{"name":"getPosWorldVisual","operator":null,"title":"getPosWorldVisual","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPosWorldVisual","revid":377439,"updated":"2026-01-02T06:46:47Z","groups":["Object Manipulation","Render Time Scope"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.96"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.96"},"arma3_since":"1.96","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":"global","effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Returns the provided object's, model centre position in render version in format PositionASL, rather than transformed boundingCenter or LandContact vertices.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"getPosWorldVisual 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 centre's position (see getPosWorld) in render scope","text":"PositionASL  - **the model centre**'s position (see getPosWorld) in render scope"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"object","types":["Object"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_obj setPosWorld getPosWorldVisual _obj;\n```","code":["_obj setPosWorld getPosWorldVisual _obj;"]},{"text":"```sqf\n_groundObj modelToWorldVisualWorld [0,0,0] isEqualTo getPosWorldVisual _groundObj; // true\n```","code":["_groundObj modelToWorldVisualWorld [0,0,0] isEqualTo getPosWorldVisual _groundObj; // true"]},{"text":"```sqf\nprivate _waveHeight = ((boat modelToWorldVisual [0,0,0]) vectorDiff getPosWorldVisual boat) select 2;\n```","code":["private _waveHeight = ((boat modelToWorldVisual [0,0,0]) vectorDiff getPosWorldVisual boat) select 2;"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["getPosWorld","setPosWorld","visiblePosition","getPosATLVisual","getPosASLVisual","visiblePositionASL","modelToWorldVisual","modelToWorldVisualWorld"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Object Manipulation","Command Group: Render Time Scope","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.96","Scripting Commands"]}