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Bug Report: Cannot enter giveaway if participating in a free weekend

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LieutenantClone

So right now Altitude is on a free weekend, so I installed it to play during this period. Because of this, I cannot enter any giveaways for Altitude because steamgifts says "Exists in your account".

If steamgifts is using the information from your "games" page on the steam community, it is going to prevent many people from entering for games they do not own. Two ways I know of to get a game on that page without owning it, is 1. to play during a free weekend, and 2. to play on a guest pass.

1 decade ago*

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nofing

I agree, that sucks, but I don't think it would be easy to fix, because Steam treats it as the full game.
But, if you want Altitude, just wait 9 more hours and you should be able to enter the give-away.

1 decade ago
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LieutenantClone

I think if you play it, it records the playtime hours, and its permanently on your profile after that.

1 decade ago
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Snesso

No, the hours played and achievements are saved, but its completetly removed from your game library and can enter any giveaway. Just resync your gamelist in here

1 decade ago
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BlueLegion

yeah after the free weekend is over, it removes your license for the game. that is what steamgifts checks for, not playing time.

1 decade ago
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Corpekata

If you remove it and force sync, it fixes this. Though the fact that you have to do so is kind of a pain, as well as the sync page needs to be easier to track down.

1 decade ago
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Closed 1 decade ago by LieutenantClone.