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Groups:: Sides

Example 1:: if (side man1 == playerSide) then { hint "man1 is on your side!"; };
Example 2:: switch (playerSide) do { case west: { hint "You are BLUFOR"; }; case east: { hint "You are OPFOR"; }; };
Example 3:: the following code will change the side of the player including playerSide: private _player = player; [player] join createGroup east; selectNoPlayer; selectPlayer _player; hint str playerSide; // EAST

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Posted on 27 Jan, 2008
Dr_Eyeball: playerSide defaults to west for JIP players early on during initialization regardless of their side.
So if you are a JIP player on another side (like east), you will need to cater for this for any early initializations.; Posted on 13 Oct, 2008
Dr_Eyeball: playerSide also shows your starting side, even if your side changes to enemy due to a bad rating. In that case, playerSide != side player.

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 | Returns the player's [[Side|side]]. This is valid even when the player controlled person is dead (a difference from [[side]] [[player]]).
-{{Informative | [[playerSide]] will not change automatically if [[player]] [[join]]s a [[group]] on different [[side]]. However, [[selectPlayer]] command can and does change [[playerSide]] - see '''[[#Examples|Example 3]]''' for information.}}
+{{Feature | Informative | [[playerSide]] will not change automatically if [[player]] [[join]]s a [[group]] on different [[side]]. However, [[selectPlayer]] command can and does change [[playerSide]] - see '''[[#Examples|Example 3]]''' for information.}}
 | '''playerSide'''