I had some games installed in my computer and my friend even purchased it but not yet downloaded.
I searched internet about how to transfer game data from 1 pc to another and I understand that but I have a doubt/question in my mind.
If I give a game to my friend from steamapps which he even purchased it then whether there will be a problem from steam bans?
(Just thinking) If there is some data of my game and if I give him that steamapps file then will there any problem to me or him? Any account bans will occur?
Ex, I downloaded Battlefield: Badcompany 2 and there was activation key given by steam to me when I first pressed the play button after downloading.
In this case if I give my steamapps\battlefield folder to my friend then will he get the different activation key when he press the play button?
Best Answer
I would say this is pretty safe to copy-paste steamapps/common content between machines (however better look there https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/214125/171544).
Also, you can think about it as different accounts on the same machine (steamapps/common). They both use the very same files\directories, and no one ever suffered from this.
UPD: sorry havent seen clearly last part of question.
The idea of Steam is Digital rights management (DRM), so it is his responsibility to give each of you proper key.