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

[Skyrider]

Where exactly will the steam icon be displayed (icon). I don't see any in the IM icon space on the postbit. Also, anyway for there be an option not being able to unlink your steam account?

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Where exactly will the steam icon be displayed (icon). I don't see any in the IM icon space on the postbit.

@icon: Check this post (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....46&postcount=2) and see 6) in the INSTALL section.

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Also, anyway for there be an option not being able to unlink your steam account?

There will be an option in the next version, it has been suggested but it has to be dependant on certain usergroup rights and therefore needs a bit more time to implement.

[Skyrider]

Awesome, thanks! Can the steam IM icon also be hidden depending on the users choice?

EDIT.. The steam IM icon works now, but when I click it it it forwards you to the main forums rather than their steam profile. is this normal?

[pixmaaa]

Is it possible to some how make a profile field import their steam id (non 64 version) to display on their profile?

[thecore762]

@Disasterpiece,
could you specify the following:

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.

Lets say I uninstall the mod...does this mean the users that used the steam registering option will be deleted?

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by thecore762

Lets say I uninstall the mod...does this mean the users that used the steam registering option will be deleted?

The users won't be deleted, but:
- the table column with the steam ids and steam codes are dropped (=deleted), therefore you loose all the steam id data associated to your vbulletin users.
- if an user registered with the steam quick-register-method and hasn't set up a password, he won't be able to login at all.
- if he didn't provide an email adress, he won't be able to reset his password if he forgets his.

if you plan to keep the steam id records, just upgrade the mod instead of uninstalling and re-installing.
If you want to completely dis-integrate the mod, uninstall it and delete every user manually who hasn't set up an email adress.

Originally Posted by pixmaaa

Is it possible to some how make a profile field import their steam id (non 64 version) to display on their profile?

Could you please clarify what you mean exactly? I'm not sure I get your question.

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Awesome, thanks! Can the steam IM icon also be hidden depending on the users choice?

Planned feature for future update.

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

The steam IM icon works now, but when I click it it it forwards you to the main forums rather than their steam profile. is this normal?

That's not normal. Please send me a link to your forum per PM where this problem occurs.

[MadMakz]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

Could you please clarify what you mean exactly? I'm not sure I get your question.

i think he want to show the STEAM_X:X:XXX format on postbit and profile page.
wich is actually the non-steam64 id.

i don't know why they suddenly named the proper "steamid64" "steamid" on their semi-public API and made themselve inconsistent

765611... on
steampowered API = steamid
steamcommunity API = steamid64

inside STC the handling is like:
765611... = steamid
STEAM_x:x:xxx = steam64
community = commid
keeping this in mind i just added

PHP Code:

$this->post['steam64'] = calc_steam_code(get_user_steamid($user_info)); 


to the "Add SteamID to postbit" plugin code.

now, in the theme you can show the STEAM_x:x:x id via

PHP Code:

{vb:raw post.steam64} 


[Skyrider]

Installed the latest vB update today, and threads are really REALLY loading slow.. Disabled the steam plugin (this one) and threads starts to load fast again. What might the problem be? Never had this problem before I updated.

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Installed the latest vB update today, and threads are really REALLY loading slow.. Disabled the steam plugin (this one) and threads starts to load fast again. What might the problem be? Never had this problem before I updated.

Could you activate the Debug profiling plugin, load a page where you experience a slow loading time and paste the debug output into a post? I'd like to know which process is slow.

[Skyrider]

For some reason, it worked since yesterday again. No issues, besides the fact that the steam icon's still go to the forum home.

PS! Feature request.

Can the calendar of the steam group sync with the vB calender?

Also, 2 questions..

The "Secondary Steamgroup-dependant Usergroup for Steam-Users" feature with the steam groups, can it:

1), Set the display color to that group?
2), How do I promote people to the usergroup? I mean, which forum task manager runs it to check if the person is in the group?

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EDIT:
After re-logged in and I set a "steam group" as well:

groupID64: 103582791433124402, membercount: 1

+ Adding a usergroup, nothing happened. I still wasn't moved to the usergroup.