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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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  #932  
Old 01-18-2003, 11:32 PM
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one possible reason is that they dont belong to the groups that are auth'ed to use arcade ...
How do I set the groups authorized to use the arcade?
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Old 01-19-2003, 06:12 AM
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How do I set the groups authorized to use the arcade?

Go to your CP
Click on vbProArcade > General Options
Pull down 'Add Usergroup to Arcade'
Select the group you want to add
Scroll down until you see 'Submit Changes'
Click on it.

;-)
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Old 01-19-2003, 12:29 PM
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Thanks

UPDATE: I dont have that option, I guess I have to upgrade irate:
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Old 01-19-2003, 06:45 PM
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Thanks

UPDATE: I dont have that option, I guess I have to upgrade irate:
or, you can edit your proarcade.php file. Upgrading is always a good idea!
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Old 01-20-2003, 01:12 AM
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I'm curious, is it possible to make it so that the arcade will only store a score if it makes it into the top ten? I think if a forum gets to be rather large that it is sort of a waste to store every single score in a game. Let's say it could work like this: The first ten scores are recorded, and then all new scores are checked against them. If the new score is better than a top ten score, the number 10 score could be deleted and the new score could be placed in the appropriate ranking.

I don't know much about php, and was just wondering if such a thing is possible.
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I've figured out the cause... It's the $vbchamptext and $vbchampicon if you use it in the postbit templates. Any time a browser reads a thread with a champion in it, online.php sees them as 'Playing in the Arcade' because they are being served the champtext or champicon from proimage.php.

I'll just pull the variables from my postbit templates for now, but it would be cool if there was a way of fixing this.

The $vpachampicon is the culprit b/c it makes the call to proimage.php. $vpachamptext does not.

So here's a simple fix. Upload all of the crown images to /forum/images. Then in your postbit template, remove "$vpachampicon", but leave "$vpachamptext" in there.

Then go to your admin control panel and click "modify games".. Under each game where it says "Champion Text for whatever game", you can use html to include the crown image next to the text. ie: Breakout Champ <img src="http://yoursite.com/forums/images/icon-crown-red.gif">. The images will show up in the threads, and your online.php will still show the correct locations.
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Old 01-21-2003, 07:15 AM
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I will be posting a maintenence release in the next few days that will fix that problem, and a couple of other small ones (such as one SQL error that keeps popping up in a few peoples' arcades).

There will also be a fix to the security which should make it a bit more bulletproof and maybe even fix some of those problems that people have been having.

Stay tuned.
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Old 01-21-2003, 12:22 PM
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As usual: Cant wait to see the new update

Thanks for your support.
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I can't find an answer to this and I've looked through the 19 pages of posts (at 50 posts per page) and haven't found the answer so hopefully you guys can help?

I'm using the Beta 2 version at http://www.giveupalready.com/

And everything seems to work except when you're done playing a game. Then you get a blank screen as it tries to go to "http://proarcade.php" instead of http://www.giveupalready.com/proarcade.php"

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Help is very appreciated
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Old 01-22-2003, 02:20 AM
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And everything seems to work except when you're done playing a game. Then you get a blank screen as it tries to go to "http://proarcade.php" instead of http://www.giveupalready.com/proarcade.php"
First, it appears as though it is working on your site for some users. Which makes me wonder what browser you are experiencing these problems with. IE? Netscape? What version?

Another thing to check is the locations of your game files and your forums in the Admin CP (vPA Options and General Options, respectively) although if it works for some people, it means these settings are probably fine.
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