Amazon Game Studios has updated the away from keyboard detection in New World to prevent players from staying in servers when they aren’t actually playing.New World has problems with server queue times being too long.
While Amazon Game Studios work to fix the issue, some players have found a way to stay on servers when they need to take a break.
By tricking the game into thinking they are still active they evade the systems that check if players are away from their keyboard (AFK).
This allows them to skip the queue when they want to get back to the game.This is done by putting something on the W key to trick the game into thinking they are actively pressing the key when they are walking into a wall for hours, or using the default autorun.
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