vbProArcade v1.0 Flash Games Development

vbProArcade v1.0 Flash Games Development Thread

This thread is intended to provide support for those who wish to find new games for their Arcades, or wish to assist in the development of new games for vbProArcade, or wish to modify existing, open-source Flash games for use with vbProArcade.

Note to vbulletin.org moderators: I could not find an appropriate place for this thread, other than the Beta Hacks forum, so here it is. If you feel this should be moved somewhere else, by all means do so. An additional reason I posted it here was because, to my knowledge, only registered users can view this thread, which may contain hack code at one point or another.

For the hack itself, you will need to see this thread. The Flash Development thread that you see here is just that, and should only be for the discussion of creating/modifying games to work with vbProArcade. Any discussion of or support for the hack itself will be conducted in the other thread.

For documentation on how to modify a game to work with vbProArcade, please see the vbProArcade documentation, which will always be contained in this post. I will try and update this post whenever I update the documentation itself.

A list of current games can you find in the second post.

Before you modify ANY game's source or post it here, you must MAKE SURE that you have the author's permission to modify and redistribute the code, compiled or otherwise.

As games are modified and posted, I will update this post to list them, so that people running vbProArcade may find and install them more easily.

[Alien]

...Just a followup.. I undid all queries, and redid all 13 queries again...

Then I tried to install new games (asteroids, xmas boarding as examples) and when I install them everything works EXCEPT the thumbnail uploads.. I set the path in the little box (via browse) to the filename, then hit submit. Everything submits properly EXCEPT the thumbnails. I haven't yet tried with the crown pics uploads as I wasn't as interested in that but I may try that too.

Now, if I go into the database and manually set the filename inside the correct database row it shows perfectly inside proarcade.php as well as perfectly inside the CP!

Any pointers with this fairly minor issue?

[MentaL]

argh no more releases

[DigitalDesktops]

Alien Attack

Game Identifer: alien_invaders
Game Hash Offset: 5
Score Return Variable: $treffer

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="400" height="500">
<param name="movie" value="$vpa_gameurl?location=$vpa_bburl&gamename=$game&gamehash=$gamehash&s=$session[sessionhash]">
<param name=loop value=false> 
<param name=menu value=false> 
<param name=quality value=high> 
<param name=bgcolor value=#000000>
<embed src="$vpa_gameurl" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="500">
</embed>
</object>

Enjoy!

[Zelda-King]

Alien Attack tested and working fine.

[-Sidekick-]

alright I just passed 100 queries on the arcade main page... My forums are running on my dedicated server. What are the risks involved in continuing to let the queries pile up?

[Alien]

Yeah, I get the same problem with the crown pics as well. Neither will upload properly or display properly on the pages. I have to add them directly into the database, and many times that won't even work either.. Anyone have any clue what could be causing this?

[Erwin]

Today at 02:25 PM -Sidekick- said this in Post #594
alright I just passed 100 queries on the arcade main page... My forums are running on my dedicated server. What are the risks involved in continuing to let the queries pile up?

That's crazy. The risk is that your server load will go so high that the rest of the site will be slowed to a crawl, and if it gets too high it will cause your server to reboot, causing downtime.

[The Wedge]

04-05-03 at 12:24 PM Erwin said this in Post #436
Exactly, Kars. For those who want to do this, don't forget to edit the templates:

vbproarcade_arcade - remove the $arcadebit table
remove the table headers columns for High score etc. just leave the name and description

vbproarcade_arcadebit - remove all extra columns except name and description.

Done.

can you please post your edited templates, i keep messing mine up for some damn reason, and i have to many games and entries....

[Erwin]

My templates are modified, and won't make sense to you.

Just follow the instructions in my post.

[EvilLS1]

Hmm.. I can't seem to find anymore good games at flashkit.com.. We need to find another site that has open source games!

I'd like to see more casino games like poker, blackjack & slots.. I found and modified a very cheezy slots game but its not really what I'm looking for.