AFK -AWAY FROM KEYBOARD

[Dester]

When playing solo you can press escape to pause the game.
If you haven't used the keyboard after X amount of time your character is listed as AFK.

However if you make the mistake of not pausing the game and walking away then even when AFK arrives you're still vulnerable because monsters wander far distances on the map.

I cleaned out most of a map area, then walked away for 7 minutes... somehow 4 normal werewolves wandering the map found me. When I heard the attacks begin my character died as my hand arrived on the mouse. My mistake and one of the worst ways to lose a hardcore character.

Hopefully in the future when AFK arrives it will automatically pause the game for single players in some future version.

[JiggleBill]

You walked away from the game with a HC in an active map without going back to hideout or pausing? LMAO

[hitem]

you ALWAYS press T -> go to town -> go afk

[Pandorian]

Originally posted by JiggleBill:

You walked away from the game with a HC in an active map without going back to hideout or pausing? LMAO

Or doing /remaining

[Critical]

not pausing the game on HC is pretty insane, no matter how safe you think you are in a zone. What level were you when you died?

[AlphaVictorKilo]

That is not a game issue, that is entirely user error

Sorry dude, but you should know better

[Pervy]

You should know better...

[Dester]

I clearly acknowledged I made a mistake. Lots of toxic people kicking somebody when their down.

My point of the topic was hopefully when the game activates AFK that it will also auto_pause the game thus nobody else has to experience this scenario.

[Pervy]

Originally posted by Dester:

I clearly acknowledged I made a mistake. Lots of toxic people kicking somebody when their down.

My point of the topic was hopefully when the game activates AFK that it will also auto_pause the game thus nobody else has to experience this scenario.

If they were to add this, they better make it a option, and not forced on everyone else.
I would hate having to have this be a thing on my end.

[Pandorian]

Originally posted by Dester:

I clearly acknowledged I made a mistake. Lots of toxic people kicking somebody when their down.

My point of the topic was hopefully when the game activates AFK that it will also auto_pause the game thus nobody else has to experience this scenario.

GGG doesn't really follow Steam forums. They only really pay attention to the official forum where they have dedicated areas such as "Early Access Feedback". If you actually want to provide feedback, you should do it there.

[['w']]

I played once elite dangerous with "voice attack" and was taking a dump, I heard my ship being attacked and told the AI via bluetooth headset my programmed defense phrases.

So all was fine and I could finish my session with out a loss.

[Orb]

Originally posted by w:

I played once elite dangerous with "voice attack" and was taking a dump, I heard my ship being attacked and told the AI via bluetooth headset my programmed defense phrases.

So all was fine and I could finish my session with out a loss.

lmao

[RawMeatDiet]

Another thing:

A pause can sometimes be broken if your character moves, for example if someone pressed WASD keys on your keyboard. This is not always a thing, but in some situations that's how it works.

So if you have a cat that can jump on your keyboard while you went to do something else, or someone might do something to your desk they might accidentally unpause.

It's a good practice to understand that pause does not make you safe for longer than a few minutes maybe.