Arma 3 Scripting

Command in System

openYoutubeVideo

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Description

Opens Steam overlay with given YT video. Video URL is the end part of the YT URL, starting with watch?v=.... If the user has Steam overlay disabled, the command will display appropriate message to the user and return false.

Syntax

openYoutubeVideo youTubeUrl

Parameters:

Returns: Boolean

Examples

Example 1

// open http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBIAbm7Rt78
_isOpened = openYoutubeVideo "watch?v=UBIAbm7Rt78";

See also

openDSInterface · openMap

Community notes

celoush

SITREP 00061: For security reasons we have restricted its use to outside scenarios only (e.g. in the game's UI or a mod's UI).