If you are starting out as a streamer, you need to moderate the community, i.e. generate a certain number of viewers to control the chats. Commands are very useful because they help you give information to your subscribers without having to reply to the same messages. In this article we will teach you how to generate codes on your Twitch channel.
Index( )
- How do chat commands work on Twitch?
- What steps do you need to follow to access the Nightbot from your channel?
- How can you configure your own key commands with Nightbot?
- default commands
- custom commands
- How to properly save custom commands for your Twitch chats?
How do chat commands work on Twitch?
You should know that the commands are messages that the person establishes, which give the order to the platform to carry out a specific function that then appears in the chat. An example of this is the photo you see at the beginning when you join their Twitch community. The streamer has made this image with the message ‘Welcome to the channel’ with a specific command. And you can even activate donations to your channel.
These codes are used to monitor and moderate the chat. There are commands of all kinds, there are even some that have functions to expel users if they commit any fault. They are also used to give information about you to your followers, if you want to activate them you are only going to write an exclamation mark followed by the name of the command in the chat box. For example: !age or !game
So when a subscriber types the code !game in the conversation window of your channel, they will immediately receive the response that you have configured. Making it possible to use it when someone uses cheers or bits on your channel.
The bot you choose will help you moderate the channel and its use is free, in addition to having other functions such as promoting your space at no cost, avoiding annoying spam and even organizing raffles. In addition, we also recommend that you log in with your platform channel on Nightbot, which is quite a popular bot.
What steps do you need to follow to access the Nightbot from your channel?
Nightbot is a very popular bot among Twitch users, it has lots of fun customization options and is very easy to use. This can help you interact with your followers during the broadcast. Below we will explain the steps you must follow to access this bot from your channel.
The first thing you need to do to get it up and running on your Twitch channel is to log in to Nightbot from its official website. You can access directly with your Twitch account by choosing the platform login , this way you will enter faster.
After you log in, the ‘Permission’ page will open where you must accept the bot’s access to your account. This bot will be able to:
- Change your channel title, status, and other metadata
- You can modify the emission settings
- create clips
- It allows you to capture information about the subscribers of your channel
- See your email address
- put ads
Once you have pressed the purple button that says ‘Authorize’ , the website will send you directly to the Nightbot control panel on your Twitch channel, so you can use the bot in your chat. And even many activate donations, with which they make more content for the channel.
How can you configure your own key commands with Nightbot?
You must go to the left section of the page, there you can see the actions and settings. In the upper right corner you will find the option to ‘Enter the channel’, you must click on the button and in this way the bot will be invited. For this bot to start working you are going to go to your account and write the command /mod nightbot in the chat box. Once this is done you can create your own commands.
default commands
They are codes that are already established by default, since it is information that the audience usually asks for and therefore Nightbot makes our work easier. An example is !commands that allows users to access a list with all the commands that exist in the channel or !commercial that launches an ad on your broadcast if you are associated.
To activate the default codes you must go to ‘options’, here you can configure the response that you want to appear in the chat when someone uses this command. To know if it has been activated it should appear as ‘Disabled ‘ and when you deactivate it you have to click there and wait for the message to say ‘Enable’.
custom commands
They give you the option to customize them to your style and make as many as you want. To include a custom code you are going to go to the section that says ‘Add new command’ , click and a tab with several options should appear. Let’s see what each one means:
- Command: Here you are going to put the name of the command, this is what someone is going to write in the chat box to enable it. For example: !schedules.
- Message: You must copy the response that will be sent once you activate the command. We put this case: I do streaming from Monday to Friday at 6:00 p.m.
- Userlevel: Here you must select who can use the command: Subscribers, moderators or any user.
- Cooldown: In this section you are going to put the time that has to pass to reuse said code. For example: Every 3 minutes.
- Alias: This field is to activate some other command that can be used at the same time.
How to properly save custom commands for your Twitch chats?
You must first publish your code by clicking ‘submit’ so you can activate it. And to verify that you saved your command, you must go to your Twitch channel and write the command in the chat box, if the automatic response appears, it means that you have created it successfully.
