/AFK in English, German, Spanish and Dutch. Read further to find out more about Slash AFK.
Latest version: 4.7 (Searching for translators)
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There is also a LITE version, which has less options and more ease.The full version contains many more options than displayed here, check it out!
On another game i used to have an addon that remembered my missed whispers when I was afk, well now Runes of Magic has that and more with total control over the messages displayed when you go AFK, are AFK and and received whispers and return to your keyboard.
Primary characteristics
- No dependencies
- Many, many options and settings
- Graphical and Commandline
- AddonManager, ComeOnIn and Temeraire compatible
- No advertisement in the chat, uses intended (AFK) prefix on automatic messages
TIP- To just change the language of your AFK/DND messages, select the language from the dropdown menu and click the 'Reset Messages' button, then select the language you want to use for the UI.
- To bind a key to /afk or /dnd:Create a macro, put it on an actionbar and then bind a key to the specified actionbar position.
/AFK base functionality:- Remember missed whispers session-persistantly, display when AFK becomes disabled or when the character logs in
- Change automatic reply messages (party/guild/whisper/custom channel)
- Change return/going away message (party/guild chat/custom channel)
- Enter / Exit AFK or DND mode
Latest (LITE) version commands:- /afk [Optional message] (switches AFK mode and optionally sets your reply message)
Latest (FULL) version most important commands: (
There is a GUI since v2.0, AddonManager and ComeOnIn compatible)
- /afkhelp (displays the full list of commands in the current version)
- /afk [Optional message] (switches AFK mode and optionally sets your reply message)
- /dnd [Optional message] (switches DND mode and optionally sets your reply message)
- /afknotify [Optional: party, guild] (Not specifying 'party' or 'guild' will disable the appropriate notifications, specifying enables them)
- /afkaway [Optional reply message] (Shows and optionally sets the message to be displayed when you go AFK/DND)
- /afkreturn [Optional message] (Shows and optionally sets your AFK return message)
- /afkreply [Optional message] (Shows and optionally sets your AFK reply message)
- /afkstatus (Shows your current AFK status without changing anything)
- /afkreset (Resets your AFK reply/return messages)
- /afkui (Toggles the Settings GUI on and off)
For other addon developers: (v4.5+)- SLASH_AFK:GetStatus() returns either "DND", "AFK" or "active"
- SLASH_AFK:ActionPerformed() tells 'Slash AFK' that the user is active
- SLASH_AFK:GetSecondsSinceLastAction() returns the seconds since last activity measured (since v4.6)
Upcoming updates:
- Translations(Need translators!)
- User requests
This UI Mod is made and mantained by Themba.
Thanks to:
- (v4.5) Erasor84, for additional German translation.
- (v4.1) Roberto Mulet, for the Spanish translation.
- (v4.0) Erasor84, for additional German translation.
- (v3.5) Erasor84, for the German translation.
- (v2.0) Samarith, for volunteering to help with the final compatibilitytest with ComeOnIn v2.03
- (v2.0) Other people who unintentionally partied with me to kill ferrets
- (v1.0) Everyone who whispered me on 24-25 june 2009 to help troubleshooting version 1.0.
Once you've tried 'SlashAFK' you'll see that its a real powerhouse and just as in every good product you can choose between the basics (easy) and the advanced (More options, configurations).
Feel free to give suggestions or make requests.
- Fixed Minimap minimize-restore bug
- Fixed AutoClear on, Click AFK off bug
- Reduced the size, memory usage and interpretation speed a bit
- AutoClear by interaction option will now properly be displayed in the GUI as on/off after first loading
- Code relocation to be more "correct"