Incoming Transmission

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Author: Mugen

Last revision: 10 Mar at 07:46 UTC (1)

File size: 42.43 KB

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Description:
INCOMING TRANSMISSION

This is a small 3DEN/Zeus module to add a dialogue box that can be activated easily by trigger.
Options include:
– Portrait for the speaker (Optional)
– Speakers name (Optional)
– Text Dialogue
– Sound file (Optional)
– On-screen duration
– Style (available in 5 different colours)
– Text size adjustments for speaker name and text dialogue
– Delay function to chain several dialogue boxes one after the other

Planned Features

– Limit text box size and allow scrolling text
– More position settings
– Generic radio audio toggle

Scripting Call

You can also call this mod via scripting.
A test script call should look something like this:

["", "", "Debug: Incoming Transmission works!", "", 5, "default", 1.1, 1, 0] spawn ITR_fnc_transmission;

Parameters are as follows:

0: STRING – Portrait image path (mission-relative) OR "" for none 1: STRING – Speaker name OR "" for none 2: STRING – Transmission text OR "" (will abort if everything is empty) 3: STRING – Sound class name (CfgSounds) OR "" for none 4: NUMBER – Duration in seconds (default 6) 5: STRING – Style ("default","command","warning","enemy","system") 6: NUMBER – Speaker font size (default 1.1) 7: NUMBER – Text font size (default 1) 8: NUMBER – Delay before showing (seconds, default 0)
Credit

A big thanks to Charles B. Punchington on Discord for the original version of the dialogue box script

Feedback

Have suggestions for me to add to this, leave a comment or find me on the Chimera Discord https://discord.gg/CHMA
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License

This mod is licensed under the Arma Public License (APL).

Repacking, redistributing, or including this mod in any modpack requires explicit permission from the author (Mugen)

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