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Step 1

Head on over to http://discord.clearbackblast.com. Type in the name you’d like to be called and continue through the setup. We highly recommend downloading the app, but if you want to stay on the web app that’s fine too.

Step 2

By default, how Discord handles notifications isn't optimal in a lot of ways. Our recommendation is to click the Clear Backblast text above the channel list to open the server dropdown, click “Notification Settings” and to set it up like:

These changes will stop notifications for every message sent but will still allow them when people mention you by name or ping an entire channel, which is often used to gauge interest in Arma. Additionally it'll turn on notifications for any message in the announcements channel which is where we put information for things such as preset updates or links to signup posts for our weekly events.



BetterDiscord makes the text smaller and adjusts a bunch of UI elements to be better. It's entirely personal preference but many people recommend using it. You will need to manually update it from time to time.

Go to https://betterdiscord.net/home/ and download the zip for your installation. Unzip it somewhere and double click BetterDiscordWI.exe. Run through installation, making sure to select the correct Discord install location. Check “Restart Discord after Installation” but not the one for DiscordCanary or DiscordPTB.

When it’s done, hit ok and launch Discord. In the bottom right you should notice a loading bar saying “Loading BetterDiscord.” This means your installation worked. If you didn’t see it, go to user settings (the gear in the bottom left). At the very bottom of the list, below changelog, you should see “BetterDiscord”. If you don’t see that, press Ctrl - R on Discord to reload it. Check again and it should be there. Last resort, reinstall BetterDiscord.

BetterDiscord includes a large number of settings for you to customize how you want.



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