Legacy Availability to show description or not

[E.T.]

Hi,

Is it possible to get an availability to choose if you want to display a description of a game or not.

The reason for asking.

Personally I think the arcade is looking nicer without having descriptions of the game as a lot of games does have a rubbish description ( see in game ) or the description is the same as the instructions.

Now I'm removing all the descriptions directly from the database itself.

regards,

Marcel

 

[Ozzy47]

You do know you can edit the games description in Manage Games and click on the game you wish to edit, and type in your own description.

 

[E.T.]

Yeah I know, but I don't want to see any descriptions at all

 

[Ozzy47]

E.T. Ok then rather that deleting them all do this:

Go to styles and templates, DragonByte Tech: vBArcade Templates/dbtech_vbarcade_game_panel and replace the contents there with this:

<div class="arcade_game_panel" rel="$game[gameid]">
    <h2 class="blockhead">
        <if condition="$single"><if condition="$game['author']"><span class="arcade_right">By $game[author]</span></if><else /><a class="textcontrol" href="arcade.php?game=$game[gameid]">Play Now</a></if>
        <span title="$game[title]">$game[stitle]</span>
    </h2>
    <div class="blockbody settings_form_border">
        <div class="blockrow arcade_game_info">
            <div class="arcade_game_image"><img src="dbtech/vbarcade/media/$game[gameid]/$game[badge]" /><br />$categories</div>
            <!--<p>$game[description]<if condition="$game['more']">... <a href="arcade.php?game=$game[gameid]">more</a></if></p>-->

            <div class="arcade_game_interact">
                <div class="arcade_game_rating">
                    Ratings: <span>$game[ratings]</span> <span>Avg: $game[avgrating]</span><br />
                    <span><if condition="$game['myrating']">Mine<else />Rate</if></span>: <img rel="$game[gameid]" src="images/rating/<if condition="$game['myrating'] OR !$game['stars']">rating-trans-15_$game[myrating]<else />rating-15_$game[stars]<if condition="$game['stars'] != 5">_left</if></if>.png" />
                </div>
                <div class="arcade_game_favorite">Favorited: <span>$game[favorites]</span> <img rel="$game[gameid]" src="dbtech/vbarcade/images/heart_<if condition="$game['myfavorite']">minus<else />plus</if>.png" title="<if condition="$game['myfavorite']">Remove from<else />Add to</if> Favorites" /><br />Comments: $game[comments]</div>
                <div style="clear: both;"></div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="blocksubhead arcade_scores">
            <span class="arcade_right"><if condition="$global"><a href="#" rel="global">Local</a> | </if><a href="arcade.php?game=$game[gameid]#scores">Scores</a></span>
            Champion
        </div>
        <if condition="$global">
        <div class="blockrow" rel="global">
            <div class="arcade_scores">
                <span class="arcade_score"><img src="dbtech/vbarcade/images/trophy_gold_16.png" /> <if condition="$game['global_user']">$game[global_score]<else />Unknown</if></span>
                #1 <if condition="$game['global_user']"><if condition="$vbulletin->options['dbtech_vbarcade_global'] == 2"><a href="$game[global_link]" target="_blank">$game[global_user]</a><else />Global Best</if><else />Player</if>
            </div>
            <if condition="$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']"><div class="arcade_scores"><if condition="$game['global']">
                <span class="arcade_right">Best: $game[score]</span>
                #$game[global] <a href="arcade.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$bbuserinfo[musername]</a>
            <else />
                <span class="arcade_right"><a href="arcade.php?game=$game[gameid]">Play</a></span>
                <if condition="$game['global_user']"><if condition="$game['global_winner']">Congratulations, defend it well!
                <else />You could take this if you try!</if><else />Just make sure to do your best!</if>
            </if></div></if>
        </div>
        </if>
        <div class="blockrow"<if condition="$global"> style="display: none;"</if> rel="local">
            <div class="arcade_scores">
                <span class="arcade_score"><img src="dbtech/vbarcade/images/trophy_gold_16.png" /> <if condition="$game['local_userid']">$game[local_score]<else /><if condition="$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']">Available<else />Unknown</if></if></span>
                #1 <if condition="$game['local_userid']"><a href="arcade.php?u=$game[local_userid]">$game[local_user]</a><else />Player</if>
            </div>
            <if condition="$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']"><div class="arcade_scores"><if condition="$game['rank']">
                <span class="arcade_right">Best: $game[score]</span>
                #$game[rank] <a href="arcade.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$bbuserinfo[musername]</a>
            <else />
                <span class="arcade_right"><a href="arcade.php?game=$game[gameid]">Play</a></span>
                <if condition="$game['local_userid']"><if condition="$game['local_userid'] == $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']">Congratulations, defend it well!
                <else />You could take this if you try!</if><else />Just make sure to do your best!</if>
            </if></div></if>
        </div>
        <div class="blocksubhead">
            Statistics
        </div>
        <div class="blockrow">
            <table>
                <tr>
                    <td> </td>
                    <td><b>Avg Score</b></td>
                    <td><b>Played</b></td>
                    <td><b>Time Spent</b></td>
                </tr>
                <if condition="$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']">
                <tr>
                    <td><b>Myself</b></td>
                    <td>$game[myavgscore]</td>
                    <td>$game[myplays]</td>
                    <td>$game[mytimespent]</td>
                </tr>
                </if>
                <tr>
                    <td><b><if condition="$global">Local<else />Forum</if></b></td>
                    <td>$game[local_avgscore]</td>
                    <td>$game[local_plays]</td>
                    <td>$game[local_timespent]</td>
                </tr>
                <if condition="$global"><tr>
                    <td><b>Global</b></td>
                    <td><if condition="$game['global_plays']">$game[global_plays]<else />?</if></td>
                    <td><if condition="$game['global_avgscore']">$game[global_avgscore]<else />?</if></td>
                    <td><if condition="$game['global_timespent']">$game[global_timespent]<else />?</if></td>
                </tr></if>
            </table>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

You can do that for now till Darkwaltz sees if he will implement your request

 

[Darkwaltz4]

You can already do this with the game description teaser length. Currently, if you set it to 0, you still get an elipsis and more link, is that good?
I could extend that setting to put nothing if its set to 0

 

[E.T.]

Thanks Darkwaltz4, it's already looking better with a more link.

But I prefer to see nothing by the description, but if it too much work I'll delete the description manually

 

[Darkwaltz4]

I was originally going to decline this suggestion (because it would be an extra setting few would need) until i noticed the maximum already does pretty much exactly what you want. though, i think i can extend it to show nothing at all if its 0 with no extra setting. it will still show on the individual game page though if you dont want it there, then the best i can offer if you edit the game to remove it. revert your template edits!