So this might alleviate some of the worries for those that prefer to keep their Steam profile visible for friends only or completely private, I know it does for myself.
It'll usually only take a couple of seconds. Note that you'll have to set it to public again whenever you add a new game that you wish to download mods for (for example next year, when the next WWE game is released). Once your games are checked/your profile is synchronized (you can check if you can download something relevant to be sure the synchronization was successful), you can set your Steam profile (or the parts of the profile pertaining to which games you own) back to Friends only or public if you prefer that. The games relevant for the downloads on the site will be checked for ownership on steam and registered to your account on the site. One interesting thing to note is that in such a case you only have to set your Steam profile to public for the time of linking/synchronization/verification. The PC version is available on Steam only, and thus the steam game check is an elegant way to verify the game a user wishes to download mods for is actually owned by that user. Personally, I find Steam verification via Steam's official OpenID API is a great idea and I'd love to see similar measures to be used for PC Modding/Download sections here on Smacktalks to deter pirates in the future. We spent several weeks refining the site so as to ensure its validity. This is partly why we introduced a new system.
There are also certain standards and guidelines that our website has to adhere to in order to even exist in its current state ie. Steam simply handles sign in requests and helps us verify you as a legit user. Hypothetically, even if we’d wanted to access your sensitive information, there is no way obtain it. 2KM cannot legally access sensitive information. They are responsible for protecting your data, Not 2KM. They are the ones who handle your information. That’s life, yada yada.Īgain, if anybody has any legitimate concerns, please contact Steam. Some people can afford a legitimate copy of the game, some cannot. I get it, everybody’s circumstances are different. I understand that some people are going to want to try and justify piracy in some capacity. No, it isn’t an invasion of your privacy. Steam themselves are actively encouraging communities such as ours to adopt Steam integration as a way to “Check if a user owns a particular application”. You can contact them via email to leave feedback. If this is how you feel about it, you need to inform Steam.
Honestly, there's no use telling me, or anyone else that. I understand a lot of people are finding it "inconvenient" or an "invasion of privacy". Just wanted to share a little information about Steams Web API, to help you understand what it is, and why it’s used at 2KM. There will be no direct links to 2KM in this post.
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