Add-On Releases - v3 Arcade - Professional vBulletin Gaming (vB4)

v3 Arcade is now a member of the vBadvanced family!

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47571

The support forums & data from v3Arcade.com have been merged into the vBadvanced.com site.



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v3 Arcade for vBulletin 4.x.x
For vBulletin 3.x.x, please see here.
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Please note... until v3Arcade.com is upgraded to vBulletin 4, some demo sites can be found here. Also, because of styling changes introduced in vB 4.0.8 to allow customized user profile pages, this version requires 4.0.8+ to be installed.

"v3 Arcade" is the premiere arcade system written specifically for vBulletin. It's coded from scratch - not a port of an older version - and because it was coded specifically for vBulletin it uses the product system for code modifications & utilizes AJAX technology throughout. Here's a brief rundown of the features in this version of v3 Arcade.

Supports MochiAds, v3 Arcade and IBPArcade games!

• Download THOUSANDS of *legal* free and premium games directly from Mochi Media to your v3 Arcade installation. Earn money from people playing games on your site! With just a few mouse clicks you download games directly from within your ACP or from the Mochi Media web site. You have to check it out it to see just how easy it is.
• Tournaments! Challenge your friends to see who the champ is!
• Integrated arcade statistics on your user's profile pages!
• AJAX based instant ratings, for simple to use game ratings.
• AJAX based inline score moderation.
• AJAX based instant game searching.
• Tabbed, customizable categories.
• Challenge system for one-on-one contests.
• User-permission based settings for email/PM notification, challenge settings.
• Streamlined viewing modes for users with lower resolutions.
• AJAX based quick stats, for viewing statistics by passing the cursor over a username.Mass import tools for importing games in bulk.
• Reverse and decimal based scoring.
• Arcade-only closure with customizable message.
• Per game criteria, allows you to control access to games by reputation, posts, registration length.
• Postbit based awards.
• Personalized recommendations for other games users might like, based on what they?re playing.
• Quick stats, letting a user know how many other scores are above and below theirs.
• Score ranking.
• Admin customizable ?score feedback?, displays a message based on how well as user has done.
• Numerous Admin CP settings to control things like popup opacity, maximum comment length, hover delay length, and numerous other behaviors.
• Full admin control over the types of content allowed in comments (BB code, HTML, smilies, etc.)
• Usergroup based access permissions.
• Fully phrased, for each translation into other languages.
• An ever growing collection of third party add-ons
• A slick, professional layout.
• Edit-free template updates!
• User ability to specify viewing resolution while playing games.

v3 Arcade for vBulletin 4 also has some feature differences versus v3 Arcade for vBulletin 3. Currently that list includes....

• The separate Arcade navbar has been replaced with the options being moved up to the standard vB navbar. Be sure to turn on the navbar link! (ACP => v3 Arcade => v3 Arcade Settings => v3 Arcade General Settings => Navbar Link Position)
• When viewing a game categories other than the 'All' category, the category name will now be included in the navbar breadcrumbs.
• Added a new template "v3arcade_postbit_userid_trophy_wrapper" to allow adding some HTML around the arcade award images in the postbit.
• The category tabs shown on the main page will use the vB styling instead of their own defined styles. As we go forward the vB4 version of v3A will lose more & more of it's custom styling and instead use more of the new vB4 styling features elements.
• New option to display a "New" game category tab that will display all games in newest to oldest order. In addition to the new tab a "New Games" link will also be shown in the vB "What's New" navbar link. (ACP => v3 Arcade => v3 Arcade Settings => v3 Arcade Homepage Settings => Display "New" Category Tab)

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Branding Free
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All v3 Arcade installations carry and require a small "v3 Arcade" logo in the footer, as well as the text "Powered by v3 Arcade" which links to http:www.v3arcade.com. For information on legally removing the branding, please visit www.v3arcade.com.


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www.v3arcade.com
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If you're looking for more games, add-ons, support, tutorials, or anything Arcade related - www.v3arcade.com is the place to go.


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Copyright
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All code & images distributed in this zip is Copyright ?2010 CinVin, with the following exceptions:

• class_tar.php - Credits within.
• All games & associated images, unless otherwise noted.

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Many thanks to...
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• All branding-free customers and donors, for supporting the project!
• John, the original founder behind the v3 Arcade platform.
• Tigga, the v3 Arcade lead developer (as well as all of the vBadvanced products! )
• Everybody who has provided feedback & suggestions to help us make v3 Arcade to be the best arcade platform.

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Change Log
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For the complete change log, please click here. The change log is getting too big to include inline with this thread.

[skol]

Guest scores won't submit by default..They have to be registered.

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by Bob_R

Is there a way to allow guests to view and play games but their scores will/would not be recorded?

AdminCP > Usergroup Permissions > Unregistered / Not Logged In

Set 'Can View Arcade' and 'Can Play Arcade' to Yes.

[jswiss]

Hi Gemma - Thanks for taking the time to help us VB4 users get the TAB to show up. I followed your instructions and the arcade tab now displays, but none of the links (Arcade Games, View Leaderboard, the Tournaments Menu and its sublinks: Your tournaments, etc...) show up.

When you have a moment can you have a look or maybe give me an idea what I'm doing wrong? www.mygrunge.com - Running VB 4.2

Cheers!

[Gemma]

As I've said before, the Navigation Manager is a mess, a complete and utter shambles in design and implementation.

Can you post a screenshot of what your Navigation Manager setup looks like in the AdminCP (with the data you've added - to get all the added arcade data to show you may need to go into the arcade tab and click save, then all the settings should appear in the Navigation Manager index).

Or if you could set up a temporary admin account and send me details via PM I should be able to go in and see/fix any problems.

[Lucyloo]

I wondered if someone could help me please? One of our members keeps getting this error message while playing in the Arcade.

you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by Lucyloo

I wondered if someone could help me please? One of our members keeps getting this error message while playing in the Arcade.

Is this only happening to one of your members? And is it when trying to enter the arcade, play a game or submit scores?

[jswiss]

Thanks again! I sent you a PM

:-)

[addamroy]

Your demo site is down.

[Gemma]

Originally Posted by addamroy

Your demo site is down.

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/arcade.php

Or you can see it on my own site - http://www.arcadejunkies.org/arcade.php

[Lucyloo]

Originally Posted by Gemma

Is this only happening to one of your members? And is it when trying to enter the arcade, play a game or submit scores?

Hi Gemma,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

We only have a few members who play in the arcade and it's happening to 3 of them at the moment. It happens each time they get a high score, sometimes they can submit it but more often than not they get the error message and can't submit the score.

Thanks in advance for your help