playSoundUI

2.10

LELocal

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Description

Description:

Plays given CfgSounds sound or a sound file given by file path through a dedicated UI sound channel unaffected by the global mixer volumes. If the file path is given, the leading slash will be ignored.

Groups:

Sounds

Syntax

Syntax:

playSoundUI [sound, volume, soundPitch, isEffect, offset]

Parameters:

sound: String - CfgSounds class or file as used in playSound3D (See Arma 3: Sound Files for available file names)

volume: Number - (Optional, default 1) Sound volume. A value greater than 5 gets capped

soundPitch: Number - (Optional, default 1)

• 1.0 → normal
• 0.5 → Darth Vader
• 2.0 → Chipmunks

isEffect: Boolean - (Optional, default false) If true, diverts sound through effects channel (see fadeSound, soundVolume)

since 2.12

offset: Number - (Optional, default 0) Offset in seconds. Same as with playSound3D

Return Value:

Number - id of the sound (0...65535) since 2.14 (was Nothing before that)

Examples

Example 1:

playSoundUI ["Alarm", 0.5, 0.5];

Example 2:

playSoundUI ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\blip1.wss"];

Example 3:

Sound file extension must be specified even if a config entry has none:

playSoundUI ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent", 5, 1]; // no sound playSoundUI ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss", 5, 1]; // alarm

Additional Information

See also:

stopSound soundParams say3D playSound say2D say createSoundSource setRandomLip getMissionPath playSound3D

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