Full private profile can't invite friends

[Bob]

Can't invite friends to sessions as a fully private profile.

[mimizukari]

The answer is to stop being fully private. Sending an invite requires the other person to know what game you're in/and with steamworks require it to be visible publicly. You choose private when you don't want ANYONE knowing what game you're in/etc.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Yuiko:

You choose private when you don't want ANYONE knowing what game you're in/etc.

Obviously not.

And the rest of your asnwer lacks as well.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Originally posted by Yuiko:

You choose private when you don't want ANYONE knowing what game you're in/etc.

Obviously not.

And the rest of your asnwer lacks as well.

This is how it works, and how it's meant to work. When you are private, you can't invite others because you hide your game.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Yuiko:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Obviously not.

And the rest of your asnwer lacks as well.

This is how it works, and how it's meant to work. When you are private, you can't invite others because you hide your game.

Thats just what steam made after an uppdate lately without thinking of the result.

You describe it as a feature.

The answer is to give a setting that allows invites for private profiles. It doesnt make sense to bind ability to play with friends with a profile setting.

A few weeks ago before that update changed it, private profiles showed what they play, and could invite. And now you come along and define how private was meant to be the contrary and why the given person even choosed it.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Originally posted by Yuiko:

This is how it works, and how it's meant to work. When you are private, you can't invite others because you hide your game.

Thats just what steam made after an uppdate lately without thinking of the result.

You describe it as a feature.

The answer is to give a setting that allows invites for private profiles. It doesnt make sense to bind ability to play with friends with a profile setting.

A few weeks ago before that update changed it, private profiles showed what they play, and could invite. And now you come along and define how private was meant to be the contrary and why the given person even choosed it.

Because it was an oversight that you could see what private profilers were playing when they want their games to be private. Now it's fixed. If you want to invite, DON'T be private. Be friends only, there's literally no excuse not to.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Yuiko:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Thats just what steam made after an uppdate lately without thinking of the result.

You describe it as a feature.

The answer is to give a setting that allows invites for private profiles. It doesnt make sense to bind ability to play with friends with a profile setting.

A few weeks ago before that update changed it, private profiles showed what they play, and could invite. And now you come along and define how private was meant to be the contrary and why the given person even choosed it.

Because it was an oversight that you could see what private profilers were playing when they want their games to be private. Now it's fixed. If you want to invite, DON'T be private. Be friends only, there's literally no excuse not to.

You must be new to the internet, people are different.

Especially when you arent affected at all, common sense should tell you not to advocate for the bad of others.

[mimizukari]

it doesn't make sense to enable game invites when the game you're playing isn't even displayed. That lets others know what game you're playing. Completely, against, the intended, purpose.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Yuiko:

it doesn't make sense to enable game invites when the game you're playing isn't even displayed. That lets others know what game you're playing. Completely, against, the intended, purpose.

Private profiles need a function to decide if they want that.


Steam forces to wave all privacy to enable BACK a feature, as a reaction to a new privacy law?

This irony alone shows that something is off.

Private profile people want it fixed.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Originally posted by Yuiko:

it doesn't make sense to enable game invites when the game you're playing isn't even displayed. That lets others know what game you're playing. Completely, against, the intended, purpose.

Private profiles need a function to decide if they want that.


Steam forces to wave all privacy to enable BACK a feature, as a reaction to a new privacy law?

This irony alone shows that something is off.

Private profile people want it fixed.

the fix is go public.

[RaZe]

Originally posted by Bob:

Can't invite friends to sessions as a fully private profile.

And....is ur account limited?JUst ASked...!

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Yuiko:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Private profiles need a function to decide if they want that.


Steam forces to wave all privacy to enable BACK a feature, as a reaction to a new privacy law?

This irony alone shows that something is off.

Private profile people want it fixed.

the fix is go public.

The fix for YOU is to go public.
But not for someone who choosed private. And DIDNT choose it to hide what he is currently playing.
Your fix is absurd.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Originally posted by Yuiko:

the fix is go public.

The fix for YOU is to go public.
But not for someone who choosed private. And DIDNT choose it to hide what he is currently playing.
Your fix is absurd.

you can't be private, and choose to not hide your games at the same time. private means private, no info can be scryed other than is limited or not limited through the use of XML.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Yuiko:

you can't be private, and choose to not hide your games at the same time

At least you got the problem right.

[Saku]

Workaround:

1. On the steam window click on "<USERNAME>" -> "PROFILE" to get to your steamcommunity PROFILE PAGE.
   
2. It should show you the text "Currently In-Game <Game name>" and under it [Join Game] and [Watch Game] BUTTONS.
   
3. Right click the [JOIN GAME] button and choose "COPY LINK ADDRESS".
   
4. PASTE THE LINK to the players you want to invite. It should be a link starting with "steam://joinlobby/"

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Saku:

Workaround:

1. On the steam window click on "<USERNAME>" -> "PROFILE" to get to your steamcommunity PROFILE PAGE.
   
2. It should show you the text "Currently In-Game <Game name>" and under it [Join Game] and [Watch Game] BUTTONS.
   
3. Right click the [JOIN GAME] button and choose "COPY LINK ADDRESS".
   
4. PASTE THE LINK to the players you want to invite. It should be a link starting with "steam://joinlobby/"

Well done.