---
name: "doWatch"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Unit Control"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": "local", "effect": "global", "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/doWatch
revid: 377524
updated: 2026-01-02T06:52:15Z
---

# doWatch

*Command · Unit Control · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint v1.00*

Locality: arguments **local** · effect **global**

## Description

Order the given unit(s) to watch the given position or target (without radio messages). Use [objNull](../commands/objNull.md) as the target to order a unit to stop watching a position/target.

## Syntax

### Syntax 1

```sqf
unit(s) doWatch position
```

**Parameters:**

- `unit(s)`: [Object](../topics/Object.md) or [Array](../topics/Array.md) of [Object](../topics/Object.md)s
- `position`: [Position](../topics/Position.md)

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

### Syntax 2

```sqf
unit(s) doWatch target
```

**Parameters:**

- `unit(s)`: [Object](../topics/Object.md) or [Array](../topics/Array.md) of [Object](../topics/Object.md)s
- `target`: [Object](../topics/Object.md)

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

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_soldierOne doWatch markerPos "MarkerMoveOne";
```

The unit named "soldierOne" will watch the position where the marker "MarkerMoveOne" is placed.

### Example 2

```sqf
_soldierOne doWatch _eastSoldier;
```

The unit named "soldierOne" will watch the unit named "eastSoldier".

## See also

[commandWatch](../commands/commandWatch.md) · [lookAt](../commands/lookAt.md) · [glanceAt](../commands/glanceAt.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — doWatch](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/doWatch) (revision 377524).</sub>