{"name":"preloadSound","operator":null,"title":"preloadSound","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/preloadSound","revid":376517,"updated":"2025-10-22T23:11:17Z","groups":["Sounds"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"ofpe","name":"Operation Flashpoint: Elite","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma1","name":"Armed Assault","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.50"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"ofpe","name":"Operation Flashpoint: Elite","version":"1.00"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Makes sure that a sound can start playing without any delay once it is needed.\nCommand works in Arma 3 but might not be implemented in earlier Arma installments.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"preloadSound soundName","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"soundName","type":"String","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["String"],"since":null,"text":"soundName: String"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean","types":["Boolean"],"description":null,"text":"Boolean"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"soundName","types":["String"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nprivate _sounds = getArray (missionConfigFile >> \"CfgSounds\" >> \"sounds\");\nwaitUntil { _sounds findIf { !(preloadSound _x) } == -1 };\n```","code":["private _sounds = getArray (missionConfigFile >> \"CfgSounds\" >> \"sounds\");\nwaitUntil { _sounds findIf { !(preloadSound _x) } == -1 };"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["preloadTitleRsc"],"notes":[],"categories":["ArmA: Armed Assault: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Sounds","Introduced with Operation Flashpoint: Elite version 1.00","Operation Flashpoint: Elite: New Scripting Commands","Operation Flashpoint: Elite: Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}