Will the dalamud plugin still work if the FFXIV window is minizmized?

My only reason for grabbing this helpful plugin was to avoid the risk of being dropped from instances with door bosses whenever the group decides to take a long/extended break.
It's not a deal breaker, but having the plugin always active stops me from getting the afk status symbol in non-instanced areas, which could potentially mislead others. A simple switch, "Enable only in instances?", could be of benefit here.

Dalamud log:

2022-08-31 00:12:36.485 +08:00 [ERR] [LOCALPLUGIN] Error while loading AntiAfkKick
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
 ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.DefaultInterpolatedStringHandler' from assembly 'System.Runtime, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.
   at AntiAfkKick_Dalamud.AntiAfkKick..ctor(DalamudPluginInterface pluginInterface)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor, Boolean wrapExceptions)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke(Object obj, Object[] parameters)
   at Dalamud.IoC.Internal.ServiceContainer.CreateAsync(Type objectType, Object[] scopedObjects)
   at Dalamud.Plugin.Internal.Types.LocalPlugin.LoadAsync(PluginLoadReason reason, Boolean reloading)
   at Dalamud.Plugin.Internal.PluginManager.LoadPluginAsync(FileInfo dllFile, LocalPluginManifest manifest, PluginLoadReason reason, Boolean isDev, Boolean isBoot, Boolean doNotLoad)
   at Dalamud.Plugin.Internal.PluginManager.InstallPluginAsync(RemotePluginManifest repoManifest, Boolean useTesting, PluginLoadReason reason)
2022-08-31 00:12:36.489 +08:00 [ERR] [PLUGINW] Plugin installer threw an unexpected error
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
 ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.DefaultInterpolatedStringHandler' from assembly 'System.Runtime, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.
   at AntiAfkKick_Dalamud.AntiAfkKick..ctor(DalamudPluginInterface pluginInterface)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor, Boolean wrapExceptions)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke(Object obj, Object[] parameters)
   at Dalamud.IoC.Internal.ServiceContainer.CreateAsync(Type objectType, Object[] scopedObjects)
   at Dalamud.Plugin.Internal.Types.LocalPlugin.LoadAsync(PluginLoadReason reason, Boolean reloading)
   at Dalamud.Plugin.Internal.PluginManager.LoadPluginAsync(FileInfo dllFile, LocalPluginManifest manifest, PluginLoadReason reason, Boolean isDev, Boolean isBoot, Boolean doNotLoad)
   at Dalamud.Plugin.Internal.PluginManager.InstallPluginAsync(RemotePluginManifest repoManifest, Boolean useTesting, PluginLoadReason reason)

Dalamud version vD6.4.0.48

Sometimes I get up to do make dinner, feed pets, LIFE. And sometimes it takes me just barely over 30 minutes. Nothing hurts quite the same as coming back to that kick, but I feel like it'd be irresponsible to just turn on AntiAFK and forget about it, as I sometimes get wildly side-tracked to the point of not coming back for hours.

I think I'd be more comfortable with it if I could limit how long it would let me be AFK, so I don't get the short end from just handling household responsibilities, but if I get completely side tracked, it can let me get bumped after an hour, hour and a half of me not doing anything, myself.

The plugin doesn't seem to be working anymore.

I have the plugin installed via ACT, and it has worked flawlessly until today. I was logged out of the game while addon was running.

For me, the .dll works just fine, but I wanted to have the standalone for a backup variant. My antivirus isn't flagging it, it's just disappearing immediately after download on Win 11. No warnings or anything, it's just, gone.

Cant thank you on discord cause privacy settings so I hope you dont mind me saying this here Just wanted to say thanks for the afk plugin. I for one appreciate it and don't abuse it like overnighting with it. I use it when I work so I don't get kicked when I'm on a work call or something.

Im sure some people come at you with pitchforks over this plugin but from myself and many others IM sure I am grateful for the plugin.

Have a great day and happy new year and Ill continue to support this.

In AntiAfkKick/AntiAfkKick.cs in the current revision (16 days old) https://github.com/Eternita-S/AntiAfkKick/blob/44e3b75e2d31c94384b555492488fecabbc82816/AntiAfkKick/AntiAfkKick.cs

Below is the code referencing the tick and the next key press.
The way it is writting Next Key Press is never updated from 0
This means that the if (Native.GetTickCount64() > NextKeyPress) will return true 100% of the time.

