Command in System, Mission Information
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Returns mission root plus the filename in a form of filepath to be used with commands requiring absolute path such as playSound3D, drawIcon3D, createSimpleObject, etc. Any leading "" in the filename will be stripped as the mission root includes one already.
getMissionPath filename
Parameters:
filename: StringReturns: String - absolute path
// returns e.g "C:\Users\Username\Documents\Arma 3\missions\MissionName.Altis\icons\myIcon.paa"
private _path = getMissionPath "icons\myIcon.paa";
private _path = getMissionPath "\icons\myIcon.paa"; // leading \ is also fine
// returns e.g "C:\Users\Username\Documents\Arma 3\missions\MissionName.Altis\" with the trailing \
private _root = getMissionPath "";
missionConfigFile · playSound3D · drawIcon3D · createSimpleObject · Description.ext · playSoundUI
Before the introduction of getMissionPath, absolute mission directory could be obtained as follow in config:
__EXEC(MISSION_DIRECTORY = __FILE__ select [0, count __FILE__ - 15])
// ...
texture = __EVAL(MISSION_DIRECTORY + "subDirectory\texture.paa");