The Difference Between Friends & Contacts......HELP NEEDED PLEASE

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December 21st, 2013
HappyHelen

The Difference Between Friends & Contacts......HELP NEEDED PLEASE

Hi Dippy Dora ( aka Happyhelen ) here.
Im hoping that someone will be able to answer my questions & help me sort a out my problem

When I want to add someone as a friend ( so they will appear on my friend tab & I on theirs) I usually go through GC, thats if I've got their GC name, as I'm aware that this sometimes differs from their avatar name eg mine is Happyhelen but my GS is 🎅Happyhelen29.
Now sometimes this is not possible to do through GC. So I tend to click on their aviator & send them a friend request that way.
Ive notice today that a couple of days ago I sent 2 friend requests out ( can't remember if I did it by GC or avatar) . Now I'd already spoken to these two people via pm ing them first, so I know they haven't rejected my request.
When I check in my profile they are listed there ( and I am listed on their profile pages ) as a friend, but they are not on my friends tab when I'm playing the game, so I can't visit & help on their farm.

So my 1st question is why ? And what have I done wrong ?
Also what's the difference between Friends & Contacts on our Profile page ?

Some of my friends/contacts have a tick in the friend box & others don't . I don't think this has anything to do with the missing people as I've a few without the ticks & their on my friends game tab.
I've been going through all my listed friends/contacts tonight and noticed that there are a few others that are listed but not on my friends tab. I don't have hundreds as I actually like to know & get to know my friend so I keep my list around 25/30 for this reason.

I hope someone can please help me with this.:cool:
Many Thanks
Happyhelen
December 21st, 2013
willow

Hi. I don't know much about technical things, but his happened to me two days ago. Added someone thru GC, they could see me but I could not see them on the friends bar. They suggested I do a complete shutdown of my iPad and start back up. That fixed the problem. When I to back into hay day they were on my friends bar.

hope this straightens out for you soon.
December 21st, 2013
GrandmaMarti

I tried too

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Originally Posted by HappyHelen

Hi Dippy Dora ( aka Happyhelen ) here.
Im hoping that someone will be able to answer my questions & help me sort a out my problem

When I want to add someone as a friend ( so they will appear on my friend tab & I on theirs) I usually go through GC, thats if I've got their GC name, as I'm aware that this sometimes differs from their avatar name eg mine is Happyhelen but my GS is Happyhelen29.
Now sometimes this is not possible to do through GC. So I tend to click on their aviator & send them a friend request that way.
Ive notice today that a couple of days ago I sent 2 friend requests out ( can't remember if I did it by GC or avatar) . Now I'd already spoken to these two people via pm ing them first, so I know they haven't rejected my request.
When I check in my profile they are listed there ( and I am listed on their profile pages ) as a friend, but they are not on my friends tab when I'm playing the game, so I can't visit & help on their farm.

So my 1st question is why ? And what have I done wrong ?
Also what's the difference between Friends & Contacts on our Profile page ?

Some of my friends/contacts have a tick in the friend box & others don't . I don't think this has anything to do with the missing people as I've a few without the ticks & their on my friends game tab.
I've been going through all my listed friends/contacts tonight and noticed that there are a few others that are listed but not on my friends tab. I don't have hundreds as I actually like to know & get to know my friend so I keep my list around 25/30 for this reason.

I hope someone can please help me with this.:cool:
Many Thanks
Happyhelen

i been trying to figure this also. It only worked for me one time. The friend that it worked on is on my friends tab also, in the game, BUT I think the friend did it from her end. I have tried since to get you on my friends tab, HappyHelen but has been unsuccessful. If you figure it out, please message me.
December 21st, 2013
HappyHelen

Quote:

Originally Posted by willow

Hi. I don't know much about technical things, but his happened to me two days ago. Added someone thru GC, they could see me but I could not see them on the friends bar. They suggested I do a complete shutdown of my iPad and start back up. That fixed the problem. When I to back into hay day they were on my friends bar.

hope this straightens out for you soon.

Thanks Willow, I will try that. TBH I don't really turn my iPad off ( the hubby goes barmy over this).

