Steam Family Sharing   allows family members and their guests and friends to play games from each other's Steam libraries, while you will earn your own achievements and have your own independent save.

Step 1.   Log into your Steam account on the computer on which you want to receive games from your library. (You will have to give your friend a username, password and security key Steam GUARD)
ATTENTION: Do not share your account information with strangers! They can use your inventory or Steam wallet balance.

Step 2   Do not forget to check whether your account is enabled Steam guard . This is necessary to increase the protection of your account. You can do this in steam client   and choosing Steam - Settings - Account.
Step 3   Next go to the menu "Steam"   select item "Settings"   and go to the tab "A family"   and press the button "Authorize this computer", to add this computer to the family network of computers that can use your library.

After that, the person whose computer you authorized in your account logs back into your account and sees a tab with your games on the left.

Steam Family Sharing Restrictions

There are several restrictive rules for this feature.

• You can only play the game shared with you if the owner of the game does not log into any of his games on his account. If he decides to play one of his games, then the one with whom they shared will be kicked out of the game in 5 minutes.
• It is not possible to share a single game, only the entire library
• Only 10 devices or 5 accounts can use your library. (One account can have more than one device)
• Cards will not fall out of the shared game
• The game is still subject to regional restrictions
• If fraud and fraud occur on the account to which you have provided your library, then the library owner is also blocked

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Family Library Sharing Feature Now Available to All Steam Users

toribicks 03/03/2014 20:06   | print version | | archive

Valve Corporation continues to develop its service and provide various tools for its popularization and ease of use. Recently, the company has given additional powers to game developers and softwarewho are now able to take part in the pricing policy regarding their products. The next step Valve this time directed towards the players.

Back in September last year, the company launched a beta test of the Family Sharing function, and the other day Valve announced that the test of this "feature" was completed and it (now called Family Library Sharing) is available to all Steam users. To use it, you first need to activate it: go to the settings (Steam\u003e Settings) and select the “Family” tab, then - “Manage family viewing”. Steam will ask you to decide what opportunities you will provide to other accounts, and will offer to enter a PIN code to configure access. After that, the family view will be turned on, and the corresponding icon will appear at the top of the client.

So what are the possibilities that Family Library Sharing offers? If you want to restrict access to some games of the Steam library or the capabilities of the service, then this can be done in the manner described above. Thus, children, for example, will be able to play only those games and use only those opportunities that you yourself will open to them. The Family Library Sharing function will allow the library owner to provide access to up to 10 computers and up to 5 accounts on these computers. To authorize an account of a friend or relative it is necessary that he logs into your account on his computer and clicks on the “Authorize this computer” button on the “Family” tab of Steam settings.

Naturally, at a certain point in time, only one account can be active on one of the computers, which will gain access to the library only after authorization. The account of the owner of the library is of primary importance, and if this user decides to play a game, then all trusted users will be asked within a few minutes to either exit it, saving their progress, or purchase this game and continue. As noted earlier, not all games are available for family viewing: You will not be able to play projects that use third-party keys and services (Uplay and Rockstar Games Social Club, for example) or games that require a subscription. Also, it will not be possible to provide access to a game to gamers from those regions in which this game is not available.

Family access in "Steam" has long gained popularity among users of the platform. The creators of the application took care not only that people could easily purchase games, sell in-game items and cards, but also share their favorite games with trusted friends. How to add an account to steam family?

Login

Before you know how to add a friend to the Steam family, you need to go to visit him. In order for a person who wants to play the contents of the user's library to be able to do this, authorization of the computer will be required, from which this action will subsequently occur. This procedure is very simple. It is enough to open the client installed on the required computer, enter the login and password for an account with a rich game library, and then go to the settings. Next, go to the item called Family. After that, a window of previously added devices will appear, you should find among them this computer   and click the "authorize" button. The system will offer to name computers.

As soon as the actions described above are completed, the device will be authorized in the Steam access. At any convenient time, you can return to this dialog box and find out which of your friends and when used the provided library. Knowing how to add to a family on Steam, you need to understand other features of the function.

Priorities

After the person who learned how to add to the family on Steam successfully applied the information received, any user who logged in to the application on the computer, which he added to the exceptions, will be able to freely access the game library if the latter is free at that moment . At any time, a person will be able to view the list of provided fun using a special filter in which you must enter the nickname of the user who provided them.

