The script \A3\functions_f\Conversations\fn_kbTellLocal.sqf has a few omissions/bugs that make the whole radio system around BIS_fnc_kbTell unusable for user missions unless they are in an addon.
- From above script:
if (_channel in ["DIRECT", "VEHICLE"] || _showSubtitles || (hasInterface && { "ItemRadio" in (assignedItems player) })) then
{
// Search for disconnected subtitles, play if necessary
private _text = getText (configFile >> "CfgSentences" >> _mission >> _topic >> "Sentences" >> _sentence >> "textPlain");
if (_text != "") then {[_from getvariable ["bis_fnc_kbTellLocal_name",name _from], _text] call BIS_fnc_showSubtitle;};
};The script *always* uses configFile >> CfgSentences, instead of using the function BIS_fnc_kbTopicConfig which is specifically for that purpose. A simple modification of the above If statement would remedy the problem:
if (_channel in ["DIRECT", "VEHICLE"] || _showSubtitles || (hasInterface && { "ItemRadio" in (assignedItems player) })) then
{
private _cfgTopic = [_mission, _topicName] call BIS_fnc_kbTopicConfig;
// Search for disconnected subtitles, play if necessary
private _text = getText (_cfgTopic >> "Sentences" >> _sentence >> "textPlain");
if (_text != "") then {[_from getvariable ["bis_fnc_kbTellLocal_name",name _from], _text] call BIS_fnc_showSubtitle;};
};
`- since the popular Radio modification "ACRE 2" replaces ItemRadio, the above will break as well if ACRE is used. Instead, a simple "force override" would make the system usable again even with ACRE:
if (_channel in ["DIRECT", "VEHICLE"] || _showSubtitles || (hasInterface && { "ItemRadio" in (assignedItems player) })) thencould be replaced with
if (_channel in ["DIRECT", "VEHICLE"] || _showSubtitles || (hasInterface && { "ItemRadio" in (assignedItems player) || _to getVariable ["BIS_fnc_kbTellLocal_forceRadio", false])) thenThis would allow to "force" a radio on a unit via a unit-local variable