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Originally Posted by GrandmaMarti

i been trying to figure this also. It only worked for me one time. The friend that it worked on is on my friends tab also, in the game, BUT I think the friend did it from her end. I have tried since to get you on my friends tab, HappyHelen but has been unsuccessful. If you figure it out, please message me.

Hi GrandmaMarti, I'm glad you've read this as your one of the two I've stuggled with. You don't have a sig at the bottom with your GC in hmmm or do you, sorry I can't go out of my post to check. I have tried you through GC.
Can you pm me your GC name if it's not in your sig.
Thanks

And Cricks if your on the forum HELP !!!!!!
December 21st, 2013
HappyHelen

Quote:

Originally Posted by willow

Hi. I don't know much about technical things, but his happened to me two days ago. Added someone thru GC, they could see me but I could not see them on the friends bar. They suggested I do a complete shutdown of my iPad and start back up. That fixed the problem. When I to back into hay day they were on my friends bar.

hope this straightens out for you soon.

Just tried it Willow & it didn't work :cool:
Thanks anyway. I really need to go to bed, my faculties are just not there. I've just gone to buy 5 hats from my sons farm & realised my barn was full, by the time I'd put 10 feed for sale on my RSS went back & they were sold. All I can say is Thank God I buy off my son at max price, unlike him who buys from me at 1 coin, that would have left me feeling😡
December 22nd, 2013
Tiggerr129

Friends in the forum has nothing to do with the game. I actually don't see any benefit from friends on the forum, but I have some because they asked and I said sure.. I think that's what you are doing when you say from their avatar
December 22nd, 2013
Woozle

Quote:

Originally Posted by HappyHelen

Hi Dippy Dora ( aka Happyhelen ) here.
Im hoping that someone will be able to answer my questions & help me sort a out my problem

When I want to add someone as a friend ( so they will appear on my friend tab & I on theirs) I usually go through GC, thats if I've got their GC name, as I'm aware that this sometimes differs from their avatar name eg mine is Happyhelen but my GS is Happyhelen29.
Now sometimes this is not possible to do through GC. So I tend to click on their aviator & send them a friend request that way.
Ive notice today that a couple of days ago I sent 2 friend requests out ( can't remember if I did it by GC or avatar) . Now I'd already spoken to these two people via pm ing them first, so I know they haven't rejected my request.
When I check in my profile they are listed there ( and I am listed on their profile pages ) as a friend, but they are not on my friends tab when I'm playing the game, so I can't visit & help on their farm.

So my 1st question is why ? And what have I done wrong ?
Also what's the difference between Friends & Contacts on our Profile page ?

Some of my friends/contacts have a tick in the friend box & others don't . I don't think this has anything to do with the missing people as I've a few without the ticks & their on my friends game tab.
I've been going through all my listed friends/contacts tonight and noticed that there are a few others that are listed but not on my friends tab. I don't have hundreds as I actually like to know & get to know my friend so I keep my list around 25/30 for this reason.

I hope someone can please help me with this.:cool:
Many Thanks
Happyhelen

Hi Helen, I'm not a techie wizard, could it be that you are confusing forum friends/contacts with GC friends? They are two completely separate things. GC friends are added using the Game Centre App for in-game friends, whereas forum friends are listed on your forum profile page, mainly so that you can keep track of the posts your friends are making as they come up on your news feed. Maybe I misunderstood, but I think that's what you are saying. Let me know if that doesn't clear things up.
December 22nd, 2013
Cricks3

Hi Helen. Sorry to take so long to get here. I do hope I can be of help in solving this.

I need to completely understand what you are trying to ask here. It seems to me that you are attempting to combine and interact with two completely separate entities.

Let's start with GC. As you already know, if you have a person's GC ID, you can send them a friend request through GC, which they must accept in order for the connection to be completed and for both parties to appear on the in-game Friends tab. If you PM the person through their forum account and request their friendship on HD and they PM back to you with their GC ID, you can then type that ID into Game Center and send a friend request for them to accept in the game.

The avatar that you refer to clicking on, appears to be the forum avatar. If so, contacts and friends within the forum are restricted to the forum. You cannot add someone to your HD in-game friends tab by going through their forum profile.

