EA launches Origin for Mac (alpha)

brenner_yes wrote:
does that mean mac users can play tapped out on there macbooks ?

I don't think so, but that's just speculation. I don't understand why you can't play phone/ipad apps on a computer. You'd think someone could make a killing making a program that did that.

brenner_yes wrote:
does that mean mac users can play tapped out on there macbooks ?

No, it is basically just a client that helps you manage your account via computer rather than in-game. (In-game implementations are vastly different across different games.) There may be other features, but I honestly haven't delved into it very far beyond friend request management.

I can't even find the place where you can delete pending invites. I found the "block user" feature, but that does nothing for me. Goodbye Origin Client.

As far as I know, there is no way to delete pending requests which is mothfawking stupid. Some people have had success with blocking these users, but that never worked for me so I have a couple dozen requests just sitting there. I wish people would simply decline my invite and rid me off this annoyance.

spiffshine wrote:
As far as I know, there is no way to delete pending requests which is mothfawking stupid. Some people have had success with blocking these users, but that never worked for me so I have a couple dozen requests just sitting there. I wish people would simply decline my invite and rid me off this annoyance.

Wait, are you talking about deleting pending requests on the Origin client with a PC? Yes, there is an easy way to do that, I have done it.

Oh, and yes, my hat is tipped to you for taking my vulgarity and making it better, mothfawking, brilliant, so much more tasteful for this forum that is family rated. I am switching to it officially.

Simpsons00001 wrote:
I can't even find the place where you can delete pending invites. I found the "block user" feature, but that does nothing for me. Goodbye Origin Client.

Same thing here...

http://store.origin.com

Go to the bottom of the screen and find the column that says: "ORIGIN" then you will see download Origin. Once you have it installed, sign in and then you should see "Friends" at the top left. You can accept or decline friends there.

Simpsons00001 wrote:

brenner_yes wrote:
does that mean mac users can play tapped out on there macbooks ?

I don't think so, but that's just speculation. I don't understand why you can't play phone/ipad apps on a computer. You'd think someone could make a killing making a program that did that.

Probably has something to do with IOS being a variant of Debian Unix.

Recoding and compiling for other platforms might be PITA

Chibihalo wrote:

mdfriend wrote:

spiffshine wrote:
As far as I know, there is no way to delete pending requests which is mothfawking stupid. Some people have had success with blocking these users, but that never worked for me so I have a couple dozen requests just sitting there. I wish people would simply decline my invite and rid me off this annoyance.

Wait, are you talking about deleting pending requests on the Origin client with a PC? Yes, there is an easy way to do that, I have done it.

Oh, and yes, my hat is tipped to you for taking my vulgarity and making it better, mothfawking, brilliant, so much more tasteful for this forum that is family rated. I am switching to it officially.

How? Because I have three sitting there for months that I can't get rid of from back when I was stupid enough to go searching for Simpsons names, and go on other sites with add lists for the game, and think those people would actually be active and accept my request.

Beats me. I downloaded the client on my laptop, saw the pending requests. Called it a day. Went in today, no pending friends. Checked game, it shows 0 pending.

Major Confusion

IN-GAME: There is a difference between Pending Requests (invites sent by you) and Pending Invitations (invites sent to you by someone else). The Requests show up under Friends, the Invitations show up under News (which is a whole other bag of stupid).

Mac/PC CLIENT: The invites sent by you ("Pending Requests") do not show up anywhere, and the others who asked for you to be their friend ("Pending Invitations") are called Requests. Why?!?

Anyway, to delete the myriad requests that you receive, you click on the button in the upper right corner and a Friend window will pop up with those Requests right at the top for you to Accept or Ignore.




I clear out my invites all the time, but I can't manage to clear out the requests I sent months ago when I first started to play the game. I see that many of those users have not logged in for months, so I doubt they will ever bestow upon me the courtesy of denying my request. *sigh*