I have a workaround that worked for me regarding this issue and I saw that the locked thread didn't have this solution.

On the "Tips & Tricks" tab, there is a tip on how to solve this. (Being stuck on "preparing to download" and then failing). I tried to follow it. Here are solutions that were specific to me:

• The tip tells you to run some commands into Terminal, I couldn't until I got some things straightened out.
  • Yosemite doesn't have wget, so you have to install that separately: http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/install-and-configure-wget-on-os-x/
• Make sure you install Python.
• When you download the python file from the "wget -O patch_qt5network_wine.py https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=49988" command, make sure that you modify the file so that the beginning is #!/usr/bin/env python INSTEAD OF #!/usr/bin/python
  I was stuck on this for a while. Found the solution here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16757349/bad-interpreter-no-such-file-or-directory-in-python
• When using the "cd ~/.PATH TO YOUR BOTTLE HERE/drive_c/Program\ Files/Origin/" command, you can just do "cd" and drag and drop the folder into terminal and hit enter.
• Run the last command "~/patch_qt5network_wine.py" and you should be fine.

Hi,

Thanks for posting this solution. I'm trying it now, but I don't understand the following line:

"make sure that you modify the file so that the beginning is #!/usr/bin/env python INSTEAD OF #!/usr/bin/python"

I don't see anything like this in either the other instructions or in the terminal feedback. What am I doing wrong, or where am I not looking? Any help, please? Would love to get my game working, but I have to get Origin working first.

Thanks for any help.

Misty D Perry wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for posting this solution. I'm trying it now, but I don't
understand the following line:

"make sure that you modify the file so that the beginning is

!/usr/bin/env python INSTEAD OF #!/usr/bin/python"

I don't see anything like this in either the other instructions or
in the terminal feedback. What am I doing wrong, or where am I not
looking? Any help, please? Would love to get my game working, but I
have to get Origin working first.

Thanks for any help.

Open the file you just downloaded (patch_qt5network_wine.py) in any plain text editor (NOT MS Word or other word processing program) and change the first line.

Thanks!

Doesn't seem to work anymore. The script reports the following output:

md5sum of original file is 63431040c206e8c34c14cfb7c17ae054
Couldn't find byte sequence to patch. Exiting.

So I'm guessing EA changed the file so that it's not possible to do this anymore.