DOS76 Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Are the shared accounts and the family accounts the same thing?
SentaiBrad Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Oh sorry, yea I think it is. I was posting the screenshot of the settings for anyone interested in seeing them.
WoodenSaucer Posted February 15, 2016 Author Posted February 15, 2016 It's true that the same account will only work on one computer at a time. But I'm almost sure we've played different shared games on different computers at the same time. I know you can't play the same game at the same time on shared accounts, though. If you try it, it gives whoever is not the owner 5 minutes to either buy the game again or quit playing. I'll test it out later when I get a chance to verify whether you can play different games at the same time, though. But even if you can't, there are still benefits. For one, having the games shared on separate accounts separates your saved game files. That's a big bonus right there. Some games, like Skyrim, won't support that, though. With Skyrim, you can only have one game going, no matter how many profiles you have.
WoodenSaucer Posted February 15, 2016 Author Posted February 15, 2016 Man, guys. I was wrong. I just tested it out a little bit ago. If you're playing a game from your shared library, no one can play any of the other games in your library. That's a load of crap. Really sucks. I can understand them not wanting you to play the same game on two computers at once, but to not even let you play any games is ridiculous. If I bought physical discs on a console, I can play them on any console. Sorry for the misinformation. I guess the only real benefit is having your game saves separated on the games that support that.
SentaiBrad Posted February 15, 2016 Posted February 15, 2016 With the same analogy though, you can't play the same disc or cart on two consoles either. :P That doesn't include different games though, you are right there.
WoodenSaucer Posted February 16, 2016 Author Posted February 16, 2016 SentaiBrad said With the same analogy though, you can't play the same disc or cart on two consoles either. :P That doesn't include different games though, you are right there. Which is why I don't have a problem with them blocking the same game being played on two PCs. But they shouldn't block your whole library. I should be able to play Trine on one PC and Skyrim on another using a different shared account. I doubt if it's ever going to change, though.
SentaiBrad Posted February 16, 2016 Posted February 16, 2016 Probably not. They'll take every precaution they think they need to take to protect against piracy.
DOS76 Posted February 16, 2016 Posted February 16, 2016 Its not working! All kind of there stuff is around but blocked back to their servers so no leaderboards and no DLC but the games are out there.
Dweller Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 I have had some success with putting Steam into Offline mode so family can play something from my library on another at the same time I am playing something. Not all games will run that way but it seems that most do just fine.
WoodenSaucer Posted February 19, 2016 Author Posted February 19, 2016 Dweller said I have had some success with putting Steam into Offline mode so family can play something from my library on another at the same time I am playing something. Not all games will run that way but it seems that most do just fine. I wondered if that would work.
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