Yeah, really hoping for an official response from Valve. The weird thing is, the older Steam account that I had been hosting CS:GO with (using sv_setsteamaccount tokens generated by that account) worked for years, and does NOT own the "Buy CS:GO Prime Status Upgrade".
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 2:54 PM Vi <[email protected]> wrote: > This is most likely a mix between security (I believe every [server] > operator has to own prime, which makes sense when making accounts is like > candy and the game is targetted by exploiters), and the way steam works > (the license you get from hitting the "install game" button on the f2p page > is not the same license that you get from old buys/new prime upgrades, and > does exclude access to sdk+server+etc. See: the apps the license for csgo > free gives: https://steamdb.info/sub/303386/apps/ and the apps for the > license for prime upgrade csgo: https://steamdb.info/sub/54029/apps/ ), > it could be intentional, or accidental, but I'd lean towards intentional. > It makes sense, since it shows the owner is more trustworthy, I guess. > > TL;DR security reasons. > On 2022-09-12 17:32 em, Weasel [Saphe.Space] wrote: > > Encountered this interesting issue today. > I am in the process of moving over my sv_setsteamaccount stuff to a > different Steam account. > On the new account, I am hosting several games, including: > > - Team Fortress 2 (appid 440) > - Counter-Strike:Source (appid 240) > - Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (appid 730) > > Using the manageme game servers page ( > https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers), I started generating > "login tokens" for each game-server instance. > > For TF2 (which IS free-to-play) I just punched-in appid 440 and note, and > everything worked exactly as expected. > > For CS:S (which is NOT free-to-play), it failed because that new Steam > account did not "own the game". Since CS:S: is NOT free-to-play, this was > expected. I went to the Steam store (logged-in as this new Steam account) > and bought it 9 (~US$10). Afterwards, I was able to generate login tokens > for my CS:S servers using appid 240. > > For CS:GO (which IS free-to-play), it FAILED because that new Steam > account did not "own the game"? In order to get it to work, I had to go to > the Steam store (logged-in as this new Steam account) and buy the "CS:GO > Prime Status Upgrade" - even though the game is "free-to-play"? It's only > about ~US$15, but still - why do I have to pay to host a game-server for a > "free-to-play" game? > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/ > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/
