---
name: "BIS_fnc_advHint"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["GUI"]
arma3_since: "1.00"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_advHint
revid: 327971
updated: 2022-07-13T14:30:14Z
---

# BIS_fnc_advHint

*Function · GUI · Arma 3 v1.00*

## Description

Shows advanced hint to player.

## Syntax

```sqf
[classes, duration1, condition1, duration2, condition2, showing, onlyFullHint, onlyOnce, useSound] call BIS_fnc_advHint
```

**Parameters:**

- **classes**: [Array](../topics/Array.md) - array in format ["hint main class", "hint class"]
- **duration1**: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - (Optional, default 15) duration of short hint in seconds
- **condition1**: [String](../topics/String.md) - (Optional, default "") condition for hiding the short hint
- **duration2**: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - (Optional, default 35) duration of full hint in seconds
- **condition2**: [String](../topics/String.md) - (Optional, default "") condition for hiding the full hint
- **showing**: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - (Optional, default [false](../commands/false.md)) true shows hint even if tutorial hints are disabled in game settings
- **onlyFullHint**: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - (Optional, default [false](../commands/false.md)) true shows full hint without using of short hint
- **onlyOnce**: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - (Optional, default [false](../commands/false.md)) show the hint in mission only once (true) or multiple times (false)
- **useSound**: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - (Optional, default [true](../commands/true.md)) true plays a sound when the hint is opened

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
[["Common", "GPS"]] call BIS_fnc_advHint;
```

### Example 2

```sqf
[["Common", "GPS"], 15, "", 35, "", false, false, false, true] call BIS_fnc_advHint; // default
```

## See also

Arma 3: Advanced Hints (Field Manual) · [BIS_fnc_advHintFormat](../functions/BIS_fnc_advHintFormat.md) · [BIS_fnc_advHintCall](../functions/BIS_fnc_advHintCall.md) · [BIS_fnc_advHintArg](../functions/BIS_fnc_advHintArg.md)

## Community notes

**Sixtyfour** — 2016-08-13

This command will not do anything for players who have "Tutorial Hints" disabled in their Options > Game difficulty settings or on servers that disable it in their relevant difficulty preset.

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc advHint](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_advHint) (revision 327971).</sub>