Can't link Steam account to forum account

Protofall2 · 05-20-2012, 09:26 PM

Whenever I click the button in User CP, it just takes me back to the forum index. And it is ♥♥♥♥ing infuriating.

What can I do?

CTRL ALT DEL ! · 05-20-2012, 09:30 PM

Contact support, unless a forum admin can help, there is nothing a normal user could do sorry.

Protofall2 · 05-20-2012, 09:31 PM

When you try to click the button, what URL does it provide? Mine is /betacheck, which seems highly irrelevant to my intentions.

Matt · 05-20-2012, 09:33 PM

This is the page for linking a Steam account:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/betacheck

After clicking that link, you should see:

Quote:

This will register your Steam ID with your Forum account. Please note that this action is permanent and cannot be undone

Clicking below will redirect you to the Steam Community OpenID login.

Log in with your Steam Account to verify ownership.

BurtonJ · 05-20-2012, 09:34 PM

You are being rate limited and auto-directed back to the forums.

Please wait 24hrs and try again.

Matt · 05-20-2012, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BurtonJ

You are being rate limited and auto-directed back to the forums.

Please wait 24hrs and try again.

Would it be possible to have the page return that "error" for 10 seconds or so, then redirect?

(Similar to how vBulletin gives us a message when we close a thread then it redirects to the destination.)

CTRL ALT DEL ! · 05-20-2012, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BurtonJ

You are being rate limited and auto-directed back to the forums.

Please wait 24hrs and try again.

That's a real 24hours btw not Valve time...

Protofall2 · 05-20-2012, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BurtonJ

You are being rate limited and auto-directed back to the forums.

Please wait 24hrs and try again.

Any reason for that?

BurtonJ · 05-20-2012, 09:40 PM

Sure, I could add some error messaging. The rate limiting is also pretty aggressive so I can tune that a little bit.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Protofall2

Any reason for that?

I assume you or someone who shares your IP has tried several times to link accounts.

Protofall2 · 05-20-2012, 09:49 PM

Grr. Any way a forum admin could link it for me?

Matt · 05-20-2012, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Protofall2

Grr. Any way a forum admin could link it for me?

No way... In order to validate that you're linking YOUR Steam account, it requires you to login through Steam. Otherwise, we would simply provide a place to enter your account URL manually.

Protofall2 · 05-20-2012, 09:52 PM

Meh. Just thought a forum admin would have some sort of bypass/override capability.

05-20-2012, 09:26 PM	#1
Protofall2 Join Date: Dec 2010 Reputation: 109 Posts: 270	Can't link Steam account to forum account Whenever I click the button in User CP, it just takes me back to the forum index. And it is ♥♥♥♥ing infuriating. What can I do?

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05-20-2012, 09:30 PM	#2
CTRL ALT DEL ! Join Date: Jan 2011 Reputation: 2431 Posts: 3,413	Contact support, unless a forum admin can help, there is nothing a normal user could do sorry.

05-20-2012, 09:31 PM	#3
Protofall2 Join Date: Dec 2010 Reputation: 109 Posts: 270	When you try to click the button, what URL does it provide? Mine is /betacheck, which seems highly irrelevant to my intentions.

05-20-2012, 09:34 PM	#5
BurtonJ Valve Join Date: Nov 2007 Reputation: 9983 Posts: 8,879	You are being rate limited and auto-directed back to the forums. Please wait 24hrs and try again.

05-20-2012, 09:49 PM	#10
Protofall2 Join Date: Dec 2010 Reputation: 109 Posts: 270	Grr. Any way a forum admin could link it for me?

05-20-2012, 09:52 PM	#12
Protofall2 Join Date: Dec 2010 Reputation: 109 Posts: 270	Meh. Just thought a forum admin would have some sort of bypass/override capability.