On the forum, Contacts are people who's forum activity you follow but they do not see you...you are a partial connection. Sending a friend request through the forum invites them to be full connection. They receive the request and can choose to accept or not. Should they accept, you become friends ON THE FORUM and will see each others posting activity. So, while it works similarly to the game, the connections are FORUM connections only and have no link to the game itself.

As for what the tick means next to an avatar in your forum friends/contact listing, it means that avatar/profile is selected for an action to be performed. I'll copy/paste what is written at the top of the Contact/Friend page if you tap the Edit Your Friends List button:

"To remove a user from your contacts, un-check the box associated with their avatar and click the 'Save Changes' button.

To add a user to the list, enter their name into the empty text box and click either 'Contact' to add them to your list, or 'Friend' to also send a friendship request."

So there you now have an explanation of the difference between friends in the game and contacts/friends in your forum profile. I do hope I've been able to explain this clearly to properly differentiate the two and have not inadvertently confused things further. :p
December 22nd, 2013
Cazzabee

Quote:

Originally Posted by HappyHelen

Just tried it Willow & it didn't work :cool:
Thanks anyway. I really need to go to bed, my faculties are just not there. I've just gone to buy 5 hats from my sons farm & realised my barn was full, by the time I'd put 10 feed for sale on my RSS went back & they were sold. All I can say is Thank God I buy off my son at max price, unlike him who buys from me at 1 coin, that would have left me feeling

I just tried to send you a friend request through GC Helen but wouldnt go through. Then realised I should have read your signature first and PM'd you. I can't actually believe we are not friends already LOL
December 22nd, 2013
TheDonsta

Lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by HappyHelen

Hi Dippy Dora ( aka Happyhelen ) here.
Im hoping that someone will be able to answer my questions & help me sort a out my problem

When I want to add someone as a friend ( so they will appear on my friend tab & I on theirs) I usually go through GC, thats if I've got their GC name, as I'm aware that this sometimes differs from their avatar name eg mine is Happyhelen but my GS is Happyhelen29.
Now sometimes this is not possible to do through GC. So I tend to click on their aviator & send them a friend request that way.
Ive notice today that a couple of days ago I sent 2 friend requests out ( can't remember if I did it by GC or avatar) . Now I'd already spoken to these two people via pm ing them first, so I know they haven't rejected my request.
When I check in my profile they are listed there ( and I am listed on their profile pages ) as a friend, but they are not on my friends tab when I'm playing the game, so I can't visit & help on their farm.

So my 1st question is why ? And what have I done wrong ?
Also what's the difference between Friends & Contacts on our Profile page ?

Some of my friends/contacts have a tick in the friend box & others don't . I don't think this has anything to do with the missing people as I've a few without the ticks & their on my friends game tab.
I've been going through all my listed friends/contacts tonight and noticed that there are a few others that are listed but not on my friends tab. I don't have hundreds as I actually like to know & get to know my friend so I keep my list around 25/30 for this reason.

I hope someone can please help me with this.:cool:
Many Thanks
Happyhelen

Know I shouldn't but....LOLOLOL!

My head hurts just from reading this post!

Seriously, don't think you're quite up to the proper response tonight...so

Dear DippyDora...
lets see, now 'a friend is a friend in need indeed'...
And contact is the stuff you put on school books, and what pilots say before revving their engines, and if you're lucky, getting lucky = ? (IOU that...now show us yer tea-pot woman!).
December 22nd, 2013
HappyHelen

Thank you so much everyone for your help ( apart from Donsta, who I'll deal with in a minute) it's much appreciated :cool:
I now totally understand , once again explained perfectly Cricks.
So basically the only way to add to my friend tab in game is by GC oh & FB.
I didn't realise that game & forum were separate .

Thanks Cazzabee for the friend request, the reason it didn't come through is because I've got the emoji in front of my name , I'll send you one , how strange that were not already friend & in the same time zone as well.

As for Donsta, well.... I haven't used my delete button for ages ,really must see if it's still working :p

Put the kettle on woman make a cuppa & have your cornflakes or not ! :cool: