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Whenever a staff action is taken, instead of having to copy-paste the same message to every single user you hire, you can let Nocturne automate this using DM Notices. These notices are strictly action-based. This means you can configure completely separate messages for Hires, Fires, Promotions, and Demotions.

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The Fallback System

Before configuring your messages, it is important to understand how Nocturne decides which message to send. When an action is executed, the bot checks for messages in this specific order:
  1. First, it checks if you created a unique message for that specific action in that specific tree (e.g., a “Hire” message explicitly for the Moderation tree).
  2. If no tree-specific message exists, it falls back to your server’s global message for that action.
  3. If neither is set, Nocturne uses its built-in default message.
We recommend you configure a server-global message at the very least.

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Editing a Notice

You can configure your messages using the edit command. This command does not ask you to type the message right away; instead, it generates an interactive menu. User: Manage Server
Command
/config dms edit <action> [tree]

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How the Interactive Menu Works

Upon running the command, Nocturne will present you with two buttons:
  • Edit Content button
    • Clicking this opens a Discord Modal where you can construct your message.
    • You can provide a Title (optional, max. 128 characters) and a Description (required, max. 2048 characters).
    • You can use variables like {target.mention} or {reason} here! See the Variables Guide for the full list.
DM Notice Edit Modal
  • Reset to Default button
    • Clicking this will immediately delete your custom configuration for this specific action/tree from the database.
DM Notice Reset
Discord Limitation: Discord’s modals do not support native autocomplete for channel / user / role mentions or emojis. If you type @ or #, no menu will appear. If you want to ping specific channels or users, or use custom emojis, you must use their raw ID formats.
Check out Discord’s official Message Formatting Guide to learn how to format these IDs properly!

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Testing a Notice

Because these messages rely heavily on dynamic variables, you probably want to see what they look like before accidentally sending a broken format to a user. The test command outputs a mock version of the DM directly into the channel you run it in, using some dummy data. User: Manage Server
Command
/config dms test <action> [tree]

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Important Overrides & Flags

As a final note, keep in mind that customising your messages does not force the bot to send them. Sending DMs is ultimately controlled by two toggles:
  1. The Global Flag: If the DM Notices Default flag is enabled, Nocturne will send DMs by default. On the contrary, if disabled, Nocturne will not send DMs.
  2. The Command Override: When executing a /staff command, the executor always has access to an optional [dm-user] parameter. This allows them to manually choose whether to send or suppress the DM on a case-by-case basis, completely ignoring the global flag mentioned above!

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Checking DM Notice Status

If you ever want to check which DM Notices have already been configured, you can run the following commands:
  • /tree view [tree] (with the [tree] parameter)
    • This will let you know if DM Notices have been configured for that specific tree.
  • /config view
    • This will let you know if server-global DM Notices have been configured or not.