---
name: "enableStressDamage"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["RTD"]
arma3_since: "1.34"
locality: {"argument": "local", "effect": "local", "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableStressDamage
revid: 319014
updated: 2022-05-13T09:22:11Z
---

# enableStressDamage

*Command · RTD · Arma 3 v1.34*

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

## Description

Toggles stress damage in [Advanced Flight Model](../topics/Description.ext.md#forcerotorlibsimulation), which otherwise could be manually toggles in game setting: `Options > Game > Helicopter Flight Model > Advanced > Stress Damage`.

> [!NOTE]
> **afm:** For this command to have any effect, the Advanced Flight Model (AFM) has to be enabled. AFM status can be checked with [difficultyEnabledRTD](../commands/difficultyEnabledRTD.md).

## Syntax

```sqf
enableStressDamage state
```

**Parameters:**

- `state`: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - [true](../commands/true.md) to enable stress damage, [false](../commands/false.md) to disable it

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

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
if (difficultyEnabledRTD) then { enableStressDamage true };
```

## See also

[Description.ext](../topics/Description.ext.md) · [difficultyEnabledRTD](../commands/difficultyEnabledRTD.md) · [isStressDamageEnabled](../commands/isStressDamageEnabled.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — enableStressDamage](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableStressDamage) (revision 319014).</sub>