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

[deadlySniper]

I get the following error:

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.11:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE `user` ADD `steam_link` VARCHAR( 128 ) NOT NULL ;;

MySQL Error   : Duplicate column name 'steam_link'

How would I fix this? Delete the column that already exists?

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by joshskeety

I can report that I receive the error

"Empty or invalid Steam ID transfered!" as well when trying to link the accounts. Here is what is generated in the log file:

[22:44, 8th Mar 2012] While transferring login process, the cached steam softlink seems to have vanished. Here's what we have:
[22:44, 8th Mar 2012] Array
(
    [51814c9c38be3da806fbacbe8267c9b7] => 76561198038410008
    [81bec68a9392a62de9963c4a0e43a546] => 76561198038410008
    [2cf580ab9d6b9afa65f0a84813fe7017] => 76561198045049347
    [cf2016a3fc0da59edaf7b8a33251628c] => 76561198045049347
    [e40f383a9e3053fb0688aaffaeafad5c] => 76561198038410008
    [5d4ed14e9738d8bb8b9591e2f190d766] => 76561198038410008
    [ede4133f444d574cb030126dae216614] => 76561198038410008
    [0879eed6a816bf46723639e75600cce7] => 76561198045049347
    [30d9bb09adcb6568767d396bebe3b0d3] => 76561198045049347
    [d71add05d151e77cb07d88dfaa271bdb] => 76561198045049347
    [dc738c27cebef09fb0e23c290f87a72c] => 76561198038410008
    [19619a6eca30f9acd8604763d9b36ffe] => 76561198038410008
)

[22:44, 8th Mar 2012] ---

Another thing I notice, is that if I simply register an account with quick register, it works but when I log in I return to the forum and I do not appear to be logged in at all.

The only ways when the softlink transfer may fail is if
a) the session id changes between clicking the "sign in through steam" button and the completion of the steam community sign-in. Which may happen once in a while but reproducable?
b) the datastore somehow doesn't save the softlink or can't fully retrieve all the data.

b is more likely but may be the case if you use non-standard mods or methods which interfere with the datastore.
Maybe you use memcached or xcache to speed-up the datastore? Is this the case?
Or do you use multiple master-master or master-slave database setups?


To explain a bit what causes this and how the process works:
if the user wants to register, he first gets directed to the steamcommunity to prove his steamid.
To avoid that the user changes the steamid in the last register step, the steamid is saved server-side as a softlink in the datastore, so we can set the user's steamid to the id which was retrieved through the steam openid-api in the first step.
It must be somehow related with vbulletin, as the script works on most other forums and configurations. But for me to help you I need to know what different settings/mods/whatever you use to a vanilla vb4/apache2/php setup.

[joshskeety]

Problem fixed. The person who setup the forum commented out the setting for caching method (Meaning datastore was also disabled).

So if anyone runs in to this issue, check that.

[joshskeety]

So right now this is what I have in my postbit_legacy:

PHP Code:

<img src="{vb:raw post.steamavatarmedium}" alt="{vb:rawphrase xs_avatar, {vb:raw post.username}}" title="{vb:rawphrase xs_avatar, {vb:raw post.username}}" /> 


However I notice the avatars will every once in a while display and then disappear and I'll be left with the alt text instead.

[DontWannaName]

Question...

1. Will you be added SteamID connect to registration and the option to add it to a userfield

2. Will you allow users to use their Steam avatar as their forum avatar?

[MadMakz]

Originally Posted by joshskeety

So right now this is what I have in my postbit_legacy:

PHP Code:

<img src="{vb:raw post.steamavatarmedium}" alt="{vb:rawphrase xs_avatar, {vb:raw post.username}}" title="{vb:rawphrase xs_avatar, {vb:raw post.username}}" /> 


However I notice the avatars will every once in a while display and then disappear and I'll be left with the alt text instead.

Appears that you have the same issue as mentioned by me here?

[joshskeety]

Originally Posted by MadMakz

Appears that you have the same issue as mentioned by me here?

Appears so. I also get each avatar displayed fine by looking at their details page.

[joshskeety]

No solutions or possible ideas on why Avatars will show randomly or with certain users and not display with other users who are linked?

[Disasterpiece]

hm not really. The url should be correct but if the avatar just doesn't show up then somehow steam must be the cause.

In the next version which should be released somewhen around april-june there will be an optional caching for those steam avatars which should solve the problem.

[joshskeety]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

hm not really. The url should be correct but if the avatar just doesn't show up then somehow steam must be the cause.

In the next version which should be released somewhen around april-june there will be an optional caching for those steam avatars which should solve the problem.

Thanks man.