Talk:SteamID
It may be notable that the first octet is swappable. For example User:Robin_Walker's Steam ID, STEAM_0:0:84901, will give the same lookup when the first octet is changed to STEAM_1:0:84901.
--Mehcore 17:30, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
The SteamID Page says :"Lower values of 'Z' in the format described above (i.e. the account number) indicate an account made further in the past to one with a higher value."As far as i can tell, this ain't completely true in all cases (or maybe i miss something?). Take a look at the following Profiles:
ID 76561198043973863
TS 1309029115 (June 25, 2011)
ID 76561197993699384
TS 1315245396 (September 5, 2011)
The second Account is smaller than the first on, but it was created after the first one?! These are just examples. There are definetly som mor of these. What exactly am i missing?
-- h0rst 11:25, 20 March 2012
Using the formula http or http or https://steamcommunity.com/path/[letter:1:W] I was unable to get a valid profile using the id path. Changing the path to profiles provided a valid link.
-- TronPaul 11:05, 9 June 2012
Error in the article?
As the section SteamID#SteamID Uses mentions correctly, the value of X (in the text representation of a Steam ID) is 0 or 1 depending on which game you play. (Speculating it's 1 for games which have a lobby system, though it remains 1 in single player mode.)
But in the (numeric) profile URL, the first 8 bits are always 00000001. (You can't replace it with 00000000.)
So question is, is the universe the X value or the first 8 bits of the 64 bit number (Steam profile URL)?
It can't be both, because the Steam profile doesn't load if I change the first 8 bits to zero.
