This new "nneonneo:yshoutforsmf" shoutbox that we're using in the Arcade seems to work very well.
The first one we tried, "SMFPacks Shoutbox", was nice and I wanted to keep it but it was causing game save errors and after some work and input from Underdog it was decided that we should dump that first one and use the nneonneo shoutbox instead.
Much thanks to Underdog for doing the edits so that it would work correctly in the Arcade main page, but not while in game play. This was a very important part of the function so that it would not mess up scoring the way the SMFPacks sb was doing... as mentioned I liked it and UD worked on the code for it trying to get it to work, but no joy on that.
If you notice any issues with this new 'Arcade Chat' be sure to post the details.
One thing I'm currently working on is the layout... I'll wanting it to have a scroll function so that when you view it you could hit the scroll bar and view the past 24 or 36 shouts. (the default is "$maxLines=12;")
The maxlines setting is simple enough to change of course, but I need the code for the scroll bar function. :wave:
<?php
/*************************************
* Main Shoutbox Settings *
* Does not include CSS (appearance) *
*************************************/
global $maxLines,$chatsDir,$chatFormat,$historyFormat,$gzipCompression;
global $reverseShouts,$shoutFormOnTop,$autoGuestName,$allowCommands,$guestCommands;
global $updateTimeout,$updatePeriod,$bannedCommands,$bannedCode;
global $maxShoutChars,$maxUsernameChars;
// Set the maximum amount of lines to be displayed at a time
// After changing this, /clear the shoutbox to make the change
// take effect.
$maxLines=12;
// Logging folder for the chats
$chatsDir='chats';
// Chat file format - %s means the chat file as given by the client
$chatFormat='%s.txt';
// History format - set to '' to disable archiving.
$historyFormat='history.%s.txt';
// Should we use GZip compression? If bandwidth usage is a concern,
// set this to true. GZip compression does NOT apply to shoutbox refreshes,
// only to initialization and shout events.
$gzipCompression=false;
// The shoutbox usually shows shouts with the newest chats at the bottom.
// If you want the newest ones at the top, set this to true.
$reverseShouts=false;
// If you reverse the shouts, you might want the shout form to be on top
// rather than on the bottom. Set this to true to move the shout form
// to the top (the tool links will stay above the form)
$shoutFormOnTop=false;
// Automatic Guest Usernames: should they be able to choose their own usernames?
// Set to some string (a prefix) if you want to disable guest choice of username
// Set to false if you want to allow guests to choose a username
$autoGuestName=false;//'guest-';
// Command options.
// If this is set to false, all typed commands are disabled.
// Admin functions, via admin links, are still available.
$allowCommands=true;
// If this is set to false, guests will be denied access to commands.
$guestCommands=true;
// How long should the script wait for the chats to update? (in seconds)
// If this is set to 0 the script will not wait at all,
// but this will be very detrimental to performance.
// Make sure this is less than the maximum script execution time
// on your server, or the shoutbox will never update.
$updateTimeout=20;
// The chats file is periodically checked for changes up to $updateTimeout seconds.
// This variable, $updatePeriod, defines the time between those checks in milliseconds.
// Lower means a more responsive shoutbox (slightly more real-time), while higher
// means less strain on the system.
// 500 milliseconds is the default.
$updatePeriod=500;
// An array of commands to block.
// Example: $bannedCommands=Array('/impersonate');
// Note that since SMF recognizes /me by default, it can't be blocked.
$bannedCommands=Array();
// An array of strings to delete from the input.
// By default, this includes the list, center, left and right tags.
$bannedCode=Array('[list]','[/list]','[center]','[/center]',
'[left]','[/left]','[right]','[/right]');
// How many characters will be permitted in each shout.
$maxShoutChars=255;
// How many characters will be permitted in the username.
// This does not apply to SMF registered usernames.
$maxUsernameChars=25;
// Function to customize the timestamp.
// Default formatting: [(SMF user profile timestamp)]
function preg_timeformat($matches)
{
// format: <timeval=(value)>
// return ''; // to disable the timestamp
return '['.timeformat(intval($matches[1])).']';
}
?>
