How to register your SteamID in your TG forums profile

[WaffleHousChef]

Currently, the admin team is doing any reserve slot functionality by hand, but this won't always be the case. Once the Orange Box SDK is released some automated tools will be worked on. To this end, I ask all SMs to take the time to place their SteamID into their TG forums profiles, just like SM verification for other titles. But before any system is created we will most likely be doing SM kicks based on a forums lookup by SteamID in that interrum period, so this will give you a chance to make this change before any automated system goes live and help us out in the meanwhile. Note: This profile ID will supercede the need for the Supporting member list thread.

This is a fairly easy endeavor. First, go to your Steam program directory. by default this is C:\Program Files\Steam. Look for a file called Steam.log and open it in a text editor. If this file is blank, check back after you have connected to a Steam game. You should see something like the code block below:

CsComm        Session               Mar-13-2007  19:03:38.410  [3976]  ReconnectThread (3976) Starting
CsComm        Session               Mar-13-2007  19:04:51.670  [3960]  CreateSession(SteamUserName,7,29)=0 attempt 1
CsComm        ConnectionPool        Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.057  [3960]  Did not find an existing connection, attempting new connection 0,11.11.212.11:27030 for 0:1:1274531
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.058  [3960]  {Cnx=0,0,11.11.212.11:27030} : Attempting new connection
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.221  [3960]  {Cnx=0,0,11.11.212.11:27030} : connected
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.222  [3120]  Recv Worker (3120) Starting
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.224  [3960]  {Cnx=0,1,11.11.212.11:27030} : Adding session 0
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.266  [3960]  {Cnx=0,1,11.11.212.11:27030} : Binding client session handle 0 to server session handle 0
CsComm        Session               Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.266  [3960]  CreateSession(SteamUserName,7,29)=0 attempt 1 succeeded, CS #33
CsComm        Session               Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.266  [3960]  DestroySession(0)
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.299  [3960]  {Cnx=0,1,11.11.212.11:27030} : Unbinding client session handle 0 to server session handle 0
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.299  [3960]  {Cnx=0,1,11.11.212.11:27030} : Removing session 0
CsComm        ConnectionPool        Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.299  [3960]  Disconnect(0)
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.299  [3120]  Recv Worker (3120) Told to exit
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.399  [3960]  {Cnx=0,4,11.11.212.11:27030} : disconnected
CsComm        Session               Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.400  [3960]  CreateSession(SteamUserName,7,88)=1 attempt 1
CsComm        ConnectionPool        Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.401  [3960]  Did not find an existing connection, attempting new connection 1,11.11.212.11:27030 for 0:1:1274531
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.401  [3960]  {Cnx=1,0,11.11.212.11:27030} : Attempting new connection
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.569  [3960]  {Cnx=1,0,11.11.212.11:27030} : connected
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.569  [3960]  {Cnx=1,1,11.11.212.11:27030} : Adding session 1
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.569  [4068]  Recv Worker (4068) Starting
CsComm        Connection            Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.619  [3960]  {Cnx=1,1,11.11.212.11:27030} : Binding client session handle 1 to server session handle 0
CsComm        Session               Mar-13-2007  19:04:52.619  [3960]  CreateSession(SteamUserName,7,88)=1 attempt 1 succeeded, CS #33
CsComm        Session               Mar-13-2007  19:04:58.458  [688]  CancelPendingCall(1,5099)
CsComm        Session               Mar-13-2007  19:04:58.458  [688]  CancelPendingCall(1,5101)

Look for the lines that start with "Did not find an existing connection, attempting new connection" (they are the longest lines.) The number at the end of these lines that looks like 0:1:1274531 (not my real ID) is your steam ID. You should append this number to "STEAM_" so that it reads STEAM_0:1:1274531 in this case.



Then click on the UserCP link under the forums listing at the top of the forums, as shown in #1 in picture above. After you bring up your UserCP, click "Edit Profile" labelled #2 in the picture.

Once you are at your profile, add your SteamID that you found in Steam.log to the appropriate Textbox and then Save your changes.


Thank you for taking the time to register your SteamID in the forums to help your admins out with identifying SMs playing TF2, and prepping the advent of the automated admin SM script.

[Chewy]

Thank you for taking the time to register your SteamID in the forums to help your admins out with identifying SMs playing TF2, and prepping the advent of the automated admin SM script.

And thank YOU for taking the time to make this tutorial!

[TheFeniX]

Stickied.

[dawolf]

Thanks for the writeup and the automatic script. Should the automatic reserved slot system be active right now?
I followed the steps provided in the announcement section and got this output:

ConVarRef bm_tickrate doesn't point to an existing ConVar
SetConVar: No such cvar ( bm_tickrate set to 55), skipping
ConVarRef bm_nextmap doesn't point to an existing ConVar
SetConVar: No such cvar ( bm_nextmap set to cp_granary), skipping
ConVarRef reservedslot doesn't point to an existing ConVar
SetConVar: No such cvar ( reservedslot set to 2), skipping
[BeetlesMod] Disconnecting for Reserved Slot Players:23 needed:22

dawolf connected
[BeetlesMod] dawolf Disconnecting for Reserved Slot
[BeetlesMod] dawolf Disconnecting for Reserved Slot
[BeetlesMod] dawolf Disconnecting for Reserved Slot
Disconnect: Kicked by Console : Reserved Slot.
Disconnect: Kicked by Console : Reserved Slot.

[TheFeniX]

Thanks for the writeup and the automatic script. Should the automatic reserved slot system be active right now?
I followed the steps provided in the announcement section and got this output:

Thank you for this. There have been some issues with the reserved slot system and Kormendi is working hard with me to get them hammered out.

[machowner]

awesome man, I was trying to figure this out.

[TheFeniX]

This thread has now been incorporated in the Supporting members thread in the announcement forums.