{"name":"vehicleChat","title":"vehicleChat","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vehicleChat","revid":376772,"updated":"2025-11-17T00:04:46Z","groups":["Radio and Chat"],"status":"ok","games":{"ofp":"1.34","ofpe":"1.00","arma1":"1.00","arma2":"1.00","arma2oa":"1.50","tkoh":"1.00","arma3":"0.50"},"since":"ofp 1.34","arma3_since":"0.50","locality":{"argument":"global","effect":"local"},"description":"Types text to the vehicle radio channel. The text will be visible only on the PC where command was executed. If you need the message to show on all computers, you have to execute it globally, see remoteExec. Use clearRadio to clear chat history\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> - Object parameter must be a vehicle, not a player\n> - If you are in a crew seat (i.e. driver, gunner or commander), then it will include that role in the chat name output (Eg: Driver (you_name): \"Message\")","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"vehicle vehicleChat chatText","params":[{"name":"vehicle","type":"Object","description":"vehicle unit is in","type_expr":"Object"},{"name":"chatText","type":"String","description":"message to transmit","type_expr":"String"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"vehicle"},"right":{"text":"chatText"}}],"examples":[{"code":["vehicle player vehicleChat \"Show this text\";"]},{"code":["driver vehicle player sideChat \"sideChat\";\ndriver vehicle player globalChat \"globalChat\";\ndriver vehicle player groupChat \"groupChat\";\nvehicle player vehicleChat \"vehicleChat\";\ndriver vehicle player commandChat \"commandChat\";\ndriver vehicle player customChat [1, \"customChat\"];\nsystemChat \"systemChat\";"]}],"see_also":["globalChat","groupChat","sideChat","commandChat","customChat","systemChat","vehicleRadio"]}