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Zonkie

Jun 16, 2015 @ 9:30pm

2 ACCOUNTS, ONE pc

Is there a way to have my own survivor on the same PC as someone else? We each bought the game on Steam but only 1 PC in the house can play it.

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MechRaven

Jun 16, 2015 @ 9:32pm

good question,while I do not have an anwser per se, a possible solution...Local Co-op function?

this please ^^

Best Boi

Jun 23, 2015 @ 5:31pm

Bump

Tron©

Jun 23, 2015 @ 5:32pm

Ginkawa

Jun 23, 2015 @ 5:35pm

yes you can.

two separate steam accounts can play on one computer.

though I don't think it can on local, or something. but on online servers it can. while I'm at work my wife plays some on her account, i get home and play on my account. same server even.

Stellion

Jun 23, 2015 @ 5:47pm

It is saved per steam account for multiplayer servers. Boom.

Edit:someone beat me to it.^^

Last edited by Stellion; Jun 23, 2015 @ 5:47pm

Whiplash

Jun 23, 2015 @ 5:50pm

You can have separate single player environments, but it comes down to having to install the game twice. So that each account points to it's own unique install of the game.

Lady Kahn

Mar 5, 2016 @ 7:29pm

I'm having the same problem. How do I install a second version of the game if we both own it through steam?

erra godofmayhem has ARK: Survival Evolved

Mar 5, 2016 @ 10:59pm

Originally posted by nott318:
I'm having the same problem. How do I install a second version of the game if we both own it through steam?

You only install it once, both Steam accounts use the same local files to play the game. I haven't tried this for singleplayer games but when you play online, the server gives you your character / levels / stuff based on the Steam login information.

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It looks like both accounts do use the same singleplayer save game, so if you both wanted to play singleplayer and not share the saves you would need separate Windows accounts, and then different installation destinations for Steam.

I believe it should work that way.

To save download time, once the first account downloads the game, those files can be copied and pasted into the second account's Steam folder.

Last edited by erra godofmayhem; Mar 5, 2016 @ 11:03pm