I was helping my brother with his project, which uses luasteam, but couldn't get it to run initally. I would always receive the following error:
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): Loaded '/home/nkt/.local/share/Steam/linux64/steamclient.so' OK.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; connect to global user failed.Couldn't connect to steam...
Do you have Steam turned on?
If not running from steam, do you have a correct steam_appid.txt file?
I had steam up and running and the steam_appid.txt had the correct app ID, so this wasn't it.
After digging through the documentation in steam_api.rst, I found several additional reasons, why this error could occur. It eventually turned out I was simply missing the product in my steam account, which was easy to remedy.
I suggest amending the existing error message with the additional information, which could help future users troubleshoot this problem more effectively 😊.
I was helping my brother with his project, which uses luasteam, but couldn't get it to run initally. I would always receive the following error:
I had steam up and running and the
steam_appid.txthad the correct app ID, so this wasn't it. After digging through the documentation insteam_api.rst, I found several additional reasons, why this error could occur. It eventually turned out I was simply missing the product in my steam account, which was easy to remedy.I suggest amending the existing error message with the additional information, which could help future users troubleshoot this problem more effectively 😊.