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DarkDragon
09-20-2007, 11:44 PM
I've reinstalled the vB arcade; let me know if there are any problems.

Gleeok
09-21-2007, 12:01 AM
I've reinstalled the vB arcade; let me know if there are any problems.


Dude! Duuuuuuuude!! Your killing me here! That's ...awesome..seriously...i'll say thanks this time by putting up some high scores. :D

What're you gonna work on next, world peace?


So where is the arcade, I don't see it. .....Oh wait. THERE it is.

Glenn the Great
09-21-2007, 12:05 AM
I have a trophy now, and only because I was first ever to play the game. After a few days, I will never have one again. I'm become too much of a casual gamer to be able to compete at an arcade game. It's just an exercise in frustration.

phattonez
09-21-2007, 12:12 AM
I can finally win for a little bit, thanks for the temporary trophy DD.

DarkDragon
09-21-2007, 12:20 AM
I have a trophy now, and only because I was first ever to play the game. After a few days, I will never have one again. I'm become too much of a casual gamer to be able to compete at an arcade game. It's just an exercise in frustration.

Indeed. I remember back during the 1st iteration of the arcade, TSA and I fought over the Space Invaders high score by playing 5+ hour-long games non-stop. Nowadays I wish I had that kind of spare time... :-/

Beldaran
09-21-2007, 12:22 AM
Yay! I always liked the arcade. Good work, sir. :)

Gleeok
09-21-2007, 04:40 AM
Well I just played a game of Mumu that lasted a while, and when I hit "submit" I had to log back in and it said I don't have access this page, so as far as i'm concerned I hold the current high score of 462. :p


...whoa, that's neat. I've got a trophy next to my av. ...And none shall taketh away thine trophy!

Sam Atoms
09-21-2007, 05:44 AM
Sweet! I have a trophy now. This is as good as having a big p****.

Gleeok
09-21-2007, 06:41 AM
Sweet! I have a trophy now. This is as good as having a big p****.

Ahahaha! lol. Anyway, the screen on the tetris game would just stay white after you died. I guess it just started doing that.

..and just curious, no pacman?

DarkDragon
09-21-2007, 10:34 AM
Well I just played a game of Mumu that lasted a while, and when I hit "submit" I had to log back in and it said I don't have access this page, so as far as i'm concerned I hold the current high score of 462. :p


Is this a persistent problem?

Beldaran
09-21-2007, 11:33 AM
Here's an error I just got. I don't know if it's an arcade error or a schitzo internet problem, but I beat my high score on a game and the high scores database didn't show it... and yet it shows it as my most recent score. Check it out:

http://www.forrestkyle.com/photos/arcadeproblem.jpg

Linkus
09-21-2007, 05:50 PM
Heh heh, already noticed. I have flooded Asteroids with some scores; Now to try something else.

Modus Ponens
09-21-2007, 06:07 PM
Great, like I needed more free computer games.

The_Amaster
09-21-2007, 06:19 PM
"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Dark Dra..." blah blah blah, whatever.

I am reping you with my mind.

Linkus
09-21-2007, 06:26 PM
Another glitch. I had gotten the high score in Mumu, but it registered twice. Odd.

<img src="http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6530/arcglitchvs4.gif"/>

phattonez
09-21-2007, 06:27 PM
DD, can we get Pinch Hitter 2? That is the best flash game ever created.

Pineconn
09-21-2007, 11:40 PM
How do you submit your high score in Starship Legend? Out of curiosity.

EDIT: And the parachute game? Because I got all 80 parachuters... and I couldn't figure out how to submit my score.

The_Amaster
09-22-2007, 12:43 AM
Well, theres a trophy next to your name, so it must have recorded it.

Gleeok
09-22-2007, 12:49 AM
Is this a persistent problem?

I don't think so, it was just that one time. Worked fine today, plus it's a mu-t point since it's up to 700 now anyway. ;p

DarkDragon
09-22-2007, 12:55 AM
The arcade is only a platform, on top of which run the (third-party) games. It would appear that the coding of these games is of... variable... quality, so some have trouble reporting high scores, report scores twice, etc.

Thus there's not much I can do, short of deleting the buggy games, of course.

Daarkseid
09-22-2007, 01:56 AM
..and just curious, no pacman?

Yeah, I was noticing the lack of pacman. Is there any reason its not available?


vvvvv,
Goodness, this may require some effort to find. Well, beyond simply plugging terms into Google. Nothing I put in that refers to both Pac-Man and Vbulletin brings up anything but sites "powered by vBulletin"

DarkDragon
09-22-2007, 02:01 AM
The official vb arcade site didn't have it in their games database due to obvious copyright problems. If you find it (or any other games you want, for that matter) on the internet, point me to it and I'll install it.

The_Amaster
09-22-2007, 10:36 AM
Oh, good. I was just going to ask how we'd go about getting other games installed. Any Flash games we find, or just VBA? Because wouldn't other ones from across the internet require some custom coding to set up the High score page?

(Cracks knuckles and goes off to search the internet)

DarkDragon
09-22-2007, 01:22 PM
Right; they'll have to be VBA games.

