enableChannel

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LELocal

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Description

Description:

Enables/disables UI functionality which is responsible for sending text or voice chat to the given chat channel. If the channel was disabled in Description.ext, it can be enabled with this command, however the UI functionality changes will be local to the PC executing this command.

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This command:

• cannot disable Global channel for the admin, because Global channel is always available for the admin
• does not disable incoming text or voice
• does not interrupt own client's transmission in progress (but will prevent any further ones)
• does not affect chat related scripting commands such as vehicleChat, globalRadio etc.

channel ID number correspondence
Global	Side	Command	Group	Vehicle	Direct	Custom1	Custom2	Custom3	Custom4	Custom5	Custom6	Custom7	Custom8	Custom9	Custom10
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15

Groups:

Radio and Chat

Syntax

Syntax:

channelID enableChannel enable

Parameters:

channelID: Number

enable: Boolean - true to enable, false to disable (both VoN and chat)

Return Value:

Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

channelID enableChannel [chat, VoN] Template:since

Parameters:

channelID: Number

[chat, VoN]: Array

chat: Boolean - true to enable text chat

VoN: Boolean - true to enable voice chat

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

0 enableChannel false; // Disable user ability to send voice and text on global channel

Example 2:

0 enableChannel [true, false]; // Enable user ability to send text but disable voice on global channel

Additional Information

See also:

currentChannelsetCurrentChannelgetPlayerChannelchannelEnabledradioChannelCreate

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