Arma 3 Scripting

loadFile

  • Arma 3 v0.50
  • First in Operation Flashpoint v1.90

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Description

Returns the content of given files. If you plan to compile said string, be aware that the file should not contain comments or compile will throw an error. If there are comments, use preprocessFile/preprocessFileLineNumbers instead.

Warning

If the file is not prepared using UTF-8 encoding and contains some characters with codes > 127, they might convert incorrectly.

Syntax

loadFile fileName

Parameters:

Returns: String

Examples

Example 1

_contents = loadFile "wantedString.txt";

Example 2

_contents = compile loadFile "myFunction.sqf"; // will compile string into code

See also

fileExists · preprocessFile · preprocessFileLineNumbers

Community notes

James

Notice that you will have to activate file patching via -filePatching. Otherwise execVM and loadFile will not load any files outside your mission folder (like the global scripts).