---
name: "loadBackpack"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Containers"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/loadBackpack
revid: 321277
updated: 2022-05-13T19:08:07Z
---

# loadBackpack

*Command · Containers · Arma 3 v0.50*

## Description

Returns current percentage of mass from items stored in a backpack relative to the maximum capacity of the backpack.

It is equivalent to this formula:

```sqf
_loadBackpack = massOfAllItemsInBackpack / getContainerMaxLoad backpack player;
```

## Syntax

```sqf
loadBackpack unit
```

**Parameters:**

- `unit`: [Object](../topics/Object.md)

**Returns:** [Number](../topics/Number.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _myVariable = loadBackpack myUnit;
```

## See also

[load](../commands/load.md) · [backpackContainer](../commands/backpackContainer.md) · [firstBackpack](../commands/firstBackpack.md) · [unitBackpack](../commands/unitBackpack.md) · [backpack](../commands/backpack.md) · [backpackCargo](../commands/backpackCargo.md) · [getBackpackCargo](../commands/getBackpackCargo.md) · [backpackItems](../commands/backpackItems.md) · [addBackpack](../commands/addBackpack.md) · [addBackpackCargo](../commands/addBackpackCargo.md) · [removeBackpack](../commands/removeBackpack.md) · [clearBackpackCargo](../commands/clearBackpackCargo.md) · [clearAllItemsFromBackpack](../commands/clearAllItemsFromBackpack.md) · [backpackSpaceFor](../commands/backpackSpaceFor.md) · [canAddItemToBackpack](../commands/canAddItemToBackpack.md) · [addItemToBackpack](../commands/addItemToBackpack.md) · [removeItemFromBackpack](../commands/removeItemFromBackpack.md) · [everyBackpack](../commands/everyBackpack.md) · [loadUniform](../commands/loadUniform.md) · [loadVest](../commands/loadVest.md) · [getMass](../commands/getMass.md) · [weightRTD](../commands/weightRTD.md) · [getContainerMaxLoad](../commands/getContainerMaxLoad.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — loadBackpack](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/loadBackpack) (revision 321277).</sub>