---
name: "sendUDPMessage"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Multiplayer"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sendUDPMessage
revid: 351538
updated: 2023-12-06T23:45:43Z
---

# sendUDPMessage

*Command · Multiplayer · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead v1.50*

## Description

Send message to given address using UDP protocol. Returns false if the message has not been delivered

> [!WARNING]
> Disabled in retail version (see the talk page for more info).

## Syntax

```sqf
sendUDPMessage [ip, port, message]
```

**Parameters:**

- `ip`: [String](../topics/String.md)
- `port`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- `message`: [String](../topics/String.md)

**Returns:** [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_bool = sendUDPMessage ["192.168.0.1", 2302, "Here goes you message..."];
```

## See also

[sendAUMessage](../commands/sendAUMessage.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — sendUDPMessage](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sendUDPMessage) (revision 351538).</sub>