Toggle family-mode permanently

[CaptainCamembert]

Hi,

I enabled a family mode for my girlfriend and my father, who both play on my account on different computers. They only see the games that I enable for them. So far so good.

My problem is, that steam on MY computer always starts in the family view and I have to enter my pin every time I want to access my whole library. I there a way to disable the family view permanently for any given computer?

Thanks!

[ReBoot]

You need to use the features like they are supposed to be used.
1. Set up separate accounts for your GF and your father
2. Enable family SHARING to those accounts
3. Enable family view on those two accounts

[CaptainCamembert]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

You need to use the features like they are supposed to be used.
1. Set up separate accounts for your GF and your father
2. Enable family SHARING to those accounts
3. Enable family view on those two accounts

I don't think family view works for games that are shared from different libraries.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by CaptainCamembert:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

You need to use the features like they are supposed to be used.
1. Set up separate accounts for your GF and your father
2. Enable family SHARING to those accounts
3. Enable family view on those two accounts

I don't think family view works for games that are shared from different libraries.

You think or you know for sure?

[Cathulhu]

Family View isn't supposed to be used that way in the first place.

[CaptainCamembert]

I refuse to set up two more accounts for a total of 2 shared games. If I do family sharing I can only share the entire library, which would not be ideal

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by CaptainCamembert:

I refuse to set up two more accounts for a total of 2 shared games. If I do family sharing I can only share the entire library, which would not be ideal

Either that or keep on unlocking your account every time you're using it. Family view is there to lock down AN ENTIRE ACCOUNT because in the whole of computing, that is in every operating system there is, in every online service, it's an account per person. Hence all restrictions are account-wide because if you don't want 2 pepole to share the same restriction, you have to set up separate accounts with separate restrictions.

Set up another 2 accounts or keep on doing what you're doing now.

Well, you could write a program that sits in background, waits for the PIN window and fils in your PIN when the window appears. Run the program on your PC and you'll sort of get what you want.

[CaptainCamembert]

You cannor share individual games. This is the closest there is to it

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by CaptainCamembert:

You cannor share individual games. This is the closest there is to it

Neither can you share individual games when you share accounts. Your point?

[CaptainCamembert]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by CaptainCamembert:

You cannor share individual games. This is the closest there is to it

Neither can you share individual games when you share accounts. Your point?

With family view I can, since only I know the pin. If one could share individual games with othee accounts, this whole workaround wouldn't be necessary.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by CaptainCamembert:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Neither can you share individual games when you share accounts. Your point?

With family view, I can since only I know the pin. If one could share individual games with othee accounts, this whole workaround wouldn't be necessary.

If you consider using a PIN "sharing individual games", then why not family-sharing and then setting family view on their respective accounts?

[CaptainCamembert]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by CaptainCamembert:

With family view, I can since only I know the pin. If one could share individual games with othee accounts, this whole workaround wouldn't be necessary.

If you consider using a PIN "sharing individual games", then why not family-sharing and then setting family view on their respective accounts?

Can you or can you not exclude shared games in family view?

Also: if I share my library, the partner cannot play any gane while I do, this is however possible when sharing the same account.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by CaptainCamembert:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

If you consider using a PIN "sharing individual games", then why not family-sharing and then setting family view on their respective accounts?

Can you or can you not exclude shared games in family view?

AFAIK you can.

[CaptainCamembert]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by CaptainCamembert:

Can you or can you not exclude shared games in family view?

AFAIK you can.

So in order to share individual games, I would have to share my entire library and then set up a family view on the OTHER account, that only I know the pin for?

Can we agree that that's pretty stupid?
There should just be a way to share individual games in the first place anyway.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by CaptainCamembert:

Can we agree that that's pretty stupid?

Can we agree that what you're doing right now isn't anymore less stupid, namely sharing the whole account and then restricting it, expecting some way to have the restriction not apply in certain cases with the system (and any similar system in the world) not being designed designed for this use case?

How is using a set of systems designed for the specific use case you have more stupid than what you're doing?

And while we're at it, this whole ordeal seems stupid. You're sharing with 2 people you know. Why lock down in the first place instead of solving the situation via social means, not technical?

[Spawn of Totoro]

https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

You may not reveal, share or otherwise allow others to use your password or Account except as otherwise specifically authorized by Valve. You are responsible for the confidentiality of your login and password and for the security of your computer system.

Sharing your account can lead to an account lock.

I highly suggest setting them up with their own account and getting them the games they want on them. Then you don't have to put your account at risk AND they only have their specific games on them.

Solves both issues at one time.

And please... read the SSA that you agreed to when making the account and with every purchase.