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 FF|Skyrider

Meh.. The steam down time is causing huge lags on our forums. Posts barely load, apache crashed. Is there anyway that this plugin can automatically shutdown itself if the connection to the steam servers is down?

I didn't spend much time on that thought yet, because it never happend this way yet.
My forum has been crashed too, so I'll definitely look into it.

[Disasterpiece]

FYI, just released v1.2.1 which fixed a small admincp-related bug.

[Popa Andrei]

so is this plugin supported anymore or what?
Released in beta stage and not supported?

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by Popa Andrei

so is this plugin supported anymore or what?
Released in beta stage and not supported?

It is.. to a certain amount. Depends on how much time I can spare.

[Popa Andrei]

then you should mark it as enabled.For example i dont install plugins or not even test them if they are not supported.

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by Popa Andrei

then you should mark it as enabled.For example i dont install plugins or not even test them if they are not supported.

Yeah I think you're right. Didn't spend much thought on that yet

[Popa Andrei]

taget now and today or tomorow i will test it.
And in the original post you could make a knows issues list so we prevent double posting

[O_Dog]

Was having problems with mobile style not working so i done the norm and started to disable mods,
Turned off steam connect and steam profile and the mobile style works agian,

Some reason it breaks the mobile style thought i would report it so it can get fixed.

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by O_Dog

Was having problems with mobile style not working so i done the norm and started to disable mods,
Turned off steam connect and steam profile and the mobile style works agian,

Some reason it breaks the mobile style thought i would report it so it can get fixed.

Thanks for the report, will look into it.

Did you use a custom mod for the mobile style or the mobile style delivered in the standard vbulletin installation?

[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?