commandRadio

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Description

Description:

Sends the audio message to the command radio channel. Must have assigned "ItemRadio" to send or receive the transmission. The message is defined in CfgRadio in the description.ext file or config radio protocol. The transmission will play only on the PC where command was executed. If you need the transmission to play on all computers, you have to execute it globally (see remoteExec).

Note: When transmitting unit gets killed, transmission will be interrupted, however when receiving unit gets killed, the transmission continues to play.

Groups:

Radio and ChatSounds

Syntax

Syntax:

unit commandRadio radioName

Parameters:

unit: Object - unit to transmit

radioName: String - class name from CfgRadio

Return Value:

Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

[side, identity] commandRadio radioName

Parameters:

[side, identity]: Array

side: Side - side to which the transmission will be played

identity: String - class name of one of the identities in CfgHQIdentities. Possible identities in Arma 3 are:

• "Base"
• "HQ"
• "PAPA_BEAR"
• "AirBase"
• "BLU"
• "OPF"
• "IND"
• "IND_G"

radioName: String - class name from CfgRadio

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_soldierOne commandRadio "messageOne";

Example 2:

player commandRadio configName selectRandom ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgRadio"));

Example 3:

[west, "Base"] commandRadio configName selectRandom ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgRadio"));

Additional Information

See also:

sideRadiogroupRadiocustomRadiovehicleRadioglobalRadiodirectSaycommandChat

Notes

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Notes

Posted on June 24, 2010 - 8:55 (CEST)

Nikita320106

example: _unit commandRadio "SentCmdHide"; radio command from CA_Dubbing config should work

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Posted on December 3, 2016 - 21:33 (UTC)

Killzone Kid

To transmit user custom sounds (see Multiplayer_Custom_Sounds_Tutorial), prefix the full filename including file extension with #. For example if there is a custom user sound file called MySound.ogg, to play it on the radio use: player commandRadio "#MySound.ogg";