{"name":"hostMission","operator":null,"title":"hostMission","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hostMission","revid":369139,"updated":"2024-09-03T10:34:36Z","groups":["Multiplayer"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.55"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.55"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Host the multiplayer mission defined in the config class and opens the lobby with the scenario loaded. Must be called in UI action from a dialog.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"hostMission [configEntry, activeDisplay]","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"configEntry","type":"Config","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Config"],"since":null,"text":"configEntry: Config"},{"name":"activeDisplay","type":"Display","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Display"],"since":null,"text":"activeDisplay: Display"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"[configEntry, activeDisplay]","types":["Array"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nhostMission [configFile >> \"CfgMissions\" >> \"MPMissions\" >> _scenarioClassName, _currentlyActiveDisplay];\n```","code":["hostMission [configFile >> \"CfgMissions\" >> \"MPMissions\" >> _scenarioClassName, _currentlyActiveDisplay];"]},{"text":"Launch host mission dialog from a client on dedicated server in Arma 3:\n\n```sqf\nhostMission [\n    configFile >> \"CfgMissions\" >> \"MPmissions\" >> \"MP_COOP_m01\",\n    findDisplay 46\n];\n```","code":["hostMission [\n\tconfigFile >> \"CfgMissions\" >> \"MPmissions\" >> \"MP_COOP_m01\",\n\tfindDisplay 46\n];"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["playScriptedMission","playMission","createMPCampaignDisplay","createMissionDisplay"],"notes":[{"user":".kju","date":"2011-01-03T16:51:00Z","text":"The command must be called in the main menu or something similar menu it seems."}],"categories":["Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: New Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Multiplayer","Introduced with Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead version 1.55","Scripting Commands","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}