I would think so. Even if not teaching you are getting some benefit from it be it stat boost, exp mods, etc.

[00:15] Chatter[Uzmam] Damian just wants to beat up dancers, what a bully
[00:15] Chatter[Morpion] Wait for them outside the club at 3 am?
[00:15] Chatter[Damian] i enjoy making them scream with pure terror

<<Now that cyclics don't teach after 6 or so minutes, if I leave a cyclic up and go to the bathroom, is this no longer a scripting violation?

If it is before the cyclic stops teaching fully then technically it is a violation, since afk violations don't have a grace period. Practically speaking, however, this won't result in a violation since script checks take time to process. More than enough time to run to the bathroom and/or for your cyclic spell to stop teaching.

Just a clarification too... AFK violations aren't limited exclusively to experience gain. You can gain a violation from actions performed while afk if you benefit in some way from them. One explicitly stated exception to this is travel. You are perfectly safe to run a travel script that gets you from point A to B while afk as long as you don't learn anything along the way via climbing, swimming, etc. even if it takes hours to complete. E.g. public boat travel.

So if you are benefiting in some meaningful way from the cyclic spell while afk then it will still be a violation even if you've stopped learning from it.

>>If you're not learning, you're safe to use the bathroom while it's active.

Just to clarify, if you're not benefiting from something (or creating a benefit), it's okay to go AFK.

EXP is just one aspect of benefitting from something.

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Uzmam! The Chairman will NOT be pleased to know you're trying to build outside of approved zones. I'd hate for you to be charged the taxes needed to have this place re-zoned. Head for the manor if you're feeling creative.

I would appreciate a GameMaster response, thank you.

Somehow I doubt going AFK while buffed up isn't going to generate an AFK scripting warning but I'll wait until for an official response first.



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<<No, I get to be an evil sociopath and psychopath when I want to, and kill babies for fun when I want to, but when game events start up, you don't have any right to treat me like a rapist murdering evil villain, you have to respect my rights to go

Being buffed isn't a 'gain' any more than going AFK with clear vision on.

If you're gaining exp? You're in violation. If you're earning money, you're in violation. If you're providing others a service (Gem Selling Bot or something) you're in violation.

As long as no one is benefiting from you being there, there's no problem.

All that said if you aren't earning exp... why not just release the cyclic and fire it back up when you get back?

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

>>30 minutes.

Those are some of the best bathroom breaks!

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"Brace yourselves, Squanto is going to bleh blah fart fart bleh.." -the player of the character formerly known as Pureblade

<<Those are some of the best bathroom breaks!>>

Squanto posts are pure gold.