How do I rate a game

Hello,

Basically I did some searching in this area before asking.

In my Arcade I can see "Rating: Not rated yet" - but can not figure out where the rating tool is. Where do I need to go to rate a game?

Thank You

[okgaz]

You need to add it to your favourites first. Which imo is kind of odd, how's it gonna get a bad rating if only ppl who add it to their favourites can rate it? Oh well, makes your games look more popular!

[crkgb]

OK, I see now. Is there a hack or a mod to allow game ratings inside the categories and without them being in the favorites list?

[rpgamersnet]

I did a few custom template edits for mine to accomplish exactly that. I thought it was silly to have to add to favourites to rate anything, this way nothing was rated. With a few simple additions, I have changed it to show on the games list. I also moved the "total time played" beside where it shows number of times played, so you can view a game's popularity easier. It took me awhile to figure out what to edit though, I tried to edit arcade.php and so forth, but its inside the skins that you want.

[crkgb]

If it's not against the rules would you please post the changes implemented for the "free for all" rating.

Thank you.

[rpgamersnet]

Hmm, I don't think its against the rules to show modifications of a skin, after all thats the point of skins, to change how your arcade looks!

You can see a demo of the small changes I made at this url:
http://forums.rpgamers.net/arcade.php?

I edited the file /arcade/skins/v3arcade.php:

Find:

<div class="smallfont">{$entry['gwords']}</div>

Below, change this block of text:

<table width="100%" border="0" class="{$rowcol}">
  <tr>
   <td><b>{$ibforums->lang['times_played']}</b>{$entry['gcount']}&nbsp;</td>
   <td align="right">&nbsp;{$rating}</td>
  </tr>
</table>

To look like this:

<table width="100%" border="0" class="{$rowcol}">
  <tr>
    <td><b>{$ibforums->lang['times_played']}</b>{$entry['gcount']} &nbsp;<i>({$ibforums->lang['time_played']}{$entry['gtime']})</i></td>
    <td align="right">&nbsp;{$rating} <a href="#" onclick="window.open('{$ibforums->base_url}act=Arcade&amp;do=rate&amp;gid={$entry['gid']}','comment_edit','height=150,width=400'); return false;">{$ibforums->lang['rate_game']}</a></td>
  </tr>
</table>

This simple change will modify the v3arcade skin of your arcade. The game listing will now show total time played beside the Times Played: XX, and will put a (Rate It) link beside the star rating of each game on the list, for easier access to the rating feature.

If it is in any way against the rules to post this code, please remove this post. I didn't see anything anywhere that said I could not post this. Thanks.

I hope this helps.

[crkgb]

Thank you very much. This is exactly what I needed. Really really appreciate it ))

[rpgamersnet]

Glad to be of assistance. I think this simple change is useful enough it could even be considered for future versions of the arcade. Rating has always been a bit hard to find, this encourages people to rate the games easier. Could even put something in there to only allow them to rate a game they have played or something.

[jerx]

I added this to the ibp skin:

In skin_Arcade.php in line 210 add this after {$rating}:

 <a href="#" onclick="window.open('{$ibforums->base_url}act=Arcade&amp;do=rate&amp;gid={$entry['gid']}','comment_edit','height=150,width=400'); return false;">{$ibforums->lang['rate_game']}

This works, but if you add the game to your favorites, then you will see the link twice.

And the rating popup looks really ugly. It should be adjusted to the thread rating of the forum. In ibp version for invision board this is looking far better. You can rate by clicking on the star icons.