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 Kutzooi

Same question here

Where do i paste this code?

Thanks in advance!

Looks like the code needs to be placed in the postbit_legacy template of your vbulletin style(s) where in the original style, the avatar would be located.

[Snap_shot]

Edit: never mind :\

[Skyrider]

Primary Usergroup for Steam-Users

Note: This usergroup is ONLY for those who have not set up an email OR a password.

I wish I could override this either way. I'd like 1 usergroup (primary) for the steam linked users, regardless of the user has registered or not before linking. It works just great for new users, as expected. Just not for already registered users. I'm unable to find the specific code in login2 that does this. Its keeping the registered usergroup as main usergroup, while I want it to be the steam linked group.

[mikez006]

When the Steam API is down it causes user profiles to hang for about 20-30 seconds when loading them via AdminCP. It doesn't do this on the main site.

Can a fix be made so that it times out in adminCP also? Waiting 30 seconds when I have to view someone's profile is very frustrating.

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by mikez006

When the Steam API is down it causes user profiles to hang for about 20-30 seconds when loading them via AdminCP. It doesn't do this on the main site.

Can a fix be made so that it times out in adminCP also? Waiting 30 seconds when I have to view someone's profile is very frustrating.

Is it just the admincp or the regular user profile in member.php?

[striker_wow]

I have integrated this on my forums. On the user profile page, when I click on the user profile pic the link on the picture is /forums/member.php?striker_wow (invalid) which should be /forums/member.php?1-striker_wow. Any help will be appreciated.

[Disasterpiece]

Does it literally say (invalid) in the url?

Can you send me a Link to where I can see it?

[striker_wow]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

Does it literally say (invalid) in the url?

Can you send me a Link to where I can see it?

This screenshot may clearly explain the issue, notice the above url (it contains userid: 2 in the url) but when I take the mouse over the picture the url doesn't contain the "2" which redirects to user not found page.

[mikez006]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

Is it just the admincp or the regular user profile in member.php?

Just in the adminCP.

Also on another note, the Steam API is down currently and when some clicks the "Sign with Steam" button it hangs for about a minute then they get a time-out error on the website.

[ukhostz]

OK for anyone that is having issues with the steamgroup info returning an error with malformed XML there is a simple fix

So goto your includes folder and open functions_steamconnect.php and look for

$url = sprintf("http://steamcommunity.com/groups/%s/memberslistxml/?p=%d",

now update it with the line below and that's it fixed!

$url = sprintf("http://steamcommunity.com/groups/%s/memberslistxml/?xml=1",

I'm no way a coder but just wanted my steamgroup facility working so did a bit of digging on https://partner.steamgames.com/docum...community_data and yeah it worked!!!

Hope this help people out a little till a proper coder can pick up on the development of this great plugin!