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

[wtfaatp]

Not that did not work my man I'm sorry however I did find a way to make this work.... My community has decided not to use it there and would like only people who already have a forums account to be able to use it.

I have noticed two problems however..

1. It doesn't move people to the "Group" specified. (Not for me @leaste.)
2. There should be a option to add person to group. (Instead of move, making it the main group) Basicly we would like to make it a sub group.

Thank you for the help my man and if you would like to know how I did get it fixed I can pm you what it was I did.

[Disasterpiece]

Sure, send me the changes you discovered.

Still don't have much time to work on the next update. I hope that vB will improve the API in future versions, so it won't be necessary anymore to hack your way around the auth system.

[mfowler70]

I can confirm this mod works perfectly on 4.1.1

Great job. Looking forward to future additions.

[wtfaatp]

okay my man sent thank you again for this awesome hack

[tonjohn]

Originally Posted by MadMakz

stupid question, how do i get the avatarfull link in postbit? :S

just tried

{vb:raw steam_info.avatarfull}

but that's obviously wrong (returns empty value)

I'm not able to get this working either :/

[tonjohn]

Originally Posted by tonjohn

I'm not able to get this working either :/

Hmm, looking at my profile I see:

Current Steam Displayname: [FETCH ERROR]

Also, it shows "|0|0" at the end of my Steam Unique ID.

EDIT:

Figured it out - had to set curl options in fucntions_steamconnect to account for proxy. Not sure what the deal is about the Unique ID having "|0|0" at the end of it though. I just manually fixed it in the DB and seems to be working now.

[Largo .//npc]

It's kinda working for me.
People who are already registered can see the signin button. We can then link our account.
We can then see in our settings that our account is linked, but that's all it actually does!

The things we're missing:
Ability to Register using Steam Signin (Yes it is enabled).
Any kind of information in the postbit.
Nothing showing when viewing someone's profile.

[wtfaatp]

Originally Posted by Largo .//npc

Ability to Register using Steam Signin (Yes it is enabled).

Could you provide a website so that people may try to connect?

Originally Posted by Largo .//npc

Any kind of information in the postbit.

That I know of you can change people pic to the steam gamer ID or also add it with the following

{vb:raw post.steamavatarfull}
{vb:raw post.steamavatar}
{vb:raw post.steamavatarmedium}

Originally Posted by Largo .//npc

Nothing showing when viewing someone's profile.

What do you have in mind I have been think of stuff but cant honestly think of anything?

[SpikedRocker]

Disasterpiece:

An update to my problem, I was not able to use the link to work for me, but I went into the database and inserted my number into the steam_link column adding |0|0 at the end of my number.

I dunno why I couldn't link my accounts but since I was in the database I gave it a try and it worked.

[wombycat]

Love this mod!!

Is it possible to get the steam button next to the connect with Facebook button on the registration page?



I tried to find the template but have been unsuccessful. Also would that act as a submit button on the registration page?