setName

1.081.001.501.000.50

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Description

Description:

Sets the name of a location or a person (person only in single player).

Groups:

Unit IdentityLocations

Syntax

Syntax:

thing setName name

Parameters:

thing: Location or 1.02 Object

name: String

Return Value:

Nothing

1.02

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

unit setName [name, firstName, lastName]

Parameters:

unit: Object

name: String

firstName: String

lastName: String

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

myLocation setName "My Location Name";

Example 2:

player setName "New Name";

Example 3:

player setName ["Ben Kerry","Ben","Kerry"];

Additional Information

See also:

name nameSound setNameSound setIdentity

Notes

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Pierre MGI - c

Posted on Aug 18, 2014 - 22:15 (UTC)

Only last name will appear in command bar i.e. this setName _myNameArray will display _myNameArray select 2. If setName is used with a string e.g this setName "blah", nothing occurs in the command bar and the default randomized name is displayed.

Dealing with the units' names in a script, _x (in a forEach units _group, for example) will return the "object" as B ALFA 4-1:2 or the name written in ai unit name field in editor (if exists). This context is rather a "variable name" for each object (ai) than an "identity name" as given via the setName command.