Integration with vBulletin - Steam Connect - Sign in with your Steam Account! [RC3]

Steam Connect

INFO

-- Steam Connect Addon for vBulletin 4.2.x;
Development Platform := vBulletin 4.1.3 - 4.2.0, Debian Linux, PHP5, MySQL5, apache2;
Dependencies := lib cUrl (PHP), openid (included);
Author := Andreas "Radon" Rudolph, Disasterpiece;
Contact := radon@purgatory-labs.de, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=198844
Homepage := http://purgatory-labs.de


WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE INSTALLING

This addon is Unsupported as of 2015 until further notice. I have not enough time or interest in vbulletin to keep this alive.

This addon provides a framework for future extensions which make use of the Steam API.
It helps to determine the SteamID of an user. Unless older methods of inserting the steam
id into a user field, the addon lets the user authenticate with Steam OpenID, therefore
you can trust 100%, that this particular user is the same user as the Steam-ID provided.

Users can link their Steam ID to their forum account or they can create a new account
using details pulled from their Steam Profile.
Like the Facebook connect plugin, it allows users to quickly set up a forum account without
having to define a password or an email address. This option can be disabled in the AdminCP,
however it is encouraged to allow users to use this quick-register feature, since they
already authenticated themselves through steam, so any additional password or email
authentication is just unnecessary.

If the user decides to un-link his forum account with his steam-profile, he has to set up
a password and email first, so the forum account remains usable after this.

At the moment, the addon is in its second RC state, which means that the current versions contain mostly bugfixes and are candidates for a full release.
Until now, the product worked without major problems in productive environments. Although it is stable as is, the author doesn't provide any guarantee.
Due to the nature of the addon and how vBulletin manages 3rd party code inclusion, additional
login and register methods have been provided by the plugin. It is discouraged to use the
plugin on high profile communities in this early development state.

If you have any further questions, feel free to post in this thread.


F.A.Q. / General Issues / Error Messages

"There has been a problem with the OpenID libary: No OpenID Server found at http://steamcommunity.com/openid"
- Additionally, a 503 HTTP error is thrown. Simple solution: Wait. Steam Community servers are overloaded/down right now, there's nothing you can do about it

Do NOT uninstall the mod if you want to keep the linked users records. Upgrading means uploading the new product xml file for the new version and choose "overwrite" in the upload dialog.
The Installer will handle the update process by its own. Uninstalling the product will erase all the table fields which contain the steam link data.


STEAM CONNECT ADDONS

- Steam Mini Profiles


INSTALL HOWTO

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by billstelling

Great news! We are going to enable the steam connect on the Futuremrk/YouGamers forum and tie it all in with the Futuremark steam functions soon. There are some really cool things that are in the works that I am really exited about, this being one of them..
You are fixing to get a really nice poster child to show off you mod with Disasterpiece..

Nice to hear!

Originally Posted by billstelling

With this fixing to happen it gave me an idea. We are useing 15 themes on the site and I though it would be cool if the steam button could be matched to the themes. It would require you to add so code to be able to choose the button for an individual theme. I think it would be an asset to all who are using this, Just not sure how hard it would be for you to add it to the mod..

The steam button is already a template file which can be overwritten in any custom template by editing the "stc_signinbutton" template

[Knight0319]

Great addon, very useful.

Got a few questions though. How would I go about making this addon retrieve the actual Steam ID of the account (You know.. steam_0:0:123456) and having it create a profile field with it? Also, I just can't seem to get the steam icon to work in the postbit, dunno what I'm doing wrong, followed your instructions to the dot.

[Disasterpiece]

Release of version 1.4.2 RC2 !

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CHANGELOG
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v1.4.2rc2

- Fixed User steam information displaying for the wrong user in private message view
- Fixed vBulletin not redirecting properly when linking/unlinking the steam account
- Fixed vBulletin sometimes redirecting to the wrong url after a successful steamid login.
- Added a Maintenance Task to reassign steam-dependant usergroups. This should help with users having the correct usergroup
	when one of these values is changed in the admincp.

There has also been an update for steam mini profiles. So if you use those, make sure to update them after you updated steam connect.


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Originally Posted by Knight0319

Great addon, very useful.

Got a few questions though. How would I go about making this addon retrieve the actual Steam ID of the account (You know.. steam_0:0:123456) and having it create a profile field with it? Also, I just can't seem to get the steam icon to work in the postbit, dunno what I'm doing wrong, followed your instructions to the dot.

The Steam_0:0:111 styled id is saved in the usertable and should be available at all times in the userinfo via:
{vb:raw userinfo.steam_code}
where userinfo is the varname of the according userinfo array.
How would you like the profile field to appear? I'm not sure I know exactly what you want to have. A profile field in the postbit with the other user information like number of posts and such? Or as an editable profile field in the userCP?

Also, I just can't seem to get the steam icon to work in the postbit, dunno what I'm doing wrong, followed your instructions to the dot.

If you like you can send me a PM with a link to your forum and an administrative account so I can insert it.

[Skyrider]

I just updated, and for some reason in the AdminCP at the steam connect settings, I see:

With at the left: Dependant Steamgroup identifier

At the right, an "option" text being "stc_secondary_group_id"

Is this normal? Seeing it's text, I can't fill any option in it.

[Psyd0x]

Tell me why after I link my account the steam Icon isn't under the postbit

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Psyd0x

Tell me why after I link my account the steam Icon isn't under the postbit

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....46&postcount=2

Step 6

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

I just updated, and for some reason in the AdminCP at the steam connect settings, I see:

With at the left: Dependant Steamgroup identifier

At the right, an "option" text being "stc_secondary_group_id"

Is this normal? Seeing it's text, I can't fill any option in it.

this is... weird. Can you show me a screenshot?

[Skyrider]

Oddly, the text became a type area again.. It works . Really weird.

Though, the previous issue I had, is still here:



After I re-logged in using steam account (unlink & linking again) I checked my own profile to see if I'm in a new group.. however:



I'm not in it. And I'm the only member within the group, as you can see. (membercount = 1), which is me.

Any idea what might be wrong?

[Disasterpiece]

run the maintenance action and check if it solves your problem.

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

run the maintenance action and check if it solves your problem.

I did so, checking my profile now.. Still not in the "test" usergroup. The maintenance also ended with:

Could not find phrase 'stc_reassigngroups_success'.