Alright folks, let’s dive into this “You’ve Got Mail” Tarkov thing. It was a bit of a hassle, not gonna lie, but I figured it out. So, lemme walk you through it.
First off, I wanted to get those sweet, sweet in-game messages popping up like they used to. I missed seeing those little notifications. Started by poking around the game files, you know, just digging. Didn’t find much useful info there, mostly just confusing code gibberish.
Next step was hitting up the forums. Man, those forums are a wild west of opinions and half-truths. Sifted through a bunch of threads, mostly people complaining about the same thing. Eventually, stumbled upon a few threads that talked about needing to tweak some settings in the game launcher itself. Okay, now we’re getting somewhere.
Opened up the BSG launcher (Battlestate Games Launcher, for those not in the know). Headed into the settings. There were a bunch of options, most of them irrelevant to what I was trying to do. But then I saw it – a checkbox labeled something like “Enable In-Game Notifications” or “Receive System Messages.” Can’t remember the exact wording, but it was in that ballpark. Checked that sucker.
Then I thought, “Okay, that’s probably not enough.” Tarkov is finicky like that. So, I went into the game settings inside the game this time. Graphics settings, audio settings, gameplay settings – checked every single tab. Lo and behold, there was another notification setting! This one was buried deep, something like “Display System Notifications in Raid.” Had to enable that too.
Saved the settings, closed the game, restarted the launcher, and launched Tarkov again. Held my breath. Went into a raid, just a quick scav run on Factory to test. And BAM! There it was. A little notification popped up when I found some loot. “You’ve Got Mail” kinda feeling, mission accomplished!
Here’s the key takeaway: Check BOTH the BSG launcher settings and the in-game settings. There are notification options in both places, and you need to enable them both to get the in-game messages working properly.
Now, I did run into one small snag. The notifications were kinda small and hard to read. So, I went back into the in-game settings and found an option to increase the notification size. Problem solved.
- Dig through game files (optional, but can sometimes be helpful)
- Search the forums for solutions
- Check BSG Launcher settings for notification options
- Check in-game settings for notification options (and adjust size if needed)
- Restart the game and launcher
- Profit!
Hope this helps you guys out! Happy raiding!
