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Notifications

The tw-utils bot can remind you of important events via Discord DM — for example shortly before your commands are launched, before a sitting slot you've taken over starts, or when a bunker request has been processed. You can control precisely which of these reminders you receive and from which Discord servers they are sent at all.

There are two ways to manage these settings:

  1. With an account on tw-utils.net — granular per reminder type and per server, including lead time and cooldown.
  2. Without a website account — a simple Notifications: ON / OFF toggle per server directly via the Discord bot.

1. Prerequisite

Notifications are delivered exclusively as Discord direct messages. Anyone who has not linked a Discord account to their tw-utils profile will see this notice on the Notifications page:

You don't have a Discord account linked. Notification settings are only available for Discord-linked accounts.

As soon as the link is in place, all settings from the following sections are available.

2. Settings via website account

Click your user name in the top right and choose Notifications from the dropdown.

User dropdown with the Notifications entry

You land on the Notifications page with two cards: Global Settings and Server overview.

Notifications page with Global Settings and Server overview

2.1 Global Settings

The Global Settings card controls per reminder type whether you want to receive this kind of DM at all. There are three types.

Launch time-Reminder

Discord DM shortly before the launch time of due commands.

As soon as you activate the toggle, two additional fields appear that let you fine-tune the reminder.

Launch time-Reminder with Lead time and Cooldown

  • Lead time (min) — Defines how many minutes before the launch time of a command the reminder is sent to you. Range: 1–15 minutes. Default: 5 minutes.
  • Cooldown (min) — Time that must pass after the last reminder DM before another is sent. Range: 1–60 minutes. Default: 15 minutes.

Example

Lead time 5, Cooldown 15. A command is due at 14:00 → the DM is sent at 13:55. If another command becomes due between 13:55 and 14:10, the bot does not send a second DM — it waits until the cooldown window has passed. Multiple commands due at the same time on the same world are bundled into a single DM anyway.

Sitting slot reminder

Discord DM 15 minutes before your sitting slot starts.

Sitting slot reminder toggle

This reminder belongs to the Account-Sitting-System and fires 15 minutes before a sitting slot you've taken over begins. The lead time is fixed and not configurable.

Bunker Info System

Discord DM when your bunker requests are approved or rejected (for applicants and admins).

Bunker Info System toggle

This reminder belongs to the Bunker-Information-System. You receive a DM as soon as an admin approves or rejects your bunker or top-up request. Admins can also enable the DM for the requests they have processed themselves.

2.2 Server overview

The Server overview card lists every Discord server in which you are a member of a tw-utils-relevant guild. For each server you can suppress DMs from that server entirely — independently of which of the three reminder types are active above.

Server overview with Active and Muted pills

  • Active (green pill, toggle on) — DMs from this server are delivered.
  • Muted (red pill, toggle off) — DMs from this server are suppressed entirely.

Underneath the server name, the world your TW account is linked to in that guild is shown as well (e.g. de252).

If the list is empty, the card shows the notice:

No servers to display. As soon as you are linked in a guild or toggle a server switch, this list will appear here.

3. Settings via the Discord bot

If you don't have an account on tw-utils.net, you can still roughly control whether you want DMs from the bot on a per-server basis — via a button in the bot setup channel.

3.1 Notifications button in the bot-config channel

In the bot-config channel (or whichever channel holds the bot setup buttons), there is a button bar. You'll find the Notifications button there.

Notifications button in the bot-config channel

3.2 Notifications: ON / OFF

Clicking Notifications posts an embed with two coloured buttons.

Notifications embed with ON and OFF buttons

  • Notifications: ON (green) — enables DMs for this Discord server. On the very first click, the three reminder types (Launch time-Reminder, Sitting slot reminder, Bunker Info System) are additionally activated with their default values, so that something is actually sent. If you had already configured the types individually on the website, your values are preserved.
  • Notifications: OFF (red) — mutes this server. The global reminder type settings remain untouched, you simply stop receiving DMs from this server.

Want more control? Create an account on tw-utils.net

Anyone who wants to disable individual reminder types or adjust the lead time / cooldown of the Launch time-Reminder is best served by creating an account on tw-utils.net and linking their Discord. The Discord button remains fully functional and controls the same server setting.

4. How the toggles interact

A DM is sent only if both toggles are ON

Before every DM, the bot checks two conditions — both must be satisfied:

  1. The corresponding reminder type is active in the Global Settings (Launch time-Reminder / Sitting slot reminder / Bunker Info System).
  2. The Discord server the event originates from is set to Active in the Server overview (equivalent to Notifications: ON in the bot channel).

The server control is the same setting on both paths: whatever you toggle in the Discord bot with Notifications: ON/OFF is reflected afterwards in the Server overview on the website — and vice versa.