serverCommand

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Description

Description:

Executes the given server command.

• Available commands for execution can be found with serverCommandAvailable.
• Commands that can be executed can be found with serverCommandExecutable.

Problems:

ⓘ

If serverCommand is executed on a client, it must be executed from UI context, such as onButtonDown or similar events (see User_Interface_Event_Handlers).

Groups:

Multiplayer

Syntax

Syntax:

serverCommand command

Parameters:

command : String

Return Value:

Boolean - always true for some reason (since Arma 3 v1.39 also false if a non valid command is used ("#blah"))

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

password serverCommand command 1.40 SEServer

Parameters:

password : String - password defined in server.cfg with serverCommandPassword param

command : String - server command

Return Value:

Boolean - true if password is correct

Examples

Example 1:

serverCommand "#logout";

Example 2:

Create button on the main map which will show userlist to anyone who clicks on it: with uiNamespace do { ctrl = findDisplay 12 ctrlCreate ["RscButton", -1]; ctrl ctrlSetPosition [0,0,0.5,0.1]; ctrl ctrlSetText "USERLIST"; ctrl ctrlCommit 0; ctrl ctrlAddEventHandler ["ButtonDown", { serverCommand "#userlist"; }]; };

Example 3:

serverCommand format ["#kick %1",_name];

Example 4:

_passwordWasOK = "MyServerCommandPassword" serverCommand "#lock";

Additional Information

See also:

serverCommandAvailableserverCommandExecutableadminisUIContext

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