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I play Garry's Mod alot and I am over at a friends house who also enjoys games. I downloaded steam for her and I noticed that Garry's Mod is downloaded onto my harddrive. I legally own the game, it is legally on this computer, so why can she, on a different account, Not play it? Or can she? Is there a way she can? |
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Steam games are associated with your account, not with any computer on which they are running. The upside - you can install your games on many different computers with Steam, and games that support the Steam "cloud" feature will even allow you to synchronize save games between the different installations. The downside - a different Steam user cannot play your game, even if it's on the same computer. So, unfortunately, the answer to your question is no - the game must be bought independently for each account. It won't have to be downloaded twice, though. |
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I've noticed that some games available on steam will continue to run even if the underlying steam account is logged out for some reason. This can either be from a bad internet connection or from someone else on another computer logging into the same steam account. These are typically older games that have no steam integration. I know this is the case with Trackmania United. So it might be possible with older release games or third party games to get by the restriction by lauching the game on one computer, then logging into steam with the same account on another computer. If the game doesn't use steam for finding matches (and uses some other method) than it might work. That being said I am not advocating the 'theft' of games from steam. Particularly since your example game Garry's Mod only costs $4.99 right now. You could always gift it to her account :) |
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I've noticed before that if my girlfriend logs into her steam account on my computer that often my games (that aren't on her account) show up as installed and ready, But she can't launch them. The actual files will show up in the list as installed and ready to go, But unless your account is authorised to play the game it won't run. TL;DR - It shows up on the local computer, But won't run unless you pull your wallet out. |
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Just put your game file into Steam Apps and Common: I downloaded Call of Duty: Black Ops with my friend's account, and I was able to play it on my account in both single- and multi-player. |
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It may not work, but try adding it as a non steam game. Otherwise, just log in your account in for her. Just dont log into the same account on 2 computers at once. bad things happen. |
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