{"name":"shownHUD","operator":null,"title":"shownHUD","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/shownHUD","revid":378387,"updated":"2026-04-04T04:54:34Z","groups":["Interaction"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.52"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.52"},"arma3_since":"1.52","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Returns array of Booleans corresponding to the visibility of various HUD elements (see extended showHUD).","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"shownHUD","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[],"returns":{"type":"Array with [hud, info, radar, compass, direction, menu, group, cursors, panels, kills, icon3d]","types":["Array"],"description":"hud: Boolean - show scripted HUD such as weapon crosshair, action menu and overlays created with cutRsc and titleRsc - info: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show vehicle, soldier and weapon info - radar: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show vehicle radar - compass: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show vehicle compass - direction: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show tank direction indicator. Not present in vanilla Arma 3 - menu: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show commanding menu (HC related menus) - group: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show group info bar (Squad leader info bar) - cursors: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show HUD weapon cursors (connected with scripted HUD) - panels: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show Arma 3: Custom Info - kills: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show \"x killed by y\" systemChat messages - icon3d: Boolean - (Optional, default false) show icons drawn with drawIcon3D even when the HUD is hidden","text":"Array with [hud, info, radar, compass, direction, menu, group, cursors, panels, kills, icon3d]\n- hud: Boolean - show scripted HUD such as weapon crosshair, action menu and overlays created with cutRsc and titleRsc\n- info: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show vehicle, soldier and weapon info\n- radar: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show vehicle radar\n- compass: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show vehicle compass\n- direction: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show tank direction indicator. Not present in vanilla Arma 3\n- menu: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show commanding menu (HC related menus)\n- group: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show group info bar (Squad leader info bar)\n- cursors: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show HUD weapon cursors (connected with scripted HUD)\n- panels: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show Arma 3: Custom Info\n- kills: Boolean - (Optional, default true) show \"x killed by y\" systemChat messages\n- icon3d: Boolean - (Optional, default false) show icons drawn with drawIcon3D even when the HUD is hidden"},"form":"nullary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":null}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_hudStatus = shownHUD;\n```","code":["_hudStatus = shownHUD;"]},{"text":"```sqf\nshownHUD params [\"_hud\", \"_info\", \"_radar\", \"_compass\", \"_direction\", \"_menu\", \"_group\", \"_cursors\", \"_panels\", \"_kills\", \"_icon3d\"];\n```","code":["shownHUD params [\"_hud\", \"_info\", \"_radar\", \"_compass\", \"_direction\", \"_menu\", \"_group\", \"_cursors\", \"_panels\", \"_kills\", \"_icon3d\"];"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["showHUD","shownMap","visibleMap","forceMap","shownGPS","shownWatch","shownCompass","shownUAVFeed"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Interaction","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.52","Scripting Commands"]}