I can no longer access the sharing access mode

[veetsu]

Hello everyone, I have an account that a friend asked me to log in to in shared access, but he ended up putting the account in family mode, in that I lost the sharing of my friends' libraries, when I removed my account from my friend's family, I could no longer access the shared access mode, this mode simply disappeared from my steam, if this has already happened to anyone on the platform, could you give me some light in relation to this?

[Ogami]

The old family share system is gone and has been replaced by the new Steam Families system.
You have to be a part of a Steam Family to share games with the other members of it.

Steam News Announcement    Sep 11, 2024

Steam Families is here 

Hello! We are excited to announce Steam Families is now available for all users. Steam Families is a collection of new and existing family-related features.

[Leonardo Da Pinchi]

Originally posted by veetsu:

Hello everyone, I have an account that a friend asked me to log in to in shared access, but he ended up putting the account in family mode, in that I lost the sharing of my friends' libraries, when I removed my account from my friend's family, I could no longer access the shared access mode, this mode simply disappeared from my steam, if this has already happened to anyone on the platform, could you give me some light in relation to this?

With new Steam Families, once you leave a Family, you're unable to join others for up to a year.

This is to prevent abuse of the system via "renting out" libraries for achievements and whatnot, which is exactly what was happening with the Poker Night games for example.

[veetsu]

I undestand, thanks guys

[kubiq]

i want to add my friends from a different region but its not letting me do it. How do i fix that

[Ogami]

Originally posted by kubiq:

i want to add my friends from a different region but its not letting me do it. How do i fix that

You dont. You no longer can share with people from other countries.
Everyone in a Steam Family has to be from the same country and have their store set to the same region.
Its meant for close FAMILIES, not "friends" in other countries.

[daniel]

Sucks when I live in two countries and can't share with myself! My fault for buying in the cheaper of two currencies I guess

[Ogami]

Originally posted by daniel:

Sucks when I live in two countries and can't share with myself! My fault for buying in the cheaper of two currencies I guess

If you live in 2 countries for equal amount of times select one of them as your "default" and set both of your accounts to that region. Then you can enter a Steam Family with both of your accounts.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by daniel:

Sucks when I live in two countries and can't share with myself! My fault for buying in the cheaper of two currencies I guess

What's stopping you from setting both accounts to one single country?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

Originally posted by daniel:

Sucks when I live in two countries and can't share with myself! My fault for buying in the cheaper of two currencies I guess

What's stopping you from setting both accounts to one single country?

Cheaper games.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Cheaper games.

:nkDaze:

I mean, if he really lives in both countries whats stopping him from setting both accounts to the cheaper region? Unless that story is not true of course.
But who would lie about something like that.

[Piston Smashed™]

Why would you make two accounts setting them to two different regions, when you could have simply made a single account and set it just to the cheaper of the two regions and not be worried about playing your games when moving between the two?

[Kargor]

Also, even if your "friends" are in the same region -- keep in mind that families are seen as rather static things; kicking one member and adding another one into the free slots requires a MASSIVE amount of waiting time.

The new system is trying to be a PITA for people trying to abuse it.

[oznchurchill]

I used to be able to share via Family Sharing with my sister in another country, and now that's gone with the new "Steam Families". Thanks a lot Steam, guess she's not family enough now.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by oznchurchill:

I used to be able to share via Family Sharing with my sister in another country, and now that's gone with the new "Steam Families". Thanks a lot Steam, guess she's not family enough now.

Thank the people who abused that function and used it to sell access to "cheap" games.