Ah right, my bad... must've missed that message.

If you're sure you removed every single bit of the MySQL code, you can use phpMyAdmin to import the tables manually. Simply open up the file and look for the queries, than copy paste them into phpMyAdmin.

You can also manually delete the stuff which is left from the hack (templates, plugins, etc) and try install it than.

I'd suggest trying the latter first, as that's a lot less work to do ;).

yes but I understand nothing of mysql

FOR EXAMPLE: add this?
$vdb = new v3Arcade_Database_Analyse($dd);

and what to do with this?

// Checks to make sure that the fields in the current tables are the same
// as the ones in the data dictionary, and corrects them if they're not.
$vdb->syncfields();

and this you can't run manually:

$db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "arcade_categories VALUES (7,'Puzzle',1),(8,'Action',2),(3,'Retro',3),(4,'Sp ort',4),(5,'Shooters',5),(1,'Other',100),(2,'Favor ites',101)"); even if you drop the $db->query_write(" part

greetz

I believe you can run this:
note: I've dropped the table prefix. If you have a table prefix you'll have to change the table name.

ok thanks I'll look at it in the morning

#1146 - Table 'extreme.arcade_categories' doesn't exist
(this is the error I get when putting in that code)

Yes, you'll need to create the table extreme.arcade_categories (the code should be somewhere above the code you posted) before inserting the values into it ;).

could you give me an example?

I've tried different combinations but none of them work;

what am I doing wrong here?

That indeed looks a bit odd.

What might be the best option for you is to install the arcade hack on a testboard and export the tables via phpMyAdmin, than import them again on your normal forums.

maybe your hosting got backups of previous days? :

That's quite a good idea, redbullcola !

It does however require a bit of work (siffing through the backup looking for the right tables and such), but it's a very good option ofcourse.

If you don't mind "going back in time" a few days it might even be your best option.