You're correct. The AuthID is a way for applications/mods to get the
Authentication ID (uniqueID) for a player. The AuthID can be a WonID or a
SteamID. The function I've written returns the AuthID as a string.
Not all mods will need to support this right away because not all mods will
have Steam players. For example: FireArms, Front Line Force, and The Opera
aren't on Steam yet so they won't have Steam players and don't need to worry
about supporting SteamIDs.
This means that nothing changes for them. The function:
unsigned int (*pfnGetPlayerWONId)( edict_t *e );
will still work for Non-Steam players just like it always has. If
applications/mods want to get a jump start on getting ready to support Steam
players, then they can start using:
const char *(*pfnGetPlayerAuthId)( edict_t *e );
which will still work for Non-Steam players, but it will give the WonID as a
string instead of an unsigned int.
-Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: botman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] 1109 to contain any code we should know about?
> The WonID stuff hasn't changed. You only need to worry about this (the
link
> below) if/when your applications/mods become part of the Steam process and
> need to support SteamIDs.
>
> -Eric
I'm confused. I thought that people who paid for monthly Steam access would
only have a SteamID (and not a WONid). It seems to me that if a MOD does
something special with the WONid (like storing persistant data on the server
or using it to authenticate a server operator), the MOD would need to be
modified to allow for a WONid (numeric) or SteamID (a string). I thought
the purpose of the AuthID (a string) was to provide a single function to
return the unique identifier for a player (WONid or SteamID depending on
what was used for authorization).
Is this correct?
Jeffrey "botman" Broome
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