Can't AFK for longer than 5-10 minutes, game stops working

[kitty]

Can't perform AFK activities (riding, fishing, cooking etc) in tray or with game opened for longer than 5-10 minutes. After that my character stops reacting to my commands (can't draw weapon, can't run, can't use items) and it spams "please try again in a moment"
Started to happen around New Year update, haven't noticed it before.

Is there any fix or should I kiss goodbye life skilling and making any profit from it? I've seen people had this issue few years ago, probably there's a fix?

[Karna5]

Interesting, since around that time I've been disconnecting a lot as well, even just standing at a bank. It got to where I shut down the game several times a day and play something else as I've been having trouble maintaining a connection. I assumed it was my ISP, but if more people are also having the issue maybe something in the game changed.

p.s. And yeah, one of the symptoms of this is not being able to open my pack or my character sheet or mount a horse or talk to NPCs.

[Tsel13]

I know this is going to sound real dumb and I'm sure you have already eliminated this possibility, but Windows just released some pretty hefty updates. Would they going on in the background be the culprit?

[kitty]

Originally posted by Tsel13:

Would they going on in the background be the culprit?

no, I'm using Win 7 and it won't update on its own even if there's any update.
also I started to get CTDs (probably once a day) with some memory error, had no performance issues with this game so far. Something changed around New Year. I've seen people reported this bug (inability to move after AFK time) 3-4 years ago on PC and consoles so I doubt it's related to my hardware or software.

[kitty]

Karna,
did you had that message about trying again? or is it just refuses to let you control your char?

[Karna5]

Hi :) At around 7 PM ET I logged in my Shai with the intent to take another kill-5000-borings to earn some more ore and see if I could succeed this week in making a PEN ring, necklace or earing (can't remember if she needs belt as well). The first fifteen minutes or so she couldn't open her pack or talk to NPC. Eventually she disconnected, and when I got back in she was able to talk to NPCs and was looking through the Item Loot list to see what a good thing to kill 5000 of might be (something that could benefit my witch for skill points and loot if she does most of the killing for my shai).

About ten minutes into scanning the list I disconnected, so I gave up and shut down the game and will play Fallout 4. I'll probably try again in a couple of hours.

My natural assumption is the problem is ISP related as I live in a rural area in a city of only 800 people, so though my internet is supposed to be 50 Mb it's not wired like big city internet is. I only mentioned my symptoms here because if other people really are seeing the same issue I wanted to pipe in, but if most people don't get this problem I'll assume the problem is local.

This said, it's been pretty bad the last couple of weeks. I may have to eventually retire from BDO if it continues this badly :)

p.s. I don't have this problem with GTA Online.

[Tsel13]

I had a similar issue a few weeks ago.
I couldn't see my character when I brought up the skills screen.
I tried talking to the Storage Keeper and Central Market manager and no options would come up.
I couldn't open my inventory and so on etc....
I did a scan files through the PA launcher, waited the hour it took to do it, and the issues seemed to subside for me, but that was me. I don't know if that will work with you all, but maybe worth a try.

[Karna5]

Originally posted by Tsel13:

I had a similar issue a few weeks ago.
I couldn't see my character when I brought up the skills screen.
I tried talking to the Storage Keeper and Central Market manager and no options would come up.
I couldn't open my inventory and so on etc....
I did a scan files through the PA launcher, waited the hour it took to do it, and the issues seemed to subside for me, but that was me. I don't know if that will work with you all, but maybe worth a try.

Interesting, that's exactly what I've been experiencing. And for me as well coming back a couple of hours later often works. After I made the above post I logged into GTA Online, drove around for a while and did a bunch of stuff and had no issues.

I don't know if the problem is internet related, but if it is, it only affects BDO because Red Dead Online and Grand Theft Auto Online never have problems with me.

I don't want to quit BDO, but the last couple of weeks the disconnects and the menu issues have been fairly severe. I'll try to hold out at least through this week before seriously contemplating surrender :)

[kitty]

I don't believe it's connection related. Today I kept playing without leaving the game to run unattended, no issues while I'm actively playing. But if I'll leave it to run on its own it will stop my AFK activity and I won't be able to do anything (use weapon, inventory or even move around). It takes between 5 and 10 minutes of inactivity (3 fishes caught and it stops fishing).
Issues with connection won't manifest only in AFK mode, I'd be getting same issues in active mode but it's not happening.

Originally posted by Karna5:

I don't want to quit BDO, but the last couple of weeks the disconnects and the menu issues have been fairly severe. I'll try to hold out at least through this week before seriously contemplating surrender :)

that's unfortunate. I'm also thinking about my options as it greatly impeded my progress and ability to enjoy the game. If I won't be able to AFK cooking/processing I won't be able to save for better gear because I don't grind that much. I don't like the idea of wearing same rags for years, lol

[Tsel13]

Originally posted by kitty:

I don't believe it's connection related. Today I kept playing without leaving the game to run unattended, no issues while I'm actively playing. But if I'll leave it to run on its own it will stop my AFK activity and I won't be able to do anything (use weapon, inventory or even move around). It takes between 5 and 10 minutes of inactivity (3 fishes caught and it stops fishing).
Issues with connection won't manifest only in AFK mode, I'd be getting same issues in active mode but it's not happening.