The if statement is then not needed, the variable is also not used, and the rest is determined by the thread being inactive for more than 1 minute.

Sorry to bug you, I'm mostly just curious.

static ulong NextKeyPress = 0;

  new Thread((ThreadStart)delegate
                {
                    while (true)
                    {
                        Thread.Sleep(10000);
                        Console.WriteLine($"Cycle begins {Native.GetTickCount64()}");
                        try
                        {
                            if (Native.GetTickCount64() > NextKeyPress) {
                                foreach (var handle in Native.GetGameWindows())
                                {
                                    if(Native.GetForegroundWindow() != handle || Native.IdleTimeFinder.GetIdleTime() > 60 * 1000)
                                    {
                                        Console.WriteLine(Native.GetTickCount64() + ": Sending keypress to FFXIV window " + handle.ToString());
                                        Native.Keypress.SendKeycode(handle, Native.Keypress.LControlKey);
                                    }
                                }
                                **//NextKeyPress = Native.GetTickCount64() + 2 * 60 * 1000;**
                            }
                        }
                        catch (Exception) { }
                    }

The code is essentially the same this way right?

 new Thread((ThreadStart)delegate
                {
                    while (true)
                    {
                        Thread.Sleep(10000);
                        Console.WriteLine($"Cycle begins {Native.GetTickCount64()}");
                        try
                        {
                         foreach (var handle in Native.GetGameWindows())
                            {
                                 if(Native.GetForegroundWindow() != handle || Native.IdleTimeFinder.GetIdleTime() > 60 * 1000)
                                 {
                                     Console.WriteLine(Native.GetTickCount64() + ": Sending keypress to FFXIV window " + handle.ToString());
                                     Native.Keypress.SendKeycode(handle, Native.Keypress.LControlKey);
                                 }
                            }
                        }
                        catch (Exception) { }
                    }

since i use that plugin i have kinda random missbehaving from my COntroller. like im Moving and suddenly stops walking even the Stick ist still tilted. could this be happend because of the plugin ?

Hello,

I am using Wordsmith plugin for roleplay to write paragraphs but for some reason, if I write for 5 minutes, the afk status (red chair) activates. This does not happen if I am alt tabbed out of the game.

Is there a chance that Wordsmith disables the AntiAFkKick plugin while you are using the plugin to write text?

seems the plugin will not work when using gamepad and afk without any move of keyboard and mouse.

Hi, it seems to be working with quick tests in EW, but wondering if you could make it configurable keypress time?

The press time seems too short -- every two minutes, as per NextKeyPress = Native.GetTickCount64() + 2 * 60 * 1000;

Would be great if something closer to 10 or 15 or even 20minutes -- if it could pull from a settings area or so!
thanks!

Do you think its possible to add support for Bozja and Zadnor? Waiting for CLL and Dalriada and always end up forgetting to move every 10 mins.

Hi,
just for acknowledgement, Windows Defender is starting to flag it as PUA.

I'm not entirely sure when this left movement key press happens, is it when I have the game minimized, when I have the game window open?

Hi, just as the title says.

It appears because it uses the ctrl key,this does not work when using a controller. However once controller is removed it works.

Any chance this could also send a controller button press to work with both methods?

Hi, just like the title says, ever since SE messed with steam logins, I've been getting the anti-afk timer.

the dalamud plugin version seems to not work most of the time, gonna try ACT now

I really only use my Windows computer for Final Fantasy XIV, so I'm not very knowledgeable about how to fix this or if it can be fixed.

Hello~,
I was wondering if adding a config file with a min/max delay and a random might be a good idea so that there is not a left control key stoke at exactly 2 mins (or what ever its set to). Also maybe a Max Run time too.

I am terrible and rusty with the coding I do know... so forgive me if I butchered things

This is the project file I was working on. If there are any passwords they were all set to Password.
Thoughts.zip

I added app setting and a config file so save/adjust setting for the time between clicks.

