playMusic

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Description

Description:

Plays music defined in Description.ext's CfgMusic or config.cpp. If the musicName could not be found a message is logged into the .rpt file: Music <musicName> not found.

• Arma 3 CfgMusic
• Arma 2: CfgMusic
• ArmA: CfgMusic

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To stop the music, use playMusic "".

Groups:

Sounds

Syntax

Syntax:

playMusic musicName

Parameters:

musicName: String - music classname

Return Value:

Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

playMusic [musicName, start]

Parameters:

musicName: String - music classname

start: Number - start, in seconds. Can be negative.

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

playMusic "RadioAmbient1";

Example 2:

playMusic ["RadioAmbient3", 3]; // start to play from 00:00:03

Example 3:

Play from 00:00:01 to 00:00:05: [] spawn { playMusic ["RadioAmbient5", 1]; sleep 4; playMusic ""; };

Additional Information

See also:

getMusicPlayedTime playSoundsaycreateSoundSourceaddMusicEventHandlerfadeMusic Arma 3 Jukebox Utility

Notes

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