say

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Description

Description:

Make unit say given sound. The sound is defined in CfgSounds. If the unit is a person, it will also perform the corresponding lipsync effect provided an appropriate .lip file has been created for this sound.

• A dead or non-existent unit obviously cannot say anything.
• If the camera is not within given range, title is not shown and the sound will not be heard.
• See also playSound in order to play a sound wherever the camera/player is.

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say will mimic either say2D or say3D depending on whether it is executed in a cutscene or in a game scene.

Groups:

Sounds

Syntax

Syntax:

from say sound

Parameters:

from: Object or Array of Objects

• Object - the sound source
• Array - format [from, to]:
  • from: Object - sound source
  • to: Object - target

sound: String or Array

• String - class name of the sound to be played. Defined in CfgSounds including Description.ext
• Array - format [sound, maxTitlesDistance, speed]:
  • sound: String - class name of the sound to be played. Defined in CfgSounds including Description.ext
  • maxTitlesDistance: Number (Optional, default 100) - max. distance in meters at which the sound can be heard
  • speed: Number (Optional, default 1) - pitch of the sound

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

(units player select 1) say ["whisper1", 5];

Example 2:

player say "scuba_breath"; // Arma 3 vanilla sound

Additional Information

See also:

say3D say2D playSound createSoundSource playSoundUI

Notes

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