The Settings screen is packed with options and features that let you tailor the game to your playstyle. Once you're familiar with the basics of Gangster Nation, take some time to explore each Settings menu. You may find useful tweaks that improve controls and visuals of the game to your liking.
Login Details
Here you can change your account email and, if you registered directly (not using Google or Apple), update your password.
Interface and Sounds
Here you can configure the game's interface, including:
- Enabling or disabling dark mode
- Disabling custom text colours in chat and messaging
- Disabling animated avatars
Stats Bar
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When using the mobile interface, the option to reconfigure your Stats Bar appears.
You can add, remove or reorder the stats which appear in the Stats Bar.
There are additional stats which can be added to your Stat Bar including:
- Total XP: The total amount of XP you've earned.
- XP Needed: The amount of additional XP required to reach the next level.
Use the "Reset" button to reset your Stats Bar to default.
Favourites Menu
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This setting lets you choose up to 10 items to display in a custom Favourites section at the top of the Main Menu.
Use the "Reset" button to clear your Favourites.
Game Preferences
Here you can configure general game settings.
Alerts
Here you can toggle various alerts on or off. For extortion, you can set the minimum amount the extortion must be to receive an alert.
Push Notifications
Push notifications keep you informed about what's going on in Gangster Nation while you don't have the app open, for example if someone messages you or if you're killed.
Website
The Gangster Nation website supports Push Notifications.
You may need to give permission for notifications to run on the website if you've declined them previously.
On iOS, the website must be added to your Home Screen for Push Notifications to work.
iOS App
You can use this area to choose which types of notification to receive.
For notifications to work, you may need to check your device's Settings app to ensure you've given permission.
Android App
You can use this area to check push notifications have been successfully registered. To choose which types of notification to receive, or to turn them off altogether, open your device's Settings app and look for your notification settings.
Dialogue
This screen allows you to configure quotes which are automatically said to other players when certain actions occur.
Currently, the only option is to configure a backfire message, which is said to someone who shoots at you and dies in your backfire. We plan to expand this feature to more areas in future.
Blocked Features
Here you can self-block yourself from various features for a period of time, generally casino features.
Any blocks applied here are for your account rather than your current character.
Game administrators will not remove blocks against casino features, so think carefully before applying a block.
Blocked Players
This screen lets you view any existing blocks you have against other players and remove those blocks.
Highlighted Vehicles
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This feature allows you to select up to 5 vehicles to be highlighted when they appear in Vehicle Theft or the Auction House.
Hideout Mode
You can use hideout mode to protect your gangster while on vacation or as a game tactic. While in hideout mode your gangster is protected from being killed but you'll be unable to access the game. There is no way to leave hideout mode once this is activated, the game administrators will not remove you from hideout. After entering the hideout, you'll be presented with a screen displaying the amount of time remaining.
The following restrictions apply to using hideout mode:
- You can only enter once per round.
- The minimum duration is 1 day.
- The maximum duration is 3 days.
- You must be out of protection.
- You cannot enter during Deathmatch.
- You cannot enter within 48 hours of making a non-backfire kill.
- You cannot enter while protecting property.
- You cannot enter as the Boss or Underboss of a family.
- You cannot receive gifts while in hideout.
- You cannot be mentored while in hideout.
Hidden Gangsters
Your history of previous gangsters is private (unless you choose to reveal it) but some players may ask you to provide screenshots or even screen recordings of your history. To counteract this, you can use the "Hidden gangsters" settings to hide any number of gangsters from your history for a period of time. Then you can safely take a screenshot or even screen recording which only shows the names you want someone to see.
After the feature is enabled, there's no way to reverse it or see how long is left because someone may ask you to provide a screenshot or screen recording of this area; it will be as though the selected gangsters never belonged to your account.
The full changes made for hidden gangsters are:
- They will no longer appear on this Settings screen.
- They will no longer appear on the History tab of the Overview screen.
- They will no longer appear as an option when looking at feature stats for previous gangsters.
- They will no longer appear when viewing pending or past Life Insurance claims.
- When viewing the profile of one of these gangsters, the kill tab won't show any unrevealed kills.
- Your Personal Bests on the Career screen will exclude records achieved by hidden gangsters.
Note: This action doesn't remove the selected previous gangsters from the public history of any of your gangsters. To do this you should unreveal the gangsters from your public history first.
Reserved Names
Gangster Nation sometimes reserves usernames you've used previously, so that other accounts can't impersonate you. This screen shows which names are currently reserved to your account and when that reservation expires.
Close Account
This screen allows you to close your account permanently. It's not possible to recover your account once the account closure has been processed.