How to change HQ callsign?

[Alwarren 2765]

Hi.

I've searched the forum but didn't find the answer to my problem. When using sideRadio like this:

[WEST, "HQ"] sideRadio "BattlemageMissionGo";

the HQ identifies itself as

CROSSROAD: THIS IS BATTLEMAGE...

which is obviously not what I want. I tried to put "Battlemage" in the quotes instead of HQ, but that doesn't work. Is there a way to change the callsign of HQ? I read that a stringtable.csv would work, but I wouldn't know what CFG_STR.. to put in there.

Any help appreciated.

~~~ Alwarren

[CarlGustaffa 4]

Stringtable.csv that worked in Arma1, haven't tested in Arma2 yet. Not sure if we have more entries now that actually work:

STR_CFG_PAPABEAR, HEAD QUARTER

STR_CFG_FIREFLYBASE, STEEL RAIN

[WEST,"HQ"] should now read HEAD QUARTER instead of CROSSROADS

[WEST,"AIRBASE"] should now read STEEL RAIN instead of BASE FIREFLY (I think AIRBASE, not sure).

[Alwarren 2765]

STR_CFG_PAPABEAR, HEAD QUARTER

I think I have tried that before, I might have made a mistake. I'll try again.

Thanks :)

Edit: Tried it and it works. For reference, if anybody has a similar problem here's the stringtable.csv I have used:

LANGUAGE,English,German
STR_CFG_PAPABEAR,Battlemage,Battlemage

Edited October 5, 2009 by Alwarren

[{USI}_Zombie 0]

try this in your init.sqf

BATTLEMAGE=[West,"HQ"];

[2nd ranger 282]

I take it this no longer works in OA? Changing the callsign name I mean? Stringtable or not, the callsign remains 'CROSSROAD' for me.

EDIT:

Scratch that. For some reason the Cold War Rearmed mod messes with the callsign and makes it 'HQ', and you can't change it. The very people who would need to use the 'Papa Bear' callsign in missions and they broke it.

Edited July 19, 2012 by 2nd Ranger

[sander 14]

The Papa Bear callsign is actually still working, renaming the default abstract sources is not.

PAPABEAR=[West,"Papa_bear"]; PAPABEAR SideChat "Hello, World";

Above will result in display of the Papa Bear callsign.

Regards,

Sander

[jollysam 10]

Did anyone figure out the answer to this? I want to change the HQ callsign to 'Lion', like in the BAF campaign (I'm making a BAF-theme mission).

Thanks alot,

Sam

[ozdeadmeat 12]

create a unit on the map called admin.

Init

this setgroupID ["Admin Guy Dude"];

then use admin sidechat "this is a test";

It should come up Admin Guy Dude: this is a test;