faction

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Description:

Gets unit faction. Factions were introduced in Arma 2 and are defined under CfgFactionClasses.

Side	1.00	1.50	1.96
west/blufor	USMC CDF	BIS_US BIS_CZ BIS_GER BIS_BAF (BAF DLC)	BLU_F (NATO) BLU_G_F (FIA) BLU_T_F (Pacific NATO, Apex Expansion) BLU_CTRG_F (Pacific CTRG, Apex Expansion) BLU_GEN_F (Gendarmerie, Apex Expansion) BLU_W_F (Woodland NATO, Contact Expansion)
east/opfor	INS (ChDKZ) RU (Russia)	BIS_TK (Takistan army) BIS_TK_INS (TK insurgents)	OPF_F (Iranian CSAT) OPF_G_F (FIA) OPF_T_F (Chinese CSAT, Apex Expansion) OPF_R_F (Spetznatz, Contact Expansion)
resistance/ independent	GUE (Guerilla)	BIS_TK_GUE BIS_UN (United Nations) PMC_BAF (PMC DLC)	IND_F (AAF) IND_G_F (FIA) IND_C_F (Syndikat, Apex Expansion) IND_E_F (LDF, Contact Expansion) IND_L_F (Looters, Contact Expansion)
civilian	CIV CIV_RU	BIS_TK_CIV BIS_CIV_special	CIV_F CIV_IDAP_F (Laws of War DLC)

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If a unit's faction is not defined in its config, an empty string is returned.

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Object Manipulation Sides

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TankBuster - c: Posted on Mar 19, 2010 - 16:56 (UTC)
: Faction behaves slightly differently to side. Side can refer to the pilot or commander of a vehicle, but faction never changes. It always returns the 'country of manufacture'.

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