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Megaphone

A megaphone used to make announcements or indiscreetly communicate over large distances. Requires a battery to operate.

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Classname Megaphone
Section
Equipment
Weight
2.4 kg
Inventory size
3×4 12 slots
Durability
70
Spawns on
Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

Characteristics

Compatibility

Attachment slots

Battery D
9V Battery

Matched by config slots and lists. Game scripts block a few combinations on top of this.

Where it spawns

Spawns as loot on Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal: Military, Police, Town, Village.

ChernarusLivoniaSakhal
Nominal 20 20 13
Minimum 10 10 8
Lifetime 4 h 4 h 4 h
Restock 0 0 0
Quantity · · ·
Loot category Tools Tools Tools
Places Military Police Town Village Military Police Village Military Police Village
Tiers Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 2 Tier 3

Nominal is how many the economy keeps on the map, minimum is where restocking starts. Lifetime is how long an untouched item lies before cleanup.

types.xml

Vanilla entries from the mission files of each map. Paste one into db/types.xml of your mission to bring back the default.

types.xml · Chernarus 
<type name="Megaphone">
    <nominal>20</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>10</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="tools"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <usage name="Town"/>
    <usage name="Village"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
    <value name="Tier4"/>
</type>
types.xml · Livonia 
<type name="Megaphone">
    <nominal>20</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>10</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="tools"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <usage name="Village"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>
types.xml · Sakhal 
<type name="Megaphone">
    <nominal>13</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>8</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="tools"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <usage name="Village"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>

Config

Classname
Megaphone
Config class
CfgVehicles
Inherits from
Inventory_Base › Static › All
Model
\dz\gear\radio\megaphone.p3d
Defined in
Addons/gear_radio.pbo::config.bin