Steam Download Game To Another Computer
In the past, in order to move Steam games to another hard drive, we had to write a pretty comprehensive guide about junction points and other moderately complex techy stuff. These days, however, Valve has made it much simpler to move games back and forth between drives by building the feature right into Steam. We’ll take you through the process – which is simpler than ever.
Before moving your Steam game, you’ll need to use Steam to create new save locations for your games.
First, open Steam, then in the top-left corner click “Steam -> Settings.”
Transferring steam games from 1 computer to another. Thread starter Jared485; Start date Oct 12, 2013; Forums. I read online itd only be a few seconds of download to verify im on the same steam account but it wants to install the entire game. Whatd i do wrong or is it even possible? 0 King Kii-1359598. How to Transfer Steam Games to Another PC. Make sure Steam is installed on the desktop/laptop where you want to play your game and it is registered to the same account. If Steam is installed on the same drive where you have installed your game then Steam will automatically detect it and you can launch your game from Steam. Transferring steam games from 1 computer to another. I read online itd only be a few seconds of download to verify im on the same steam account but it.
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Once the file validation is done, it might download a few small files or Start the game without re-downloading the entire gigabytes of data. Enjoy playing! How to move specific Steam Games to Other Drive: 1. Copy the game folder from Steam Steamapps common to another drive. Open Steam Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders. When you download Steam, you have to create an account. When you buy a game on Steam, it attaches that game to your account. So if you throw away that PC, or install Steam on another PC at the same time, as long as you log in with your account that you bought the game with, you’ll have the game to download for free.
In the Settings window, click Downloads in the pane on the left, then “Steam Library Folders.”
In the Steam Library Folders window, click “Add Library Folder,” then select the location on another drive where you’d like to install Steam games. Note that this doesn’t replace your original installation location for games but gives you an additional location to install them. Also, you’re only allowed to install Steam games in one location per drive.
Once you’re done, you can add additional Steam Library Folders to other drives in the same way. To change the default Library Folder, just right-click the one you want in the list and click “Make Default Folder.”
From now on, each time you install a game Steam will ask you which of your Steam Library Folders you’d like to install it to.
Now, to move an existing game to another drive, go to your Steam Library, right-click the installed game and click Properties.
In the Properties window click the “Local Files” tab, “Move Install Folder,” select which of your Steam Library Folders you’d like to move the game to and click “Move Folder.”
Conclusion
The process may take a couple of minutes, but once it’s done, the game will be completely ported over to the new drive. We’ve never had issues using this feature, so you can move games around fairly freely without worrying about anything going wrong. Cheers, Valve.
Lend your Steam Library to up to 10 of your friends for free
It’s finally here! Valve's long-awaited Steam family sharing feature has finally hit the masses. You can now share your games with up to 10 friends or family members. Sharing Steam games isn't as easy as just clicking a share button, unfortunately. Your friend will initially need to log into Steam on your PC to enable the sharing process. To help guide you through this process, we've compiled a step-by-step guide on how to enable the Steam sharing function.
Note: A shared Steam Library may only be accessed by one user at a time. What this means is that two users cannot use the same Library to play two different games at the same time.
Step 1: Launch Steam on your computer and have a friend log in to their account. After they try logging in, they will be prompted to enter a Steam verification code (sent to them via email). Once you enter the verification code, your PC will be granted access to their Steam account.
Step 2: Click on the Steam tab and click Exit to log out your friend.
Step 3: Re-launch Steam and log in to your account and click on the Steam tab and then click on Settings .
Step 4: Click on the Family tab and the accounts you can authorize (your friend's, for instance) will be listed below in the Authorized Accounts column. Go ahead and authorize their account.
Step 5: When your friend launches Steam on their computer, your games will show up at the bottom of their library. Note: Only the games you don't already own between you and your friend will be displayed here.
If you’re playing a game that belongs to a friend, that title will have its own independent cloud save and achievements for each account. We like this feature as you won't have to worry about your friends overwriting your personal saved data, but we dislike the fact that you can't just lend out individual games to friends, and you have to lend your entire library instead. The good news is that if your friend is playing a game that you want to play, you can simply boot them out. We also don't like the authentication method, which is very clunky and a little confusing as it took us a while to figure out. In addition, it requires the presence of your friend to phyiscally log on to your computer initially. If your friend has a lot of trust in you, however, they can provide you with their Steam login/password to avoid the initial step, but we only advise this if both parties can be trusted.
Valve has made a very smart pro-gamer move to attract more people to PC gaming since new PC gamers will be able to borrow a friend’s massive Steam Library for free. It will be interesting to see how PC game sales will be affected by this.
What do you think of Valve's new Steam sharing feature? Let us know in the comments below!
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