337]

my "News & Events" area was working earlier, but now it's empty. I haven't modified anything since. Now it just says "News & Events" in the table. Does anyone have any idea why?

[John]

Originally Posted by zenmasteril

From some reason the trophis are not shown in the champions' post bit :ermm:
Also can't challenge people (only the champions from the arcade section) - there's no "challenge" in the drop-down menu...
What should i do ?

You can only challenge people who have enabled it in their arcade settings.

[John]

Originally Posted by Dart1337

my "News & Events" area was working earlier, but now it's empty. I haven't modified anything since. Now it just says "News & Events" in the table. Does anyone have any idea why?

Nope. Something must have caused it, I can't help without any more information.

[John]

Originally Posted by Detomah

That's the exact same problem some of my users have been having too, that I mentioned before.

Any fix for that bug I mentioned for Maede a few posts back yet?

Not yet. The only way I can think of is to remove the end of level bonus completely.

[zenmasteril]

Originally Posted by John

You can only challenge people who have enabled it in their arcade settings.

No.. Don't think it's the problem.. What is the default anyway ?
and what about trophis shown in the postbit ?

[Detomah]

Originally Posted by John

Not yet. The only way I can think of is to remove the end of level bonus completely.

Is there no way to make it, so that if someone moves the mouse out of the play screen during the level sequence, it automatically becomes gameover?

I know I keep bringing that other problem back up and I'm sorry if it's bugging you, but because the arcade is working in every other way perfectly without a single error, I feel this must be some kind of bug, compatibility issue or something, but I keep finding new things out, so feel if I share them then hopefully we may get to the bottom of it and fix it...

I've been able to re-create the problem a couple of times myself now, what seems to happen, is that the game just freezes at the end and either goes to a black screen or just sticks at game over. It doesn't seem to be transmitting the data to the database when that happens. The times when it seems to be mainly happening are when someone scores and high new top score or when the game last for a long time.

[AutomatikStudio]

I keep getting this error

Parse error: parse error in /home/user/public_html/boards/includes/functions.php on line 1768

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: exec_nocache_headers() in /home/user/public_html/boards/admincp/global.php on line 37

I made all the file modifications and then uploaded them and when I tried to go to my control panel I got that error in the right frame. I have made not file modifications prior to this as this is the first hack i've tried to install for vB3. I am trying to do this on RC3.

[snatty]

Originally Posted by John

Sounds like the IE language problem.

Does it work for anyone else?

Doesn't seem to work for anyone else. People are playing but its not recording any scores. Unless everyone else has the same IE Language problem. I don't think I'd have a problem with my IE because I only have 1 language installed which is the default English (United States).

[John]

Originally Posted by zenmasteril

No.. Don't think it's the problem.. What is the default anyway ?
and what about trophis shown in the postbit ?

The default is off. If that's not the problem, you should find out what is... because there's no champion specific challenge code.

Trophies in the postbit aren't working because either:
1. you didn't make the modifications to the postbit template
2. you made an error in the modifications
3. you're using postbit_legacy on the forum, and you applied the changes to postbit.

[AutomatikStudio]

In response to my previous post...i removed this line from functions.php:

$debughtml .= " (<a href=\"" . htmlspecialchars_uni(SCRIPTPATH) . iif(strpos(SCRIPTPATH, '?') '?')'?')'?')'?')=== false, '?', '?','?','?','?','&amp;') . "tempusage=1\">Template Usage</a>) (<a href=\"" . htmlspecialchars_uni(SCRIPTPATH) . iif(strpos(SCRIPTPATH, '?') '?')'?')'?')'?')=== false, '?', '?','?','?','?','&amp;') . "explain=1\">Explain</a>)<br />\n";

Is that needed? Because removing it removed the error...