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Description

Description:

Plays music defined in Description.ext's CfgMusic or config.cpp. If the musicName could not be found a message is logged into the .rpt file: Music <musicName> not found.

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To stop the music, use playMusic "".

Groups:

Sounds

Syntax

Syntax:: playMusic musicName
Parameters:: musicName: String - music classname
Return Value:: Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:: playMusic [musicName, start]
Parameters:: musicName: String - music classname
: start: Number - start, in seconds. Can be negative.
Return Value:: Nothing

Examples

Example 1:: playMusic "RadioAmbient1";
Example 2:: playMusic ["RadioAmbient3", 3]; // start to play from 00:00:03
Example 3:: Play from 00:00:01 to 00:00:05: [] spawn { playMusic ["RadioAmbient5", 1]; sleep 4; playMusic ""; };

Additional Information

See also:: getMusicPlayedTime playSound say createSoundSource addMusicEventHandler fadeMusic Arma 3 Jukebox Utility

Notes

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 	playMusic ["RadioAmbient5", 1];
 	sleep 4;
-	[[playMusic]] "";
+	playMusic "";
 };</code>
 |seealso= [[getMusicPlayedTime]] [[playSound]] [[say]] [[createSoundSource]] [[addMusicEventHandler]] [[fadeMusic]] [[Arma_3_Utilities#Jukebox|{{arma3}} Jukebox Utility]]
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