{"name":"getPosWorld","operator":null,"title":"getPosWorld","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPosWorld","revid":377455,"updated":"2026-01-02T06:47:19Z","groups":["Positions"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.32"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.32"},"arma3_since":"1.32","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":"global","effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Returns the provided object's model centre position ([0,0,0]) in PositionASL, rather than the transformed boundingCenter or LandContact vertices.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"getPosWorld object","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"object","type":"Object","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Object"],"since":null,"text":"object: Object"}],"returns":{"type":"PositionASL","types":["PositionASL"],"description":"the model's centre","text":"PositionASL - **the model's centre**"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"object","types":["Object"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_obj setPosWorld getPosWorld _obj;\n```","code":["_obj setPosWorld getPosWorld _obj;"]},{"text":"```sqf\nATLToASL (_groundObj modelToWorld [0,0,0]) isEqualTo getPosWorld _groundObj; // true\n```","code":["ATLToASL (_groundObj modelToWorld [0,0,0]) isEqualTo getPosWorld _groundObj; // true"]},{"text":"Wave height under a boat:\n\n```sqf\nprivate _h = ((boat modelToWorld [0,0,0]) vectorDiff getPosWorld boat) select 2;\n```","code":["private _h = ((boat modelToWorld [0,0,0]) vectorDiff getPosWorld boat) select 2;"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["getPosWorldVisual","setPosWorld","position","getPosATL","getPosASL","getPosASLW","visiblePosition","visiblePositionASL","getMarkerPos","modelToWorld"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Positions","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.32","Scripting Commands"]}