RS Update: Can afk longer liao!

• omgukilledkenny

  13 Jan 09, 20:07

  Yay log-out timer increased to 5mins. v

• monster2357

  13 Jan 09, 20:24

  yay fishing will be crowded same as wc

• omgukilledkenny

  13 Jan 09, 20:27

  Originally posted by monster2357:

  yay fishing will be crowded same as wc

  

• monster2357

  13 Jan 09, 20:28

  serious wad, more ppl will aim to get 99 in a skill that they can afk for most of the time....

   

• omgukilledkenny

  13 Jan 09, 20:30

  yea i know i was laughing at your sarcasm.

• kenn3th

  13 Jan 09, 22:56

  dang, if only, it was there before i got 99 fletch..

  knn, i dont need to key in bank pin

• omgukilledkenny

  14 Jan 09, 00:53

  wa piangs another system update.

• kenn3th

  14 Jan 09, 00:54

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  wa piangs another system update.

   i think they add the "wear level99 cape option"

• omgukilledkenny

  14 Jan 09, 00:55

  Originally posted by kenn3th:

   i think they add the "wear level99 cape option"

  for f2p? swee swee la.

• kenn3th

  14 Jan 09, 00:56

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  for f2p? swee swee la.

  
  cheesebun, they better add hor
• hEaveN tEars

  14 Jan 09, 00:59

  hsahahahaha! i tink that is the best pressie from RS to kenneth if they add e button. HAHAS

   

  and and die rate higher. those ppl lag .. den 5 min later den they will log out. how?

• kenn3th

  14 Jan 09, 01:03

  Originally posted by hEaveN tEars:

  hsahahahaha! i tink that is the best pressie from RS to kenneth if they add e button. HAHAS

   

  and and die rate higher. those ppl lag .. den 5 min later den they will log out. how?

   you should worry, cause you always afk and have random events teleporting you away or trying to kill u

  anyways, release notes from Andrew, Jagex Founder

  Last edited on 02-Jan-2009 17:27:44 by Andrew

  You will be relieved to hear that the proposed change to the auto-logout timer should NOT reduce your chances of survival in the case of a lost connection/power cut/crashed computer etc.. 
  
  In RuneScape there are currently 3 logout related timers: 
  
  1) There is an 'idle' timer. This is currently set to 90 seconds, and auto logs you out if you haven't moved the mouse or pressed a key for 90 seconds. This is the one we are proposing to increase up to 5 mins. 
  
  2) There is a 'lost connecton' timer, which detects long periods with no network communication from your computer. (e.g. bad lag, or lost connection, or crash). This removes players who have lost connection. This is set to 30 seconds. This is NOT CHANGING. 
  
  3) There is a 3rd timer, to stop people deliberately unplugging their network during combat to escape combat, this waits an additional 60 seconds if you lose connection during combat. This is also NOT CHANGING. 
  
  As you can see neither the combat or lost connection timers are being adjusted. Only the 'idle' timer which is used in non combat situations to detect people who have left their computer unattended. 
  
  As to the REASON it is being changed. It is because it is a (very) common request that it be made a bit longer, which we are responding to. The most common example of where this helps is if you are playing the game and doing something else at the same time. For example say you have your character cutting down a tree, and are also reading the RuneScape forums (keeping a careful eye on your other window to watch for random events, but not interacting with it), at the moment after 90 seconds of forum reading the other window will suddenly logout, which is annoying. So it's upped to 5 minutes now. 
  
  Finally for people who are worried this will increase the risk of AFK cheating. We considered this, but aren't overly worried it will, since the timer we are increasing wasn't really made as an anti-cheat measure anyway, and wasn't effective at preventing that anyway. It was possible to bypass by simply leaving something holding down a key on the keyboard anyway.

• omgukilledkenny

  14 Jan 09, 01:07

  the update was for nuts!?!?!?!

• kenn3th

  14 Jan 09, 01:09

  hidden update, just maybe a gltich found then corrected
• omgukilledkenny

  14 Jan 09, 01:13

  the "wear level99 cape" glitch? ahha

• hEaveN tEars

  14 Jan 09, 01:13

  win liaos lor. i always afk de.

• kenn3th

  14 Jan 09, 01:14

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  the "wear level99 cape" glitch? ahha

  sadly no

• kenn3th

  14 Jan 09, 01:15

  Originally posted by hEaveN tEars:

  win liaos lor. i always afk de.

  
  andrew say, does not reduce survival chances
• hEaveN tEars

  14 Jan 09, 11:14

  it reduce survival chance lah! with longer time being att. sure die one what

• kenn3th

  14 Jan 09, 11:22

  haha, see la, raine, afk somemore lor.

• hEaveN tEars

  14 Jan 09, 11:35

  liddat den is call multi tasking ma.

   

  this is the singaporean spirit!

• kenn3th

  14 Jan 09, 12:01

  the point is, afk last time will always logout

  knn