Torn chat settings
What TornLife's research has established about Torn chat settings, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- A staff-confirmed method to enable chat message notifications in the browser: click the two-person icon (people tab), click settings in the top right, then turn on "flash notifications". This makes a number appear showing how many new messages are in a group chat. (confirmed by Torn; How to turn on chat notifications, )
- Torn staff confirmed in 2023 that chat notification preferences not being saved (i.e. settings reverting after being changed) was a known bug slated to be fixed. (confirmed by Torn; How to turn on chat notifications, )
- In 2019 a player suggested making the sound and flash notification options independent per chat room (e.g. beep+flash for faction chat but flash-only, no beep, for event chats like Christmas Town/Elimination), since at that time these options were linked rather than separate per channel. A Torn developer responded to the suggestion but it required more feedback and was not confirmed as implemented. (confirmed by Torn; [100R+] Improve Chat Notifications, )
- The wiki lists the public and group chat types that exist in Torn: Global, Trade, Hospital, Jail, Travel chats (access tied to player state), and pseudo-private group chats including Faction, Company, Competition and Poker, with access granted/revoked by participation or membership. No separate per-channel mute control is described. (documented; Chat › Public Chat, )