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

[joshskeety]

Yeah I guess in the midst of asking for things and reporting things you forget to say just how useful something is. This plugin has enabled a LOT for my community. For example, because Steam Connect verifies users are the owner of their steam accounts, we can grab their steamid from the steam_code field, look up their gameme stats for display in the postbit as well as integrating the TF2 backpack viewer in our site. We can also restrict users only in the Steam Linked group to participating in Tournaments, submitting Ban Appeals, etc.

This Plugin is like a god send. I will be donating soon as well.

[Disasterpiece]

Update time!

CHANGELOG

v1.4rc1

- Fixed vbulletin sometimes creating an empty stc cache file
- Fixed Link status in the Usercp displaying numbers instead of phrases for the profile visibility
- Added optional steam group membership verification and dependant forum usergroup assignment
- Added function to retrieve steam group information including memberlist
- Added lots of hooks in the login2.php
- Added scheduled task to cleanup old cache/datastore files
- Improved Steam button showing as "Signed in with STEAM" if you are logged in with an account which is linked.
- Minor code improvements

UPGRADE NOTES

Turn off your forum, upload the new product file checking "overwrite" tickbox inside your admincp, upload all the contents
of the upload directory to their according locations. Note that you may need a custom steam button if you use the
non-standard ones. Check the upload/images/misc directory for new additions.
If you made changes to the steam button template you might need to reset the original template and then rework your
changes if needed, because the way the steam_button is shown has changed.

If you had the problem of steam avatars in postbits dissapearing, check the steam logfile regularily for warnings,
specifically "fetch_steam_info/fetch_group_info called with empty steam_id/group_id!" and report back in the vbulletin.org
release thread if you find one of those.

Sadly I could not locate the problem for the dissapearing avatars yet. But I suspect the problem to be at a certain place, so read the last paragraph from the upgrade notes and post here if something interesting happens


thanks for the support so far!

[dmandem]

Hi Disasterpiece,

Really want to use this mod, will it be ok on 4.1.12?

Thanks

[joshskeety]

Awesome Disasterpiece Thanks! I'll keep a look out for the avatar problem in the logs.

[dmandem]

Does anyone know if this workson 4.1.12?

[CoZmicShReddeR]

Originally Posted by dmandem

Does anyone know if this workson 4.1.12?

Yes yes and yes!

[joshskeety]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

UPGRADE NOTES


Sadly I could not locate the problem for the dissapearing avatars yet. But I suspect the problem to be at a certain place, so read the last paragraph from the upgrade notes and post here if something interesting happens


thanks for the support so far!

Yep, I got a lot of entries for it.

[17:43, 13th Apr 2012] fetch_steam_info called with empty steam_id!
[17:43, 13th Apr 2012] fetch_steam_info called with empty steam_id!
[17:43, 13th Apr 2012] fetch_steam_info called with empty steam_id!
[17:43, 13th Apr 2012] fetch_steam_info called with empty steam_id!
[17:43, 13th Apr 2012] fetch_steam_info called with empty steam_id!
[22:12, 13th Apr 2012] fetch_steam_info called with empty steam_id!
[22:12, 13th Apr 2012] fetch_steam_info called with empty steam_id!
[22:12, 13th Apr 2012] fetch_steam_info called with empty steam_id!
[22:12, 13th Apr 2012] fetch_steam_info called with empty steam_id!

[dmandem]

Originally Posted by CoZmicShReddeR

Yes yes and yes!

Thank you sir!

[MadMakz]

i don't want to be too fast, but it appears that the avatar issue is gone. 1.4rc1

[joshskeety]

Originally Posted by MadMakz

i don't want to be too fast, but it appears that the avatar issue is gone. 1.4rc1

Lucky you