Steam Families: Can't accept an invite to a family? Here's why and how to circumvent it ...
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2024
- In my last video, I showed you how Steam Families worked; but the times they are a'changing and suddenly people aren't allowed to accept invitations to a Steam Family.
We'll talk about what happened and give you three ideas on how to possibly get around this new restriction.
#steam #steamfamilies #sharing
"Steam: Families & Friends Branch, the Library Sharing Update" would be a great headline to be honest
execpt you cant even add friends cuz you dont live in the same roof :(
You don’t have to share credentials!!! They can just send you a picture with the steam qr and you scan it with your phone. They can log in without the need for those credentials
That's true. Thanks for bringing that up!
2:48 is for local
3:28 is best for sharing for abroad
4:12
thanks man, haven't seen the thread on reddit and your videos helps a lot! cheers!
I wish they would make it so like for someone to be eligible to join your family you have to have a certain amount of time played with them or they have to be in your top 5 most played with friends or something. I don’t have any family members that use steam and even if I did, I’m in college so we don’t live in the same house so this Family sharing feature was basically a giant tease for me
So basically my wife (who only plays single player games) would be ineligible to join my steam family since she only plays single player games. But some random guy I befriended on the internet halfway across the world would be eligible.
Thanks, Its worked,
My location is Indonesia, and my friend is in Ireland (but His steam is Indonesia region),
basically, both accounts must login on 1 PC and using steam android app login QR code credentials
Probably won't work forever - but enjoy it while you can!
alright guys, ive figured it out, after a few hours of researching this bs. takes about ~7-15 minutes.
1) you'll have to do the 3rd point listed in this video first, having your friend/ family member log into your account, then log out
2) have them go through email to accept the invite in the browser, im not sure if they can just accept it in the app versions
3) if that worked, have the person turn on the steam family beta in the app
4) boom, it should be done
edit: If you get the red message saying something along the lines of "this user cant join to account activity in a different area", its best to wait a few days, up to a week, and try again.
Really?
BRO THANK U SOOOOOO MUCH. VALVE WONT LET ME ACCESS DEADLOCK SO I HAD TO BUY A HONG KONG ACCOUNT THAT WAS INVITED AND THIS WORKED.
Tip ur gonna have to pay money to change location if u do what i did but after that log out on ur computer log into the account u wanna share on another computer/laptop then allow family sharing. Log out log into the account you want the game on see you have the invite log out again then go to a browser and accept the invite. Ur gonna have to log into steam website then itll say okay now go to your phone aka steam guard to fully accept it there then it should work.🙏🏾
@@MrGray-mw5bb yeah really, i know its tedious, but it worked all three times i did it with my friends
@@otter8024 meaning u doing with remote acces or not?
@@saitoz2403 yes, my friend was able to join from California while I'm in NC.
Worst part about this is they minimize that fineline, knowing damn well that people share mostly with people outside of their household. Huge step forward, but a huge step backward. can't tell if it's a W or an L.
My issue is both accounts are mine , same wifi same device same everything , but one of them is set to Ukraine store and. I can’t change it
A very esoteric use case. Interesting.
if you bought the account with game you like it might happen that this invite dosent work but you can maybe buy something above buget of 5 usd and change the payment setting to your home counry
i have the same problem
can you tell me if you got the issue fixed because im having the exact same issue
@@adamyang3737 no the only way around it is to make a purchase on that account
Do you think one of these work-arounds will be necessary if two PCs are on the same home network, but one uses a VPN and the other does not? Or each uses a different VPN?
I believe it would be necessary, yes. IP != VPN IP ... so yeah, it would think one person in the house is at the home IP and the other person is in Abu Dhabi or wherever the VPN is routing you to.
@@Darkuni hi we discord screenshared to do the sign in and used the qr code to login from phones.
@@masonfpsrts And it worked?
my friend logged in with my account and it still had the same error message 🙃
Damn, it's getting brutal out there ...
Yeah I'm living in Turkey and my friend in Turkey couldn't join but my friend that lives in Germany came to group without any errors.
@@KaderiBerbatMerdo That's crazy. Who the hell knows what Steam is up to with this ...
@@Darkuni can't even login into my accounts on the same computer, only thing that they don't got in common is different country stores, so i guess valves is doing that one on purpose 😅
@@highfe :( Dayom. Look at Valve going all draconian ...
Good thing I consider my close friends as family.
idk why its completely broken for me. I just made a new account for my wife for the PC we bought her and wanted to add her to the family, we literally live in the same apartment and are connected to the same router via ethernet. Really hope it'll settle in a few days, maybe the account is too fresh
That would be my guess. Steam puts a LOT of restrictions on new accounts.
@@Darkunitrue
hey i have a question, i feel like it’s possible steam could ban me for sharing with someone outside of my physical home. would this be like a VAC ban where i can’t play games online, or would they confiscate my entire game library!?
