globalChat

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Description

Description:

Types text to the global radio channel. The text will be visible only on the PC where command was executed. If you need the message to show on all computers, you have to execute it globally (see remoteExec)

Groups:

Radio and Chat

Syntax

Syntax:

unitName globalChat chatText

Parameters:

unitName: Object - unit transmitting message

chatText: String - message to transmit

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_soldierOne globalChat "Show this text";

Example 2:

driver vehicle player sideChat "sideChat";
driver vehicle player globalChat "globalChat";
driver vehicle player groupChat "groupChat";
vehicle player vehicleChat "vehicleChat";
driver vehicle player commandChat "commandChat";
driver vehicle player customChat [1, "customChat"];
systemChat "systemChat";

Additional Information

See also:

sideChat groupChat vehicleChat commandChat customChat systemChat globalRadio

Notes

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In OFP 1.96, this command can be used by a Game_Logic unit, which will result in the text being displayed on screen without any indication of the side of radio source, or quotation marks. For example : gamelogic1 globalchat "hello world" will create the text hello world in the radio log.