---
name: "environmentEnabled"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Environment", "Sounds"]
arma3_since: "1.68"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/environmentEnabled
revid: 377680
updated: 2026-01-02T09:02:45Z
---

# environmentEnabled

*Command · Environment, Sounds · Arma 3 v1.68*

## Description

Returns status of [enableEnvironment](../commands/enableEnvironment.md) command

## Syntax

```sqf
environmentEnabled
```

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md) with [ambientLife, ambientSound, windyCoef]
- ambientLife: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md)
- ambientSound: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md)
- Arma 3 v2.12 windyCoef: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - see [enableEnvironment](../commands/enableEnvironment.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _enabled = environmentEnabled;
```

## See also

[enableEnvironment](../commands/enableEnvironment.md) · [fadeEnvironment](../commands/fadeEnvironment.md) · [environmentVolume](../commands/environmentVolume.md) · [initAmbientLife](../commands/initAmbientLife.md) · [sideAmbientLife](../commands/sideAmbientLife.md) · [getAllEnvSoundControllers](../commands/getAllEnvSoundControllers.md) · [getEnvSoundController](../commands/getEnvSoundController.md) · [setSoundEffect](../commands/setSoundEffect.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — environmentEnabled](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/environmentEnabled) (revision 377680).</sub>