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N3K
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Old 10-29-2024 , 14:13   question about "status" and steamID
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hey, first off i would like to apologize if this is not the appropriate section for asking this, but i've been rather curious about this situation:


im an admin on a cs 1.6 server, and before i ban cheaters i use "status" in console to get their steamID. however the thing is, we also allow non-steam players (times are rough), and even for those players, status shows a "real" steamID (that leads to a real steamcommunity profile when searching it in steamid.io)

but if you check in compLexity demo player, this same non-steam player will have an obvious fake-looking generated steamID (actual example of one: STEAM_0:1:6755399441057341)




i really dont know a lot about modding, but im assuming the owner is using some kind of plugin to assign random "real" steamID's to the non-steam players when they connect to the server?



i know its basically a yes or no type of question, nevertheless i would greatly appreciate if anyone who has knowledge of this particular subject, would be kind enough to shed some more information on it

is such a plugin even possible? why would you want to assign steamID's to non-steam players in the first place? what happens if the actual account with the steamID that has been assigned to a non-steam player joins the same server? could they hypothetically both be playing at the same time? etc.
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Old 10-29-2024 , 23:41   Re: question about "status" and steamID
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Only allow Steam players to connect. That is the only method supported here (in fact it is against the rules to talk about any support for Non-Steam). If you can afford an internet connection, you can afford a two and a half decade old game (especially one that is not based on a subscription).
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Old 10-30-2024 , 07:40   Re: question about "status" and steamID
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i beg your pardon, i simply wanted to find out if innocent players were getting affected by these "spoofed" steamIDs, which would be quite insalubrious to say the least.

i do agree with the notion that there should be only players with legitimate accounts but unfortunately since over half the playerbase is non-steam, we either allow them to play with us or the server would die rather quickly i presume. as for myself, i am a Steam player so i have no guilty conscience in that regard.

seeing as such discussions are frowned upon in this particular forum, i shall attempt to gather answers elsewhere.

thanks for your help, no hard feelings
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Old 10-31-2024 , 00:05   Re: question about "status" and steamID
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You are basically asking "is it possible to do it" while you are playing on a server that is literally "doing it".

When you effectively hack a server to remove the authentication requirement and have control over any command that players send, you can do whatever you want.

You claim to be an admin on that server so just ask your boss (the server owner).

Also, you say you're not, yourself, committing the crime but you're perfectly happy to be an accomplice to the crime. I'm not a cop so you do you as they say. lol
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