{"name":"enableFreeLook","operator":null,"title":"enableFreeLook","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableFreeLook","revid":379078,"updated":"2026-09-27T07:30:52Z","groups":["Object Manipulation"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.22"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.22"},"arma3_since":"2.22","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Enables or disables the freelook toggle (2x Alt)","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"enableFreeLook enable","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"enable","type":"Boolean","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"enable or disable the toggle","types":["Boolean"],"since":null,"text":"enable: Boolean - enable or disable the toggle"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean","types":["Boolean"],"description":"Previous state","text":"Boolean - Previous state"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"enable","types":["Boolean"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nenableFreeLook true;\n```","code":["enableFreeLook true;"]},{"text":"```sqf\n// a function to get the current state without making changes\nprivate _fnc_isFreeLookToggled = \n{\n  private _oldState = enableFreeLook true; // enable temporarily; get state\n  enableFreeLook _oldState;\n  _oldState; // return the state\n};\n\nprivate _isFreeLookToggled = call _fnc_isFreeLookToggled;\n\n// a function to toggle the state\nprivate _fnc_toggleFreeLook = \n{\n  enableFreeLook !enableFreeLook false;\n};\n\ncall _fnc_toggleFreeLook; // toggle it (if enabled->disable it, and vice versa)\n```","code":["// a function to get the current state without making changes\nprivate _fnc_isFreeLookToggled = \n{\n  private _oldState = enableFreeLook true; // enable temporarily; get state\n  enableFreeLook _oldState;\n  _oldState; // return the state\n};\n\nprivate _isFreeLookToggled = call _fnc_isFreeLookToggled;\n\n// a function to toggle the state\nprivate _fnc_toggleFreeLook = \n{\n  enableFreeLook !enableFreeLook false;\n};\n\ncall _fnc_toggleFreeLook; // toggle it (if enabled->disable it, and vice versa)"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["freeLook"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Object Manipulation","Introduced with Arma 3 version 2.22","Scripting Commands"]}