Why fxserver steam ID have two format (steam: / license:)?

FiveM Discussion
1

I use GetPlayerIdentifiers to get steamid…
After update fxserver steam ID have two format…

Like:
steam:110000*********
license:****************************************

Why???

2

It’s not 2 steam id’s or differently formatted steam id(s).
The steam:xxxxxx is obviously the steamid and the license:xxxxxx is the hashed account ID, that can be the steam id or the ros id.

3

My server set steam must be run…
So player need to run steam in background…
Someone is “steam:" and someone is "license:”…
This is normal, no need to care about this?

Thanks for reply…

4

Yes, steam id is still the same as before and the license identifier is new.
Just make sure your code uses the correct indentifier (in this case steam)

5

To my understanding, the settings in the config that required steam will now also allow licenses, even if steam is not running. A license (according to messages on discord) is a hashed variable of the social club account.

6

I was told by an element on Discord that the license identifier should only be used for banning…

7

I’m really not sure. I mean… its still an identifier isn’t it? If its good to uphold a ban, wouldn’t it be good to store player data too? I don’t know why it would only be used for bans :thinking: