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Arma 3 Units web service: authenticate users with Steam API instead of Bohemia account
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Description

I'd suggest authenticating users with Steam API (link & more info below) instead of Bohemia account.

Why should users be authenticated via Steam instead of Bohemia account?

  • Every Arma 3 owner has Steam account
  • Only few Arma 3 owners from playerbase have Bohemia account
  • So many services require their own personal accounts nowadays which is super annoying and decreases the interest of users drastically – using convenient way to authenticate users would be a major advantage to make the service more popular

Details

Legacy ID
2814879943
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Feature Request
Additional Information

You could still keep the Bohemia account integration, but make it optional and the Steam credentials obligatory instead so you could gain the benefits of both 100 % coverage of Steam account of Arma 3 users and extra services of Bohemia account.

Steam API documentation: https://steamcommunity.com/dev?l=english

You can even require Arma 3 ownership of authenticated account with the API request functionality! https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_Web_API#GetPlayerSummaries_.28v0001.29

Event Timeline

Ezcoo edited Additional Information. (Show Details)Nov 24 2015, 6:40 PM
Ezcoo set Category to Feature Request.
Ezcoo set Reproducibility to Always.
Ezcoo set Severity to None.
Ezcoo set Resolution to Open.
Ezcoo set Legacy ID to 2814879943.May 8 2016, 1:07 PM
Bohemia added a subscriber: Bohemia.May 8 2016, 1:07 PM
Bohemia added a comment.Nov 25 2015, 11:58 AM

Thank you for the suggestion. We are definitely planning to add suppport for third party login/registration into the Bohemia Account system.

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