So far, no. It appears that 1) they just deny the addition or 2) they remove the "offending" person. I keep my ears open on this, and no one has reported ANY sort of ban or hard action like this.
the second one got change fast
Nice explanation man it’s not like people aren’t buying the games on steam or you can share with the entire world 😭 Dey wilding wit dis lmao wha if my cousin live across the Atlantic Ocean fr lmao
You seem to know a lot about computers and tech. I have an important question sir. Where can I get into contact with you?
You can join our Discord. Channel details has the link.
@@Darkuni I’m there!
Bro, cannot my actually family (cousin) that lives next block but a friend living at the other side of the world can?? steam???? bs man, having to share my account data cause they cannot do their shit right is infuriating
They change the rules frequently during this beta. Let me guess - the friend on the other side of the world is a pretty old share, while your cousin that lives close is a recent attempt to add? My ENTIRE share list are people from out of state - I got it BEFORE the crack down. If I removed one of them and tried to readd them? I'm 100% sure I'd be denied. :(
Hi, i tried all the methods and none of them is working. I am currently on my PC, logged with my account on the app, and with my friend account on the Google Chrome. I still get the red error messages :(. I contact Steam and they don't want to support as this is an algorithm which make the verification... i told them we are in the same house but they don't care...
That's because they know you're lying :)
Can I do that part with my cell phone? 3:06
@@Lionfirer88 I don't think so.
Why TF is it named steam families if i can't have my actual close fam share games? Me, my brother and two cousins have been borrowing games on each other's accounts.
Why should it work just like so? Because we also do this for f***ing consoles! We share f***ing discs! F*** valve
The naming is the issue. It should be called HOUSEHOLD SHARING - and it would be being truthful, and accurate.
I logged in with my friends credentials but it still gives me rhe error message. Any idea why?
Maybe it takes a bit of time for it to sync? I don't know. They don't publish how they test these things - so we're all sort of guessing.
Was your friend logged out completely? (Or did you find a solution?)
also! if you sign into your friends account on your device and accept the invite it should work perfectly
Yeah if ur both on the same region but if ur in a different one, ain't gonna work
thanks man, i speak spanish but understand english and this video helps me so much :)
amigo me puedes explicar? jaja
@@isovrhell x2 jaja
@@isovrhell al parecer es para miembros cercanos de la familia, por lo que es solo para personas que vivan en tu misma casa, ,seguro lo hacen rastreando la ip o similar
What about using hamachi? to use the same ip?
all im gonna say thanks you very much
I let my friend log into my account to then authorize to the join but the same error keeps popping up even when invited by another steam family member
Yeah, things are changing rapidly behind the scenes over there and we don't have a clear look inside.
I’m in my house with my brother and I still get the error somehow
Since you're not trying to skirt the system, reach out to Valve and report it and get help.
my problem: the steam familed join me as a kid and now I have restrincted some games and things
@@Mat1as_star have the king of sharing change the restrictions
Circumventing this would be against their T&C.
Yessir. Someone found an interesting "hack" that suddenly stopped working. One user was on STABLE (OG family share) and the other was on BETA (new families share) and somehow they could play the same game at the same time :)
The second method didn’t work for me tho
@@Fuegoaries they keep changing the rules....
How abt using Zero Tier to get in same virtual LAN?
Here is the thing ... Valve doesn't publish any sort of criteria for determining the relationship. Since they won't tell us what they are looking for, we can't circumvent it accurately (likely by design). I expect, at some point, if you're not behind the same external IP? Eventually you will be prohibited from joining a "family". It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Valve is using a Steam to Steam peer check on the LAN to validate what they are looking for.
I miss discs 😢
Or just connect to the same network by using hamachi
I instantly guessed it was an ISP issue when my friends across the country were able to join and both had ATT ISP
Can u explain how make houshold the same because I opened it in my other account and it doesn't work
They are constantly shifting the requirements. If you're not actually behind the same router, I think you're going to have issues. :( People are reporting these tricks aren't working anymore.
@@Darkuniis there a new solution
@@bones.24 Not as of yet :(
awesome!
awesome
Hmm, would hamachi work?
Hmmmm.. maybe if both parties were VPNed into the exact same location ... Maybe??? If you try it, let us know.
It didn't work for me
My cousin in a different country :(
Does way 2 still work
Someone claims they have gotten it to work, but I'm not touching my family as it is setup exactly how I want - and if I'm grandfathered into something older? I'm keeping it!
Can i use remote play?
I think so. That isn't "family" bound - that is bound by your friend's list.
If I use a VPN, will it work?
I don't think so.
my friend lives in brasil 😢
I want someone to my family with my cousin I'm we have games otworrty world like assassins, farcry tomb raider etc.
Thanks You!!!
can i get banned for doing this
@@jorgeskuf they won't let you do anything to get banned.
se puede bloquear un juego que yo compré para que un amigo o familiar no lo juegue? o que se haga invisible para el o ellos.
o puedo jugar MI juego comprado mientras un amigo lo juega y yo lo saco y puedo jugar yo?
You can if the other person is a minor. There are "parental controls" that allow that. But just "user vs user", I don't THINK so. It is changing all the time though.
If you OWN the game, and they are playing it? You start the game it should kick them out. The owner always has priority.
@@Darkuni excelente GRACIASSS
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