How Not To See Achievements

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Filed as: Playstyle | Tags: achievements, guilds

Oct 20

I’ve heard quite a few people unhappy that the new achievement system spams their guildchat relentlessly, even when they’ve turned off global achievement announcements.

Here’s how to disable them:

For nearby/chat announcements

Right click on the tab of your chat window
Go to “Settings”
In the left-hand column, pick “Other”
In the right-hand area, look for an option for ‘Achievement Announce’; uncheck it

For guild announcements (as discovered by my guildmate Wildence, after a bit of adept Googlefu)

Right click on the tab of your chat window
Go to “Settings”
In the left-hand column, pick “Chat”
In the right-hand area, look for an option for ‘Guild Announce’; uncheck it

Enjoy!

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4 Comments

Comment by Phyllixia

Made Monday, 20 of October , 2008 at 11:52 pm

In before someone complains about Wildence…

Comment by Josh

Made Tuesday, 21 of October , 2008 at 1:42 pm

THANK YOU SIHA!

Got tired of finding out when random Joe I was standing next finished the eat 12 donuts achivement…

Comment by Angrydorf

Made Tuesday, 21 of October , 2008 at 2:21 pm

If I had actually been listening to the moaning & whining of people who don’t want to celebrate in the achievements of others I could have mentioned at the time that I knew how to turn off/move/make paper aeroplanes out of the achievement announcements ages ago! But I was tuned out trying to concentrate on whatever important thing I was doing (mailbox pole dancing maybe…? an achievement in itself for a male dorf) and so missed my chance and had to swallow my pride as Wildence proved that he doesn’t just use Google for looking up lyrics to Britney Spears & Spice Girls songs!!

I want retro-active credit dammit! In fact, I want an achievement that announces in all chat windows and CAN’T BE TURNED OFF! >.<

*pant pant* That is all…the angrydorf needs a lie down.

Comment by Siha

Made Wednesday, 22 of October , 2008 at 10:04 am

The credit was for who I found out from, not who found it first. :)