Experiment: Try doing your AFK by keeping your inventory open or press P on your keyboard and keep the Life Skills progress UI open. Either one stops the what I call the Screen Saver mode from coming up. See if that works.

Originally posted by kitty:

If I won't be able to AFK cooking/processing I won't be able to save for better gear because I don't grind that much. I don't like the idea of wearing same rags for years, lol

Too funny. 😂

[Maconijnr]

Ermm you guys probs already checked this but have you checked power settings on your system :)
@kitty your symptoms are sounding like you are going into a lower power state, which turns down networking power or even turns off the network card all together and can cause the game to not respond correctly, make sure any hibernation (suspend to ram) settings are disabled in your power settings and disable the network card low power option :) there is an option for allowing windows to turn off stuff to save power when it thinks you are not active I.e haven't moved the mouse or pressed a key for 10 mins :)

other option I can think of, is if the server itself that you guys are playing on is crowded, I have 1 gig net fibre, and all though I myself don't really experience problems my wife who plays on older hardware gets all sorts of weird things happen when the server fills up heavy :)

[kitty]

I'll see if it works with life skill tab opened. also I have read people managed to fix it by making their pearl costume visible. I recently crafted myself training gear into costume with coupon, probably it's related? so I'm making it visible and keeping tab active, will see today how it goes.
as for hibernation, I don't believe it's the case as I usually push game into tray and listen to youtube vids while I'm doing my home chores and youtube keeps working while game stops.
also steam has to prevent any sort of hibernation (it sits like rootkit in the system to prevent it so if you play game outside of steam with controller it will turn screensaver in 10 minutes but won't do that if steam is opened).

[Tsel13]

Originally posted by kitty:

I'll see if it works with life skill tab opened. also I have read people managed to fix it by making their pearl costume visible. I recently crafted myself training gear into costume with coupon, probably it's related? so I'm making it visible and keeping tab active, will see today how it goes.
as for hibernation, I don't believe it's the case as I usually push game into tray and listen to youtube vids while I'm doing my home chores and youtube keeps working while game stops.
also steam has to prevent any sort of hibernation (it sits like rootkit in the system to prevent it so if you play game outside of steam with controller it will turn screensaver in 10 minutes but won't do that if steam is opened).

Oh, okay.
Yes, you are 100% right. All UI's that are up in-game close when you minimize to the tray.
As 'Maconijnr' posted some servers are more congested than others try a different group. Like the NA Velia servers. They may not show crowded, but they are CROWDED. 😊

EDIT: How did things go this time kitty and Karna5?

[Karna5]

Originally posted by Tsel13:

EDIT: How did things go this time kitty and Karna5?

I had problems around 7 PM ET today but tried again around 11 PM ET and was able to play for about an hour in the desert until I started timing out. I didn't want to risk dying to desert sickness from a time out, so I made my way to the bazaar and logged out. So there's still a problem, but I got some playtime in. I'll try again in several hours :)

On side note, I estimate my witch killed around 1500 desert naga in the time my shai would have killed about 650 :) However, I was on a non-season server so am not sure how much of that is better monster density.

[kitty]

Originally posted by Karna5:

non-season server so am not sure how much of that is better monster density.

it's because no one jumped in and killed/lured monsters. usual thing on season server, so it goes twice faster on normal server. or your other class is just better at killing.

I tried to do AFK run while training horse in looped path. but unfortunately I busted the test because I saw notification about reaching training artisan, rushed to check what are my extra chances to breed :)
I tried to fish and it worked fine for 15-20 minutes.

what I did before launching the game:
windows settings - completely disable screensaver in case it interferes with the game
ingame - kept life skill tab opened and pearl costume visible.

something from these things definitely helped, at least for a short period of time of the test. I will try tomorrow to run game in tray to see if it also runs without issue.

thank you guys for constructive feedback, it definitely helped :)

[Karna5]

Originally posted by kitty:

I tried to do AFK run while training horse in looped path. but unfortunately I busted the test because I saw notification about reaching training artisan, rushed to check what are my extra chances to breed :)

Congratulations on Artisan training! That's a huge deal, particularly with the auto-run unlocked!

I'm trying to look up my breeding chances on my trainer character (Guardian) but disconnected while looking up her stats.

Without gear (230 mastery) she's +1% of higher tier horse.
With gear (789 mastery) she's +4%.

Gear for me is:
TRI manos riding crop (+220 mastery)
DUO Izaro Trainers Clothes (+120 mastery)
TET loggia belt (+40)
TRI loggia necklace (+28)
TRI loggia ring (+24)
TET loggia ring (+32)
PRI Manos Earring (+25)
TRI Manos Earring (+65)
Trainers Costume (no mastery increase, but I wear it for the other bonuses)

So (somehwhat sadly) gear counts for even more than skill in BDO, but that artisan sprint bonus is one of the best skill bonuses in the game in my opinion.

[Yikes, disconnected a second time while typing this, so I better log out before the game wipes out all my hotkeys again.]

I imagine you've seen this BDO horse breeding rate calclator?
https://www.somethinglovely.net/bdo/horses/

If you're not planning to keep the horse but only want it for breeding and exchange, that calculator tells you how high level you need to make the horse for maximum chance of good outcome.

Congrats again on Artisan. That's wonderful :)