---
name: "onBriefingPlan"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Event Handlers", "Sounds", "Briefing"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/onBriefingPlan
revid: 379454
updated: 2026-10-31T00:08:40Z
---

# onBriefingPlan

*Command · Event Handlers, Sounds, Briefing · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint v1.75*

## Description

Select a sound declared in the [Description.ext](../topics/Description.ext.md#sound) of the mission to be played the first time the [Plan tab](../topics/Briefing.html.md#plan) is selected in the [briefing](../topics/Briefing.html.md).

## Syntax

```sqf
onBriefingPlan soundName
```

**Parameters:**

- `soundName`: [String](../topics/String.md)

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
onBriefingPlan "PlanVoiceOver";
```

## See also

[Description.ext](../topics/Description.ext.md)

## Community notes

**bdfy** — 2007-01-20

In Operation Flashpoint v1.96 only sound files defined in the mission description can be played in this way.

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — onBriefingPlan](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/onBriefingPlan) (revision 379454).</sub>