Channel IDs

Introduction

In Arma 3, chat, radio, VON and markers all use the same channel ID system. However, channel IDs for custom channels behave a bit differently. This is explained in the table below.

Channel Explanation

In the following, 'content' will be used instead of marker, voice or message

Channel ID	Channel Name	Visible To	Additional Information
-1	None		Is used when a marker is created with createMarker and the channelID parameter was not defined. Markers in "none" channel are visible in all other channels as well.
0	Global	All players.
1	Side	Content is only visible to the side of the player who created it.
2	Command
3	Group	Content is only visible for the players in the group of the player who created it.	This channel cannot be disabled. It's the default fallback channel if all other channels are disabled.
4	Vehicle	Content is only visible to the vehicle's crew.
5	Direct	To players in a close distance.
6 - 15	Custom Channels	Content will only be available for players which have been assigned to this channel. See radioChannelAdd	Custom channels can be created on the fly. See radioChannelCreate. ⚠ The custom channel ID returned by radioChannelCreate is going to be in a range from 1 - 10 (0 if failed). Internally, these numbers are converted to the channel IDs 6 - 15 which are reserved for custom channels. Channel ID 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Custom Channel ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Custom Channel ID Example

// Create custom channel
_customChannelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], "Q-dance Radio", "%UNIT_NAME", [player]]; // _customChannelID is 1

// Switch current channel of the player to the newly created channel.
setCurrentChannel 6; // Note the channel ID used here. Even though the ID returned by radioChannelCreate is 1, we have to use 6 as channel ID. See table above.

// Let us use this channel for a message
player customChat [_customChannelID, "Hi, I am a custom chat message"]; // Since this command uses the customChannelID we have to use 1 (_customChannelID) here

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Always be aware of what kind of channel ID you are currently working with and what channel ID is expected by the command you are using. See Command Group: Custom Radio and Chat for commands which expect a customChannelID!

See Also

• Command Group: Markers
• Command Group: Custom Radio and Chat
• Command Group: Radio and Chat