Any way to disable this new smart un-away system?

[mbncd]

I might've looked through it but I've been searching for a while now and can't seem to find a way to disable the un-away system. Has anyone else found a way?

Frequently, I'll leave the game running all day, but a lot of that time I won't actually be paying much attention to it. For example, I might be waiting for specific things in game like a time of day for gathering points or a type of weather for fishing or just waiting for retainers to get back. During that time, I'll usually set my status as /afk and keep the window minimised until I next need to check on it.

With the new system however, if I move my mouse (such as to minimise the window or to bring up another on top of it) after setting /afk, the /afk status is disabled because it thinks I'm not /afk anymore.

Has anyone been able to find a way to stay /afk and still be able to move the mouse? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Pantz]

System settings (configuration) at the bottom most tab on the left (the ...) called "other settings". Auto-afk. Change it to "off".

[mbncd]

System settings (configuration) at the bottom most tab on the left (the ...) called "other settings". Auto-afk. Change it to "off".

That sounds like the way to stop the smart away system, I'm referring to the smart UN-away system. As in, it saying I'm not AFK when I just told it I am because I moved the mouse after saying it.

[McGeek]

System settings (configuration) at the bottom most tab on the left (the ...) called "other settings". Auto-afk. Change it to "off".

Searched on google to turn off the afk system. Got to this, solved my problem, thanks

[Thaliss]

Hi,

I was curious about that too.
if you set /away manually you can't move your mouse? if so this is wrong

[mbncd]

Hi,

I was curious about the that too.
if you set /away manually you can't move your mouse? if so this is wrong

Right. Even if it's not the active window. I thought for a moment that I'd solved the problem by alt-tabbing out of the window and then back into the window and AFK status stayed enabled. I then alt-tabbed to the other window again and moved the mouse and the FFXIV window recognised the movement and I was instantly not in AFK mode anymore.

[Pantz]

Right. Even if it's not the active window. I thought for a moment that I'd solved the problem by alt-tabbing out of the window and then back into the window and AFK status stayed enabled. I then alt-tabbed to the other window again and moved the mouse and the FFXIV window recognised the movement and I was instantly not in AFK mode anymore.

The new auto-afk settings is set that if you enter the auto-afk mode, any action (like moving your mouse) will bring you out of auto-afk instantly. At least that was how I inferred it to be from the patch notes.

[Enepttastic]

The new auto-afk settings is set that if you enter the auto-afk mode, any action (like moving your mouse) will bring you out of auto-afk instantly.

Except the new settings are also effecting setting afk manually via /away or /afk.

[Pantz]

Except the new settings are also effecting setting afk manually via /away or /afk.

Ahh. Didn't know that.... Well that sucks...

[Sadana]

Except the new settings are also effecting setting afk manually via /away or /afk.

Oh that sucks. We need both auto-away and manually set afk.