Still no way to turn off AFK detection or adjust the time?

[Fulano]

It's pretty absurd that I turn to help a kid put on their coat and I get kicked for being AFK...

I mean, it seems if I queue up some things and zoom out to watch the map for a few seconds and rest my arm I shouldn't get kicked for it... is people going AFK that big of an issue in multiplayer?

EDIT:
I see the game is supposed to detect and give the units back when you return, but the two times we've had this happen it's never given the units back.

[GoogleFrog]

There is a setting. In the game lobby setup untick Adv Options -> Important -> Enable Inactivity Sharing.

Could you send a replay where it broke? It works very consistently in public games. It is supposed to give someone else control of your units if you go idle for 30 seconds. You should get them when you return.

[Fulano]

Thanks so much!
What triggers it to return the units? Just mouse movement?

[GoogleFrog]

Mouse movement and probably other things.

[Fulano]

Alright, I'll mess with it a little more next time it happens, again, thanks!

[Fulano]

It's been working in the last round we played, though it resets all the unit groups and movement settings.

[MasterMind]

The two issues i've seen with afk detection. 1. most of the time when it transfer units and then gives them back, there are ALWAYS at least a few units/buildings not given back to you, so almost everytime you have to manually give back a few units/buidlings to the other player. 2. Every now and then with this enabled almost every building you have stops building and its queu empties, all buildings set to repeat. It's a nice feature but with those issues...I tested this thoroughly thru many games to see what was the cause. disabling inactivity sharing solves the problem.