Arma 3 Scripting

Command in Groups

joinAsSilent

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Description

Joins the unit to the given group, if position id is available, this one is used. Avoid any radio communication related to joining.

Syntax

unit joinAsSilent [group, id]

Parameters:

Returns: Nothing

Examples

Example 1

player joinAsSilent [_group, 4];

Example 2

To get the position id:

getUnitPositionId = {
    private ["_vvn", "_str"];
    _vvn = vehicleVarName _this;
    _this setVehicleVarName "";
    _str = str _this;
    _this setVehicleVarName _vvn;
    parseNumber (_str select [(_str find ":") + 1])
};
player joinAsSilent [createGroup west, 5];
_id = player call getUnitPositionId;
hint str _id; // 5

See also

join · joinAs · joinSilent

Community notes

Mach1723

I have not done a thorough test but this function doesn't seem to work for Civilians, use joinSilent instead.