{"name":"systemChat","operator":null,"title":"systemChat","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/systemChat","revid":376770,"updated":"2025-11-17T00:03:10Z","groups":["Radio and Chat"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.63"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.63"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":"local","server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Types text to the system radio channel. The text will be visible only on the PC where command was executed. If you need the message to show on all computers, you have to execute it globally (see remoteExec). Use clearRadio to clear chat history","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"systemChat text","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"text","type":"String","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"message to transmit","types":["String"],"since":null,"text":"text: String - message to transmit"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"text","types":["String"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nsystemChat \"Hello world!\";\n```","code":["systemChat \"Hello world!\";"]},{"text":"```sqf\ndriver vehicle player sideChat \"sideChat\";\ndriver vehicle player globalChat \"globalChat\";\ndriver vehicle player groupChat \"groupChat\";\nvehicle player vehicleChat \"vehicleChat\";\ndriver vehicle player commandChat \"commandChat\";\ndriver vehicle player customChat [1, \"customChat\"];\nsystemChat \"systemChat\";\n```","code":["driver vehicle player sideChat \"sideChat\";\ndriver vehicle player globalChat \"globalChat\";\ndriver vehicle player groupChat \"groupChat\";\nvehicle player vehicleChat \"vehicleChat\";\ndriver vehicle player commandChat \"commandChat\";\ndriver vehicle player customChat [1, \"customChat\"];\nsystemChat \"systemChat\";"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["globalChat","groupChat","vehicleChat","commandChat","customChat","sideChat","directSay","clearRadio"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: New Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Radio and Chat","Introduced with Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead version 1.63","Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands: Local Effect","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}