Can't Access Steam Remote Play

[Shendle]

I enabled remote play in steam settings, I've updated steam client, I've tried pairing devices, and nothing seems to work. Whenever I turn on a game and press shift+tab and right click on someone I want to remote play with, the option to "Remote play together" is not there. What do I need to do to access steam remote play?

[GuRu Asaki]

Did you Enable BlueTooth & WiFi Connection to your House
with your Device running as the Client?

This has been messing me up almost every time I try Remote Play with the Phone I have...
Simple Human Error, haha...

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Make sure the other Person also sets up Remote Play, just as you have...

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To avoid Confusion, I usually setup the Host & Client for both Devices
to use the same exact setup...

Only Changes I make for each player, is that the Client User would
use a lower Resolution, like 720 or something, & I think the Sound
is not heard from the Host Machine...

[ReBoot]

What devices are you pairing? Remote play TOGETHER doesn't work with all games. Which games have you tried?

[Shendle]

How do I set up host and client for the same setup?

I was trying to pair my computer and my friends computer.
I don't think I have remote play configured to my steam

I launched a multiplayer game and a non-multiplayer game and neither showed me the option to remote play in the steam overlay. How do I make remote play work for me and my friends?

[ReBoot]

Escrito originalmente por Ravan:

How do I set up host and client for the same setup?

I was trying to pair my computer and my friends computer.
I don't think I have remote play configured to my steam

I launched a multiplayer game and a non-multiplayer game and neither showed me the option to remote play in the steam overlay. How do I make remote play work for me and my friends?

Answer my questions

Escrito originalmente por ReBoot:

What devices are you pairing? Remote play TOGETHER doesn't work with all games. Which games have you tried?

[Shendle]

I did, I said the devices I tried pairing were computers. My computer, and my friends computer. Didn't work or I guess I just didn't do it right maybe?

The games I tried launching were War Thunder and Planet zoo. One is a multiplayer game and the other is not. Neither showed remote play in the steam overlay

[ReBoot]

OK, I get it now. You're mixing up two features here. The invite one is an extension of your couch and requires a couch (same screen) game.

What you paired, is game streaming. There's nothing to invite there. It's for running the game on a beefy home computer but play on a thin client. Not together, no invites.

[Shendle]

Oh okay. Why is there different features? And how do I enable the remote play I want on my computer and invite my friends to remote play from their computers?

[ReBoot]

Escrito originalmente por Ravan:

Oh okay. Why is there different features? And how do I enable the remote play I want on my computer and invite my friends to remote play from their computers?

There's different features for different scenarios. Speaking of scenarios. I for example use remote play (the cloud-gaming-variant) extensively while you don't care about it and that's
absolutely fine!
If you want your friends to play a game with you via remote play together, you have to play a game that works with that. Everything with a local mode is a safe bet.

[Shendle]

But how do I get remote play working though? My question is how do I set up remote play with my friends because I don't know how to that. I can find out what games support it, that's not a problem.

[ReBoot]

Escrito originalmente por Ravan:

But how do I get remote play working though? My question is how do I set up remote play with my friends because I don't know how to that. I can find out what games support it, that's not a problem.

Everything's enabled by default, you only need to invite your friend. ONCE YOU'RE IN A SUPPORTED GAME, that is. https://store.steampowered.com/sale/together by the way, surely not complete, but a good start.

[Shendle]

I did launch a game that supports remote play but the option to "remote play together" did not appear in the friends list. Could it be a bug or something? :(

[ReBoot]

Escrito originalmente por Ravan:

I did launch a game that supports remote play but the option to "remote play together" did not appear in the friends list. Could it be a bug or something? :(

What game is it? Do you get the "Remote play together" popup when starting it?

[Shendle]

No I didn't, and according to what I've read from other people who played the game they were able to remote play together through a "steam link". Is that different?

[ReBoot]

Escrito originalmente por Ravan:

No I didn't, and according to what I've read from other people who played the game they were able to remote play together through a "steam link". Is that different?

As I said earlier

Escrito originalmente por ReBoot:

OK, I get it now. You're mixing up two features here. The invite one is an extension of your couch and requires a couch (same screen) game.

What you paired, is game streaming. There's nothing to invite there. It's for running the game on a beefy home computer but play on a thin client. Not together, no invites.

Sure, you can use remote play (not that "together" part) to get it running with local input. But that'd require you to set up remote play in the first place. And that surely isn't as easy as inviting someone from your list!

So let's get this straight, do you want to remote play with that remote-couch-local-play-over-the-inernet-from-invitiation-function or do you want the other one, which may take more effort to set up? What EXACTLY is your goal? Simply play something with your friend?

[Shendle]

"simply play with your friend" yes sir, exactly that. :3 I just want to screen-share ONE computer and allow them remote access to my game through THEIR computers. We are not in the same house, they all live far away from me. I'm not trying to complicate things, I think this remote play is a little complicated in itself lol. But I think I get what you're saying. So just for clarification, I cannot use this "steam link" thing for what I'm trying to do?