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I had some trouble getting this to work at first; the key is to have a space between the brackets. | I had some trouble getting this to work at first; the key is to have a space between the brackets. | ||
IMPORTANT: not reccomended for use with .sqf scripts! line breaks will cause problems if you do - use execVM for those | |||
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Revision as of 14:35, 1 February 2010
Description
- Description:
- Execute a script. The argument is passed to the script in the "_this" variable. Learn more about scripts under Scripts.
- Groups:
- Uncategorised
Syntax
- Syntax:
- argument exec script
- Parameters:
- argument: Any Value - the argument which should be passed to the script. To pass multiple arguments, use an array.
- script: String - the name of the script. It should be given relatively to the mission folder, campaign scripts subfolder or global scripts folder and is searched there in the same order.
If you refer to a script packed together with an addon, the path should look like this: "\ADDON_PBO_NAME\script.sqs" where ADDON_PBO_NAME is the name of the addon's *.pbo file without extension. - Return Value:
- Nothing
Examples
- Example 1:
[player, _jeep] exec "getin.sqs"
Additional Information
Notes
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Report bugs on the Feedback Tracker and/or discuss them on the Arma Discord or on the Forums.
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Notes
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VBS2 VTK: To execute a script with no arguments that will run during the start of a mission, add this to the
initialization line of one of your objects:
[ ] exec "script_name.sqs"
I had some trouble getting this to work at first; the key is to have a space between the brackets.
IMPORTANT: not reccomended for use with .sqf scripts! line breaks will cause problems if you do - use execVM for those
Bottom Section
Categories:
- Scripting Commands
- Introduced with Operation Flashpoint version 1.00
- Operation Flashpoint: New Scripting Commands
- Operation Flashpoint: Scripting Commands
- Command Group: Uncategorised
- Scripting Commands: Local Effect
- Scripting Commands OFP 1.96
- Scripting Commands OFP 1.46
- Scripting Commands ArmA
- Command Group: Program Flow
- Scripting Commands ArmA2
- Scripting Commands VBS2