setName

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Description

Description:

Sets the name of a location or a person. In Arma 3 this can be used to set name of a person but only in single player.

Groups:

Unit IdentityLocations

Syntax 1

Syntax:

unit setName name

Parameters:

unit: Object

name: String

Return Value:

Nothing

Syntax 2

Syntax:

unit setName [name, firstName, lastName]

Parameters:

unit: Object

name: String

firstName: String

lastName: String

Return Value:

Nothing

Syntax 3

Syntax:

location setName name

Parameters:

location: Location

name: String

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

myLocation setName "My Location Name";

Example 2:

player setName "New Name";

Example 3:

player setName ["Ben Kerry","Ben","Kerry"];

Additional Information

See also:

name nameSound setNameSound setIdentity

Notes

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Only post proven facts here! Add Note

Posted on September 19, 2013‎

Druid

Support of a person as the first parameter from Arma 3 v. 1.02.

Posted on April 12, 2014

Waffle SS.

Seems to have no effect on players in Multiplayer. (Arma 3 v1.00)

Posted on August 18, 2014

Pierre MGI

Only last name will appear in command bar i.e. this setname _mynameArray will display _mynameArray select 2. If setname is used with a string : this setname "blah", nothing occurs in command bar and default randomized name is displayed.

Dealing with the units' names in a script, _x (in a foreach units group, for example) will return the "object" as B ALFA 4-1:2 or the name written in ai unit name field in editor (if exists). This context is rather a "variable name" for each object (ai) than an "identity name" as given via setname function.