Family Share Question

[Sol (Squeaker)]

Just want to verify some things about how Family Share would work.

Example:
(Games listed are entirely for example purposes and I have no idea if they're actually sharable or not and I don't have any questions regarding whether the game is sharable or not.)

My Steam Library:
Dragon Age [Bought from EA/Origin, manually added to library]
Witcher 3 [Bought from Steam, automatically added to library]
Age of Empires [Bought from Steam, automatically added to library]
Don't Starve Together [Shared from my sibling]

Friend's Steam Library:
Asassin's Creed [Bought from Steam, automatically added]

Scenario A:
I log into Steam, Friend logs into Steam.
Friend plays Witcher 3.
I play Dragon Age or Don't Starve Together.

Would my friend get kicked from Witcher?

I understand if I wanted to play Age of Empires, he'd get kicked from Witcher. I also understand he doesn't have access to Dragon Age or Don't Starve Together, only Witcher 3 and Age of Empires. SO, I assume if I played Dragon Age or Don't Starve Together, he wouldn't get kicked from Witcher... but it is Steam and there could be weird coding issues just because I'm using steam as my launcher instead of Origin.

Scenario B:
I log into Steam, Friend logs into Steam.
Friend plays Witcher 3.
I play Assassin's Creed.

Would either of us get kicked?

My understanding is that neither one of us would get kicked from our game since we're both accessing each other's libraries at the moment. Family Share only kicks people when they're trying to access the same library, giving priority to the owner.

I would just test this out myself, but I don't want to kick him from his current game and our time available to game varies a lot and is limited right now, so we typically aren't on at the same time to test this and even if we are, we'd rather spend it gaming than test running things.

Thanks in advance if you're able to help! Otherwise... I guess we'll find out some other day when we both have enough free time to play at the same time.

[StickyPawz]

If you're on steam using your library, your friend playing witcher 3 (from your library) is kicked out.

Only one person can access the shared library. Owner gets presedence.

You can't access each other's library if you're both online using your own accounts.

[Sol (Squeaker)]

So, even if the game isn't purchased through Steam and added to my library via the "Add A Game > Add Non-Steam Game > Dragon Age" it still counts against them? I already know they can't access these "Add Non-Steam Games" via Family Share, so I assumed I could still choose the "Play Added Non-Steam Game (Dragon Age)" in my library and my friend would still be able to play the "Shared Steam Game (Witcher)" but I guess it is a Steam related coding issue/bug then.

Like. I could choose to use Steam to launch all of my applications essentially, like MS Word or Google Chrome. So, just because I decide to launch MS Word through Steam, my friend playing Witcher 3 would be kicked? Sounds messed up, but okay. I'll just launch my non Steam games through their original launchers then.

Thanks for taking the time to answer me!

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Iavas:

So, even if the game isn't purchased through Steam and added to my library via the "Add A Game > Add Non-Steam Game > Dragon Age" it still counts against them? I already know they can't access these "Add Non-Steam Games" via Family Share, so I assumed I could still choose the "Play Added Non-Steam Game (Dragon Age)" in my library and my friend would still be able to play the "Shared Steam Game (Witcher)" but I guess it is a Steam related coding issue/bug then.

Like. I could choose to use Steam to launch all of my applications essentially, like MS Word or Google Chrome. So, just because I decide to launch MS Word through Steam, my friend playing Witcher 3 would be kicked? Sounds messed up, but okay. I'll just launch my non Steam games through their original launchers then.

Thanks for taking the time to answer me!

You can play non Steam games without your friend getting kicked out of your games.
Since the game you play is not a part of your Steam library it does not trigger the ownership overrule.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

AC:O is not shareable.

[Sol (Squeaker)]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

AC:O is not shareable.

:qr:

Was using it more so as an example than anything. But it's nice to know that anyway!