{"name":"isLightOn","operator":null,"title":"isLightOn","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isLightOn","revid":377881,"updated":"2026-01-04T16:20:38Z","groups":["Lights"],"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 true if vehicle headlights are on otherwise false.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"isLightOn vehicle","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"vehicle","type":"Object","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"vehicle with headlights","types":["Object"],"since":null,"text":"vehicle: Object - vehicle with headlights"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean","types":["Boolean"],"description":null,"text":"Boolean"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"vehicle","types":["Object"]}},{"syntax":"isLightOn [vehicle, turret]","since":"arma3 1.94","effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"vehicle","type":"Object","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"vehicle with search light on a turret","types":["Object"],"since":null,"text":"vehicle: Object - vehicle with search light on a turret"},{"name":"turret","type":"Turret Path","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Turret Path"],"since":null,"text":"turret: Turret Path"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean","types":["Boolean"],"description":null,"text":"Boolean"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"[vehicle, turret]","types":["Array"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_headlightsOn = isLightOn vehicle player;\n```","code":["_headlightsOn = isLightOn vehicle player;"]},{"text":"```sqf\n_pilotLightOn = isLightOn heli;\n```","code":["_pilotLightOn = isLightOn heli;"]},{"text":"```sqf\n_searchLightOn = isLightOn [heli, [0]];\n```","code":["_searchLightOn = isLightOn [heli, [0]];"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["setPilotLight","isCollisionLightOn","setCollisionLight","isIRLaserOn"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Lights","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.32","Scripting Commands"]}