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 DontWannaName

So I installed this but was suprised that it didnt put the SteamID of a user in a custom field. I just upgraded to VB4 and had a mod that did this. Can this put peoples SteamID in a specific custom field?

Not by its own, but if you run a query it should work.
I'll figure this out and post again.

[tonjohn]

Has the mod been updated to properly handle Steam server downtime or API timeouts?

[DontWannaName]

If you want I can show you what I had and the code. It was privately done.

[CoZmicShReddeR]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

Not by its own, but if you run a query it should work.
I'll figure this out and post again.

Wow that would be amazing be able to somehow link the GamerCards Block Steam info with this mod...
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=232033

I already asked the GamersCard Author he said he was way to busy but liked the idea...

[AliasEll]

Not sure if this is just me, but as soon as I enable this plugin, i'm unable to view any threads, I just get a "Server encountered a problem whilst retrieving 'url'"...

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by tonjohn

Has the mod been updated to properly handle Steam server downtime or API timeouts?

I know someone made a post about this some time ago, but until now, i can't figure out how the steam connect plugin should be affected by a steam API timeout. Do you mean the steam mini profiles plugin being affected? Because the steam connect plugin does only contact steam when logging in and when viewing profile info, which both shouldn't happen too often to crash a server or cause major problems.

Originally Posted by DontWannaName

If you want I can show you what I had and the code. It was privately done.

Sure, send it via PM and I'm happy to take a look at it!

Originally Posted by CoZmicShReddeR

Wow that would be amazing be able to somehow link the GamerCards Block Steam info with this mod...
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=232033

I already asked the GamersCard Author he said he was way to busy but liked the idea...

Sure, that'd be a nice thing. I implemented steam connect to be easy to build other steam related plugins upon its code, so it should only need a change of a few lines code.

Originally Posted by AliasEll

Not sure if this is just me, but as soon as I enable this plugin, i'm unable to view any threads, I just get a "Server encountered a problem whilst retrieving 'url'"...

never heard of that, i'll investigate.

[tonjohn]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

Because the steam connect plugin does only contact steam when logging in and when viewing profile info, which both shouldn't happen too often to crash a server or cause major problems.

I'd be using this plugin to replace normal avatars with Steam avatars, show ingame status on the postbit, etc. So I need some fallback if the plugin can't connect to the Steam.

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by tonjohn

I'd be using this plugin to replace normal avatars with Steam avatars, show ingame status on the postbit, etc. So I need some fallback if the plugin can't connect to the Steam.

Makes sense. I'll add an avatar caching option in the next version.

[wtfaatp]

Hey my man been looking into to this problem I've been having for a while but unable to solve. :\

When I manually enter people Steam 64bit there steam Id comes out looking like this.

STEAM_0:0:-598497017468

everything else is right. The picture and the steam profile actual link. :\ Totally lost my man.

His actual Steam ID

STEAM_0:0:2982532

His 64bit code

76561197966230792

Its not just this one person its anyone I have enter there steam Id info for. Any idea's?

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by wtfaatp

Hey my man been looking into to this problem I've been having for a while but unable to solve. :\

When I manually enter people Steam 64bit there steam Id comes out looking like this.

STEAM_0:0:-598497017468

everything else is right. The picture and the steam profile actual link. :\ Totally lost my man.

His actual Steam ID

STEAM_0:0:2982532

His 64bit code

76561197966230792

Its not just this one person its anyone I have enter there steam Id info for. Any idea's?

Does it change anything if he links the account himself? Or does it only occur if you're changing it manually?