Friend's pass bug

[Baarms]

my firend gave me his friend pass and we lunch both the same version but in game when he invites me and i join... the game says "your friend doesn't have the full game" bruh i know i have the friend pass at the end we can't game togherer

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same issue, purchased today to play with a friend but it doesn't seem to work

[DarK]

Same

[Mel]

Same for me :/

[Wullruff]

-Player 1 buys the Main Game
-Player 1 starts the Main Game
-Player 1 copies the Key that is displayed when starting the game and sends it to Player 2
-Player 2 goes to SteamLibrary and says "Add A Game"-> "Activate a Product on Steam..."
-Player 2 can now download the Friend Pass Edition and has it in their Library
-Player 2 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 go to into the Ingame Menu -> "Don't Play Alone" is not locked -> invite Player 2
-Player 2 accept the invite via Steam Overlay

Both should be good to go in the lobby.

Hope this helps.

[Chrysalis]

Same

[NotTheBest]

Originally posted by Wullruff:

-Player 1 buys the Main Game
-Player 1 starts the Main Game
-Player 1 copies the Key that is displayed when starting the game and sends it to Player 2
-Player 2 goes to SteamLibrary and says "Add A Game"-> "Activate a Product on Steam..."
-Player 2 can now download the Friend Pass Edition and has it in their Library
-Player 2 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 go to into the Ingame Menu -> "Don't Play Alone" is not locked -> invite Player 2
-Player 2 accept the invite via Steam Overlay

Both should be good to go in the lobby.

Hope this helps.

both players need to activete friend pass? why?

[Wullruff]

Originally posted by NotTheBest:

both players need to activete friend pass? why?

"Activate" only on player 2.
But Yes, Player one also needs to Start this version, so also has to download it (files can be shared if it is downloaded into the same folder).

[NotTheBest]

Originally posted by Wullruff:

Originally posted by NotTheBest:

both players need to activete friend pass? why?

"Activate" only on player 2.
But Yes, Player one also needs to Start this version, so also has to download it (files can be shared if it is downloaded into the same folder).

i just tried it with my friend but it dosnt work does he need to have the full game? if so what is the point of giving friend code pass to friend?

[Dratoran]

Same.

[Wullruff]

Originally posted by NotTheBest:

Originally posted by Wullruff:

"Activate" only on player 2.
But Yes, Player one also needs to Start this version, so also has to download it (files can be shared if it is downloaded into the same folder).

i just tried it with my friend but it dosnt work does he need to have the full game? if so what is the point of giving friend code pass to friend?

Friend does not need to own the full game, but when the friend enters your steam Code into his library, he will have to download the friend pass version.
You will also have to download that version, yours should have more things to select in the main menu, then your friend.

[Wullruff]

Your friend could also try to uninstall the friend pass version, in case they had downloaded it before and then re-add it with your main game key to their steam Library.
There could also be a problem, since you own two games of the series, someone else had a problem with that, not sure.
This video also shows the steps pretty well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f_Ontx4HFY

hope it helps.

[pistolwit]

Originally posted by NotTheBest:

Originally posted by Wullruff:

-Player 1 buys the Main Game
-Player 1 starts the Main Game
-Player 1 copies the Key that is displayed when starting the game and sends it to Player 2
-Player 2 goes to SteamLibrary and says "Add A Game"-> "Activate a Product on Steam..."
-Player 2 can now download the Friend Pass Edition and has it in their Library
-Player 2 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 go to into the Ingame Menu -> "Don't Play Alone" is not locked -> invite Player 2
-Player 2 accept the invite via Steam Overlay

Both should be good to go in the lobby.

Hope this helps.

both players need to activete friend pass? why?

We did this, but it still says my friend needs to own the full game.

[Wullruff]

I'm not sure about this error message in specific, maybe you could re-cite the actual text to help us understand the problem. The friend does not need to click anywhere where owning the game would come up, other than accept the invite via Steam Overlay (when they are already in the freindpass version of the game).

When did you purchase the game, and do you also own a different game of the publisher?

[Sai]

Originally posted by Wullruff:

-Player 1 buys the Main Game
-Player 1 starts the Main Game
-Player 1 copies the Key that is displayed when starting the game and sends it to Player 2
-Player 2 goes to SteamLibrary and says "Add A Game"-> "Activate a Product on Steam..."
-Player 2 can now download the Friend Pass Edition and has it in their Library
-Player 2 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 go to into the Ingame Menu -> "Don't Play Alone" is not locked -> invite Player 2
-Player 2 accept the invite via Steam Overlay

Both should be good to go in the lobby.

Hope this helps.

i did exactly that and still says need to buy the full game. i did download both games, should i uninstall the main one and keep the friends pass?

we also tried running both on friends pass version but still same

[Wullruff]

Originally posted by Sai:

Originally posted by Wullruff:

-Player 1 buys the Main Game
-Player 1 starts the Main Game
-Player 1 copies the Key that is displayed when starting the game and sends it to Player 2
-Player 2 goes to SteamLibrary and says "Add A Game"-> "Activate a Product on Steam..."
-Player 2 can now download the Friend Pass Edition and has it in their Library
-Player 2 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 start Friend Pass Edition
-Player 1 go to into the Ingame Menu -> "Don't Play Alone" is not locked -> invite Player 2
-Player 2 accept the invite via Steam Overlay

Both should be good to go in the lobby.

Hope this helps.

i did exactly that and still says need to buy the full game. i did download both games, should i uninstall the main one and keep the friends pass?

we also tried running both on friends pass version but still same

It is worth a shot to uninstall the main game, but it should not be the actual problem. For us it also took several tries, because I had downloaded the normal Friends pass first, and had to remove it again, and activate it with the Key of my Friend, before installing it.

One thing you could try, is removing the freinds pass for both players, then Add it to Player one's library with their own key. When player one starts, the "Dont Play Alone" should not be locked. If that worked, then add it to player two library with the same key.

But if too many people still have this problem, even after following all the steps, then the Devs might have discontinued the Friends Pass and it is no longer available :(