Hey all,
Having completed the last week of development for the initial conversion of vBArcade for vB5, we're releasing vBArcade v2.0.2 Alpha 3, available in both Lite and Pro versions. This version finishes up the Tournament feature for the Pro version, and adds the last missing module to the front-end.
This is still very much an Alpha quality modification. Some games may not work due to subtle differences in their scoring methods that need to be made compatible once I know of their existence. We very much need you to help us test the mod to ensure it's compatible, and that the features work as intended.
If you're uncomfortable with the notion of running Alpha quality software, I'd urge you to instead test this on a separate test site - without your help, the bugs won't get discovered or fixed!
If you like the product you can show your support by nominating it for mod of the month here: vBArcade v2 (vB5) - vBulletin.org Forum, and also please rate it to help cancel out the users who 1 star our mods.
Complete Change Log
Lite
General / Other
Pro
Tournaments
Tournament Matches
Group
Knockout
Screenshots
Thank you for your continued support!
Discuss this news here.
Having completed the last week of development for the initial conversion of vBArcade for vB5, we're releasing vBArcade v2.0.2 Alpha 3, available in both Lite and Pro versions. This version finishes up the Tournament feature for the Pro version, and adds the last missing module to the front-end.
This is still very much an Alpha quality modification. Some games may not work due to subtle differences in their scoring methods that need to be made compatible once I know of their existence. We very much need you to help us test the mod to ensure it's compatible, and that the features work as intended.
If you're uncomfortable with the notion of running Alpha quality software, I'd urge you to instead test this on a separate test site - without your help, the bugs won't get discovered or fixed!
If you like the product you can show your support by nominating it for mod of the month here: vBArcade v2 (vB5) - vBulletin.org Forum, and also please rate it to help cancel out the users who 1 star our mods.
Complete Change Log
Lite
General / Other
- Any bugs that may have been detected during development - nothing was specifically reported by testers.
Pro
Tournaments
- Any local scoring game, with unique titles and descriptions
- Shown as a detailed horizontal tree, while playing the game
- Auto-prune tournaments that don't reach minimum players
- Convert related settings from other arcades
- Invite/Reminder Email/PM alerts, with notifications
- Invite specific users and/or allow specific usergroups to join
- Optionally auto-confirm all invited players to begin immediately
- Create recurring tournaments and optionally rematch players
- Optional privacy hides tournaments from nonparticipants
- Track all matches, with results and standings, from admincp
- Easily search, sort, begin, clone, mass delete from admincp
- Optionally disallow practicing a game a player is competing in
Tournament Matches
- Each tournament sets number of play attempts per match
- Active match highlighted, with clear status messages
- Playing all attempts optional, can be manually forfeit/completed
- Enforced time limit per match, or automatically forfeit/completed
- Notifications throughout, or optional reminder Email/PM alert
- Remaining attempts shown with live countdown for time limit
- Select between best, latest, or average attempt as match score
- Optionally hide scores until match is completed
- Match ties broken by first player who reached that score
- Replays automatically switch to the relevant match with AJAX
- Random player chosen to advance in a double forfeit
- Fast players can advance to future rounds and pair up early
- Optionally count tournament scores towards regular leaderboards
Group
- vBArcade exclusive round-robin format
- Every player matches every other player once
- Player with the best win record at the end declared champion
- Supports any number of players, including odd
- Begins at end of tournament countdown, if minimum is met
- Players paired sequentially, then randomly with unplayed players
- Players can move to new opponent even if match not decided
Knockout
- Familiar multi-round format
- Players pair up, winner of each match advances
- Winner of the final round declared champion
- Currently available up to 6 rounds (64 players)
- Begins immediately on finally required player joining
- Players who win their match can play next match prior to pairing
Screenshots
Thank you for your continued support!
Discuss this news here.