Prrkitty
09-22-2007, 02:57 PM
Darky.. if you in your searches you find a VBA Alchemy game... will you please install it? Please and thank you :)

DarkDragon
09-22-2007, 04:16 PM
I've installed a few more games, including Pacman (couldn't find Alchemy though, sorry :-/ )

SpykStorm
09-22-2007, 05:51 PM
I like the arcade...:D

Thanks!

Linkus
09-22-2007, 06:00 PM
Hey DD, can you modify the pages where it centers on the section with the game instead of at the top of the page? It gets annoying to scroll down every time you start a new game.

Also, see if you can get Desktop Defense. Awesome game, although I'm not sure it keeps points...

Majora
09-22-2007, 06:44 PM
Heh... I remember there was an arcade. Anyways, you are the savior of this place. I just spent the last hour pwning the s*** out of 2 games, i.e obtaining a score double/triple the current hi score before I played >:O

Linkus
09-22-2007, 09:06 PM
OK, now this pisses me off. I was pwning at Defend Your Castle(140000+ points. Would've held 1st for a looong time, too!) until my account automatically logged off(why does this happen?) and so when I finally lost, I had to log back in. Next, a limited access page comes up, and I thought I could get around it. So from there, I clicked Home and returned to Arcade, and...

The score isn't even on the list. I can hardly describe how much that pisses me off! :angry:

This is probably something that needs to be fixed to where if the member is playing in the arcade section, the idle timer is turned off.

Gleeok
09-22-2007, 09:38 PM
@Linkus: Heh, It wouldn't of held up that long, haha...I just had way over 100,000 at DYC also and got the same thing happen to me. I think i've figured out why;

-I have a habit of deleting my files and cookies on a regulated basis, (so2 :p) so what happens is the "remember me" box at AGN login gets reset when I do this, :( so you have to make sure your always remembered in order to bypass that message. (just keep that box checked at all times).

I think this will work.

Gleeok
09-23-2007, 01:12 AM
Sorry for the double-double, But the "Defend your castle" game won't let me submit my high score...or any score actually. :( After the game over it doesn't go to the scores.


What was my score you ask!? Well i'll tell you: It was 3,006,120. Don't believe me? I'll wager it.

P.S. I accept checks, money orders, and cash.

Anarchy_Balsac
09-23-2007, 01:16 AM
It might be because it's using the beta of defend your castle, or because defend your castle wasn't neccessarily built for arcades. How the hell do you take care of the big stick guys anyway?

Gleeok
09-23-2007, 01:21 AM
It might be because it's using the beta of defend your castle, or because defend your castle wasn't neccessarily built for arcades. How the hell do you take care of the big stick guys anyway?


Early on; demolition, and magic. (or high defense and just stun them.....)

There's really no point though, if it won't keep your score. I just played for like 3 hours and never died.( 2cd try btw) I had to finally kill myself just to play something different...

Anarchy_Balsac
09-23-2007, 01:23 AM
Yeah but you can't get kamikazies fast enough to take them all out.

DarkDragon
09-23-2007, 04:53 AM
Hey DD, can you modify the pages where it centers on the section with the game instead of at the top of the page? It gets annoying to scroll down every time you start a new game.


Hm? There's two inches at most of banner above the games - what's your resolution?

Gleeok
09-23-2007, 05:40 AM
It doesn't look like you can squeeze much more room in there. Some games like tetris and pac man you have to scroll down a hair to center it. I'm using 1024 x 768.

Also i'm liking the puzzle games (as you can tell) and was just wondering if there's some other good one's you know about, either for the arcade or just in general, as I currently have no puzzle games on my home computer.

The_Amaster
09-23-2007, 09:35 AM
Yeah, I was wondering how do you submit scores on DyC?

Pineconn
09-23-2007, 01:27 PM
Hey everyone, you should edit your arcade options in the User CP, or by clicking [here (http://www.armageddongames.net/forums/profile.php?do=editarcade)]. It'll allow challenges, notifications, etc.

DD, excellent job on the Arcade. You found some truly interesting games. An example:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/PokeMaster/arcade_zelda.png

ZTC
09-24-2007, 09:48 AM
Nice to see that the arcade is back up once again. I'll have to see if I can find some of the games I used to play the hell out off 2-3 years ago.

Linkus
09-24-2007, 04:30 PM
Bah. I beat my Zookeeper score (21380) and that goddamn automatic logoff happened again.

...I'm think adding a cookie with the high score data and temporary "permissions" access to whatever page I can't access when I log on would solve the problem, especially that of games that take a while for a good playthrough, since I know some people use shared computers(namely those who are at a library).

Gleeok
09-28-2007, 03:43 AM
WTF!? 58 in 28 seconds? The ai is dumb, but not that dumb...right??....aarg.
If it's possible, i'll figure it out. I swear.

Linkus
09-29-2007, 06:09 PM
Two words: Kitten Cannon. Yes, we need Kitten Cannon for the arcade.

ZTC
10-11-2007, 12:12 PM
I noticed that after beating Parachute Panic, it doesn't register the score, just an option to play again.