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Description

Description:

Enables/disables UI functionality which is responsible for sending text or voice chat to the given chat channel.

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This command:

can override Description.ext or server config's channel setting
cannot disable Global channel for the admin or server host, because Global channel is always available for the admin
does not disable incoming text or voice
actively interrupts (since Arma 3 v2.02) the current communication in progress
does not affect chat related scripting commands such as vehicleChat, globalRadio etc.

Channel ID number correspondence
Default Channels						Custom Channels
Global	Side	Command	Group	Vehicle	Direct	CC 1	CC 2	CC 3	CC 4	CC 5	CC 6	CC 7	CC 8	CC 9	CC 10
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15

Groups:

Radio and Chat

Syntax

Syntax:: channelID enableChannel enable
Parameters:: channelID: Number - channel ID
: enable: Boolean - true to enable, false to disable (both VoN and chat)
Return Value:: Nothing

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Alternative Syntax

Syntax:: channelID enableChannel [chat, VoN]
Parameters:: channelID: Number - channel ID
: chat: Boolean - true to enable text chat
: VoN: Boolean - true to enable voice chat
since 2.22: enableMapMarkers: Boolean - (Optional, default true) true to enable map marker placement
since 2.22: enableMapDrawing: Boolean - (Optional, default true) true to enable drawing on the map
Return Value:: Nothing

Examples

Example 1:: 0 enableChannel false; // disable user ability to send voice and text on global channel
Example 2:: 0 enableChannel [true, false]; // enable user ability to send text but disable voice on global channel

Additional Information

See also:: currentChannel setCurrentChannel getPlayerChannel channelEnabled radioChannelCreate

Notes

: Report bugs on the Feedback Tracker and/or discuss them on the Arma Discord.
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 |descr= Enables/disables UI functionality which is responsible for sending text or voice chat to the given chat channel.
-{{Feature|Informative|
+{{Feature|informative|
 This command:
-* can override [[Description.ext]] or [[server.cfg]]'s channel setting
+* can override [[Description.ext]] or [[Arma 3: Server Config File|server config]]'s channel setting
 * cannot disable Global channel for the admin or server host, because Global channel is always available for the admin
 * does not disable ''incoming'' text or voice
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 }}
-{{{!}} class{{=}}"wikitable" style{{=}}"text-align: center"
+{{{!}} class="wikitable align-center"
-! colspan{{=}}"16" {{!}} [[Channel IDs|Channel ID]] number correspondence
+! colspan="16" {{!}} [[Channel IDs|Channel ID]] number correspondence
 {{!}}-
-{{!}} colspan{{=}}"6" {{!}} Default Channels
+{{!}} colspan="6" {{!}} Default Channels
-{{!}} colspan{{=}}"10" {{!}} Custom Channels
+{{!}} colspan="10" {{!}} Custom Channels
-{{!}}- style{{=}}"font-size: .9em"
+{{!}}- style="font-size: .9em"
 {{!}} Global
 {{!}} Side
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 |p23= VoN: [[Boolean]] - [[true]] to enable voice chat
+|p24= enableMapMarkers: [[Boolean]] - (Optional, default [[true]]) [[true]] to enable map marker placement
+|p24since= arma3 2.22
+|p25= enableMapDrawing: [[Boolean]] - (Optional, default [[true]]) [[true]] to enable drawing on the map
+|p25since= arma3 2.22
 |r2= [[Nothing]]
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 |x1= <sqf>0 enableChannel false; // disable user ability to send voice and text on global channel</sqf>
-|x2= <code>0 enableChannel [<nowiki/>true, false]; // enable user ability to send text but disable voice on global channel</code>
+|x2= <sqf>0 enableChannel [true, false]; // enable user ability to send text but disable voice on global channel</sqf>
 |seealso= [[currentChannel]] [[setCurrentChannel]] [[getPlayerChannel]] [[channelEnabled]] [[radioChannelCreate]]
 }}