Multiple instances to farm hours?

[jdawson243]

Hello, as the title says my question is can you run multiple instances of a same game to farm hours?
I did see this post from earlier.
But this is in relation of running multiple bots on one account and this reddit post
The reddit post supports the possibility and i read through the FAQ
But i couldnt find anything regarding multiple instances, i am already using gamesplayedwhileidle, but id like to farm hours.
If it possible, if so can you guide me to a place with a tutorial.
Thank you

[JustArchi]

As you already linked in your OP, you can't have several instances occupying the same account at the same time. You can connect them, but playing on that account on one instance will automatically kill any other playing instance on the same account. You can easily test this with your own ASF and Steam client, try to launch game on your PC, see what happens to ASF with games played while idle or currently farming.

You can launch up to 32 games at once from one instance on the account, this is why games played while idle accepts an array, not a single appID. Hours this way will be multiplied, e.g. 24 * 32 = 768 hours in a single day (instead of 24), but spreaded evenly across all games you played. It's not possible to add more hours than there are in a day to a single appID, but you can add 24 hours to 32 selected appIDs in a day instead.

If it possible, if so can you guide me to a place with a tutorial.

No tutorial needed, simply specify your 32 appIDs in games played while idle property, FAQ elaborates further on that. If you need help configuring ASF, setting up section is the right place to start with.

[jdawson243]

Thank you for explaining, my understanding of how steam and programs work is equilevant to a toddler trying to fit a cube into circle.
From the reddit and some leaderboards i looked up it was my understanding people were running 32 instances per one game, so again thank you for explaing :)
Also thank you for the cool program!