Valve Changes Steam Ids

Scuzzy · 02-18-2009, 03:23 AM

For those of you who may not know, Valve decided to change everyone's steam id in TF2 and DOD last night. Now if you're playing one of those games your steam id will begin with STEAM_1, but if you're playing FF you're steam id may begin with STEAM_0. Things to keep in mind as an admin if you're trying to administer multiple servers and ban lists.

Valve sucks.

Scuzzy

[AE] 82694 · 02-18-2009, 03:39 AM

That's not all they also broke about 5 or 6 OB mods. Stargate the last stand being one I know for sure it broke their client.dll last night.

Rawh · 02-18-2009, 08:42 AM

What would be the reason for that damn change? Bet they didn't say that... God they need to wake up and get that pole out of their a**....

Scuzzy · 02-18-2009, 12:24 PM

No clue, but we ended up standardizing all steam ids in the [o-t] environment. It doesn't matter what engine you're on now, you're steam id is converted to a STEAM_1 account. Let me tell you, that was a pain in the ass. Changing the primary keys for 130k users, all their supporting records in other tables, and the software to enter them into the system was a real pain in the ass. We had to shut all our servers down to do the conversion... Freaking dumbasses.

Scuzzy

Lt Llama · 02-18-2009, 12:41 PM

Does this mean that anyone who plays TF2 or DOD will get their steam id's permanently changed and for all the rest of us it won't? Or do their id's temporary change when connecting to a TF2 or DOD server?

Scuzzy · 02-18-2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lt Llama

Does this mean that anyone who plays TF2 or DOD will get their steam id's permanently changed and for all the rest of us it won't? Or do their id's temporary change when connecting to a TF2 or DOD server?

If you have had the ID a while and play a mod like Fortress Forever and your steam id is STEAM_0:1:12345 it will show up as that in a Fortress Forever server. However, if that account also owns TF2 and you go play TF2 your steam id will appear as STEAM_1:1:12345. Steam Friends accounts don't change, as they only use the "1:12345" part of your steam id for that type of translation. There's talk in the donation section of SourceMod of changing the way they report steams ids to just be the "1:12345" piece so that everyone is unique again... something which I would support after last night.

Scuzzy

02-18-2009, 03:23 AM	#1
Scuzzy The Old Timers Clan D&A Member Retired FF Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Server: 206.217.134.170:27016 Posts Rated Helpful 2 Times	Valve Changes Steam Ids For those of you who may not know, Valve decided to change everyone's steam id in TF2 and DOD last night. Now if you're playing one of those games your steam id will begin with STEAM_1, but if you're playing FF you're steam id may begin with STEAM_0. Things to keep in mind as an admin if you're trying to administer multiple servers and ban lists. Valve sucks. Scuzzy __________________ "Player Quality, not Quantity, is what we strive for." - The LLama Wrangler "A clan is defined by the nature of it's enemies. - The Llama Wrangler

02-18-2009, 03:39 AM	#2
[AE] 82694 Retired FF Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	That's not all they also broke about 5 or 6 OB mods. Stargate the last stand being one I know for sure it broke their client.dll last night. __________________ I Love GenghisTron . I miss you sooooo Much. LOL.

02-18-2009, 12:24 PM	#4
Scuzzy The Old Timers Clan D&A Member Retired FF Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Server: 206.217.134.170:27016 Posts Rated Helpful 2 Times	No clue, but we ended up standardizing all steam ids in the [o-t] environment. It doesn't matter what engine you're on now, you're steam id is converted to a STEAM_1 account. Let me tell you, that was a pain in the ass. Changing the primary keys for 130k users, all their supporting records in other tables, and the software to enter them into the system was a real pain in the ass. We had to shut all our servers down to do the conversion... Freaking dumbasses. Scuzzy __________________ "Player Quality, not Quantity, is what we strive for." - The LLama Wrangler "A clan is defined by the nature of it's enemies. - The Llama Wrangler

02-18-2009, 08:42 AM	#3
Rawh FF Whiner Server Owner Beta Tester Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chair.. sometimes a couch Class/Position: D Engy, D Soldier Gametype: Capture the Flag Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	What would be the reason for that damn change? Bet they didn't say that... God they need to wake up and get that pole out of their a**....

02-18-2009, 12:41 PM	#5
Lt Llama Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Does this mean that anyone who plays TF2 or DOD will get their steam id's permanently changed and for all the rest of us it won't? Or do their id's temporary change when connecting to a TF2 or DOD server?

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