Server ROID vs Linux ID

Yep...
same thing on my linux test server. It uses the shortened Steam ID. For the life of me I've tried finding what is different between the two systems, but to no avail. I too am curious to find out what is causing this.

The more I think about it, the more I believe that when the Steam ID is sent through, the system on linux is only picking up 32-bits of it, instead of the entire 64-bits of the Integer used.

the difference between the LinuxID and WindowsID is a set amount.

WindowsID = linuxID + 76561197960265728

and

LinuxID = WindowsID - 76561197960265728

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Creating an excel spreadsheet should easily convert all the ids for you.

That is very curious.... why on earth did they do it like that?

It isn't an integer representation problem, is it? A limitation in
the way the linux version of the server handles the ID?

RO only used to show the userID's (the same number as the linuxID) and never show the steamID's (same number as the windowsID).

The TWL ladder (which had a RO ladder at the time) then requested for RO to use the steamID's instead of the userID's for compatibility with their Account system for steam games. So TWI changed it, but it looks like they forgot to change it for linux servers.

If you go to C:\Steam\userdata you will notice that the folders there actually have the userID's or commonly called LinuxID's. Where as within the steam community steam uses the steamID's.

Why steam got both steamID's and userID's which are differentiated by a set amount I don't know. But this is the history how I know it. So for the origin of that story you will need to look at Valve's steam rather than at TWI.