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

[Rushyman]

I am setting this up on site which shares the VB user database to login via an external file. I can get this to work fine but is there a way to redirect to the page they were viewing once they have logged in on steam instead of going to the forum homepage?

[MetroDk]

How do i update my Steam Profile to make sure it shows exactly like my Status does ONLINE/OFFLINE/Busy/Away i use this but everytime my steam profile at forum tells me i am online but i am not how to fix this?

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by MetroDk

How do i update my Steam Profile to make sure it shows exactly like my Status does ONLINE/OFFLINE/Busy/Away i use this but everytime my steam profile at forum tells me i am online but i am not how to fix this?

Are you online via mobile app maybe?

Is the cron script updated on a regular basis?

what does the steam connect debug box in admincp/user management say?

[MetroDk]

well i use normal forum login on our vbulletin but my steam profile shows away it shows online

[MetroDk]

can u help me add me over steam so we can talk My steam Profile name is MetroZep then i can tell u

[MetroDk]

its just i have tried this for a week and it does same thing it doenst update 100 %

[MetroDk]

here u can see what i mean
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6645/j0w6.jpg
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/2757/e3wi.jpg

in forum it shows online but on my steam it shows away thats what i want to fix if u can help me over Steam i be glad

My steam profile is MetroZep

[MetroDk]

i got chmod 777 on cache but somehow it doenst write it 100 % as my steam profile says

[MetroDk]

cron gives me this:

<?php
/**
* steamconnect_cron, performing scheduled tasks at a weekly base
*
* @author Disasterpiece
* @author Andreas "Radon" Rudolph <radon@purgatory-labs.de>
* @version 1.4.5rc3
*/

// ######################## SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
if (!is_object($vbulletin->db))
{
exit;
}

require_once DIR . '/includes/functions_steamconnect.php';

// ################################################## ######################
// ######################### START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## ######################

// Clear datastore for steam softlinks
$tmp = array();
build_datastore('steam_softlinks', serialize($tmp), true);

$stc_cache = stc_cache::getInstance();
$stc_cache->purge();

echo "<br><br>";

// Re-validate all usergroups

$finishat = update_user_steamgroup_assoc(null, null, 1, 1, 1);

log_cron_action("Processed $finishat users", $nextitem, 1);

?>

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by MetroDk

well i use normal forum login on our vbulletin but my steam profile shows away it shows online

Can you rephrase that and use punctuation please? Your text is hard to understand.

//

The steambadge is supposed to only show online or offline. There is no away/busy right now as far as I'm aware.