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| Creates a location of the specified class and dimensions at the specified position. Classes are defined in <tt>CfgLocationTypes</tt>. For possible location types see [[Location#Location Types|Location Types]]. For the actual name text of the location, use [[text]] and [[setText]]<br><br>
| Creates a location of the specified class and dimensions at the specified position. Classes are defined in <tt>CfgLocationTypes</tt>. For possible location types see [[Location#Location Types|Location Types]]. For the actual name text of the location, use [[text]] and [[setText]] |DESCRIPTION=
{{Warning | [[Location]]s are not serialized, meaning that if you save the game and then load, all created locations will be lost. Use "OnSaveGame" [[Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/ScriptedEventHandlers | scripted event handler]] to manually serialize them and "Loaded" [[Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#Loaded | mission event handler]] to recreate them on mission load from save.}} |DESCRIPTION=
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Revision as of 10:00, 12 August 2019

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Description

Description:
Creates a location of the specified class and dimensions at the specified position. Classes are defined in CfgLocationTypes. For possible location types see Location Types. For the actual name text of the location, use text and setText
Groups:
Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:
createLocation [className, position, sizeX, sizeY]
Parameters:
[className, position, sizeX, sizeY]: Array
className: String - see Location Types
position: Position2D, Position3D or Object
sizeX: Number in meters
sizeY: Number in meters
Return Value:
Location

Examples

Example 1:
_location = createLocation [ "NameVillage" , [4035,2151,10], 100, 100];
Example 2:
_location = createLocation [ "NameVillage" , [4035,2151,10], 30, 30]; _location setText "Player town";

Additional Information

See also:
setTextnearestLocationnearestLocationslocationPositionnearestLocationWithDubbingsetRectangularrectangularsize

Notes

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Notes

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