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Description

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Problems:: Two units cannot talk on the same channel at the same time, this can lead to weird effects for non-local listeners; make sure not to use the same channel at the same time in multiplayer. Custom channels are considered as one channel for this matter.
Groups:: Conversations

Syntax

Syntax:

Syntax needed

Parameters:

person: Object

[receiver, topicName, sentenceClass, argumentArray1, argumentArray2, (…), forceRadio]: Array

receiver: Object

topicName: String

sentenceClass: String

argumentArray1toN (Optional): Array - [argumentName, argumentValue, argumentText, argumentSpeech]:

argumentName: String
argumentValue: Code
argumentText: String
argumentSpeech: Array of Strings - each string is an already defined word in config.

forceRadio (Optional): Boolean, Number or String (last value of the array)

Boolean true/false to force use of radio
Number 1-10 to force use of custom radio channel
String name of radio channel to use, from: 'GLOBAL', 'SIDE', 'GROUP', 'VEHICLE', 'DIRECT', 'COMMAND'

Return Value:

Return value needed

Examples

Example 1:

player kbTell [BIS_HQ, "myTopic", "playerSentence1"];

Example 2:

player kbTell [
	BIS_HQ,										// to
	"Airstrike",								// topic
	"AirstrikeRequest",							// sentence
	["Team", {}, "Anvil", ["Anvil"]],			// argument 1
	["Location", {}, "Strelka", ["Strelka"]],	// argument 2
	true];										// use radio

in given .bikb:

class AirstrikeRequest 
{
	text = "%team requesting close air support at grid %location ";
	speech[] = { %Team, RequestingCloseAirSupportAtGrid, %Location };
	class Arguments 
	{
		class Team		{ type = "simple"; };
		class Location	{ type = "simple"; };
	};
};

Example 3:

player kbTell [
	BIS_HQ,										// to
	"Airstrike",								// topic
	"AirstrikeRequest",							// sentence
	["argumentName", argumentValue],			// argument 1

	true];										// use radio

Additional Information

See also:: Conversations kbAddTopic kbHasTopic kbReact kbRemoveTopic kbAddDatabase kbAddDatabaseTargets FSM FSM Editor

Notes

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