Is there an issue with free DLC and Family Sharing?

[IzzyFlames]

I live with my fiancé and my long-term roommate/unofficial carer. We all share game libraries and recently I've gone on a bit of a spending spree. One of the games I bought is a very cheap one called The Bunker 69 ( please don't judge ). It has free DLC that I've downloaded and installed. It unlocks the adult content. When my fiancé tried to play the game, the DLC did not work for him.

Is this going to be an issue with every free DLC? Or is this something to do with it being adult content? Is there any way for my fiancé to download the free DLC and then use my version of the game? How do you tell which games/DLC are shareable through Steam's family sharing and which aren't before purchase?

I know the game I'm talking about at the moment is not expensive and I'm not too concerned about it in particular. I can play it on my account while my fiancé watches. I'm more worried about what this means for our ability to share our games as a household.

[The Giving One]

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.

Can all Steam games be shared with friends and family?

No, due to technical limitations, some Steam games may be unavailable for sharing. For example, titles that require an additional third-party key, account, or subscription in order to play cannot be shared between accounts.

https://store.steampowered.com/promotion/familysharing

Family Library Sharing

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3784-QLBM-5731

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3784-QLBM-5731#dlc

DLC and in-game content

A borrower will have access to the lender's games and DLC, but only if the borrower does not also own the base game. If a they already own the game, they'll need to purchase the DLC themselves in order to play it. For free to play games, DLC cannot be shared since all Steam users "own" the game.

Any user 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.

Trading cards will not be dropped while playing a shared game.

[IzzyFlames]

Did you copy and paste the FAQ? Because I already read that. And it doesn't exactly answer my questions.

Here are my questions, spaced out:

Is this going to be an issue with every free DLC?

Or is this something to do with it being adult content?

Is there any way for my fiancé to download the free DLC and then use my version of the game? (admittedly, I sort of knew this one wouldn't work)

How do you tell which games/DLC are shareable through Steam's family sharing and which aren't before purchase?

[The Giving One]

Nyx eredeti hozzászólása:

Did you copy and paste the FAQ? Because I already read that. And it doesn't exactly answer my questions.

Not only copy and paste, but also linked, as I did not know what you had read so far from your OP.

What did you need more help with, please ? Pretty sure that if the game does not show up for the one you are sharing with, then it does not support family sharing, as far as your question as to what is or is not sharable.

DLC was covered in the FAQ and support pages, or at least I thought it was. Sorry.

EDIT...

No one can see any edits or new posts you make while typing a reply to another post.

[IzzyFlames]

For free to play games, DLC cannot be shared since all Steam users "own" the game.

The problem with this part is that it is free DLC for a paid game. If my fiancé already 'owns' the DLC but not the game... how do? You know? I don't mean to be cranky at you, I just think this is a worrying mistake in the Family Sharing system.

[IzzyFlames]

What did you need more help with, please ? Pretty sure that if the game does not show up for the one you are sharing with, then it does not support family sharing, as far as your question as to what is or is not sharable.

The game shows up and he installed it. But once in-game, it told him he had to have the free DLC. I already downloaded and installed that. When he tried to install the DLC, it said he had to own the game. But I'm sharing the game with him. So why does he have to own the game if he is supposedly already 'owns' whatever is free on here? I hope I've been clearer.

[The Giving One]

Maybe the adult content requires additional terms of agreement for that DLC. I am not sure , but I have never heard of any limitations only because it is adult content.

[IzzyFlames]

No one can see any edits or new posts you make while typing a reply to another post.

Okay? I'm just answering and clarifying at my own speed and hoping that other people will see those on refreshing or after responding. I was aware of that.

[IzzyFlames]

Maybe the adult content requires additional terms of agreement for that DLC. I am not sure , but I have never heard of any limitations only because it is adult content.

That's good to know, at least. It wouldn't be fun to be blocked from sharing adult content with other legal aged people.

[The Giving One]

I don't know for sure if there is additional terms of use that are required for the DLC you are talking about, but it sounds possible, because it is adult content. It just makes sense to me, but I don't know for sure so I don't want to mislead you in any way. Maybe someone else will post with more helpful information. Thanks.

[IzzyFlames]

Well, I saw this post: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/3658515990043882773/?

And that seems to suggest there's a bit of an error on Steam's part concerning free DLC. It works for some games but not for others. It could be the adult content and I can try to ask Steam Support when I'm not exhausted. But I think this might be part of a wider issue. I wish I'd seen the linked post before I made this one.

[The Giving One]

Nyx eredeti hozzászólása:

Well, I saw this post: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/3658515990043882773/?

And that seems to suggest there's a bit of an error on Steam's part concerning free DLC. It works for some games but not for others. It could be the adult content and I can try to ask Steam Support when I'm not exhausted. But I think this might be part of a wider issue. I wish I'd seen the linked post before I made this one.

That thread was posted almost a year ago, so whatever was going on back then, may or may not be going on right now, so just keep that in mind.

It's good to look around for other topics that might also cover what you want to know, but you have to carefully consider when those topics were being posted and discussed.

[IzzyFlames]

The latest comment on it was by the original poster only a couple of days ago (sorry, last comment before my own).

[The Giving One]

Nyx eredeti hozzászólása:

The latest comment on it was by the original poster only a couple of days ago (sorry, last comment before my own).

Ok, yea, I just saw you posted there also. Did you look in the game's forum that the DLC is for and search there also ? Maybe you can find something there about family sharing and the DLC that you are talking about.

EDIT.....................

Looks like the developer is pretty active in this pinned thread at least :

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1150890/discussions/0/1643178512747517159/

Might search around or post there and ask, if you wish.

[IzzyFlames]

I've looked now and it seems like the game had an off-site adult patch before Steam okay'd the free DLC. Although this won't necessarily work in every case, it will give us a workaround for this particular game. I'm surprised I hadn't thought to look for off-site patches. Shows how tired I am.

Thank you for the suggestion, it's helped me find a usable solution. I'll mention on the game's discussion board about what has happened, just so the developers are aware.

[The Giving One]

Nyx eredeti hozzászólása:

I've looked now and it seems like the game had an off-site adult patch before Steam okay'd the free DLC.

That's what I gathered from the pinned thread in the game's forum also, yes. Seems correct.

Nyx eredeti hozzászólása:

Thank you for the suggestion, it's helped me find a usable solution. I'll mention on the game's discussion board about what has happened, just so the developers are aware.

Thanks, and sorry I was off a bit in the replies to your questions and it took a bit. Please feel free to ask anything that was not answered so far, if applicable.