playSoundUI

2.10

LELocal

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Description

Description:

Plays given CfgSounds sound or sound file given by the file path through a dedicated UI sound channel unaffected by the global mixer volumes. If file path is given, the leading slash will be ignored.

Groups:

Sounds

Syntax

Syntax:

playSoundUI [sound, volume, soundPitch]

Parameters:

sound: String - CfgSounds class or file as used in playSound3D (See Arma 3: Sound Files for available file names)

volume: Number - (Optional, default 1) Sound volume. A value greater than 5 gets capped

soundPitch: Number - (Optional, default 1)

• 1.0 → normal
• 0.5 → Darth Vader
• 2.0 → Chipmunks

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

playSoundUI ["Alarm", 0.5, 0.5]

Example 2:

playSoundUI ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\blip1.wss"]

Example 3:

Sound file extension must be specified even if a config entry has none: playSoundUI ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent", 5, 1]; // no sound playSoundUI ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss", 5, 1]; // alarm

Additional Information

See also:

say3D playSound say2D say createSoundSource setRandomLip getMissionPath playSound3D

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