Sharing library with baldurs

[aguja]

I've been doing the library sharing thing with a friend, earlier on this forum they confirmed that you can play through the shared library, which has no restrictions, but my friend only lets you play when I'm online. I tried to remove his access and give it back to him but nothing has changed, does anyone know what to do to fix it?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by aguja262:

Sharing library with baldurs
I've been doing the library sharing thing with a friend, earlier on this forum they confirmed that you can play through the shared library, which has no restrictions, but my friend only lets you play when I'm online. I tried to remove his access and give it back to him but nothing has changed, does anyone know what to do to fix it?

Sounds more like a handling issue than a Steam Library issue. Tell your friend to restart their PC before starting the game and they shall tell you if the issue still persists that way.

[aguja]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by aguja262:

Sharing library with baldurs
I've been doing the library sharing thing with a friend, earlier on this forum they confirmed that you can play through the shared library, which has no restrictions, but my friend only lets you play when I'm online. I tried to remove his access and give it back to him but nothing has changed, does anyone know what to do to fix it?

Sounds more like a handling issue than a Steam Library issue. Tell your friend to restart their PC before starting the game and they shall tell you if the issue still persists that way.

We are going to try, but he has confirmed that he only sees my games in his library when I am online.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by aguja262:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Sounds more like a handling issue than a Steam Library issue. Tell your friend to restart their PC before starting the game and they shall tell you if the issue still persists that way.

We are going to try, but he has confirmed that he only sees my games in his library when I am online.

That definitely has other reasons than game related ones. But not much can be done without the details. In the meanwhile they should be able to start Baldur's Gate 3 regardless, by making a shortcut of the executable in the local files.

[aguja]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by aguja262:

We are going to try, but he has confirmed that he only sees my games in his library when I am online.

That definitely has other reasons than game related ones. But not much can be done without the details. In the meanwhile they should be able to start Baldur's Gate 3 regardless, by making a shortcut of the executable in the local files.

We don't know what it is. Restarted the PC and still the same. He has sent me a video starting it from the executable file, but when he click it, it directs to the steam's buy page (because he doesn't have access to my library if I'm offline),
but it doesn't make sense because I've already been told that baldurs is playable.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by aguja262:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

That definitely has other reasons than game related ones. But not much can be done without the details. In the meanwhile they should be able to start Baldur's Gate 3 regardless, by making a shortcut of the executable in the local files.

We don't know what it is. Restarted the PC and still the same. He has sent me a video starting it from the executable file, but when he click it, it directs to the steam's buy page (because he doesn't have access to my library if I'm offline),
but it doesn't make sense because I've already been told that baldurs is playable.

Hm. So it is not a launcher issue.

Could you tell him to move the BG3 folder from Steam to another location? e.g. SteamLibrary\common\Baldurs Gate 3 to C:\BG3

then he can try it again with the executable

in regards of the family share issue: are they using multiple family share accounts or just yours? how many in their friendlist as that can be also an issue?

[aguja]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by aguja262:

We don't know what it is. Restarted the PC and still the same. He has sent me a video starting it from the executable file, but when he click it, it directs to the steam's buy page (because he doesn't have access to my library if I'm offline),
but it doesn't make sense because I've already been told that baldurs is playable.

Hm. So it is not a launcher issue.

Could you tell him to move the BG3 folder from Steam to another location? e.g. SteamLibrary\common\Baldurs Gate 3 to C:\BG3

then he can try it again with the executable

in regards of the family share issue: are they using multiple family share accounts or just yours? how many in their friendlist as that can be also an issue?

I've been sharing with another friend for a few months now, and we haven't had any problems. With the friend I'm doing it with now, he only has me in the shared library. I'm going to tell him about moving the folder.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by aguja262:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Hm. So it is not a launcher issue.

Could you tell him to move the BG3 folder from Steam to another location? e.g. SteamLibrary\common\Baldurs Gate 3 to C:\BG3

then he can try it again with the executable

in regards of the family share issue: are they using multiple family share accounts or just yours? how many in their friendlist as that can be also an issue?

