BIS fnc kbTell

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Description

Description:

Play given sentence/conversation. Script terminates itself when conversation is finished.
Conversation must be declared in Description.ext/CfgSentences.

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This function can also be executed with call. Doing so will make it internally spawn since it needs to be able suspend its execution.

Execution:

spawn

Groups:

Conversations

Syntax

Syntax:

[topic, container, section, radioMode, code, speakers, soundVolume, radioProtocol] spawn BIS_fnc_kbTell

Parameters:

topic: String - topic name

container: String - (Optional, default missionName) container name (CfgSentences sub-category)

section: Array or String - (Optional, default "") section to be played. Elements can be:

• String - "variant" - play specific variant
• Array
  • [startingSentence(, endingSentence)] - play all sentences between specific start and end
    • startingSentence and endingSentence can be in format:
      • String - full sentence name (example: "04_intro_team_PLA_0")
      • Array - [<actorID>(, <sentenceID>)] (example: ["PLA", 0] or just ["PLA_0"])
      • Boolean - true to play random sentence, false to play first sentence
      • default - first sentence for startingSentence, last sentence for endingSentence
• default: play everything

radioMode: Boolean, String, Object or Code - (Optional, default: false) can be:

• Boolean - true to force radio
• String - name of radio channel, original or custom
• Object - listener's channel
• Code - returned value of code

code: Code or Array - (Optional, default {true} ) can be:

• Code - executed at the start of every sentence (arguments are same as in kbAddTopic event handler)
• Array - code with arguments in format [code, arguments]

speakers: Array or Boolean - (Optional, default []) can be:

• Array - replacement units for those defined in .bikb file (in chronological order)
• Boolean - when true, dummy logics will be created for all actor units which doesn't exist (default: false or value of 'BIS_fnc_kbTell_createDummy' variable)

soundVolume: Number - (Optional, default 0.1) music and sound volumes will be multiplied by this value when conversation starts

radioProtocol: Boolean - (Optional, default true) true to disable radio protocol message while the conversation is playing

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

["01_Wave", "A_in", nil, "SIDE", nil, nil, 1, false] spawn BIS_fnc_kbTell;

Additional Information

See also:

Conversations kbTell BIS_fnc_kbCanSpeak BIS_fnc_kbCreateDummy BIS_fnc_kbIsSpeakingBIS_fnc_kbMenuBIS_fnc_kbPriorityBIS_fnc_kbSentenceBIS_fnc_kbSkipBIS_fnc_kbTellLocalBIS_fnc_kbTopicConfig

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