Agent Orange
01-01-2015, 08:00 AM
Linking is actually a pretty cool feature in Modern War 5 and this might be the only way to access your account in the future once support for older versions of IOS get dropped.
On IOS linking is tied to your Game Centre account with Apple, in other words you need to be logged into the GC account you used when you set up MW on your device. There was originally a problem with GC not recognizing old Apple accounts (ones that did not use an email) on newer versions of IOS but it seems to be fixed now.
In order to link accounts you must be logged into the same GC account you cannot link between different GC accounts as far as I can tell.
Linking in IOS is pretty much automatic, if the device you are installing MW 5 on does not have GC set up you will need to create a GC account first and if you wish to link multiple accounts it must be the same GC account. Once everything is set up the accounts will show up under the Select Account button.
The 'Link Different Device' only seems to work if you want to link an Android account to your IOS device. If you wish to do this you need to have both devices close together since the link code is only valid for 2 minutes before it expires. Basically follow the directions, click on the This is the old device on the Android account you wish to link. This generates a link code. On you IOS device click on This is the new device and enter that code. The Android account is now linked to the IOS device AND still existes on the parent device. Also of note, if you had multiple player accounts linked to your Play Account all of this will be linked to your IOS device if you link your Droid to IOS! Same goes for going the other way detailed below, you can see where this is going.
NOTE that you cannot run the same account on two different devices at the same time!
On Android linking is tied to your Google Play account. The catch, your device must be able to access the Google Playstore and be able to set up app sync. This may not be possible on some Android tablets. But you can link these non Play accounts to an IOS device using the link different device button.
Linking the same Google Play account works pretty much the same as on IOS. Click the clipboard icon at botton right of screen, select MORE... Then Manage Accounts.
On Android you will have three buttons. Not really sure why the top button exists at this point since you don't seem to be able to link to different Play accounts (might be wrong) but the Link different Device will allow you to link an IOS device to your Play account. This can be useful if you have different IOS GC accounts and therefore cannot link between IOS devices. Basically this linking works same as on IOs where you get a 2 minute link code that needs to be entered on the new device. So basically I linked my orphan IOS account to my Droid which will be important if support for IOS 5 is dropped.
So far this is how it seems to work right now, who knows what might change as we get updates.
I think it is crucial that you back up the devices you want to link before you try anything, take screen shots of the accounts and even generate tickets that you can email to yourself in case something screws up, and perhaps an added insurance policy if gree suddenly 'fixes' something in an upcoming release that nerfs your accounts.
The other thing at least with IOS is I don't know what dire consequences resetting the parent device has on linked accounts. Theoretically there should not be any since the account is now in GC BUT given the number of lost accounts on IOS so that might be worth thinking about.
Good luck and Happy New Year!
On IOS linking is tied to your Game Centre account with Apple, in other words you need to be logged into the GC account you used when you set up MW on your device. There was originally a problem with GC not recognizing old Apple accounts (ones that did not use an email) on newer versions of IOS but it seems to be fixed now.
In order to link accounts you must be logged into the same GC account you cannot link between different GC accounts as far as I can tell.
Linking in IOS is pretty much automatic, if the device you are installing MW 5 on does not have GC set up you will need to create a GC account first and if you wish to link multiple accounts it must be the same GC account. Once everything is set up the accounts will show up under the Select Account button.
The 'Link Different Device' only seems to work if you want to link an Android account to your IOS device. If you wish to do this you need to have both devices close together since the link code is only valid for 2 minutes before it expires. Basically follow the directions, click on the This is the old device on the Android account you wish to link. This generates a link code. On you IOS device click on This is the new device and enter that code. The Android account is now linked to the IOS device AND still existes on the parent device. Also of note, if you had multiple player accounts linked to your Play Account all of this will be linked to your IOS device if you link your Droid to IOS! Same goes for going the other way detailed below, you can see where this is going.
NOTE that you cannot run the same account on two different devices at the same time!
On Android linking is tied to your Google Play account. The catch, your device must be able to access the Google Playstore and be able to set up app sync. This may not be possible on some Android tablets. But you can link these non Play accounts to an IOS device using the link different device button.
Linking the same Google Play account works pretty much the same as on IOS. Click the clipboard icon at botton right of screen, select MORE... Then Manage Accounts.
On Android you will have three buttons. Not really sure why the top button exists at this point since you don't seem to be able to link to different Play accounts (might be wrong) but the Link different Device will allow you to link an IOS device to your Play account. This can be useful if you have different IOS GC accounts and therefore cannot link between IOS devices. Basically this linking works same as on IOs where you get a 2 minute link code that needs to be entered on the new device. So basically I linked my orphan IOS account to my Droid which will be important if support for IOS 5 is dropped.
So far this is how it seems to work right now, who knows what might change as we get updates.
I think it is crucial that you back up the devices you want to link before you try anything, take screen shots of the accounts and even generate tickets that you can email to yourself in case something screws up, and perhaps an added insurance policy if gree suddenly 'fixes' something in an upcoming release that nerfs your accounts.
The other thing at least with IOS is I don't know what dire consequences resetting the parent device has on linked accounts. Theoretically there should not be any since the account is now in GC BUT given the number of lost accounts on IOS so that might be worth thinking about.
Good luck and Happy New Year!