say3D

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Description

Description:

Unit or object will say given sound in 3D Space. This allows broadcasting of positional music or sound from a source, without having to script a fade sound or music command. Compare this with say2D which will always play a sound at the location of the player after he has been in the vicinity of a broadcasting sound. Sound is defined in CfgSound of the Description.ext.

Groups:

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Syntax

Syntax:

unit say3D sound

Parameters:

unit: Object -

sound: String - classname. Defined in Description.ext

Return Value:

Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

[unit, target] say3D sound

Parameters:

unit: Object -

target: Object

sound: String - classname. Defined in Description.ext

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

helicopter1 say3D "Fortunateson"

Additional Information

See also:

saysay2DplaySoundcreateSoundSource

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 7 March 2013

Rocket

The only difference with this command and say is during cutscenes (when some camera effect is active). In cutscenes, say3D is 3D, say is not.

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Posted on July 19, 2015 - 21:26 (UTC)

Benargee

In Arma 2 1.63, the object this command is assigned to must be alive for the sound to broadcast. I have not tested this in Arma 3 yet.