Family sharing?

[Mintachip]

I own Sims 3 but none of the expansion packs. If I family share with someone who has the packs, will I be able to play with them?

Not only that, but if I do get them but my friend plays on Steam, will those expansion packs still be in use if it's being used in my world?

[cruinne]

I suspect not. The sharing is about what you own, not what they have/own.

I'm not really sure what your second question is asking.

[Mintachip]

Originally posted by cruinne:

I suspect not. The sharing is about what you own, not what they have/own.

I'm not really sure what your second question is asking.

Sorry, the second question was asking if family sharing expansion packs did work and I used their items in a world, when my friend who owns the packs plays a different game, would the EP items be replaced by something from the base game?

EP's are very expensive and my friend is willing to family share them. I want to own Seasons, Generation or University, however I can't afford all of them.

[cruinne]

That's not really how the stuff works, I think, by reading the Family Sharing FAQ.

If you share with a family member: they get what you have installed/licensed - no more, no less.

If you share a game with them that they already own, it uses their license for the game, not yours. That is, if they already have The Sims 3 installed, and you share The Sims 3 with them, it won't actually ever play through sharing (in theory) since they already have the game; it just uses theirs.

If you share your library with them, you do not get access to their library, or any of their DLC.

If they share their library with you, you get access to their games - but not to any of their DLC if you already own the base game. Because, again, you can't "share" a game that you both already own (and this is based on ownership of the base game, not the DLC).

So... what happens when one of you owns DLC the other doesn't? It doesn't seem to matter: if you both own the base game, there's no sharing the game to get access to extra DLC according to the FAQ.

From the FAQ ( http://store.steampowered.com/promotion/familysharing ):

Who owns and can access the DLC and in-game content associated with a shared title?
A guest will have access to the lender's DLC, but only if the guest doesn't also own the base game. Guests may not purchase DLC for a base game they don't own. Any player may purchase, trade, earn, or otherwise acquire in-game content while playing a game, but in-game items cannot be shared between accounts. These items remain the property of the account that purchased or acquired them, whether borrowing or lending the base game.

Of course, that's just my interpretation... what actually happens? Don't know for sure at all.