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]

Originally Posted by Andr? Noberto

This is what whappens to me when I try to login, register or link my account.



Can you help me please?

Did you setup the Steam API key in the Steam Connect settings?

[wtfaatp]

I'd be willing to help anyone with setting this up if they need it...

I am having one problem... I can not get the steam pics to show in forum post for the life of me? Anyone know of a fix or having the same problem? 4.2.2

[vBStu]

Does this support the version 4.2.2?

[wtfaatp]

Originally Posted by vBStu

Does this support the version 4.2.2?

Hasn't been stated either way... However I will not upgrade to 5 so I hope this continues to get support!

[Neuro Toxin]

Hello,

I changed my forum address from http://aus-tg.com/forums/ to http://forums.aus-tg.com/ a few weeks ago.

Now when people attempt to use the signin through steam button (http://forums.aus-tg.com/login2.php?do=login) it keeps redirecting them back to the same page.

My SteamAPI key is correct and the domain for the api key is aus-tg.com.

I use other services on the same domain (console.aus-tg.com) which work fine with the same API key.

I'm sure I'm missing something stupid. Can someone please help.

[Neuro Toxin]

Originally Posted by Neuro Toxin

Hey,

If I disable the group "Unregistered / Not Logged In" setting "Can View Forum". login2.php?do=login does nothing and wont redirect to the openid gateway for steam.

I want to block all non registered users from seeing the forums, however, this is stopping me.

this was my problem :/

[Chaya_]

{vb:raw post.steamicon}

This doesn't work

[deadlyruler]

Great plugin. I was just wondering is there a way to set a users steam avatar as their main avatar for the forums?

[TheEliteGaming]

The latest 4.2.2 version of vBulletin makes your addon spit an erro such as following:

Warning: fopen(/usr/www/****/public/logging.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ..../includes/functions_steamconnect.php on line 543

Warning: fputs() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in ..../includes/functions_steamconnect.php on line 546

Is there a fix for this or are you going to work on this?

Thanks

[tdev1]

Works fine here, except when steam web API goes down, then even 1 second timeout is too much.

The following change allows timeouts below 1 second:

PHP Code:

    $timeout = 0.3;
// ...
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, $timeout * 1000 );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, $timeout * 1000 );