share steam account ??

Martini1991 · 8 Dec 2014 at 23:39

How on Earth is it entitled to want to play 2 separate games at the same time on different machines?

I find the situation ridiculously frustrating.
I'd be quite keen to play my FM14 save, while playing my FM15 save. But oh no, I can't launch 2 separate games on my pc.

Oh, I can't launch a second separate game from my Laptop either.

My girlfriend occasionally wants to play the odd game, and nope, she can't.

Offline mode's the only solution.
Origin's the same, but I think it handles it better logging in offline.

I find Steam family sharing to be absolutely pointless, and have done since it launched.

Witcher1979 · 8 Dec 2014 at 23:45

Hmm not sure what the issue is with launching more then one game from your main PC (on steam), I have done it plenty of times in the past. It must be set to certain games, but I can defo launch at least 2 from my main PC random titles.

Martini1991 · 8 Dec 2014 at 23:48

Witcher1979 said:
Hmm not sure what the issue is with launching more then one game from your main PC (on steam), I have done it plenty of times in the past. It must be set to certain games, but I can defo launch at least 2 from my main PC random titles.

Try doing it this moment and let me know what happens.

BigBoy · 8 Dec 2014 at 23:59

I share my steam account with three clan mates via Family Library Sharing, the only Issue is that you cannot all play the same game at the same time, but we dont do that any was as we only shared because each of us have different single player games we all wanted to play. works a charm for that!

Witcher1979 · 9 Dec 2014 at 00:02

Martini1991 said:
Try doing it this moment and let me know what happens.

Batman and Terraria both playing on same PC same steam account:

Can alt tab between the two but it can crash though. Crashes are to be expected, steam will allow you to play as many games on one PC as your PC will allow but each game will be using the audio and other stuff so it will cause a crash no doubt.

Martini1991 · 9 Dec 2014 at 07:49

BigBoy said:
I share my steam account with three clan mates via Family Library Sharing, the only Issue is that you cannot all play the same game at the same time, but we dont do that any was as we only shared because each of us have different single player games we all wanted to play. works a charm for that!

According to the FAQ, that shouldn't work.

Martini1991 · 9 Dec 2014 at 07:50

Witcher1979 said:
Batman and Terraria both playing on same PC same steam account:

Can alt tab between the two but it can crash though. Crashes are to be expected, steam will allow you to play as many games on one PC as your PC will allow but each game will be using the audio and other stuff so it will cause a crash no doubt.

That's odd.
Just tried it myself and it works, I swear it never used to.

Oh well, that means I can play FM14/15 at the same time at least.

spoffle · 9 Dec 2014 at 08:07

Martini1991 said:
That's odd.
Just tried it myself and it works, I swear it never used to.

Oh well, that means I can play FM14/15 at the same time at least.

Why would you do this to yourself?

Martini1991 · 9 Dec 2014 at 09:05

spoffle said:
Why would you do this to yourself?

I take it you've never played FM?

I'm heavily invested in my FM14 save, so much so that leaving my save to play FM15 was like giving up crack.

On FM14, I have a bunch of epic youth prospects coming through, I have a player on the verge of becoming the highest scoring player at international level on the planet.

But on my FM15 save I've started strong and been really enjoying it (I'd hope so after 100 hours too)

stopper · 9 Dec 2014 at 12:58

Martini1991 said:
According to the FAQ, that shouldn't work.

Like I said before, that's how it's working for me on 3 different machines, seems I'm not the only one as BigBoy has exactly the same. I think it only kicks you off if you are using the same account on 2 machines, but 2 different accounts will be fine.
I'm pretty sure Valve said that's how it would work when they first announced it too.

Mockingbird · 9 Dec 2014 at 14:06

So it works if you have three different accounts on the three machines, but the 'main' one (for want of a better word) shares its library with the other two?

I can see it wouldn't work with the same account on all three.

MikeTheNative · 9 Dec 2014 at 14:21

I have definitely had multiple Steam games launch and work at the same time, nothing wrong with a bit of DOTA and FM at the same time.

Martini1991 · 9 Dec 2014 at 14:35

stopper said:
Like I said before, that's how it's working for me on 3 different machines, seems I'm not the only one as BigBoy has exactly the same. I think it only kicks you off if you are using the same account on 2 machines, but 2 different accounts will be fine.
I'm pretty sure Valve said that's how it would work when they first announced it too.

Valve said it wouldn't work like that.

I'll give it a try tonight myself with my brother on his account. I expect it to not work.

Gimpymoo · 9 Dec 2014 at 16:02

Running multiple .exe's from the same account is possible depending if the games do/do not use the Steam DRM hook.

spoffle · 10 Dec 2014 at 10:44

Martini1991 said:
I take it you've never played FM?

I'm heavily invested in my FM14 save, so much so that leaving my save to play FM15 was like giving up crack.

On FM14, I have a bunch of epic youth prospects coming through, I have a player on the verge of becoming the highest scoring player at international level on the planet.

But on my FM15 save I've started strong and been really enjoying it (I'd hope so after 100 hours too)

Oh lawd no, I wouldn't subject myself to that (I'm not particularly fond of football, if despising it counts as such).

Gimpymoo · 12 Dec 2014 at 14:00

Removed.