2 Accounts with one Steam Copy

[Jedimonkey69 0]

So my Brother bought DayZ for my birthday on Steam, but he wants to play it too. The problem is that we both play on the same PC, but on different sides of the computer. When he tries to play DayZ on his side he loads in with my character. Does anyone know if there's a way for him to have his own character on his side and I can keep mine so we don't have to buy a separate account? Kinda like how in Arma 2 you could select different profiles on the Main Menu.

[Skat3rat 1633]

One of you could play on a public hive and the other plays on a private hive.

[AP_Norris 1017]

One of you could play on a public hive and the other plays on a private hive.

No private hives yet.

I wouldn't value your character too much though.

Character wipes are possible and there's always some bandit/ bug that gets you.

[shadow_moses 50]

Easiest solution is to buy another copy of the game for your brothers account. 

[Jedimonkey69 0]

Alright Thanks for the replies.

[St. Jimmy 1631]

Experimental has different database but then you need to change between experimental and normal. Also experimental is 1st person only.

Edited December 23, 2013 by St. Jimmy

[iWerderaner 2]

It's all about steam family sharing

No need to buy another dayz copy and both of you play on your own steam accounts, so everyone got his own character.

Just google it, you need to join a group and get an email when you have been added to the beta.

Got my email today, my brother can play on his laptop now and we only paid once! Really good stuff

Edited December 23, 2013 by iWerderaner