Lost connection due to inactivity

VadimAleks · April 2018

I was in Cyrodiil, took part in the capture of the castle and resource, then entered into the IC sewers and was kicked from the server for "inactivity" instead loading screen . I do not have censorship words capable of describing this.

ZOS_Bill · April 2018

@VadimAleks

If you are away from the keyboard for a certain amount of time, the server will disconnect you automatically. This may also happen during particularly long loading times when the server is busy or if you haven't touched your keyboard or mouse in a while.

If you booted with an inactivity error you should exit the game, check your network connection, and try again.

Deyirn · June 2018

I was away for like 2 minutes, went to get a glass of juice and when I came back I was disconnected. I would be OK if it weren't for the long loading screens (which over the years have gotten short, but are still a pain in the neck). I think if a person is at home, there should be at least 10 minutes of inactivity allowed before it disconnects.

Lieblingsjunge · June 2018

I think the inactivity time is either 10 or 15 minutes. Which is reasonable. Especially in Cyrodiil that's limited.

If you crash on loading screen, that's not a connection issue. I would blame it on endless loading screen or breach in connection. Or you could run too many add-ons that pings/updates/spam/initalise in the background, especially swapping from Cyro => IC, since IC is different if you havemap-adodns etc. Then you'll be kicked, especially if it's laggy.

Edit: And you can't always trust the Error Code.