{"name":"freeExtension","operator":null,"title":"freeExtension","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/freeExtension","revid":370269,"updated":"2024-11-19T18:00:17Z","groups":["System"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.12"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.12"},"arma3_since":"2.12","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Unloads given extension loaded previously with callExtension so that extension developer could rapidly tweak developed extension without restarting the game.\n\n> [!IMPORTANT]\n> This command was introduced in Arma 3 dev v2.11.149751 and for security reasons is only effective in DevBranch; it does nothing in stable branch.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"freeExtension extension","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"extension","type":"String","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"extension name (see callExtension)","types":["String"],"since":null,"text":"extension: String - extension name (see callExtension)"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean or Nothing","types":["Boolean","Nothing"],"description":"false if extension unloading attempt failed, true otherwise - Nothing if not dev branch","text":"Boolean or Nothing\n- false if extension unloading attempt failed, true otherwise\n- Nothing if not dev branch"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"extension","types":["String"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nfreeExtension \"myExt\";\n```","code":["freeExtension \"myExt\";"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["callExtension"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: System","Introduced with Arma 3 version 2.12","Scripting Commands"]}