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# Chat Cooldown

## About this module

The Intelligent Chat Cooldown
 module controls how quickly players can send messages and configured or all commands within a defined time frame.

{% hint style="info" %}
To bypass this module, op or the permission: "**chatsentry.chatcooldown.bypass"** is required. 
{% endhint %}

## Config guide

You can access the below settings in the **chat-cooldown.yml** file within the **modules** folder of the plugin's root folder.

{% hint style="success" %}
**Config excerpts taken from v3.6.0 and may not be completely up-to-date with the latest changes. To see the most up-to-date file, see below:**
{% endhint %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MOrmZn1f\_p\_TEBNNyqO" %}
[chat-cooldown.yml](/files/files/module-configurations/chat-cooldown.yml.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

###

### chat-cooldown-in-ticks

Below is the duration of time the options below this option will apply to

{% hint style="success" %}
20 ticks ***=*** 1 second

160 ticks ***=*** 8 seconds
{% endhint %}

```yaml
chat-cooldown-in-ticks: 160
```

### allowed-message-sends-per-cooldown

How many messages can players send every chat-cooldown-in-ticks amount of time?

```yaml
allowed-message-sends-per-cooldown: 4
```

### allowed-affected-command-runs-per-cooldown

How many commands on the below affected-commands list can players send every chat-cooldown-in-ticks amount of time?

```yaml
allowed-affected-command-runs-per-cooldown: 6
```

### affected-commands

{% hint style="warning" %}
The below list will only work if "process-commands" is true in config.yml
{% endhint %}

### 

The below list is which commands the module will apply to. It's recommended to only set these to your private messaging commands.

Set the list to "affected-commands: \[]" to apply the module to ALL commands (highly not recommended!)

Make sure to only include base commands; don't add any command arguments. (spaces)

```yaml
affected-commands:
  - "/tell"
  - "/t"
  - "/msg"
  - "/w"
  - "/r"
  - "/whisper"
  - "/w"
  - "/pm"
```