kbTell

Local argument
Global effect
Arma 3 v0.50
First in Arma 2 v1.00

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Description

Make the person tell to the receiver the sentence. See Conversations for more details.

Syntax

person kbTell [receiver, topicName, sentenceClass, argumentArray1, argumentArray2, ..., forceRadio]

Parameters:

person: Object
receiver: Object
topicName: String
sentenceClass: String
argumentArrayN: Array - (Optional) format [argumentName, argumentValue, argumentText, argumentSpeech]:
- argumentName: String
- argumentValue: Code
- argumentText: String
- argumentSpeech: Array of Strings - each string is an already defined word in config.
forceRadio: Boolean, Number or String (last value of the array) - (Optional)
- Boolean true/false to force use of radio
- Number 1-10 to force use of custom radio channel
- String name of radio channel to use, from: 'GLOBAL', 'SIDE', 'GROUP', 'VEHICLE', 'DIRECT', 'COMMAND'

Returns: Nothing

Examples

Example 1

player kbTell [BIS_HQ, "myTopic", "playerSentence1"];

Example 2

player kbTell [
    BIS_HQ,                                        // to
    "Airstrike",                                // topic
    "AirstrikeRequest",                            // sentence
    ["Team", {}, "Anvil", ["Anvil"]],            // argument 1
    ["Location", {}, "Strelka", ["Strelka"]],    // argument 2
    true];                                        // use radio

in given .bikb:

class AirstrikeRequest
{
    text = "%team requesting close air support at grid %location ";
    speech[] = { %Team, RequestingCloseAirSupportAtGrid, %Location };
    class Arguments
    {
        class Team        { type = "simple"; };
        class Location    { type = "simple"; };
    };
};

Example 3

player kbTell [
    BIS_HQ,                                        // to
    "Airstrike",                                // topic
    "AirstrikeRequest",                            // sentence
    ["argumentName", argumentValue],            // argument 1
    true];                                        // use radio

Problems

Two units cannot talk on the same channel at the same time, this can lead to weird effects for non-local listeners; make sure not to use the same channel at the same time in multiplayer. Custom channels are considered as one channel for this matter.