radioChannelCreate

Description

Create a custom radio channel with the given color, label, call sign and registered characters. The custom channel ID returned can be used to manipulate the created channel later. There are 50 slots (10 slots before Arma 3 v2.22) for custom radio channels which would correspond to channels 6..15 and 26..65 (see getPlayerChannel). The command will find an unused index in this range and create it when found.

Syntax

radioChannelCreate [color, label, callSign, units, sentenceType]

Parameters:

• color: Array - RGBA color values
• label: String - label
• callSign: String or Arma 3 v2.22 Array of Strings - see radioChannelSetCallSign
• units: Array of Objects - units in the channel
• sentenceType: Boolean - (Optional, default true)
  • true - use Protocol message color from getArray (configFile >> "RscChatListDefault" >> "colorMessageProtocol")
  • false - use Normal message color from getArray (configFile >> "RscChatListDefault" >> "colorMessage")

Returns: Number - created custom channel ID (used in customChat command), 0 if failed. (see BIS_fnc_channelNumToRadioChannelID, BIS_fnc_radioChannelIDToChannelNum)

Examples

Example 1

_channelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], "Q-dance Radio", "%UNIT_NAME", [player1, player2]];

Example 2

_channelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], "Q-dance Radio", "%UNIT_NAME", [player1, player2], true];
// using true also disables automatic quotes for chat in channel (Arma 3)

Example 3

Create custom channel and add all players to it, present and JIP:

if (isServer) then
{
    private _channelName = "Q-dance Radio";
    private _channelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], _channelName, "%UNIT_NAME", []];
    if (_channelID == 0) exitWith {diag_log format ["Custom channel '%1' creation failed!", _channelName]};
    [_channelID, {_this radioChannelAdd [player]}] remoteExec ["call", [0, -2] select isDedicated, _channelName];
};

See also

radioChannelAdd · radioChannelRemove · radioChannelSetCallSign · radioChannelSetLabel · customChat · customRadio · setCurrentChannel · currentChannel · enableChannel · channelEnabled · getPlayerChannel · radioChannelInfo