weird question: games on one steam account, expansion on another

[Corporate Thug]

Long story short, I wasn't paying attention and accidently activated my bioshock: infinite key on my roommates steam account. What happens if I activate the season pass on my account? Will it recognize the bioshock folder on the C: drive and allow me to play or is it a lost cause because the game in not on the same steam account?

 

[chimaxi83]

Long story short, I wasn't paying attention and accidently activated my bioshock: infinite key on my roommates steam account. What happens if I activate the season pass on my account? Will it recognize the bioshock folder on the C: drive and allow me to play or is it a lost cause because the game in not on the same steam account?

The only thing that matters is the Steam account. My son and I have Steam accounts, and neither of us can play a game that the other has, if logged into our own account. Steam wouldn't make it that easy

 

[Corporate Thug]

that's just the thing...I'm not trying to play the game, I would be trying to play the expansion(s) only,

 

[Anteaus]

If you purchased it through Steam and assuming the credit card used to make the purchase is under the same name as the account you intended it to be used on, they will probably transfer it. Just write them. If the key came from another source then your options become more limited.

 

[chimaxi83]

that's just the thing...I'm not trying to play the game, I would be trying to play the expansion(s) only,

I see. I'd try this, but I don't want to needlessly buy an expansion for nothing lol.

Technically though, I think the only way this would work is if the expansion was a standalone game, not a Season Pass that requires the base game.

 

[KaOTiK]

Steam wont even allow you to purchase it for yourself since you need the base game to be able to play it. So, no, even if it is installed from another account it can not be accessed or seen by your account.

You could try emailing Steam and explaining the situation and ask them if they will move the game over to your account. I don't know how this goes.

 

[Plimogz]

It looks like you messed up. I really don't think there's any way that you'll get it to work the way it is now.

Like the others have said, your best chance is contacting Steam and asking them to helpfully move Bioshock to your account.

And please, if you do go through the steps to contact Steam's support and try to get the changes made, could you post back with the results?

As much as I like Steam, I'd love to know if they offer this level of costumer support to their clients -- just something more to validate or invalidate the very high esteem which I hold their service in.

 

[frozentundra123456]

It looks like you messed up. I really don't think there's any way that you'll get it to work the way it is now.

Like the others have said, your best chance is contacting Steam and asking them to helpfully move Bioshock to your account.

And please, if you do go through the steps to contact Steam's support and try to get the changes made, could you post back with the results?

As much as I like Steam, I'd love to know if they offer this level of costumer support to their clients -- just something more to validate or invalidate the very high esteem which I hold their service in.

Overall, I like steam, especially the offline mode, and their sales. I have to say though that the one time I used their customer support, I was very dissatisfied. I was having problems logging in to my account and sent a detailed e-mail to Steam support. After 3 days of waiting, I recieved a canned response that bore no relation to the problem that I had described. Actually, the problem was never solved. Since I was having other issues with the computer, I reformatted the HDD and after reinstalling, Steam worked perfectly. Never did know what was causing the problem though.

 

[ManBearPig]

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