radioChannelCreate

1.00 0.50

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Description

Description:

Create a custom radio channel with the given color, label, call sign and registered characters. The custom channel ID returned can be used to manipulate the created channel later. There are 50 slots (10 slots before 2.22) for custom radio channels which would correspond to channels 6..15 and 26..65 (see getPlayerChannel). The command will find an unused index in this range and create it when found.

Groups:

Radio and ChatCustom Radio and Chat

Syntax

Syntax:

radioChannelCreate [color, label, callSign, units, sentenceType]

Parameters:

color: Array - RGBA color values

label: String - label

callSign: String - chat call sign (or since 2.22 Array - [callSign, callSignVoN]) see radioChannelSetCallSign

units: Array - list of units in the channel

sentenceType: Boolean - (Optional, default true)

• true - use Protocol message color from getArray (configFile >> "RscChatListDefault" >> "colorMessageProtocol")
• false - use Normal message color from getArray (configFile >> "RscChatListDefault" >> "colorMessage")

Return Value:

Number - created custom channel ID (used in customChat command), 0 if failed. (see BIS_fnc_channelNumToRadioChannelID, BIS_fnc_radioChannelIDToChannelNum)

Examples

Example 1:

_channelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], "Q-dance Radio", "%UNIT_NAME", [player1, player2]];

Example 2:

_channelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], "Q-dance Radio", "%UNIT_NAME", [player1, player2], true]; // using true also disables automatic quotes for chat in channel (Arma 3)

Example 3:

Create custom channel and add all players to it, present and JIP:

if (isServer) then { private _channelName = "Q-dance Radio"; private _channelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], _channelName, "%UNIT_NAME", []]; if (_channelID == 0) exitWith {diag_log format ["Custom channel '%1' creation failed!", _channelName]}; [_channelID, {_this radioChannelAdd [player]}] remoteExec ["call", [0, -2] select isDedicated, _channelName]; };

Additional Information

See also:

radioChannelAdd radioChannelRemove radioChannelSetCallSign radioChannelSetLabel customChat customRadio setCurrentChannel currentChannel enableChannel channelEnabled getPlayerChannel radioChannelInfo

Notes

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Killzone_Kid - c

Posted on Jan 21, 2016 - 13:30 (UTC)

Make sure you add all units you intend to speak or receive messages on created custom channel to the channel.

Hypoxic125 - c

Posted on Nov 01, 2022 - 06:38 (UTC)

Units are removed from the chat channel on RESPAWN. Be sure to add units back to their custom chat channels upon respawn via onPlayerRespawn.sqf or Respawn Event Handler.