Arma 3 Scripting

vehicleRadio

  • Global argument
  • Local effect
  • Arma 3 v0.50
  • First in Operation Flashpoint v1.00

Command · also in Sounds · Markdown · JSON · original wiki page

Description

Sends the audio message to the vehicle radio channel. The message is defined in CfgRadio in the description.ext file or config radio protocol. The transmission will play only on the PC where command was executed. If you need the transmission to play on all computers, you have to execute it globally (see remoteExec).

Note

When transmitting unit gets killed, transmission will be interrupted. However when receiving unit gets killed, the transmission continues to play.

Syntax

unit vehicleRadio radioName

Parameters:

Returns: Nothing

Examples

Example 1

_soldierOne vehicleRadio "messageOne";

Example 2

player vehicleRadio configName selectRandom ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgRadio"));

See also

sideRadio · groupRadio · customRadio · vehicleChat · globalRadio · directSay · commandRadio

Community notes

Killzone_Kid

To transmit user custom sounds (see Multiplayer_Custom_Sounds_Tutorial), prefix the full filename including file extension with #. For example if there is a custom user sound file called MySound.ogg, to play it on the radio use:

player vehicleRadio "#MySound.ogg";