{"name":"getObjectScale","operator":null,"title":"getObjectScale","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getObjectScale","revid":364985,"updated":"2024-07-04T19:58:04Z","groups":["Object Manipulation"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.02"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.02"},"arma3_since":"2.02","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Returns the render scale of an object relative to the original model.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"getObjectScale object","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"object","type":"Object","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"object to return scale of. Can also be a terrain object.","types":["Object"],"since":null,"text":"object: Object - object to return scale of. Can also be a terrain object."}],"returns":{"type":"Number","types":["Number"],"description":"scale relative to the original model","text":"Number - scale relative to the original model"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"object","types":["Object"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nprivate _objectScale = getObjectScale MyObject;\n\nif (_objectScale == 1) exitWith { systemChat \"Original scale\"; };\n\nif (_objectScale > 1) then\n{\n    systemChat \"Scaled up\";\n}\nelse\n{\n    systemChat \"Scaled down\";\n};\n```","code":["private _objectScale = getObjectScale MyObject;\n\nif (_objectScale == 1) exitWith { systemChat \"Original scale\"; };\n\nif (_objectScale > 1) then\n{\n\tsystemChat \"Scaled up\";\n}\nelse\n{\n\tsystemChat \"Scaled down\";\n};"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["setObjectScale"],"notes":[{"user":"Sa-Matra","date":"2024-06-10T12:26:52Z","text":"Some objects can be scaled by XYZ individually by the engine. Rope segments are one example, they only scale by Z and this command returns average of all dimensions giving no real picture of the scale. You can get real scale of each dimension with:\n\n```sqf\n[vectorMagnitude vectorSideVisual _seg, vectorMagnitude vectorDirVisual _seg, vectorMagnitude vectorUpVisual _seg]\n```\n\nfor rope segment it will be something like `[1,1,1.54066]`"}],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Object Manipulation","Introduced with Arma 3 version 2.02","Scripting Commands"]}