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

[Blackglade]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

I suggest you send me a pm with your forum details and an administrative account, also include a detailed description how you want it to appear, then I'll take a look myself.

Disaster, i sent you a pm on all the information a WHILE back and you havent really responded yet, you may have forgotten but anyway check your inbox for an email by me. It has all the details and how i want it all set up. Thanks again for all the help

[iSins]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

You could modify the graphic to say what you want it to say if you like.

I mean, add a new button for people who signed up the normal way they will get a button saying "Link Steam Account" instead of it saying "Sign in though steam"

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by iSins

I mean, add a new button for people who signed up the normal way they will get a button saying "Link Steam Account" instead of it saying "Sign in though steam"

Maybe in the next version(s). I'll definitely keep it in mind.

[Skyrider]

Small bug found.

When a user first registered on the forums, he'll be moved to the "users awaiting email confirmation" group. If you link your steam with your forum profile first while the primary steam group is selected and then activate your forum profile, you'll be within the registered usergroup rather than the steam usergroup you selected.

I prefer the steam linked profiles to be in a primary group rather than a secondary. I do believe the only way to actually "solve" this is to add an extra feature so the button will not be displayed nor people can link when they are in a specific usergroup, like the awaiting usergroup one.

While I could use secondary usergroup that works just perfectly, quite a few plugins depend and act on the primary usergroup of which for us is currently registered user, with as secondary "steam linked". I want everyone who steam links (and registered through steam) for it to be primary.

[Disasterpiece]

That's not intended. Thx for reporting.

[goarack]

Hi
im using a cron to connect my forum members in a usergroup to sourcebans and it requires a profile field
ex (field5) to get the STEAM ID i see this mod pulls it already.
is there a profile field for that i can use in this mod so all they have to do is click the steam connect button. like when it displays a connected users steam id in the admin pages what would be the field there ?

[CoZmicShReddeR]

It looks like it's the profile field in the databse called steam_code in user profile field

[deltahawk5]

Originally Posted by iSins

Is there away to make it so people who haven't linked there steam account to have a button saying "Link your steam account now" instead it saying "Sign in using steam"?

+1 this, my site already have over 6000 members and it would seem pointless to install this mod if only new registrations can link their steam accounts.

[goarack]

will this be updated for vb5 ?

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by goarack

Hi
im using a cron to connect my forum members in a usergroup to sourcebans and it requires a profile field
ex (field5) to get the STEAM ID i see this mod pulls it already.
is there a profile field for that i can use in this mod so all they have to do is click the steam connect button. like when it displays a connected users steam id in the admin pages what would be the field there ?

There is a code-solution for steambans floating around somewhere, I did this multiple times by now. I'll see if I can find it.
Basically you need to modify the sourcebans that it doesn't get the id from the field, but from the functions steam connect provides.

Originally Posted by deltahawk5

+1 this, my site already have over 6000 members and it would seem pointless to install this mod if only new registrations can link their steam accounts.

I wasn't aware that this feature is that important, I'll include it in the next version.

Originally Posted by goarack

will this be updated for vb5 ?

I signed up for the vb5 beta but wasn't granted access, so I don't own it yet. It should come eventually. Currently none of my forums are near to be upgraded to vb5 so I have no reason to spend that much money at this time. And I don't know how much the vb code changed so I can not say how long the new addon-development may take.