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Post by colem32 on Jul 8, 2016 23:47:51 GMT -5
On the Blockhermit server a timer of 15 minutes runs and detects whether a player is afking or not and once the timer is up it kicks you off. Now this timer has limited me in various ways as many of my builds require afking such as; mob grinders, iron farms, auto wheat/carrot/potato/beetroot farms, fish farms...etc. The reason the server has this timer is to reduce lag, but more importantly open up player slots for new players looking to join. This is understandable, however this timer does contribute to server lag as well as restrict the members who are truly invested to this server and strive to make it better, yet cannot as they are unable to use the very builds they create. So I ask as a dedicated member that it be fully removed or at very least extended to 2 hours.
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Post by HayanTokki on Jul 9, 2016 2:26:33 GMT -5
The built in auto kick does not contribute to lag on its own. And with the addition of so many new players and higher player population in general, the idle timeout will not be removed and it will not be extended. The kicking of players who afk helps unload many chunks that have no real need to stay active. This decreases mob spawns for other players who are actively playing. There are smart ways to afk that we currently accept such as fishing.
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Post by colem32 on Jul 9, 2016 10:05:21 GMT -5
Well at least I tried...lol
Wait how do you afk with fishing is it just an afk fish farm or just clicking with a fishing pole or what???
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Post by veeesix on Jul 9, 2016 10:08:46 GMT -5
You can rebind your keys to fish.
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Post by colem32 on Jul 10, 2016 23:08:31 GMT -5
Okay so i tried just holding right click with a fishing pole and it didnt work and tried using 3 different kinds of afk fish farms nothing has worked so far... So could u give a detailed explanation of how to afk effectively on blockhermit??
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Post by HayanTokki on Jul 10, 2016 23:41:26 GMT -5
Like veee said, rebind your keys. Make right click trigger by using a key and just wedge something there. I usually bind it to K and stick my house keys in there.
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Post by TheBlockMage on Jul 11, 2016 9:45:31 GMT -5
A little confused. The rules on the website state: "Don’t AFK. The server will automatically kick you if you are idle for more than 15 minutes. However, it is possible to afk using other methods. This is not advised. Players may experience kicks from active seniors if caught."
If we are going to permit "approved" ways to AFK maybe we should update the rules and include those methods there.
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Post by veeesix on Jul 11, 2016 10:23:25 GMT -5
iirc the announcements tell players not to AFK in public farms, rather than not AFK'ing at all.
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Post by Cobbett on Jul 11, 2016 14:01:38 GMT -5
AFKing at spawner xp farms is often a big multiplayer problem as spawners ignore the mobcap, but one of the plugins we have should force a limit to 32 mobs.
Players will be kicked if their AFK method is causing undue lag. If the server is crowded players afk fishing might be kicked too.
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Post by colem32 on Jul 11, 2016 17:57:42 GMT -5
Okay so far what I understand is that you need to be able to continually trigger right click to have the fishing pole activate...correct?? If so i just use tape and tape down right click. Now ive tried afk fish farms and after the first catch the server isnt able to keep up with the trip wire detecting the bobber fast enough so the fishing pole just continually fires but the iron trapdoor never closes in time to stop it from retracting. So either i dont fully understand your directions or it just doesn't work. ill try rebinding and see if it makes a difference.
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Post by HayanTokki on Jul 11, 2016 20:18:26 GMT -5
You likely aren't triggering the iron door/iron trap door correctly if this is the scenario. Turn off the auto jump and stand closer. If this doesn't work either, they may have fixed fishing altogether.
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Post by BlueMoonWarrior on Jul 15, 2016 16:10:12 GMT -5
AFK fishing does not work, I have done it several times and every time, I get kicked from the server to make room for active players.
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Post by HayanTokki on Jul 15, 2016 16:19:04 GMT -5
Myself and several non-seniors have no problem afk fishing. If the server needs the space, it will still kick players that are idle regardless of what they're doing.
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Post by skippyjond on Jul 28, 2016 18:48:12 GMT -5
If you are having trouble afk fishing look at xisumavoids video on it and go to the link to the tutorial he used hope this helps  -Skippy |
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Post by LayaElisabeth on Aug 1, 2016 16:56:58 GMT -5
i've recently been kicked for being idle in the middle of doing stuff..  |
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