Arma 3 Scripting

setPlateNumber

  • Local argument
  • Global effect
  • Arma 3 v1.82

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Description

Change the license plates on any vehicle which has plates configured. Max 15 characters are allowed!

Syntax

vehicle setPlateNumber string

Parameters:

Returns: Nothing

Examples

Example 1

vehicle player setPlateNumber "K2000";

Example 2

Reset plate to the world's randomised template:

private _return = "";
private _cfg = (configFile >> "CfgWorlds" >> worldName);

{
    _return = _return + (call {
        if (_x == "$") exitWith {
            selectRandom (getText (_cfg >> "plateLetters") splitString "")
        };
        if (_x == "#") exitWith {
            selectRandom ["0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"]
        };
        _x
    });
} forEach (getText (_cfg >> "plateFormat") splitString "");

_car setPlateNumber _return;

See also

getPlateNumber

Community notes

Demellion

NOTICE: If this command is performed where the argument is remote, the plate will change and getPlateNumber will also return the new value, until vehicle owner sync it back to original in ~10 seconds after.