# messages.setGameScore

Use this method to set the score of the specified user in a game sent as a normal message (bots only).

```tl
updatesTooLong#e317af7e = Updates;
updateShortMessage#313bc7f8 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int user_id:long message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?long reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
updateShortChatMessage#4d6deea5 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int from_id:long chat_id:long message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?long reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
updateShort#78d4dec1 update:Update date:int = Updates;
updatesCombined#725b04c3 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq_start:int seq:int = Updates;
updates#74ae4240 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq:int = Updates;
updateShortSentMessage#9015e101 flags:# out:flags.1?true id:int pts:int pts_count:int date:int media:flags.9?MessageMedia entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
---functions---
messages.setGameScore#8ef8ecc0 flags:# edit_message:flags.0?true force:flags.1?true peer:InputPeer id:int user_id:InputUser score:int = Updates;
```

### Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | :---: | --- |
| **flags** | [\#](/type/%23) | Flags, see [TL conditional fields](/mtproto/TL-combinators.md#conditional-fields) |
| **edit\_message** | [flags](/mtproto/TL-combinators.md#conditional-fields).0?[true](/constructor/true.md) | Set this flag if the game message should be automatically edited to include the current scoreboard |
| **force** | [flags](/mtproto/TL-combinators.md#conditional-fields).1?[true](/constructor/true.md) | Set this flag if the high score is allowed to decrease. This can be useful when fixing mistakes or banning cheaters |
| **peer** | [InputPeer](/type/InputPeer.md) | Unique identifier of target chat |
| **id** | [int](/type/int.md) | Identifier of the sent message |
| **user\_id** | [InputUser](/type/InputUser.md) | User identifier |
| **score** | [int](/type/int.md) | New score |

### Result
[Updates](/type/Updates.md)

### Only bots can use this method

### Possible errors

| Code | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 400 | BOT\_SCORE\_NOT\_MODIFIED | The score wasn't modified. |
| 400 | MESSAGE\_ID\_INVALID | The provided message id is invalid. |
| 400 | PEER\_ID\_INVALID | The provided peer id is invalid. |
| 400 | SCORE\_INVALID | The specified game score is invalid. |
| 400 | USER\_BOT\_REQUIRED | This method can only be called by a bot