radioChannelCreate

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Description

Description:

Description needed

Groups:

Radio and ChatCustom Radio and Chat

Syntax

Syntax:

Syntax needed

Parameters:

color: Array - RGBA color values

label: String - label

callSign: String - call sign

units: Array - list of units in the channel

sentenceType (Optional): Boolean (Default: true)

• true - use Protocol message color from getArray (configFile >> "RscChatListDefault" >> "colorMessageProtocol")
• false - use Normal message color from getArray (configFile >> "RscChatListDefault" >> "colorMessage")

Return Value:

Return value needed

Examples

Example 1:

_channelID= radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], "Q-dance Radio", "%UNIT_NAME", [player1, player2]];

Example 2:

_channelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], "Q-dance Radio", "%UNIT_NAME", [player1, player2], false]; // disable automatic quotes for chat in channel (Arma 3)

Example 3:

Create custom channel and add all players to it, present and JIP:if (isServer) then { private _channelName = "Q-dance Radio"; private _channelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], _channelName, "%UNIT_NAME", []]; if (_channelID == 0) exitWith {diag_log format ["Custom channel '%1' creation failed!", _channelName]}; [_channelID, {_this radioChannelAdd [player]}] remoteExec ["call", [0, -2] select isDedicated, _channelName]; };

Additional Information

See also:

radioChannelAddradioChannelRemoveradioChannelSetCallSignradioChannelSetLabelcustomChatcustomRadiosetCurrentChannelcurrentChannelenableChannelchannelEnabledgetPlayerChannel

Notes

Report bugs on the Feedback Tracker and/or discuss them on the Arma Discord or on the Forums.
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Posted on January 21, 2016 - 13:30 (UTC)

Killzone Kid

Make sure you add all units you intend to speak or receive messages on created custom channel to the channel.

Posted on October 12, 2017 - 12:27 (UTC)

Demellion

WARNING: Be aware that created channels order and count are different between server and client. Example 3 shown that server-side channel ID is actually 4, while client currentChannel on the same channel results in 9. Behaviour is yet unknown for me.