	<appSettings>
		<add key="DelayMinMinutes" value="10"/>
		<add key="DelayMaxMinutes" value="25"/>
		<add key="Pause" value="True"/>
	</appSettings>

I never got around to messing with the pause...

On the AntiafkKick.cs I added some menu to the notification icon so you could see what config you had setup. I was going to add a drop down with about 5 options for min and max. Probably 1,2,5,10 for min and 5,10,15,20,25 for max, with max replacing the min if a user is silly enough to go low on the max and high on the min. But I was lazy and out of practice so I didn't figurer out the dropdown on the notification menu and just placed the values in the config file and manual update them as I want.

                String DMinMin;
                String DMaxMin;
                DMinMin = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("DelayMinMinutes");
                DMaxMin = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("DelayMaxMinutes");
                Console.WriteLine(": The value of DelayMinMinutes is " + DMinMin);
                Console.WriteLine(": The value of DelayMaxMinutes is " + DMaxMin);

                n = new NotifyIcon
                {
                    Icon = icon,
                    Visible = true,
                    Text = "Anti AFK Kick",
                    ContextMenu = new ContextMenu(new MenuItem[]
                    {
                        new MenuItem("Anti AFK Kick"),
                        new MenuItem("-"),
                        new MenuItem("Min Delay is set to: " + DMinMin),
                        new MenuItem("Max Delay is set to: " + DMaxMin),
                        new MenuItem("Exit", delegate { n.Dispose(); Environment.Exit(0); }),
                    }),
                };

And I adjusted the key press tickcount adding the random from the min/max in the config file. I didnt idiot proof it so incorrect min/max can cause issues.

                              Random rnd = new Random();
                               int rInt = rnd.Next(int.Parse(DMinMin), int.Parse(DMaxMin));
                               Console.WriteLine(": The value of random is " + rInt);
                               NextKeyPress = Environment.TickCount + rInt * 60 * 1000;

I also tossed in a bunch of comments because as I mentioned I'm nub at coding... I haven't done anything in 10 years+ and even then I was only through some basics.

I was thinking of adding to it somewhere... to add a stop/start to the menu and a time out period to the config file. Adding a time out to allow people set a max run time, say 2 hours? The anti-afk kick program would stop at that point. They could turn it back on by going back in to the stop/start on the menu and reset the count timer?

Last thought I had for people that are worried about game TOS/EULA violations is potentially making it a pop up reminder with a "AFK Wake" button every set period of time. Making it so they are actually pressing the key to wake their character. Have it pop up at a set interval by the user and put a count down timer based off 30 mins minus inactive window time. Potentially adding a chime or sound notification to go with it.

I dont know... As is works for me~.

Thanks for the program

Hello.

It is understandable if this is on purpose, but feel like it should be documented if it is. You still get kicked out for being afk in frontline.

Not sure what we're doing wrong here, but attempting to run the standalone version results in the "side-by-side configuration is incorrect" error message upon launch. My buddy tried it as well and said he couldn't get it to run either. Thoughts or ideas as to what we're missing?

Standalone version and ACT plugin are expected to be working immediately, but due to internal game changes a changes to the program/plugin might be required. Please report here if you encounter any problems, feel free to report that program works fine as well if it does for you.

Additional information: to test it without risk of being kicked - enter any duty undersized and go afk for 7-10 minutes. Should you come back and see no messages that you are being inactive - the program/plugin is working fine. Should you see a warning about auto-kick from duty, it means anti-kick does not works.

FF14 had a huge new patch today and the AntiAFGKick Standalone no longer works. :(

Heyo,
Been trying to get the plugin to work for 4hours now and It just doesnt seem to be sending any keypresses to my XIV client.
Installed it the usual way, have tried redownloading the plugin, ACT itself etc and notthing seems to work, sadly..
Is this plugin in need of an update to work with the latest ACT update?

Cheers

Just wondering is people are getting banned from using this as I've heard people had gotten banned for using macros before. If it's unlikely then that would be cool to avoid the que times.

I had used this over the past few days via ACT with no issue (currently caring for family with limited mobility, and have to step away frequently). However, as of today the activity in the plugin window appeared different, and I had gotten kicked back to the title screen.