My brother is my character on his Steam Account

[terrvik 2409]

So my brother logged in on his Steam Account today on his computer and updated to latest Beta Patch and so on. The computer has not been used for some time since he has been away. The last time it was used I logged in on MY Steam and played some DayZ. I noticed I was his character so I figured it has something to do with the local files and logge out. I have since been playing on my character on my own computer (in another town even). Now we are in the same house and when he logged in (again, on his steam account on his computer with his local files and all) and he spawned as the character I have been playing.

We have checked our CD-keys in Steam and they are different. It's a mess. :) Help?

EDIT: To clear things up:

- Two different computers

- Two different installs of Arma

- Two different Steam Accounts

- One character

Edited August 5, 2012 by Terrorviktor

[Disgraced 1123]

I think that perhaps you should check the registry on his computer to see if, when you used it, your cd key got stuck in the registry, even though you see his in Steam.

[terrvik 2409]

Yeah, I will check that. I am very sure I am not for some retarded reason is playing with his character on my computer because I remember I recognized my gear and location when I played on my computer. Same with his, that's how I knew I was playing with his character.

[jiffypaper 14]

The Registry will be at fault here like Disgraced said, you'll need a program to open it up and manually paste in the CD-Key on your brothers steam version.

[terrvik 2409]

Any suggestion what kind of a program? I have never messed around with the registry so I am alone and afraid right now.

And once I find the key do you mean to manually paste it in Steam or replace the one in the registry? Because in Steam they are different.

[PhilB 230]

We had an identical problem at our house. We deleted and then re-downloaded both ArmA and CO for both accounts on separate computers. Fixed the issue and hasn't happened again since. You might try that first.

[terrvik 2409]

So the problem solved itself. We Verified the local files in Steam and started both Arma 2 and OA in Steam and that seemed to overwrite the cd-key in the registry, Weird.

Edited August 5, 2012 by Terrorviktor

[Disgraced 1123]

You can just use regedit.

You just need to make sure that, on each of your computers, the keys in the registry matches properly.

EDIT: or that.

Edited August 5, 2012 by Disgraced

[terrvik 2409]

You can just use regedit.

You just need to make sure that, on each of your computers, the keys in the registry matches properly.

EDIT: or that.

I looked around in regedit but I couldn't find the Key. :)