Whenever you pm someone while afk you get an alert on your screen

 

+1 We all need this to look more professional.

 

There is already a reminder. I would hate to have a notice every time I chatted.

 

Me neither (unless someone tampered with my memory)

 

The reminder message shows when someone PM's you.
http://i.imgur.com/4VUHpQL.png

 

I don't see any reason for the server to create another reminder for this, perhaps you can contact someone who is good with macros, I'm sure someone would be able to make something for you.

 

Oh wait now I get it. Yes, you get a reminder when you receive a pm, but you don't when you send a pm (and this is what this suggestion was about, in my understanding).
So, if you pm someone when you come back, you don't get any alert before you receive their reply: and then it's too late because they received it too.

About solving this with macromod: I did exactly this a long time ago. I have a "control light" in my chat gui showing me whether I'm afk or not. It's a bit tricky, but it roughly works like this:

• add a button to your chat gui, set it to conditional macro
  • condition: @afk
  • if true: $${unset(@afk)}$$|/ch afk
  • if false: $${set(@afk)}$$|/ch afk your message
• add a progress bar to your chat gui, next to the button you just created
  
  • expr: @afk
  • min value: false (set flag expr)
  • max value: true (set flag expr)
• macro binding event: OnJoinGame
  • if you already have an init macro file, add the following line to that file:
    • unset(@afk);
  • if you don't, then set the macro binding to:
    • $${unset(@afk)}$$

Note: when you go afk, now you have to do it using the button you've just created. If you manually type the command "/afk message", then the system knows nothing about it and the control light won't show on. In the same way, when you want to exit afk you need to push the button as well.
If you want to be able to chose among a set of predefined messages every time you push the button (and not always the same message), then replace "your message" with "$$0".

Hope this helps!

 

not when you pm them...

 

if you don't know what's macromod, the instructions I provided here might be a bit too condensed. however here's how you can install it (among other allowed mods): https://www.ecocitycraft.com/forum/...cromod-tabbychat-yet-another-tutorial.156387/
basically macromod allows you to automatize some functions. for instance, whenever you login, you might want to disable lottery and sg broadcasts, leave global, join trivia, enable fly and cheats... you get the idea. you can write a script and bind that script to the OnJoinGame event, and it will be executed automatically whenever you login. that's just an example of how you can use it, you'll find plenty of examples searching for it in the tutorial section