{"name":"setMarkerType","operator":null,"title":"setMarkerType","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setMarkerType","revid":370037,"updated":"2024-10-28T20:28:34Z","groups":["Markers"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"ofp","name":"Operation Flashpoint","version":"1.00"},{"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":"ofp","name":"Operation Flashpoint","version":"1.00"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":"global","server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Sets marker type. Marker type is a class name from CfgMarkers.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> **Multiplayer optimisation:** Global marker commands always broadcast the *entire* marker state over the network.\n> As such, the number of network messages exchanged when creating or editing a marker can be reduced by performing all but the last operation using local marker commands, then using a global marker command for the last change (and subsequent global broadcast of all changes applied to the marker).","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"markerName setMarkerType type","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"markerName","type":"String","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["String"],"since":null,"text":"markerName: String"},{"name":"type","type":"String","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"see CfgMarkers","types":["String"],"since":null,"text":"type: String - see CfgMarkers"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"markerName","types":["String"]},"right":{"text":"type","types":["String"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n\"MarkerOne\" setMarkerType \"Warning\";\n```","code":["\"MarkerOne\" setMarkerType \"Warning\";"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["CfgMarkers","setMarkerDrawPriority","setMarkerTypeLocal","markerType","setMarkerAlphaLocal","setMarkerBrush","setMarkerColor","setMarkerDir","setMarkerPos","setMarkerShape","setMarkerSize","setMarkerText","createMarker"],"notes":[],"categories":["ArmA: Armed Assault: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Markers","Introduced with Operation Flashpoint version 1.00","Operation Flashpoint: Elite: Scripting Commands","Operation Flashpoint: New Scripting Commands","Operation Flashpoint: Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands: Global Effect","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}