The library cannot be accessible to everyone at the same time, if someone plays something from the list, and the owner at this moment launches this client himself, then the "parasite" will receive an alert with a request to soon end the session. If he doesn’t do this in the allotted time, the game will just shut down and all unsaved data will be lost. Owner accountproviding a library always has the highest priority.

Access request

If a friend logged in to Steam from a user's computer, downloaded and installed the game, but forgot to authorize the device, there is a way to add it remotely to the family on Steam. Any fun installed through the computer application will be displayed in the library, signed by the nickname of its owner. It is enough to select it and make an attempt to play. The system will offer to purchase fun or send a request to a friend. You need to select the second item.

Next, you need to give a name to your device, while picking it up so that a friend can understand who exactly wants to use its library. After the request is sent, the user will receive a notification, and his friend will receive an email. After he successfully confirms his permission to use the library, a person will have full access to all the fun bought by a friend, if he himself will not use them, of course. Those who open access to their games, in turn, will find the name of the authorized device in the corresponding list.

Termination of access

If a person who knows how to add to his family on Steam decides to prohibit using his library, he can easily do this by going to the list of authorized devices, selecting the right one and clicking on the corresponding button. The excluded comrade will not be able to prevent this process.

In a modern family, several people can play. It is harmful for children to sit for days on end and rarely does anyone buy a computer for every child. Guests may well come to your descendants for the joint passage of some heroes of a car and a pistol. Children, and often adults, are jealous of their conservation, prizes. If you do not share access, then this is guaranteed to open a season of quarrels. Therefore, it is important to delimit access from the very beginning. Let's do it.

How to set up family access on Steam.

For solutions steam problems   offers Steam Family Sharing mode (Steam access in Steam). Before giving access to a friend, it is advisable to enable the Steam Guard function. After that, you will need to enter not only the password, but also a special code sent from the store. Few more fuss, but worth it. You can enable this mode in Settings. We configure further.

Steam Family Sharing Connection

The function is only possible when the Internet is on. How to setup?

You can share with your friends a whole set of games at once or individual games. Restrictions on use additional computers   very small. Log in up to ten pieces of iron and five accounts. Problems will only be in the case of a large family. However, only one person can play at one time. Game achievements, items and so on are clearly separated. Alas, the wall is growing between the regions. It works only in the same.

Steam Family Sharing   - A new feature of Steam, thanks to which family members and close friends can exchange game libraries with each other. A full release is still a long way off, but beta testing starts next week.

Valve reports that they have been thinking about this feature for a long time, and over time, more and more people express a desire to exchange digital copies of games with family and friends in the same way as they can do with ordinary games, books, DVDs and others physical media   information.

To help you understand this system, below are the answers to frequently asked questions - FAQ.

How to join Family Sharing Beta?
You can express your interest by joining the Family Sharing Group. Testing will begin in mid-September, when thousands of users will have access to share their libraries. You will find out what you have chosen by letter from Steam inviting you to try out a new opportunity.

Is there a limit on the number of devices that have access to the Library?
Yes. Steam allows you to authorize Family Sharing up to 10 devices at a time.

Can I share specific games or just the entire library?
Libraries are exchanged and provided temporarily in their entirety.

Can all games be available to family and friends?
No, due to technical limitations, some games on Steam will not be available for exchange. For example, titles that require an additional key, account or subscription for the game - will not be available for exchange.

Can I share a library with a friend and play the same game at the same time?
No, one player can have access to the library at the same time.

When I authorize a device for sharing a library with others, do I limit my access to games?
As a “sharing” you will always have access to games at any time. If you decide to start the game when your friend is already in the game, he / she will receive a few minutes to purchase the game or exit it.

The title that I took to try with a friend is not available for the game. Why?
Busy games are available only on devices authorized by the owner. Borrowed games will not be available even on an authorized device, if the owner uses the library on another computer.

Who owns and has access to DLC and game content related to borrowed titles?
The occupier will have access to the owner’s DLC, but the occupier will not be able to buy the DLC for a game that he does not have. Any player can buy, exchange, earn or receive game content during the game, but game items will not be available between accounts. These things will remain the property of the person who received them.

Can regional content be shared between regions?
No, any regional restrictions continue to work when exchanging or borrowing.

Will I be punished if any of the other users break the rules or use cheats while playing my games?
Your options for Family Sharing may be disabled if the person to whom you give the game uses them to violate the rules. We recommend that you give access only to those you trust.