I've been sharing with another friend for a few months now, and we haven't had any problems. With the friend I'm doing it with now, he only has me in the shared library. I'm going to tell him about moving the folder.

When the folder is moved, he should be able to play without issues, in doubt with Steam off. But I rather want the Steam Family Share to be resolved, or at least know what causes it. Hence the question about how many friends they have in their friendlist.

Another thing to check if they share their computer with someone else, and some leftover login files for Steam are lingering, causing issues. That can be resolved when removing the userdata of Steam completely.

Maybe clearing the download cache also suffices. In doubt they should consult Steam support directly, so they can check on their account.

[aguja]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by aguja262:

I've been sharing with another friend for a few months now, and we haven't had any problems. With the friend I'm doing it with now, he only has me in the shared library. I'm going to tell him about moving the folder.

When the folder is moved, he should be able to play without issues, in doubt with Steam off. But I rather want the Steam Family Share to be resolved, or at least know what causes it. Hence the question about how many friends they have in their friendlist.

Another thing to check if they share their computer with someone else, and some leftover login files for Steam are lingering, causing issues. That can be resolved when removing the userdata of Steam completely.

Maybe clearing the download cache also suffices. In doubt they should consult Steam support directly, so they can check on their account.

I have 10 friends on my list, he has 21. To remove all user data I should delete a folder, right?

[hotdaniel]

He needs to login on his computer using your credentials and, as you, authorize his computer for sharing.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by aguja262:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

When the folder is moved, he should be able to play without issues, in doubt with Steam off. But I rather want the Steam Family Share to be resolved, or at least know what causes it. Hence the question about how many friends they have in their friendlist.

Another thing to check if they share their computer with someone else, and some leftover login files for Steam are lingering, causing issues. That can be resolved when removing the userdata of Steam completely.

Maybe clearing the download cache also suffices. In doubt they should consult Steam support directly, so they can check on their account.

I have 10 friends on my list, he has 21. To remove all user data I should delete a folder, right?

Kinda. Maybe this suffices

steam://flushconfig - either they open that in browser and get directed to Steam, or he run that in the cmd window which you can open with WIN+R

the userdata folder is in their Steam folder, but best to make a backup especially if they are not using cloud savegames.

[aguja]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by aguja262:

I have 10 friends on my list, he has 21. To remove all user data I should delete a folder, right?

Kinda. Maybe this suffices

steam://flushconfig - either they open that in browser and get directed to Steam, or he run that in the cmd window which you can open with WIN+R

the userdata folder is in their Steam folder, but best to make a backup especially if they are not using cloud savegames.

Ah yes, he just did what you said before to remove Baldurs from the steam folder but it still redirects him to steam.

[hotdaniel]

Just deauthorize each other, login on each other's computers and reauthorize. I'm family sharing with my friend and we had the same issue as you. That's how we fixed it. All I did was back and forth with Bing Chat for a bit and it was able to instruct me how to fix it. My friend was authorized on my computer but I was not authorized on his. Once we did the ol account shuffle, it just worked.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by aguja262:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Kinda. Maybe this suffices

steam://flushconfig - either they open that in browser and get directed to Steam, or he run that in the cmd window which you can open with WIN+R

the userdata folder is in their Steam folder, but best to make a backup especially if they are not using cloud savegames.

Ah yes, he just did what you said before to remove Baldurs from the steam folder but it still redirects him to steam.

Make him exit Steam first before launching the game. Then he can start Steam again once the game is launched. That way it should at least work until you they figured out what is wrong with their family sharing.

[aguja]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by aguja262:

Ah yes, he just did what you said before to remove Baldurs from the steam folder but it still redirects him to steam.

Make him exit Steam first before launching the game. Then he can start Steam again once the game is launched. That way it should at least work until you they figured out what is wrong with their family sharing.

That thing about userdata worked, so thanks :)