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[Fixed] AFK disconnects while idle on lot, basement, dungeon, or POT that you own

Discussion in '*** Bug Report Archive (After R75) ***' started by nimueCW, Feb 1, 2021.

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  1. nimueCW

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    02/01/2021 15:51
    Title: AFK timer doesn't seem to be working correctly
    Reproduction Rate:100%
    Blocker? no, but annoying
    Details:When I have to leave for a length of time, I will go hang in the basement on my lot. Before the AFK changes, it would take a while before the afk auto sit and even longer before it would do an idle disconnect. ( at least more than half an hour for the whole process) Now it sits after just a couple of minutes and idle disconnects in shorter than half an hour. All I am during that time is standing there.
    Steps to Reproduce: Go into basement and wait
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    CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz (8) System RAM: 20457
    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti GPU RAM: 2007
    SotA.Win.64.1340.Date.01.29.21
    Area: BasementSceneDungeonVillage_2Floor
    Area Display Name: Village Stone 2-Story Basement
    Loc: (10.6, 5.0, 6.6)
    Debug: QmFzZW1lbnRTY2VuZUR1bmdlb25WaWxsYWdlXzJGbG9vcnx8KDEwLjU1MywgNS4wMTEsIDYuNjEyKXwoMCwgMC44NjUsIDAsIC0wLjUwMSl8LTExMC4yMTAxfDI3LjQ4MzYzfDMuMDcyMjg0
     
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    I have the same problem.
     
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    Definitely. It's like it "lost" what Chris had put in. We now time out like we did before.

    *goes back to doing the Gypsy Dance while I run to shift the clothes from the washing machine to the dryer*
     
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    Sadly its even shorter than before. I could go in my basement for the half hour it took to pick up the kid from school and be fine. Since the change, I get kicked before I get back :(
     
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    I have been fine till today. Was booted 6 times before noon in brit estates, and I was not using or gaining exp.

    Giving up, think im up to 9 times now. It seems to boot you faster than the old afk timer.

    Edit: This is unrelenting. I think we accidentally put in a bizarro afk timer! I dont think even superman can help us now!
     
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    I finally got to see this happening yesterday, was just trying to see this happen. I had my character stand on the bottom floor of my village home. I waited the 10 minutes and then the character was turned to AFK. I then left my character there and then walked to the store to go pick up some stuff. Of note my character is doing nothing. When I returned home I had the ROMEUS error and my character was logged out. So standing in your home, doing completely nothing, will eventually log you out when you go AFK.
     
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    Is this only happening while on a player lot that you own, or anything specific like that? Ie: ground floor, basement, roof, etc?

    Testing on ground floor on a lot I own:

    I'm @ 21 minutes standing on the ground floor of a lot (on a slow laptop).. but I am alt-tabbing to check occasionally, and I think that was resetting the timer.. switching to basement to see if that makes a difference.

    Testing in my basement

    Update: Looks like alt-tab does reset the clock..I stood up when I alt-tabbed back into SOTA.. so I'm using the Aero Preview or Peek or whatever Microsoft calls it to hover over SOTA occasionally and check what's up.. I appeared to have sat down after ~ 10 minutes, and when I alt-tabbed to double check, I stood up.. so now I'm going to reset my stop watch and time it some more, to see how long till disconnect.

    Update: 2nd time took about ~12.5 minutes to sit down.. Now I'm waiting to see if/when I get disconnected.

    Update: I got disconnected, and stopwatch was at 33 minutes - it probably happened around 30 minutes or so, but I was distracted by TV.

    Testing on my roof

    Update: ~21-22 minutes, not sitting yet.
    Update: ~22.5 minutes, disconnected. I never saw my character sit.. weird..

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    Not sure what the timer(s) were prior to the changes - so I'm going to change the thread title to "Still being disconnected while idle" and mark it verified.
     
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    When I went to to near by crafting pavilion lot NOT owned by me, I stood in the area till I went AFK. then waited. There I didn't get booted off.

    This might be happening only on lots you own?
     
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    That is also a suspicion I had, but I couldn't test it last night (needed to sleep). I'm going to leave the client idle while doing work stuff this morning on someone else's lot, and see what happens..

    1 hour 6 minutes - standing outside an NPC building in Northwood, and still connected.. sat down after about 20 (I went to take a shower, so was probably less)
    .. updating the title tentatively to reflect this.. next step is to test on a lot I don't own..

    Tested on another POT lot (without the owner present) and am still connected (but sitting) after ~ 57 minutes.
     
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    I have only noticed it while in the basement of a lot I own, but I rarely go afk anywhere else. The hubby was able to hang in one of our town devotionals with no issued so you may be on to something with it being a self owned lot. I will try it at a random spot in my POT when I have some time later today to see if that triggers it or not.
     
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    Cool.. I just tested in a POT with the Governor/Lot Owner present the entire time and was not disconnected..

    TLDR/Summary: . this seems isolated to being on a lot, basement, dungeon, or POT that you own.
     
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    45 min in my pot, was sitting but still connected. Unless someone gets to it first, I can check with my dungeon after I get done for the evening.
     
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    Were you on a lot that you own?
     
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    Not that time, I was in an unclaimed area, but since I own the POT was curious if it would count.
    I just tested in my dungeon and it kicked me same as the basement as expected. Looks like you are onto something with it being tied to lot ownership
     
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    Thanks - I updated the thread title and also moved the bug to the POT forum section.
     
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    This will also happen in Boreas Colossus. I entered the scene, stood next to Siksaka. I then did nothing, did not touch mouse or move. I was turned AFK. After a few minutes I was logged off and got the ROMEUS Error. A Player was mentioning this to me, so I thought I should check.

    02/12/2021 22:28
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    CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz (8) System RAM: 16303
    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU RAM: 8079
    SotA.Win.64.1345.Date.02.10.21
    Area: Novia_R2_Hills01_01
    Area Display Name: Boreas Colossus
    Loc: (-99.0, 175.0, -9.6)
    Debug: Tm92aWFfUjJfSGlsbHMwMV8wMXx8KC05OC45ODksIDE3NSwgLTkuNjI3KXwoMCwgMC42NTksIDAsIDAuNzUzKXw4Mi4zODI2MnwxMHwxMy4wNDgx
     
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    Booted 6 times today from my POT. I am going to try to go elsewhere and see if it boots me. Some good theories in here to test:)

    Edit: went to silverdale, not on my property, and I was booted just as quickly as the other 6 times today while i was in my POT not gaining or spending exp. Thank you.
     
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    I was afk all day in Brit wharfs, never had an issue. Then I went to my house in brit estates, and afk booted non stop on the dot. I am going to go back to wharfs and test one more time.
     
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    Ok, i went back to wharfs, and got booted again. So my theory is wrong, however, the new afk timer rules are having a serious issue.
     
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